2000 NHL Draft
Jozef Balej in the 2000 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Jozef Balej 78th overall in the 2000 NHL Draft, with the 13th pick of round 3.
He was the fourth of the 16 Slovaks selected that year. It was the third of the 11 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His 18 games put him 85th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 78
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 13
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 75–81 in the 2000 draft
- 75Justin PapineauC81 GP · 19 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 76Mike RuppL610 GP · 99 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 77Robert FriedRFLAFlorida Panthers
- 78Jozef BalejR18 GP · 6 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 79Tyler HanchuckDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 80Ryan BaydaL179 GP · 40 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 81Alexandre KharitonovR71 GP · 22 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
4th
of 16 Slovaks selected
50th
of 163 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Slovaks selected
- 3Marian GaborikR1035 GP · 815 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 16Marcel HossaL237 GP · 61 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 38Tomas KopeckyR578 GP · 174 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 78Jozef BalejR18 GP · 6 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 84Peter HamerlikGPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 118Lubomir VisnovskyD883 GP · 495 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 134Peter PodhradskyDANAAnaheim Ducks
- 164Matus KosturGNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 173Tomas HarantDNSHNashville Predators
- 183Michal MachoCSJSSan Jose Sharks
+ 6 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Jozef Balej made his NHL debut on January 23, 2004, 3 years and 213 days after the draft.
18
Games
1
Goals
5
Assists
6
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 2000 draft
- 13Ron HainseyD1132 GP · 311 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 16Marcel HossaL237 GP · 61 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 78Jozef BalejR18 GP · 6 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 79Tyler HanchuckDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 109Johan EneqvistLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 114Christian LarriveeCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 145Ryan GlennDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 172Scott SeligFMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 182Petr ChvojkaDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 243Joni PuurulaGMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 275Jonathan GauthierDMTLMontréal Canadiens