1998 NHL Draft
Martin Cibak in the 1998 NHL Draft
Tampa Bay Lightning selected Martin Cibak 252nd overall in the 1998 NHL Draft, with the 24th pick of round 9.
He was the sixth of the 6 Slovaks selected that year. It was the eleventh and last of the 11 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 154 games put him 65th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 252
- Round and pick
- Round 9, pick 24
- Drafting team
- TBLTampa Bay Lightning
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 249–255 in the 1998 draft
- 249Edo TerglavRBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 250Radek MatejovskyRNYINew York Islanders
- 251Blake EvansCWSHWashington Capitals
- 252Martin CibakC154 GP · 23 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 253Bruno St. JacquesD67 GP · 10 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 254Matt HusseyC21 GP · 4 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 255John PohlC115 GP · 38 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1998 class
6th
of 6 Slovaks selected
152nd
of 156 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Slovaks selected
- 104Miroslav ZalesakR12 GP · 3 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 193Rastislav StanaG6 GP · 1 WWSHWashington Capitals
- 202Martin BartekLNSHNashville Predators
- 222Lubomir PistekRPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 246Rastislav PavlikovskyCOTTOttawa Senators
- 252Martin CibakC154 GP · 23 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Martin Cibak made his NHL debut on February 9, 2002, 3 years and 227 days after the draft.
154
Games
5
Goals
18
Assists
23
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 1998 draft
- 1Vincent LecavalierC1212 GP · 949 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 64Brad RichardsC1126 GP · 932 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 72Dimitri AfanasenkovL227 GP · 54 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 92Eric BeaudoinL53 GP · 11 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 121Curtis RichDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 146Sergei KuznetsovCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 174Brett AllanLTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 194Oak HewerCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 221Daniel HulakDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 229Chris LynessDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 252Martin CibakC154 GP · 23 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning