1999 NHL Draft
Garnet Exelby in the 1999 NHL Draft
Atlanta Thrashers selected Garnet Exelby 217th overall in the 1999 NHL Draft, with the 2nd pick of round 8.
It was the ninth of the 11 picks Atlanta Thrashers made in the draft. Of the 272 players selected in 1999, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. His 408 games put him 29th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 217
- Round and pick
- Round 8, pick 2
- Drafting team
- ATLAtlanta Thrashers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 214–220 in the 1999 draft
- 214Chris HartsburgRNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 215Jeff MacMillanD4 GP · 0 PDALDallas Stars
- 216Erkki RajamakiLTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 217Garnet ExelbyD408 GP · 50 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 218Markus KankaanperaDVANVancouver Canucks
- 219Maxim OrlovCWSHWashington Capitals
- 220Miroslav DurakDNSHNashville Predators
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1999 class
217th
of 272 players selected
66th
of 88 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Patrik StefanC455 GP · 188 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 2Daniel SedinL1306 GP · 1041 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 3Henrik SedinC1330 GP · 1070 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 4Pavel BrendlR78 GP · 22 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 5Tim ConnollyC697 GP · 431 PNYINew York Islanders
- 6Brian FinleyG4 GP · 0 WNSHNashville Predators
- 7Kris BeechC198 GP · 67 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 8Taylor PyattL859 GP · 280 PNYINew York Islanders
- 9Jamie LundmarkC295 GP · 99 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 10Branislav MezeiD240 GP · 24 PNYINew York Islanders
+ 262 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Garnet Exelby made his NHL debut on March 11, 2003, 3 years and 258 days after the draft.
408
Games
7
Goals
43
Assists
50
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Atlanta Thrashers picks in the 1999 draft
- 1Patrik StefanC455 GP · 188 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 30Luke SellarsD1 GP · 0 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 68Zdenek BlatnyL25 GP · 3 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 98David KaczowkaLATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 99Rob ZeppG10 GP · 5 WATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 128Derek MacKenzieC611 GP · 125 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 159Yuri DobryshkinRATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 188Stephen BabyRATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 217Garnet ExelbyD408 GP · 50 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 245Tommi SantalaC63 GP · 9 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 246Ray DilauroDATLAtlanta Thrashers