1999 NHL Draft
Mikhail Kuleshov in the 1999 NHL Draft
Colorado Avalanche selected Mikhail Kuleshov 25th overall in the 1999 NHL Draft.
He was the third of the 29 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 11 picks Colorado Avalanche made in the draft. Of the 272 players selected in 1999, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. His 3 games put him 96th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 25
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 25
- Drafting team
- COLColorado Avalanche
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 22–28 in the 1999 draft
- 22Maxime OuelletG12 GP · 2 WPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 23Steve McCarthyD302 GP · 55 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 24Luca CeredaCTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 25Mikhail KuleshovL3 GP · 0 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 26Martin HavlatR790 GP · 594 POTTOttawa Senators
- 27Ari AhonenGNo NHL gamesNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 28Kristian KudrocD26 GP · 4 PNYINew York Islanders
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1999 class
3rd
of 29 Russians selected
16th
of 154 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 11Oleg SaprykinL325 GP · 137 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 19Kirill SafronovD35 GP · 4 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 25Mikhail KuleshovL3 GP · 0 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 36Alexei SemenovD211 GP · 33 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 39Alexander ButurlinLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 43Andrei SheferLLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 46Dimitri LevinskiRCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 63Stepan MokhovDCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 67Evgeny KonstantinovG2 GP · 0 WTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 105Alexandr ChagodayevCANAAnaheim Ducks
+ 19 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Mikhail Kuleshov made his NHL debut on February 20, 2004, 4 years and 239 days after the draft.
3
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Colorado Avalanche picks in the 1999 draft
- 25Mikhail KuleshovL3 GP · 0 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 45Martin GrenierD18 GP · 1 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 93Branko RadivojevicR393 GP · 120 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 112Sanny LindstromDCOLColorado Avalanche
- 122Kristian KovacRCOLColorado Avalanche
- 142William MagnusonDCOLColorado Avalanche
- 152Jordan KrestanovichL22 GP · 2 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 158Anders LovdahlCCOLColorado Avalanche
- 183Riku HahlC92 GP · 13 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 212Radim VrbataR1057 GP · 623 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 240Jeff FingerD199 GP · 57 PCOLColorado Avalanche