2004 NHL Draft
Lukas Kaspar in the 2004 NHL Draft
San Jose Sharks selected Lukas Kaspar 22nd overall in the 2004 NHL Draft.
He was the fourth of the 21 Czechs selected that year. It was the first of the 10 picks San Jose Sharks made in the draft. Of the 291 players selected in 2004, 128 have played in the NHL regular season. His 16 games put him 96th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 22
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 22
- Drafting team
- SJSSan Jose Sharks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 19–25 in the 2004 draft
- 19Lauri KorpikoskiL609 GP · 201 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 20Travis ZajacC1037 GP · 552 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 21Wojtek WolskiL451 GP · 267 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 22Lukas KasparL16 GP · 4 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 23Andrej MeszarosD645 GP · 238 POTTOttawa Senators
- 24Kris ChuckoL2 GP · 0 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 25Rob SchrempC114 GP · 54 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2004 class
4th
of 21 Czechs selected
15th
of 172 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 7Rostislav OleszL365 GP · 134 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 9Ladislav SmidD583 GP · 72 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 17Marek SchwarzG6 GP · 0 WSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 22Lukas KasparL16 GP · 4 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 54Jakub SindelCCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 63David KrejciC1032 GP · 786 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 73Zdenek BahenskyRNYRNew York Rangers
- 81Vaclav MeidlCNSHNashville Predators
- 116Michal BirnerLSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 123Karel HromasLCHIChicago Blackhawks
+ 11 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Lukas Kaspar made his NHL debut on October 29, 2007, 3 years and 125 days after the draft.
16
Games
2
Goals
2
Assists
4
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
San Jose Sharks picks in the 2004 draft
- 22Lukas KasparL16 GP · 4 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 94Thomas GreissG368 GP · 162 WSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 126Torrey MitchellC666 GP · 152 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 129Jason ChurchillGSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 153Steven ZalewskiC10 GP · 0 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 201Mike VernaceD22 GP · 1 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 225David MacDonaldDSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 234Derek MacIntyreGSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 288Brian Mahoney-WilsonGSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 289Christian JensenDSJSSan Jose Sharks