2000 NHL Draft
Justin Papineau in the 2000 NHL Draft
St. Louis Blues selected Justin Papineau 75th overall in the 2000 NHL Draft, with the 10th pick of round 3.
It was the third of the 9 picks St. Louis Blues made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His 81 games put him 60th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 75
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 10
- Drafting team
- STLSt. Louis Blues
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 20 years
Los Angeles Kings had already picked him in 1998, 46th overall, but he went unsigned and re-entered the draft.
The picks around it
Picks 72–78 in the 2000 draft
- 72Mattias NilssonDNSHNashville Predators
- 73Sergei ZinovjevC10 GP · 1 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 74Igor RadulovL43 GP · 16 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 75Justin PapineauC81 GP · 19 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 76Mike RuppL610 GP · 99 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 77Robert FriedRFLAFlorida Panthers
- 78Jozef BalejR18 GP · 6 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
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
Justin Papineau made his NHL debut on March 7, 2002, 1 year and 256 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
St. Louis Blues picks in the 2000 draft
- 30Jeff TaffeL180 GP · 46 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 65David MorissetR4 GP · 0 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 75Justin PapineauC81 GP · 19 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 96Antoine BergeronDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 129Troy RiddleFSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 167Craig WellerR95 GP · 14 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 229Brett LutesLSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 261Reinhard DivisG28 GP · 6 WSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 293Lauri KinosDSTLSt. Louis Blues