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2008 NHL Draft

Michael Del Zotto in the 2008 NHL Draft

New York Rangers selected Michael Del Zotto 20th overall in the 2008 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 7 picks New York Rangers made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 2008, 107 have played in the NHL regular season. His 736 games put him 22nd in the class.

Overall pick
20
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 20
Drafting team
NYRNew York Rangers
Date
Age at the draft
17 years

The picks around it

Picks 17–23 in the 2008 draft

  1. 17Jake GardinerD645 GP · 277 PANA
  2. 18Chet PickardGNo NHL gamesNSH
  3. 19Luca SbisaD549 GP · 113 PPHI
  4. 20Michael Del ZottoD736 GP · 262 PNYR
  5. 21Anton GustafssonCWSH
  6. 22Jordan EberleR1157 GP · 794 PEDM
  7. 23Tyler CumaD1 GP · 0 PMIN

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2008 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2008 class

20th
of 211 players selected
10th
of 78 defensemen selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First off the board

  1. 1Steven StamkosC1265 GP · 1276 PTBL
  2. 2Drew DoughtyD1295 GP · 716 PLAK
  3. 3Zach BogosianD990 GP · 251 PATL
  4. 4Alex PietrangeloD1087 GP · 637 PSTL
  5. 5Luke SchennD1134 GP · 214 PTOR
  6. 6Nikita FilatovL53 GP · 14 PCBJ
  7. 7Colin WilsonC632 GP · 286 PNSH
  8. 8Mikkel BoedkerL709 GP · 327 PPHX
  9. 9Josh BaileyR1057 GP · 580 PNYI
  10. 10Cody HodgsonC328 GP · 142 PVAN

+ 201 more

The 2008 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Michael Del Zotto made his NHL debut on October 2, 2009, 1 year and 104 days after the draft.

736
Games
63
Goals
199
Assists
262
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New York Rangers picks in the 2008 draft

  1. 20Michael Del ZottoD736 GP · 262 PNYR
  2. 51Derek StepanC890 GP · 515 PNYR
  3. 75Evgeny GrachevC34 GP · 4 PNYR
  4. 90Tomas KundratekD30 GP · 7 PNYR
  5. 111Dale WeiseR513 GP · 125 PNYR
  6. 141Chris DoyleCNYR
  7. 171Mitch GaultonDNYR