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2000 NHL Draft

Nathan Smith in the 2000 NHL Draft

Vancouver Canucks selected Nathan Smith 23rd overall in the 2000 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 7 picks Vancouver Canucks made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His 26 games put him 80th in the class.

Overall pick
23
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 23
Drafting team
VANVancouver Canucks
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 20–26 in the 2000 draft

  1. 20Alex FrolovL579 GP · 397 PLAK
  2. 21Anton VolchenkovD696 GP · 133 POTT
  3. 22David HaleD327 GP · 29 PNJD
  4. 23Nathan SmithC26 GP · 0 PVAN
  5. 24Brad BoyesR822 GP · 505 PTOR
  6. 25Steve OttC848 GP · 288 PDAL
  7. 26Brian SutherbyC460 GP · 90 PWSH

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2000 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2000 class

23rd
of 293 players selected
15th
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

  1. 1Rick DiPietroG317 GP · 130 WNYI
  2. 2Dany HeatleyL869 GP · 791 PATL
  3. 3Marian GaborikR1035 GP · 815 PMIN
  4. 4Rostislav KleslaD659 GP · 159 PCBJ
  5. 5Raffi TorresL635 GP · 260 PNYI
  6. 6Scott HartnellL1249 GP · 707 PNSH
  7. 7Lars JonssonD8 GP · 2 PBOS
  8. 8Nikita AlexeevR159 GP · 37 PTBL
  9. 9Brent KrahnG1 GP · 0 WCGY
  10. 10Mikhail YakubovC53 GP · 12 PCHI

+ 283 more

The 2000 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Nathan Smith made his NHL debut on November 18, 2003, 3 years and 147 days after the draft.

26
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Vancouver Canucks picks in the 2000 draft

  1. 23Nathan SmithC26 GP · 0 PVAN
  2. 71Thatcher BellCVAN
  3. 93Tim BranhamDVAN
  4. 144Pavel DumaCVAN
  5. 208Brandon ReidC13 GP · 6 PVAN
  6. 241Nathan BarrettCVAN
  7. 272Tim SmithCVAN