2004 NHL Draft
Janne Niskala in the 2004 NHL Draft
Nashville Predators selected Janne Niskala 147th overall in the 2004 NHL Draft, with the 18th pick of round 5.
He was the tenth of the 19 Swedes selected that year. It was the fifth of the 11 picks Nashville Predators made in the draft. Of the 291 players selected in 2004, 128 have played in the NHL regular season. His 6 games put him 112th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 147
- Round and pick
- Round 5, pick 18
- Drafting team
- NSHNashville Predators
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 22 years
The picks around it
Picks 144–150 in the 2004 draft
- 144Chris ZarbDPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 145Michal ValentGBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 146Bryan YoungD17 GP · 0 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 147Janne NiskalaD6 GP · 3 PNSHNashville Predators
- 148Steve RegierL26 GP · 4 PNYINew York Islanders
- 149Gino PiselliniRPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 150Mikhail GrabovskiC534 GP · 296 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2004 class
10th
of 19 Swedes selected
42nd
of 86 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 31Johannes SalmonssonFPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 34Johan FranssonDDALDallas Stars
- 49Carl SöderbergC597 GP · 297 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 56Nicklas GrossmannD592 GP · 86 PDALDallas Stars
- 91Alexander EdlerD1030 GP · 439 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 97Johan FranzénR602 GP · 370 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 104Fredrik NaslundRDALDallas Stars
- 132Oscar HedmanDWSHWashington Capitals
- 137Magnus AkerlundGCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 147Janne NiskalaD6 GP · 3 PNSHNashville Predators
+ 9 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Janne Niskala made his NHL debut on October 4, 2008, 4 years and 99 days after the draft.
6
Games
1
Goals
2
Assists
3
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Nashville Predators picks in the 2004 draft
- 15Alexander RadulovR524 GP · 368 PNSHNashville Predators
- 81Vaclav MeidlCNSHNashville Predators
- 107Nick FugereLNSHNashville Predators
- 139Kyle MoirGNSHNashville Predators
- 147Janne NiskalaD6 GP · 3 PNSHNashville Predators
- 178Mike SantorelliC406 GP · 138 PNSHNashville Predators
- 193Kevin SchaefferDNSHNashville Predators
- 209Stanislav BalanCNSHNashville Predators
- 243Denis KulyashDNSHNashville Predators
- 258Pekka RinneG683 GP · 369 WNSHNashville Predators
- 275Craig SwitzerDNSHNashville Predators