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1999 NHL Draft

Kaspars Astashenko in the 1999 NHL Draft

Tampa Bay Lightning selected Kaspars Astashenko 127th overall in the 1999 NHL Draft, with the 1st pick of round 5.

He was the first of the 2 Latvians selected that year. It was the fifth of the 10 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 272 players selected in 1999, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. His 23 games put him 78th in the class.

Overall pick
127
Round and pick
Round 5, pick 1
Drafting team
TBLTampa Bay Lightning
Date
Age at the draft
24 years

The picks around it

Picks 124–130 in the 1999 draft

  1. 124Alexandr KrevsunRNSH
  2. 125Daniel JohanssonCLAK
  3. 126Jeff BatemanCDAL
  4. 127Kaspars AstashenkoD23 GP · 3 PTBL
  5. 128Derek MacKenzieC611 GP · 125 PATL
  6. 129Ryan ThorpeLVAN
  7. 130Justin MapletoftC38 GP · 9 PNYI

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1999 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1999 class

1st
of 2 Latvians selected
44th
of 88 defensemen selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Latvians selected

  1. 127Kaspars AstashenkoD23 GP · 3 PTBL
  2. 264Georgijs PujacsDBOS
Every pick from Latvia in the 1999 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Kaspars Astashenko made his NHL debut on March 26, 2000, 274 days after the draft.

23
Games
1
Goals
2
Assists
3
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 1999 draft

  1. 47Sheldon KeefeR125 GP · 24 PTBL
  2. 67Evgeny KonstantinovG2 GP · 0 WTBL
  3. 75Brett ScheffelmaierDTBL
  4. 88Jimmie ÖlvestadL111 GP · 17 PTBL
  5. 127Kaspars AstashenkoD23 GP · 3 PTBL
  6. 148Michal LanicekGTBL
  7. 182Fedor FedorovL18 GP · 2 PTBL
  8. 187Ivan RachunekLTBL
  9. 216Erkki RajamakiLTBL
  10. 244Mikko KuparinenDTBL