2002 NHL Draft
Jaroslav Balastik in the 2002 NHL Draft
Columbus Blue Jackets selected Jaroslav Balastik 184th overall in the 2002 NHL Draft, with the 18th pick of round 6.
He was the 19th of the 26 Czechs selected that year. It was the ninth of the 13 picks Columbus Blue Jackets made in the draft. Of the 290 players selected in 2002, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. His 74 games put him 65th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 184
- Round and pick
- Round 6, pick 18
- Drafting team
- CBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 22 years
The picks around it
Picks 181–187 in the 2002 draft
- 181Mikko LuomaD3 GP · 1 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 182Andre DeveauxC31 GP · 2 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 183Paul RangerD323 GP · 106 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 184Jaroslav BalastikL74 GP · 24 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 185Ryan MurphyRLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 186Jeff PietrasiakGPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 187Eric JohanssonCNJDNew Jersey Devils
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2002 class
19th
of 26 Czechs selected
103rd
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
Jaroslav Balastik made his NHL debut on October 5, 2005, 3 years and 104 days after the draft.
74
Games
13
Goals
11
Assists
24
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Columbus Blue Jackets picks in the 2002 draft
- 1Rick NashL1060 GP · 805 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 41Joakim LindströmC150 GP · 43 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 65Ole-Kristian TollefsenD163 GP · 12 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 96Jeff GenovyCCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 98Ivan TkachenkoFCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 119Jekabs RedlihsDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 133Lasse PirjetaL146 GP · 50 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 168Tim KonsoradaRCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 184Jaroslav BalastikL74 GP · 24 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 199Greg MauldinL36 GP · 10 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 225Steven GoertzenR68 GP · 4 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 231Jaroslav KracikFCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 263Sergei MozyakinFCBJColumbus Blue Jackets