2002 NHL Draft
Lasse Pirjeta in the 2002 NHL Draft
Columbus Blue Jackets selected Lasse Pirjeta 133rd overall in the 2002 NHL Draft, with the 2nd pick of round 5.
He was the eleventh of the 26 Finns selected that year. It was the seventh of the 13 picks Columbus Blue Jackets made in the draft. Of the 290 players selected in 2002, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. His 146 games put him 56th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 133
- Round and pick
- Round 5, pick 2
- Drafting team
- CBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 28 years
The picks around it
Picks 130–136 in the 2002 draft
- 130Jan KubistaRBOSBoston Bruins
- 131Johan BerggrenDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 132John ZeilerR90 GP · 5 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 133Lasse PirjetaL146 GP · 50 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 134Topi JaakolaDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 135Joseph PearceGTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 136Andrew SertichLPITPittsburgh Penguins
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2002 class
11th
of 26 Finns selected
77th
of 165 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 2Kari LehtonenG648 GP · 310 WATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 4Joni PitkanenD535 GP · 282 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 15Jesse NiinimakiCEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 22Sean BergenheimL506 GP · 180 PNYINew York Islanders
- 29Hannu ToivonenG61 GP · 18 WBOSBoston Bruins
- 75Arttu LuttinenFOTTOttawa Senators
- 95Valtteri FilppulaC1056 GP · 530 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 103Joonas VihkoFANAAnaheim Ducks
- 107Mikko KaltevaDCOLColorado Avalanche
- 110Jarkko A. ImmonenCDALDallas Stars
+ 16 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Lasse Pirjeta made his NHL debut on October 10, 2002, 109 days after the draft.
146
Games
23
Goals
27
Assists
50
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Columbus Blue Jackets picks in the 2002 draft
- 1Rick NashL1060 GP · 805 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 41Joakim LindströmC150 GP · 43 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 65Ole-Kristian TollefsenD163 GP · 12 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 96Jeff GenovyCCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 98Ivan TkachenkoFCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 119Jekabs RedlihsDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 133Lasse PirjetaL146 GP · 50 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 168Tim KonsoradaRCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 184Jaroslav BalastikL74 GP · 24 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 199Greg MauldinL36 GP · 10 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 225Steven GoertzenR68 GP · 4 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 231Jaroslav KracikFCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 263Sergei MozyakinFCBJColumbus Blue Jackets