2002 NHL Draft
Jakub Klepis in the 2002 NHL Draft
Ottawa Senators selected Jakub Klepis 16th overall in the 2002 NHL Draft.
He was the second of the 26 Czechs selected that year. It was the first of the 8 picks Ottawa Senators made in the draft. Of the 290 players selected in 2002, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. His 66 games put him 67th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 16
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 16
- Drafting team
- OTTOttawa Senators
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 13–19 in the 2002 draft
- 13Alexander SeminR650 GP · 517 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 14Chris HigginsL711 GP · 333 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 15Jesse NiinimakiCEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 16Jakub KlepisC66 GP · 14 POTTOttawa Senators
- 17Boyd GordonC706 GP · 161 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 18Denis GrebeshkovD234 GP · 85 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 19Jakub KoreisCPHXPhoenix Coyotes
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2002 class
2nd
of 26 Czechs selected
10th
of 165 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 9Petr TaticekC3 GP · 0 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 16Jakub KlepisC66 GP · 14 POTTOttawa Senators
- 19Jakub KoreisCPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 26Martin VagnerDDALDallas Stars
- 35Ondrej NemecDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 45Tomas LinhartDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 58Jiri HudlerR708 GP · 428 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 63Tomas FleischmannL657 GP · 335 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 66Petr KankoR10 GP · 1 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 83Lukas MensatorGVANVancouver Canucks
+ 16 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Jakub Klepis made his NHL debut on November 4, 2005, 3 years and 135 days after the draft.
66
Games
4
Goals
10
Assists
14
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Ottawa Senators picks in the 2002 draft
- 16Jakub KlepisC66 GP · 14 POTTOttawa Senators
- 47Alexei KaigorodovC6 GP · 1 POTTOttawa Senators
- 75Arttu LuttinenFOTTOttawa Senators
- 113Scott DobbenFOTTOttawa Senators
- 125Johan BjorkDOTTOttawa Senators
- 150Brock HootonCOTTOttawa Senators
- 246Josef VavraLOTTOttawa Senators
- 276Vitali AtyushovDOTTOttawa Senators