1999 NHL Draft
Matt Carkner in the 1999 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Matt Carkner 58th overall in the 1999 NHL Draft, with the 30th pick of round 2.
It was the second of the 11 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 272 players selected in 1999, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. His 237 games put him 39th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 58
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 30
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 55–61 in the 1999 draft
- 55Doug JanikD190 GP · 19 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 56Matt ZultekCBOSBoston Bruins
- 57Jeremy Van HoofDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 58Matt CarknerD237 GP · 27 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 59David InmanLNYRNew York Rangers
- 60Peter ReynoldsDTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 61Ed HillDNSHNashville Predators
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1999 class
58th
of 272 players selected
19th
of 88 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Patrik StefanC455 GP · 188 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 2Daniel SedinL1306 GP · 1041 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 3Henrik SedinC1330 GP · 1070 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 4Pavel BrendlR78 GP · 22 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 5Tim ConnollyC697 GP · 431 PNYINew York Islanders
- 6Brian FinleyG4 GP · 0 WNSHNashville Predators
- 7Kris BeechC198 GP · 67 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 8Taylor PyattL859 GP · 280 PNYINew York Islanders
- 9Jamie LundmarkC295 GP · 99 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 10Branislav MezeiD240 GP · 24 PNYINew York Islanders
+ 262 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Matt Carkner made his NHL debut on February 6, 2006, 6 years and 225 days after the draft.
237
Games
4
Goals
23
Assists
27
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 1999 draft
- 39Alexander ButurlinLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 58Matt CarknerD237 GP · 27 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 97Chris DymentDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 107Evan LindsayGMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 136Dustin JamiesonLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 145Marc-André ThinelRMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 150Matt ShasbyDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 167Sean DixonDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 196Vadim TarasovGMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 225Mikko HyytiaCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 253Jerome MaroisLMTLMontréal Canadiens