2000 NHL Draft
Niclas Wallin in the 2000 NHL Draft
Carolina Hurricanes selected Niclas Wallin 97th overall in the 2000 NHL Draft, with the 1st pick of round 4.
He was the tenth of the 22 Swedes selected that year. It was the third of the 8 picks Carolina Hurricanes made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His 614 games put him 24th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 97
- Round and pick
- Round 4, pick 1
- Drafting team
- CARCarolina Hurricanes
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 25 years
The picks around it
Picks 94–100 in the 2000 draft
- 94Alexander DrozdetskyFPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 95Dominic MooreC897 GP · 282 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 96Antoine BergeronDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 97Niclas WallinD614 GP · 79 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 98Jonas RönnqvistR38 GP · 4 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 99Marc CavosieFMINMinnesota Wild
- 100Miguel DelisleRTORToronto Maple Leafs
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
10th
of 22 Swedes selected
28th
of 98 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Swedes selected
- 7Lars JonssonD8 GP · 2 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 27Martin SamuelssonL14 GP · 1 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 29Niklas KronwallD953 GP · 432 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 36Daniel WidingRNSHNashville Predators
- 49Jonas NordquistC3 GP · 2 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 54Andreas LiljaD580 GP · 87 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 68Joel LundqvistC134 GP · 26 PDALDallas Stars
- 70Mikael TellqvistG113 GP · 45 WTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 72Mattias NilssonDNSHNashville Predators
- 97Niclas WallinD614 GP · 79 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
+ 12 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Niclas Wallin made his NHL debut on October 7, 2000, 104 days after the draft.
614
Games
21
Goals
58
Assists
79
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Carolina Hurricanes picks in the 2000 draft
- 32Tomas KurkaL17 GP · 5 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 80Ryan BaydaL179 GP · 40 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 97Niclas WallinD614 GP · 79 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 110Jared NewmanDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 181J.D. ForrestDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 212Magnus KahnbergFCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 235Craig KowalskiGNo NHL gamesCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 276Troy FergusonFCARCarolina Hurricanes