1998 NHL Draft
Milan Kraft in the 1998 NHL Draft
Pittsburgh Penguins selected Milan Kraft 23rd overall in the 1998 NHL Draft.
He was the second of the 21 Czechs selected that year. It was the first of the 10 picks Pittsburgh Penguins made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 207 games put him 60th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 23
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 23
- Drafting team
- PITPittsburgh Penguins
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 20–26 in the 1998 draft
- 20Scott ParkerR308 GP · 21 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 21Mathieu BironD253 GP · 44 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 22Simon GagneL822 GP · 601 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 23Milan KraftC207 GP · 82 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 24Christian BäckmanD302 GP · 79 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 25Jiri FischerD305 GP · 60 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 26Mike Van RynD353 GP · 129 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1998 class
2nd
of 21 Czechs selected
14th
of 156 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 17Martin SkoulaD776 GP · 196 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 23Milan KraftC207 GP · 82 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 25Jiri FischerD305 GP · 60 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 35Petr SvobodaD18 GP · 3 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 50Jaroslav KristekR6 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 91Josef VasicekC460 GP · 183 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 117Jaroslav SpacekD880 GP · 355 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 123Jiri DopitaC73 GP · 33 PNYINew York Islanders
- 129Robert SchnabelD22 GP · 3 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 131Tomas KloucekD141 GP · 10 PNYRNew York Rangers
+ 11 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Milan Kraft made his NHL debut on October 7, 2000, 2 years and 102 days after the draft.
207
Games
41
Goals
41
Assists
82
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Pittsburgh Penguins picks in the 1998 draft
- 23Milan KraftC207 GP · 82 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 54Alexander ZevakhinRPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 80David CameronCPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 110Scott MyersGPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 134Rob ScuderiD783 GP · 110 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 169Jan FadrnyCPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 196Joel ScherbanCPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 224Mika LehtoGPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 244Toby PetersenC398 GP · 81 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 254Matt HusseyC21 GP · 4 PPITPittsburgh Penguins