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2007 NHL Draft

Jakub Voracek in the 2007 NHL Draft

Columbus Blue Jackets selected Jakub Voracek 7th overall in the 2007 NHL Draft.

He was the first of the 5 Czechs selected that year. It was the first of the 7 picks Columbus Blue Jackets made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2007, 97 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 7 of them have played more games than his 1058, and only 3 have scored more points than his 806.

Overall pick
7
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 7
Drafting team
CBJColumbus Blue Jackets
Date
Age at the draft
17 years

The picks around it

Picks 4–10 in the 2007 draft

  1. 4Thomas HickeyD456 GP · 117 PLAK
  2. 5Karl AlznerD686 GP · 130 PWSH
  3. 6Sam GagnerC1043 GP · 529 PEDM
  4. 7Jakub VoracekR1058 GP · 806 PCBJ
  5. 8Zach HamillC20 GP · 4 PBOS
  6. 9Logan CoutureC933 GP · 701 PSJS
  7. 10Keaton EllerbyD212 GP · 27 PFLA

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2007 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2007 class

1st
of 5 Czechs selected
5th
of 131 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Czechs selected

  1. 7Jakub VoracekR1058 GP · 806 PCBJ
  2. 40Michal RepikR72 GP · 20 PFLA
  3. 103Vladimir RuzickaCPHX
  4. 136Ondrej RomanCDAL
  5. 169Radim OstrcilDBOS
Every pick from Czechia in the 2007 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Jakub Voracek made his NHL debut on October 10, 2008, 1 year and 110 days after the draft.

1058
Games
223
Goals
583
Assists
806
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Columbus Blue Jackets picks in the 2007 draft

  1. 7Jakub VoracekR1058 GP · 806 PCBJ
  2. 37Stefan LegeinRCBJ
  3. 53Will WeberDCBJ
  4. 68Jake HansenFCBJ
  5. 94Maksim MayorovL22 GP · 3 PCBJ
  6. 158Allen YorkG11 GP · 3 WCBJ
  7. 211Trent VogelhuberRCBJ