2001 NHL Draft
Johnny Oduya in the 2001 NHL Draft
Washington Capitals selected Johnny Oduya 221st overall in the 2001 NHL Draft, with the 25th pick of round 7.
He was the ninth of the 16 Swedes selected that year. It was the sixth of the 10 picks Washington Capitals made in the draft. Of the 289 players selected in 2001, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 850 games put him 13th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 221
- Round and pick
- Round 7, pick 25
- Drafting team
- WSHWashington Capitals
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 218–224 in the 2001 draft
- 218Jan PlatilDOTTOttawa Senators
- 219Dennis PackardLTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 220David MossR501 GP · 178 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 221Johnny OduyaD850 GP · 190 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 222Jeremy Van HoofDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 223Brandon BochenskiR156 GP · 68 POTTOttawa Senators
- 224Tony MårtenssonC6 GP · 2 PANAAnaheim Ducks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2001 class
9th
of 16 Swedes selected
69th
of 96 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 11Fredrik SjöströmL489 GP · 104 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 18Jens KarlssonFLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 61Andreas HolmqvistDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 70Yared HagosCDALDallas Stars
- 87Per MarsLCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 157Andreas JamtinRDETDetroit Red Wings
- 163Andreas SalomonssonC71 GP · 14 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 185Mikael SvenskDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 221Johnny OduyaD850 GP · 190 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 224Tony MårtenssonC6 GP · 2 PANAAnaheim Ducks
+ 6 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Johnny Oduya made his NHL debut on October 6, 2006, 5 years and 104 days after the draft.
850
Games
41
Goals
149
Assists
190
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Washington Capitals picks in the 2001 draft
- 58Nathan PaetschD167 GP · 42 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 90Owen FusseyR4 GP · 1 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 125Jeff LuckyRWSHWashington Capitals
- 160Artem TernavskyDWSHWashington Capitals
- 191Zbynek NovakFWSHWashington Capitals
- 221Johnny OduyaD850 GP · 190 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 249Matt MaglioneDWSHWashington Capitals
- 254Peter PolcikLWSHWashington Capitals
- 275Robert MullerGWSHWashington Capitals
- 284Viktor HublFWSHWashington Capitals