2000 NHL Draft
Lars Jonsson in the 2000 NHL Draft
Boston Bruins selected Lars Jonsson 7th overall in the 2000 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 22 Swedes selected that year. It was the first of the 12 picks Boston Bruins made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His 8 games put him 100th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 7
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 7
- Drafting team
- BOSBoston Bruins
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 4–10 in the 2000 draft
- 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
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
1st
of 22 Swedes selected
2nd
of 98 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 7Lars JonssonD8 GP · 2 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 27Martin SamuelssonL14 GP · 1 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 29Niklas KronwallD953 GP · 432 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 36Daniel WidingRNSHNashville Predators
- 49Jonas NordquistC3 GP · 2 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 54Andreas LiljaD580 GP · 87 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 68Joel LundqvistC134 GP · 26 PDALDallas Stars
- 70Mikael TellqvistG113 GP · 45 WTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 72Mattias NilssonDNSHNashville Predators
- 97Niclas WallinD614 GP · 79 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
+ 12 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Lars Jonsson made his NHL debut on October 26, 2006, 6 years and 124 days after the draft.
8
Games
0
Goals
2
Assists
2
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Boston Bruins picks in the 2000 draft
- 7Lars JonssonD8 GP · 2 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 27Martin SamuelssonL14 GP · 1 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 37Andy HilbertL307 GP · 104 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 59Ivan HumlL49 GP · 18 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 66Tuukka MakelaDBOSBoston Bruins
- 73Sergei ZinovjevC10 GP · 1 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 103James Brett NowakFBOSBoston Bruins
- 174Jarno KultanenD102 GP · 13 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 204Chris BertiFBOSBoston Bruins
- 237Zdenek KutlakD16 GP · 3 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 268Pavel KolarikD23 GP · 0 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 279Andreas LindstromLBOSBoston Bruins