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2000 NHL Draft

Paul Gaustad in the 2000 NHL Draft

Buffalo Sabres selected Paul Gaustad 220th overall in the 2000 NHL Draft, with the 23rd pick of round 7.

It was the sixth of the 8 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His 727 games put him 19th in the class.

Overall pick
220
Round and pick
Round 7, pick 23
Drafting team
BUFBuffalo Sabres
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 217–223 in the 2000 draft

  1. 217Igor SamoilovDPHX
  2. 218Craig OlynickDLAK
  3. 219Marco TuokkoCDAL
  4. 220Paul GaustadC727 GP · 231 PBUF
  5. 221Aaron MolnarGCOL
  6. 222Marek PriechodskyDTBL
  7. 223Lubos VelebnyDTOR

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2000 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2000 class

220th
of 293 players selected
125th
of 163 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First off the board

  1. 1Rick DiPietroG317 GP · 130 WNYI
  2. 2Dany HeatleyL869 GP · 791 PATL
  3. 3Marian GaborikR1035 GP · 815 PMIN
  4. 4Rostislav KleslaD659 GP · 159 PCBJ
  5. 5Raffi TorresL635 GP · 260 PNYI
  6. 6Scott HartnellL1249 GP · 707 PNSH
  7. 7Lars JonssonD8 GP · 2 PBOS
  8. 8Nikita AlexeevR159 GP · 37 PTBL
  9. 9Brent KrahnG1 GP · 0 WCGY
  10. 10Mikhail YakubovC53 GP · 12 PCHI

+ 283 more

The 2000 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Paul Gaustad made his NHL debut on March 24, 2003, 2 years and 272 days after the draft.

727
Games
89
Goals
142
Assists
231
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Buffalo Sabres picks in the 2000 draft

  1. 15Artem KriukovCBUF
  2. 48Gerard DicaireDBUF
  3. 111Ghyslain RousseauGBUF
  4. 149Denis DenisovLBUF
  5. 213Vasily BizyayevLBUF
  6. 220Paul GaustadC727 GP · 231 PBUF
  7. 258Sean McMorrowR1 GP · 0 PBUF
  8. 277Ryan CourtneyLBUF