2000 NHL Draft
Michael Danton in the 2000 NHL Draft
New Jersey Devils selected Michael Danton 135th overall in the 2000 NHL Draft, with the 5th pick of round 5.
It was the ninth of the 13 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His 87 games put him 59th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 135
- Round and pick
- Round 5, pick 5
- Drafting team
- NJDNew Jersey Devils
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 132–138 in the 2000 draft
- 132Maxim SushinskyR30 GP · 11 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 133Petteri NummelinD139 GP · 45 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 134Peter PodhradskyDANAAnaheim Ducks
- 135Michael DantonC87 GP · 14 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 136Dimitri UpperCNYINew York Islanders
- 137Mike StuartD3 GP · 0 PNSHNashville Predators
- 138Scott HeffernanDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
135th
of 293 players selected
80th
of 163 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Rick DiPietroG317 GP · 130 WNYINew York Islanders
- 2Dany HeatleyL869 GP · 791 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 3Marian GaborikR1035 GP · 815 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 4Rostislav KleslaD659 GP · 159 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 5Raffi TorresL635 GP · 260 PNYINew York Islanders
- 6Scott HartnellL1249 GP · 707 PNSHNashville Predators
- 7Lars JonssonD8 GP · 2 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 8Nikita AlexeevR159 GP · 37 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 9Brent KrahnG1 GP · 0 WCGYCalgary Flames
- 10Mikhail YakubovC53 GP · 12 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
+ 283 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Michael Danton made his NHL debut on February 23, 2001, 243 days after the draft.
87
Games
9
Goals
5
Assists
14
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New Jersey Devils picks in the 2000 draft
- 22David HaleD327 GP · 29 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 39Teemu LaineRNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 56Aleksander SuglobovR18 GP · 1 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 57Matt DemarchiDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 62Paul MartinD870 GP · 320 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 67Maxim BirbraerLNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 76Mike RuppL610 GP · 99 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 125Phil ColeDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 135Michael DantonC87 GP · 14 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 164Matus KosturGNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 194Deryk EngellandD671 GP · 127 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 198Ken MagowanLNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 257Warren McCutcheonCNJDNew Jersey Devils