1999 NHL Draft
Martin Erat in the 1999 NHL Draft
Nashville Predators selected Martin Erat 191st overall in the 1999 NHL Draft, with the 5th pick of round 7.
He was the 13th of the 18 Czechs selected that year. It was the twelfth of the 15 picks Nashville Predators made in the draft. Of the 272 players selected in 1999, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 4 of them have played more games than his 881, and only 5 have scored more points than his 545.
- Overall pick
- 191
- Round and pick
- Round 7, pick 5
- Drafting team
- NSHNashville Predators
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 188–194 in the 1999 draft
- 188Stephen BabyRATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 189Kevin SwansonGVANVancouver Canucks
- 190Blair StayzerLCGYCalgary Flames
- 191Martin EratR881 GP · 545 PNSHNashville Predators
- 192David JohanssonDWSHWashington Capitals
- 193Kevin BakerRLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 194Mattias WennerbergCCHIChicago Blackhawks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1999 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 1Patrik StefanC455 GP · 188 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 4Pavel BrendlR78 GP · 22 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 26Martin HavlatR790 GP · 594 POTTOttawa Senators
- 29Michal SivekC38 GP · 6 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 68Zdenek BlatnyL25 GP · 3 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 76Frantisek KaberleD523 GP · 193 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 117Karel MosovskyLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 148Michal LanicekGTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 151Vaclav ZavoralDTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 161Jan SochorRTORToronto Maple Leafs
+ 8 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Martin Erat made his NHL debut on October 5, 2001, 2 years and 101 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Nashville Predators picks in the 1999 draft
- 6Brian FinleyG4 GP · 0 WNSHNashville Predators
- 33Jonas AnderssonR9 GP · 0 PNSHNashville Predators
- 52Adam HallR682 GP · 156 PNSHNashville Predators
- 54Andrew HutchinsonD140 GP · 39 PNSHNashville Predators
- 61Ed HillDNSHNashville Predators
- 65Jan LasakG6 GP · 0 WNSHNashville Predators
- 72Brett AngelDNSHNashville Predators
- 121Yevgeny PavlovCNSHNashville Predators
- 124Alexandr KrevsunRNSHNashville Predators
- 131Konstantin PanovRNSHNashville Predators
- 162Timo HelblingD11 GP · 1 PNSHNashville Predators
- 191Martin EratR881 GP · 545 PNSHNashville Predators
- 205Kyle KettlesGNSHNashville Predators
- 220Miroslav DurakDNSHNashville Predators
- 248Darren HaydarR23 GP · 8 PNSHNashville Predators