2004 NHL Draft
Grant Clitsome in the 2004 NHL Draft
Columbus Blue Jackets selected Grant Clitsome 271st overall in the 2004 NHL Draft, with the 13th pick of round 9.
It was the twelfth and last of the 12 picks Columbus Blue Jackets made in the draft. Of the 291 players selected in 2004, 128 have played in the NHL regular season. His 205 games put him 63rd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 271
- Round and pick
- Round 9, pick 13
- Drafting team
- CBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 268–274 in the 2004 draft
- 268Martin VagnerDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 269Janne PesonenL7 GP · 0 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 270Matthew SiddallRATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 271Grant ClitsomeD205 GP · 71 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 272Kyle WilsonC39 GP · 13 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 273Dylan HunterLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 274Bjorn BjurlingGEDMEdmonton Oilers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2004 class
271st
of 291 players selected
79th
of 86 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Alex OvechkinL1587 GP · 1691 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 2Evgeni MalkinC1282 GP · 1418 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 3Cam BarkerD310 GP · 96 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 4Andrew LaddL1001 GP · 550 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 5Blake WheelerR1172 GP · 943 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 6Al MontoyaG168 GP · 67 WNYRNew York Rangers
- 7Rostislav OleszL365 GP · 134 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 8Alexandre PicardL67 GP · 2 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 9Ladislav SmidD583 GP · 72 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 10Boris ValabikD80 GP · 7 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
+ 281 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Grant Clitsome made his NHL debut on March 2, 2010, 5 years and 248 days after the draft.
205
Games
15
Goals
56
Assists
71
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Columbus Blue Jackets picks in the 2004 draft
- 8Alexandre PicardL67 GP · 2 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 46Adam PineaultR3 GP · 0 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 59Kyle WhartonDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 93Daniel LacostaG4 GP · 2 WCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 96Andrey PlekhanovDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 133Petr PohlRCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 167Rob PageDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 190Lennart PetrellL95 GP · 18 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 198Justin VienneauDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 231Brian McGuirkLCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 233Matt GreerFCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 271Grant ClitsomeD205 GP · 71 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets