2000 NHL Draft
John-Michael Liles in the 2000 NHL Draft
Colorado Avalanche selected John-Michael Liles 159th overall in the 2000 NHL Draft, with the 29th pick of round 5.
It was the eighth of the 13 picks Colorado Avalanche made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His 836 games put him 16th in the class, but only 10 have scored more points than his 370.
- Overall pick
- 159
- Round and pick
- Round 5, pick 29
- Drafting team
- COLColorado Avalanche
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 156–162 in the 2000 draft
- 156Greg ZanonD493 GP · 62 POTTOttawa Senators
- 157Grant PotulnyFOTTOttawa Senators
- 158Sean ConnollyDOTTOttawa Senators
- 159John-Michael LilesD836 GP · 370 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 160Nate KiserDPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 161Pavel SedovRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 162Artem ChernovCDALDallas Stars
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
159th
of 293 players selected
54th
of 98 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Rick DiPietroG317 GP · 130 WNYINew York Islanders
- 2Dany HeatleyL869 GP · 791 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 3Marian GaborikR1035 GP · 815 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 4Rostislav KleslaD659 GP · 159 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 5Raffi TorresL635 GP · 260 PNYINew York Islanders
- 6Scott HartnellL1249 GP · 707 PNSHNashville Predators
- 7Lars JonssonD8 GP · 2 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 8Nikita AlexeevR159 GP · 37 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 9Brent KrahnG1 GP · 0 WCGYCalgary Flames
- 10Mikhail YakubovC53 GP · 12 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
+ 283 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
John-Michael Liles made his NHL debut on October 10, 2003, 3 years and 107 days after the draft.
836
Games
87
Goals
283
Assists
370
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Colorado Avalanche picks in the 2000 draft
- 14Vaclav NedorostC99 GP · 20 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 47Jared AulinC17 GP · 4 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 50Sergei SoinFCOLColorado Avalanche
- 63Agris SavielsDCOLColorado Avalanche
- 88Kurt SauerD357 GP · 33 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 92Sergey KlyazminLCOLColorado Avalanche
- 119Brian FaheyD7 GP · 1 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 159John-Michael LilesD836 GP · 370 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 189Chris BahenDCOLColorado Avalanche
- 221Aaron MolnarGCOLColorado Avalanche
- 252Darryl BootlandR32 GP · 3 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 266Sean KotaryCCOLColorado Avalanche
- 285Blake WardGCOLColorado Avalanche