2000 NHL Draft
Justin Williams in the 2000 NHL Draft
Philadelphia Flyers selected Justin Williams 28th overall in the 2000 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 8 picks Philadelphia Flyers made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. None of them has played more games than his 1264, and only one has scored more points than his 797.
- Overall pick
- 28
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 28
- Drafting team
- PHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 25–31 in the 2000 draft
- 25Steve OttC848 GP · 288 PDALDallas Stars
- 26Brian SutherbyC460 GP · 90 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 27Martin SamuelssonL14 GP · 1 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 28Justin WilliamsR1264 GP · 797 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 29Niklas KronwallD953 GP · 432 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 30Jeff TaffeL180 GP · 46 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 31Ilya NikulinDATLAtlanta Thrashers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
28th
of 293 players selected
20th
of 163 forwards 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
Justin Williams made his NHL debut on October 5, 2000, 103 days after the draft.
1264
Games
320
Goals
477
Assists
797
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Philadelphia Flyers picks in the 2000 draft
- 28Justin WilliamsR1264 GP · 797 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 94Alexander DrozdetskyFPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 171Roman CechmanekG212 GP · 110 WPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 195Colin ShieldsRPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 210John EichelbergerCPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 227Guillaume LefebvreL39 GP · 6 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 259Regan KellyDPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 287Milan KopeckyLPHIPhiladelphia Flyers