2004 NHL Draft
Nicklas Grossmann in the 2004 NHL Draft
Dallas Stars selected Nicklas Grossmann 56th overall in the 2004 NHL Draft, with the 26th pick of round 2.
He was the fourth of the 19 Swedes selected that year. It was the fourth of the 10 picks Dallas Stars made in the draft. Of the 291 players selected in 2004, 128 have played in the NHL regular season. His 592 games put him 27th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 56
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 26
- Drafting team
- DALDallas Stars
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 53–59 in the 2004 draft
- 53David BoothL530 GP · 236 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 54Jakub SindelCCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 55Victor OreskovichR67 GP · 9 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 56Nicklas GrossmannD592 GP · 86 PDALDallas Stars
- 57Geoff PaukovichLEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 58Kirill LyaminDOTTOttawa Senators
- 59Kyle WhartonDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2004 class
4th
of 19 Swedes selected
16th
of 86 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 31Johannes SalmonssonFPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 34Johan FranssonDDALDallas Stars
- 49Carl SöderbergC597 GP · 297 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 56Nicklas GrossmannD592 GP · 86 PDALDallas Stars
- 91Alexander EdlerD1030 GP · 439 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 97Johan FranzénR602 GP · 370 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 104Fredrik NaslundRDALDallas Stars
- 132Oscar HedmanDWSHWashington Capitals
- 137Magnus AkerlundGCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 147Janne NiskalaD6 GP · 3 PNSHNashville Predators
+ 9 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Nicklas Grossmann made his NHL debut on December 2, 2006, 2 years and 159 days after the draft.
592
Games
13
Goals
73
Assists
86
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Dallas Stars picks in the 2004 draft
- 28Mark FistricD325 GP · 34 PDALDallas Stars
- 34Johan FranssonDDALDallas Stars
- 52Raymond SawadaR11 GP · 1 PDALDallas Stars
- 56Nicklas GrossmannD592 GP · 86 PDALDallas Stars
- 86John LammersLDALDallas Stars
- 104Fredrik NaslundRDALDallas Stars
- 183Trevor LudwigDDALDallas Stars
- 218Sergei KukushinFDALDallas Stars
- 248Lukas VomelaDDALDallas Stars
- 280Matt McKnightFDALDallas Stars