2000 NHL Draft
Kris Vernarsky in the 2000 NHL Draft
Toronto Maple Leafs selected Kris Vernarsky 51st overall in the 2000 NHL Draft, with the 21st pick of round 2.
It was the second of the 10 picks Toronto Maple Leafs made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His 17 games put him 87th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 51
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 21
- Drafting team
- TORToronto Maple Leafs
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 48–54 in the 2000 draft
- 48Gerard DicaireDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 49Jonas NordquistC3 GP · 2 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 50Sergei SoinFCOLColorado Avalanche
- 51Kris VernarskyC17 GP · 1 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 52Shane EndicottC45 GP · 3 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 53Alexander TatarinovRPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 54Andreas LiljaD580 GP · 87 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
51st
of 293 players selected
34th
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
Kris Vernarsky made his NHL debut on January 20, 2003, 2 years and 210 days after the draft.
17
Games
1
Goals
0
Assists
1
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Toronto Maple Leafs picks in the 2000 draft
- 24Brad BoyesR822 GP · 505 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 51Kris VernarskyC17 GP · 1 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 70Mikael TellqvistG113 GP · 45 WTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 90Jean-Francois RacineGNo NHL gamesTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 100Miguel DelisleRTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 179Vadim SozinovCTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 209Markus SeikolaDTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 223Lubos VelebnyDTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 254Alexander ShinkarRTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 265Jean-Philippe CoteD27 GP · 4 PTORToronto Maple Leafs