2004 NHL Draft
Lauri Tukonen in the 2004 NHL Draft
Los Angeles Kings selected Lauri Tukonen 11th overall in the 2004 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 14 Finns selected that year. It was the first of the 9 picks Los Angeles Kings made in the draft. Of the 291 players selected in 2004, 128 have played in the NHL regular season. His 5 games put him 115th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 11
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 11
- Drafting team
- LAKLos Angeles Kings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 8–14 in the 2004 draft
- 8Alexandre PicardL67 GP · 2 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 9Ladislav SmidD583 GP · 72 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 10Boris ValabikD80 GP · 7 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 11Lauri TukonenR5 GP · 0 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 12A.J. ThelenDMINMinnesota Wild
- 13Drew StaffordR841 GP · 428 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 14Devan DubnykG542 GP · 253 WEDMEdmonton Oilers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2004 class
1st
of 14 Finns selected
7th
of 172 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 11Lauri TukonenR5 GP · 0 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 16Petteri NokelainenC245 GP · 41 PNYINew York Islanders
- 19Lauri KorpikoskiL609 GP · 201 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 66Sami LepistoD176 GP · 35 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 118Aki SeitsonenCCGYCalgary Flames
- 138Pasi SalonenFWSHWashington Capitals
- 190Lennart PetrellL95 GP · 18 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 191Karri RamoG159 GP · 60 WTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 196Petri KontiolaC12 GP · 5 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 204Miikka TuomainenLATLAtlanta Thrashers
+ 4 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Lauri Tukonen made his NHL debut on February 22, 2007, 2 years and 241 days after the draft.
5
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Los Angeles Kings picks in the 2004 draft
- 11Lauri TukonenR5 GP · 0 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 95Paul BaierDLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 110Ned LukacevicLLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 143Eric NeilsonRLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 174Scott ParseL73 GP · 30 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 205Mike CurryRLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 221Daniel TaylorG4 GP · 1 WLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 238Yutaka FukufujiG4 GP · 0 WLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 264Valtteri TenkanenFLAKLos Angeles Kings