2003 NHL Draft
Nathan Horton in the 2003 NHL Draft
Florida Panthers selected Nathan Horton 3rd overall in the 2003 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 13 picks Florida Panthers made in the draft. Of the 292 players selected in 2003, 130 have played in the NHL regular season. His 627 games put him 35th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 3
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 3
- Drafting team
- FLAFlorida Panthers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–6 in the 2003 draft
- 1Marc-Andre FleuryG1051 GP · 575 WPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 2Eric StaalC1365 GP · 1063 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 3Nathan HortonR627 GP · 421 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 4Nikolay ZherdevR421 GP · 261 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 5Thomas VanekL1029 GP · 789 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 6Milan MichalekL747 GP · 446 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2003 class
3rd
of 292 players selected
2nd
of 176 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Marc-Andre FleuryG1051 GP · 575 WPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 2Eric StaalC1365 GP · 1063 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 3Nathan HortonR627 GP · 421 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 4Nikolay ZherdevR421 GP · 261 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 5Thomas VanekL1029 GP · 789 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 6Milan MichalekL747 GP · 446 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 7Ryan SuterD1526 GP · 696 PNSHNashville Predators
- 8Braydon CoburnD983 GP · 234 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 9Dion PhaneufD1048 GP · 494 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 10Andrei KostitsynL398 GP · 222 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
+ 282 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Nathan Horton made his NHL debut on October 9, 2003, 110 days after the draft.
627
Games
203
Goals
218
Assists
421
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Florida Panthers picks in the 2003 draft
- 3Nathan HortonR627 GP · 421 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 25Anthony StewartR262 GP · 71 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 38Kamil KrepsC232 GP · 60 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 55Stefan MeyerL20 GP · 2 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 105Martin LojekD5 GP · 1 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 124James PembertonDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 141Dan TravisRFLAFlorida Panthers
- 162Martin TumaDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 171Denis StasyukCFLAFlorida Panthers
- 223Dany RoussinCFLAFlorida Panthers
- 234Petr KadlecDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 264John HecimovicRFLAFlorida Panthers
- 265Tanner GlassL527 GP · 69 PFLAFlorida Panthers