2006 NHL Draft
Nikolay Kulemin in the 2006 NHL Draft
Toronto Maple Leafs selected Nikolay Kulemin 44th overall in the 2006 NHL Draft, with the 14th pick of round 2.
He was the fifth of the 15 Russians selected that year. It was the second of the 7 picks Toronto Maple Leafs made in the draft. Of the 213 players selected in 2006, 91 have played in the NHL regular season. His 669 games put him 20th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 44
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 14
- Drafting team
- TORToronto Maple Leafs
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 41–47 in the 2006 draft
- 41Cory EmmertonC139 GP · 21 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 42Michael RatchukDPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 43Riley HolzapfelCATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 44Nikolay KuleminL669 GP · 274 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 45Jeff PetryD1048 GP · 394 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 46Jhonas EnrothG153 GP · 50 WBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 47Shawn MatthiasL551 GP · 174 PDETDetroit Red Wings
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2006 class
5th
of 15 Russians selected
27th
of 122 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 23Semyon VarlamovG626 GP · 290 WWSHWashington Capitals
- 27Ivan VishnevskiyD5 GP · 2 PDALDallas Stars
- 33Igor MakarovRCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 37Yury AlexandrovDBOSBoston Bruins
- 44Nikolay KuleminL669 GP · 274 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 54Artem AnisimovC771 GP · 376 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 55Denis BodrovDPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 58Alexander VasyunovL18 GP · 5 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 67Kirill TulupovDNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 77Vladimir ZharkovR82 GP · 14 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
+ 5 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Nikolay Kulemin made his NHL debut on October 9, 2008, 2 years and 107 days after the draft.
669
Games
121
Goals
153
Assists
274
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Toronto Maple Leafs picks in the 2006 draft
- 13Jiri TlustyL446 GP · 177 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 44Nikolay KuleminL669 GP · 274 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 99James ReimerG540 GP · 232 WTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 111Korbinian HolzerD206 GP · 27 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 161Viktor StålbergL488 GP · 168 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 166Tyler RuegseggerFTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 180Leo KomarovR491 GP · 170 PTORToronto Maple Leafs