1999 NHL Draft
Oleg Saprykin in the 1999 NHL Draft
Calgary Flames selected Oleg Saprykin 11th overall in the 1999 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 29 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 10 picks Calgary Flames made in the draft. Of the 272 players selected in 1999, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. His 325 games put him 32nd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 11
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 11
- Drafting team
- CGYCalgary Flames
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 8–14 in the 1999 draft
- 8Taylor PyattL859 GP · 280 PNYINew York Islanders
- 9Jamie LundmarkC295 GP · 99 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 10Branislav MezeiD240 GP · 24 PNYINew York Islanders
- 11Oleg SaprykinL325 GP · 137 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 12Denis ShvidkiR76 GP · 25 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 13Jani RitaL66 GP · 14 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 14Jeff JillsonD140 GP · 41 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1999 class
1st
of 29 Russians selected
9th
of 154 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 11Oleg SaprykinL325 GP · 137 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 19Kirill SafronovD35 GP · 4 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 25Mikhail KuleshovL3 GP · 0 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 36Alexei SemenovD211 GP · 33 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 39Alexander ButurlinLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 43Andrei SheferLLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 46Dimitri LevinskiRCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 63Stepan MokhovDCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 67Evgeny KonstantinovG2 GP · 0 WTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 105Alexandr ChagodayevCANAAnaheim Ducks
+ 19 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Oleg Saprykin made his NHL debut on October 2, 1999, 98 days after the draft.
325
Games
55
Goals
82
Assists
137
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Calgary Flames picks in the 1999 draft
- 11Oleg SaprykinL325 GP · 137 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 38Dan CavanaughCCGYCalgary Flames
- 77Craig AndersonG709 GP · 319 WCGYCalgary Flames
- 106Roman RozakovDCGYCalgary Flames
- 135Matt DomanRCGYCalgary Flames
- 153Jesse CookDCGYCalgary Flames
- 166Cory PeckerRCGYCalgary Flames
- 170Matt UnderhillG1 GP · 0 WCGYCalgary Flames
- 190Blair StayzerLCGYCalgary Flames
- 252Dimitri KirilenkoCCGYCalgary Flames