1999 NHL Draft
Jimmie Ölvestad in the 1999 NHL Draft
Tampa Bay Lightning selected Jimmie Ölvestad 88th overall in the 1999 NHL Draft, with the 22nd pick of round 3.
He was the seventh of the 23 Swedes selected that year. It was the fourth of the 10 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 272 players selected in 1999, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. His 111 games put him 54th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 88
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 22
- Drafting team
- TBLTampa Bay Lightning
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 85–91 in the 1999 draft
- 85Peter SmrekD28 GP · 6 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 86Sebastien CaronG95 GP · 26 WPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 87Brian CollinsCNYINew York Islanders
- 88Jimmie ÖlvestadL111 GP · 17 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 89Kyle WanvigR75 GP · 15 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 90Patrick AufieroDNYRNew York Rangers
- 91Mike ComrieC589 GP · 365 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1999 class
7th
of 23 Swedes selected
45th
of 154 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 2Daniel SedinL1306 GP · 1041 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 3Henrik SedinC1330 GP · 1070 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 33Jonas AnderssonR9 GP · 0 PNSHNashville Predators
- 78Mattias WeinhandlR182 GP · 56 PNYINew York Islanders
- 79Johan AsplundGNYRNew York Rangers
- 83Niclas HävelidD628 GP · 171 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 88Jimmie ÖlvestadL111 GP · 17 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 96Mathias TjärnqvistL173 GP · 32 PDALDallas Stars
- 102Johan HalvardssonDNYINew York Islanders
- 112Sanny LindstromDCOLColorado Avalanche
+ 13 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Jimmie Ölvestad made his NHL debut on October 5, 2001, 2 years and 101 days after the draft.
111
Games
3
Goals
14
Assists
17
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 1999 draft
- 47Sheldon KeefeR125 GP · 24 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 67Evgeny KonstantinovG2 GP · 0 WTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 75Brett ScheffelmaierDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 88Jimmie ÖlvestadL111 GP · 17 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 127Kaspars AstashenkoD23 GP · 3 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 148Michal LanicekGTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 182Fedor FedorovL18 GP · 2 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 187Ivan RachunekLTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 216Erkki RajamakiLTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 244Mikko KuparinenDTBLTampa Bay Lightning