2002 NHL Draft
Matt Greene in the 2002 NHL Draft
Edmonton Oilers selected Matt Greene 44th overall in the 2002 NHL Draft, with the 14th pick of round 2.
It was the fourth of the 14 picks Edmonton Oilers made in the draft. Of the 290 players selected in 2002, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. His 615 games put him 25th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 44
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 14
- Drafting team
- EDMEdmonton Oilers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 41–47 in the 2002 draft
- 41Joakim LindströmC150 GP · 43 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 42Marius HoltetFDALDallas Stars
- 43Trevor DaleyD1058 GP · 309 PDALDallas Stars
- 44Matt GreeneD615 GP · 80 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 45Tomas LinhartDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 46David LeneveuG22 GP · 5 WPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 47Alexei KaigorodovC6 GP · 1 POTTOttawa Senators
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2002 class
44th
of 290 players selected
11th
of 92 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Rick NashL1060 GP · 805 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 2Kari LehtonenG648 GP · 310 WATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 3Jay BouwmeesterD1240 GP · 424 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 4Joni PitkanenD535 GP · 282 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 5Ryan WhitneyD481 GP · 259 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 6Scottie UpshallR759 GP · 284 PNSHNashville Predators
- 7Joffrey LupulL701 GP · 420 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 8Pierre-Marc BouchardC593 GP · 356 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 9Petr TaticekC3 GP · 0 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 10Eric NystromL593 GP · 123 PCGYCalgary Flames
+ 280 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Matt Greene made his NHL debut on December 30, 2005, 3 years and 191 days after the draft.
615
Games
17
Goals
63
Assists
80
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Edmonton Oilers picks in the 2002 draft
- 15Jesse NiinimakiCEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 31Jeff DeslauriersG62 GP · 23 WEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 36Jarret StollC872 GP · 388 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 44Matt GreeneD615 GP · 80 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 79Brock RadunskeLEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 106Ivan KoltsovDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 111Jonas AlmtorpCEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 123Invalid pickEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 148Glenn FisherGEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 181Mikko LuomaD3 GP · 1 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 205Jean-Francois DufortLEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 211Patrick MurphyLEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 244Dwight HelminenC27 GP · 3 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 245Tomas MickaFEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 274Fredrik JohanssonCEDMEdmonton Oilers