1999 NHL Draft
Niklas Hagman in the 1999 NHL Draft
Florida Panthers selected Niklas Hagman 70th overall in the 1999 NHL Draft, with the 4th pick of round 3.
He was the fifth of the 18 Finns selected that year. It was the third of the 9 picks Florida Panthers made in the draft. Of the 272 players selected in 1999, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 10 of them have played more games than his 770, and only 9 have scored more points than his 301.
- Overall pick
- 70
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 4
- Drafting team
- FLAFlorida Panthers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 67–73 in the 1999 draft
- 67Evgeny KonstantinovG2 GP · 0 WTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 68Zdenek BlatnyL25 GP · 3 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 69Rene VydarenyDVANVancouver Canucks
- 70Niklas HagmanL770 GP · 301 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 71Jason JaspersC9 GP · 1 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 72Brett AngelDNSHNashville Predators
- 73Tim PrestonLBUFBuffalo Sabres
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1999 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 13Jani RitaL66 GP · 14 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 27Ari AhonenGNo NHL gamesNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 41Tony SalmelainenL70 GP · 18 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 62Teemu SainomaaLOTTOttawa Senators
- 70Niklas HagmanL770 GP · 301 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 100Teemu KesaDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 118Jaakko HarikkalaDBOSBoston Bruins
- 183Riku HahlC92 GP · 13 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 197Arto LaatikainenDNYRNew York Rangers
- 201Mikko RuutuLOTTOttawa Senators
+ 8 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Niklas Hagman made his NHL debut on October 4, 2001, 2 years and 100 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Florida Panthers picks in the 1999 draft
- 12Denis ShvidkiR76 GP · 25 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 40Alex AuldG237 GP · 91 WFLAFlorida Panthers
- 70Niklas HagmanL770 GP · 301 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 80Jean-Francois LanielGFLAFlorida Panthers
- 103Morgan McCormickRFLAFlorida Panthers
- 109Rod SarichDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 169Brad WoodsDFLAFlorida Panthers
- 198Travis EaglesRFLAFlorida Panthers
- 227Jonathan CharronGFLAFlorida Panthers