2001 NHL Draft
Grant McNeill in the 2001 NHL Draft
Florida Panthers selected Grant McNeill 68th overall in the 2001 NHL Draft, with the 5th pick of round 3.
It was the fifth of the 12 picks Florida Panthers made in the draft. Of the 289 players selected in 2001, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 3 games put him 118th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 68
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 5
- Drafting team
- FLAFlorida Panthers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 65–71 in the 2001 draft
- 65Brendan BellD102 GP · 28 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 66Fedor FedorovL18 GP · 2 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 67Robin LeblancRNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 68Grant McNeillD3 GP · 0 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 69Joel SteppFANAAnaheim Ducks
- 70Yared HagosCDALDallas Stars
- 71Tomas PlekanecC1001 GP · 608 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2001 class
68th
of 289 players selected
21st
of 96 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Ilya KovalchukL926 GP · 876 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 2Jason SpezzaC1248 GP · 995 POTTOttawa Senators
- 3Alexander SvitovC179 GP · 37 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 4Stephen WeissC732 GP · 423 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 5Stanislav ChistovR196 GP · 61 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 6Mikko KoivuC1035 GP · 711 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 7Mike KomisarekD551 GP · 81 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 8Pascal LeclaireG173 GP · 61 WCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 9Tuomo RuutuL735 GP · 346 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 10Dan BlackburnG63 GP · 20 WNYRNew York Rangers
+ 279 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Grant McNeill made his NHL debut on November 22, 2003, 2 years and 152 days after the draft.
3
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Florida Panthers picks in the 2001 draft
- 4Stephen WeissC732 GP · 423 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 24Lukas KrajicekD328 GP · 72 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 34Greg WatsonFFLAFlorida Panthers
- 64Tomas MalecD46 GP · 2 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 68Grant McNeillD3 GP · 0 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 117Michael WoodfordRFLAFlorida Panthers
- 136Billy ThompsonGNo NHL gamesFLAFlorida Panthers
- 169Dustin JohnerCFLAFlorida Panthers
- 200Toni KoivistoFFLAFlorida Panthers
- 231Kyle BruceRFLAFlorida Panthers
- 263Jan BlanarDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 267Ivan MajeskyD202 GP · 31 PFLAFlorida Panthers