2003 NHL Draft
Esa Pirnes in the 2003 NHL Draft
Los Angeles Kings selected Esa Pirnes 174th overall in the 2003 NHL Draft, with the 7th pick of round 6.
He was the seventh of the 13 Finns selected that year. It was the seventh of the 10 picks Los Angeles Kings made in the draft. Of the 292 players selected in 2003, 130 have played in the NHL regular season. His 57 games put him 87th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 174
- Round and pick
- Round 6, pick 7
- Drafting team
- LAKLos Angeles Kings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 26 years
The picks around it
Picks 171–177 in the 2003 draft
- 171Denis StasyukCFLAFlorida Panthers
- 172Pavel VoroshninDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 173Tyler JohnsonCCGYCalgary Flames
- 174Esa PirnesC57 GP · 11 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 175Mike HamiltonFATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 176Ivan DornicCNYRNew York Rangers
- 177Christopher Heino-LindbergGMTLMontréal Canadiens
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2003 class
7th
of 13 Finns selected
110th
of 176 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 66Masi MarjamakiL1 GP · 0 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 90Juha AlenDANAAnaheim Ducks
- 117Teemu LassilaGNSHNashville Predators
- 138Arsi PiispanenRCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 144Eero KilpelainenGDALDallas Stars
- 151Lasse KukkonenD159 GP · 22 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 174Esa PirnesC57 GP · 11 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 193Ville HostikkaGPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 217Oskari KorpikariDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 259Niko VainioDDALDallas Stars
+ 3 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Esa Pirnes made his NHL debut on October 9, 2003, 109 days after the draft.
57
Games
3
Goals
8
Assists
11
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Los Angeles Kings picks in the 2003 draft
- 13Dustin BrownR1296 GP · 712 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 26Brian BoyleC871 GP · 252 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 27Jeff TambelliniL242 GP · 63 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 44Konstantin PushkarevR17 GP · 5 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 82Ryan MunceGLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 152Brady MurrayL4 GP · 1 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 174Esa PirnesC57 GP · 11 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 231Matt ZabaG1 GP · 0 WLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 244Mike SullivanCLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 274Martin GuerinRLAKLos Angeles Kings