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2005 NHL Draft

James Neal in the 2005 NHL Draft

Dallas Stars selected James Neal 33rd overall in the 2005 NHL Draft, with the 3rd pick of round 2.

It was the second of the 7 picks Dallas Stars made in the draft. Of the 230 players selected in 2005, 111 have played in the NHL regular season. His 869 games put him 16th in the class, but only 7 have scored more points than his 559.

Overall pick
33
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 3
Drafting team
DALDallas Stars
Date
Age at the draft
17 years

The picks around it

Picks 30–36 in the 2005 draft

  1. 30Vladimir MihalikD15 GP · 3 PTBL
  2. 31Brendan MikkelsonD131 GP · 10 PANA
  3. 32Tyler PlanteGNo NHL gamesFLA
  4. 33James NealL869 GP · 559 PDAL
  5. 34Ryan StoaC40 GP · 7 PCOL
  6. 35Marc-Edouard VlasicD1323 GP · 379 PSJS
  7. 36Taylor ChorneyD166 GP · 22 PEDM

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2005 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2005 class

33rd
of 230 players selected
17th
of 120 forwards selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Sidney CrosbyC1438 GP · 1774 PPIT
  2. 2Bobby RyanR866 GP · 569 PANA
  3. 3Jack JohnsonD1228 GP · 342 PCAR
  4. 4Benoit PouliotL625 GP · 263 PMIN
  5. 5Carey PriceG712 GP · 361 WMTL
  6. 6Gilbert BruleC299 GP · 95 PCBJ
  7. 7Jack SkilleR368 GP · 84 PCHI
  8. 8Devin SetoguchiR516 GP · 261 PSJS
  9. 9Brian LeeD209 GP · 36 POTT
  10. 10Luc BourdonD36 GP · 2 PVAN

+ 220 more

The 2005 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

James Neal made his NHL debut on October 10, 2008, 3 years and 72 days after the draft.

869
Games
296
Goals
263
Assists
559
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Dallas Stars picks in the 2005 draft

  1. 28Matt NiskanenD949 GP · 356 PDAL
  2. 33James NealL869 GP · 559 PDAL
  3. 71Rich CluneL139 GP · 22 PDAL
  4. 75Perttu LindgrenC1 GP · 0 PDAL
  5. 146Tom WandellC229 GP · 43 PDAL
  6. 160Matt WatkinsR1 GP · 0 PDAL
  7. 223Pat McGannGDAL