2000 NHL Draft
Niklas Kronwall in the 2000 NHL Draft
Detroit Red Wings selected Niklas Kronwall 29th overall in the 2000 NHL Draft.
He was the third of the 22 Swedes selected that year. It was the first of the 11 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 7 of them have played more games than his 953, and only 7 have scored more points than his 432.
- Overall pick
- 29
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 29
- Drafting team
- DETDetroit Red Wings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 26–32 in the 2000 draft
- 26Brian SutherbyC460 GP · 90 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 27Martin SamuelssonL14 GP · 1 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 28Justin WilliamsR1264 GP · 797 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 29Niklas KronwallD953 GP · 432 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 30Jeff TaffeL180 GP · 46 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 31Ilya NikulinDATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 32Tomas KurkaL17 GP · 5 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
3rd
of 22 Swedes selected
7th
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
Niklas Kronwall made his NHL debut on December 10, 2003, 3 years and 169 days after the draft.
953
Games
83
Goals
349
Assists
432
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Detroit Red Wings picks in the 2000 draft
- 29Niklas KronwallD953 GP · 432 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 38Tomas KopeckyR578 GP · 174 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 102Stefan LivGNo NHL gamesDETDetroit Red Wings
- 127Dmitri SemyenovFDETDetroit Red Wings
- 128Alexander SeluyanovDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 130Aaron Van LeusenFDETDetroit Red Wings
- 187Per BackerFDETDetroit Red Wings
- 196Paul BallantyneDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 228Jimmie SvenssonFDETDetroit Red Wings
- 251Todd JacksonRDETDetroit Red Wings
- 260Evgeni BumaginRDETDetroit Red Wings