2000 NHL Draft
Michel Ouellet in the 2000 NHL Draft
Pittsburgh Penguins selected Michel Ouellet 124th overall in the 2000 NHL Draft, with the 28th pick of round 4.
It was the fourth of the 10 picks Pittsburgh Penguins made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His 190 games put him 47th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 124
- Round and pick
- Round 4, pick 28
- Drafting team
- PITPittsburgh Penguins
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 121–127 in the 2000 draft
- 121Ryan VanbuskirkDWSHWashington Capitals
- 122Derrick ByfuglienDOTTOttawa Senators
- 123Vadim KhomitskiDDALDallas Stars
- 124Michel OuelletR190 GP · 116 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 125Phil ColeDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 126Johan HagglundCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 127Dmitri SemyenovFDETDetroit Red Wings
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
124th
of 293 players selected
73rd
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
Michel Ouellet made his NHL debut on November 22, 2005, 5 years and 150 days after the draft.
190
Games
52
Goals
64
Assists
116
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Pittsburgh Penguins picks in the 2000 draft
- 18Brooks OrpikD1035 GP · 194 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 52Shane EndicottC45 GP · 3 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 84Peter HamerlikGPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 124Michel OuelletR190 GP · 116 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 146David KociL142 GP · 4 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 185Patrick FoleyLPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 216Jim AbbottLPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 248Steven CramptonRPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 273Roman SimicekC63 GP · 17 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 280Nick BoucherGPITPittsburgh Penguins