2000 NHL Draft
Mikael Tellqvist in the 2000 NHL Draft
Toronto Maple Leafs selected Mikael Tellqvist 70th overall in the 2000 NHL Draft, with the 5th pick of round 3.
He was the eighth of the 22 Swedes selected that year. It was the third of the 10 picks Toronto Maple Leafs made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His 113 games put him 55th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 70
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 5
- Drafting team
- TORToronto Maple Leafs
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 20 years
The picks around it
Picks 67–73 in the 2000 draft
- 67Maxim BirbraerLNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 68Joel LundqvistC134 GP · 26 PDALDallas Stars
- 69Ben KnoppRCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 70Mikael TellqvistG113 GP · 45 WTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 71Thatcher BellCVANVancouver Canucks
- 72Mattias NilssonDNSHNashville Predators
- 73Sergei ZinovjevC10 GP · 1 PBOSBoston Bruins
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
8th
of 22 Swedes selected
6th
of 32 goaltenders selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 7Lars JonssonD8 GP · 2 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 27Martin SamuelssonL14 GP · 1 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 29Niklas KronwallD953 GP · 432 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 36Daniel WidingRNSHNashville Predators
- 49Jonas NordquistC3 GP · 2 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 54Andreas LiljaD580 GP · 87 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 68Joel LundqvistC134 GP · 26 PDALDallas Stars
- 70Mikael TellqvistG113 GP · 45 WTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 72Mattias NilssonDNSHNashville Predators
- 97Niclas WallinD614 GP · 79 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
+ 12 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Mikael Tellqvist made his NHL debut on January 18, 2003, 2 years and 208 days after the draft.
113
Games
45
Wins
6
Shutouts
.898
Save %
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Toronto Maple Leafs picks in the 2000 draft
- 24Brad BoyesR822 GP · 505 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 51Kris VernarskyC17 GP · 1 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 70Mikael TellqvistG113 GP · 45 WTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 90Jean-Francois RacineGNo NHL gamesTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 100Miguel DelisleRTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 179Vadim SozinovCTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 209Markus SeikolaDTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 223Lubos VelebnyDTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 254Alexander ShinkarRTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 265Jean-Philippe CoteD27 GP · 4 PTORToronto Maple Leafs