2002 NHL Draft
Paul Ranger in the 2002 NHL Draft
Tampa Bay Lightning selected Paul Ranger 183rd overall in the 2002 NHL Draft, with the 17th pick of round 6.
It was the seventh of the 13 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 290 players selected in 2002, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. His 323 games put him 44th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 183
- Round and pick
- Round 6, pick 17
- Drafting team
- TBLTampa Bay Lightning
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 180–186 in the 2002 draft
- 180Kirill SidorenkoCDALDallas Stars
- 181Mikko LuomaD3 GP · 1 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 182Andre DeveauxC31 GP · 2 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 183Paul RangerD323 GP · 106 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 184Jaroslav BalastikL74 GP · 24 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 185Ryan MurphyRLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 186Jeff PietrasiakGPHXPhoenix Coyotes
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2002 class
182nd
of 290 players selected
56th
of 92 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Rick NashL1060 GP · 805 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 2Kari LehtonenG648 GP · 310 WATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 3Jay BouwmeesterD1240 GP · 424 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 4Joni PitkanenD535 GP · 282 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 5Ryan WhitneyD481 GP · 259 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 6Scottie UpshallR759 GP · 284 PNSHNashville Predators
- 7Joffrey LupulL701 GP · 420 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 8Pierre-Marc BouchardC593 GP · 356 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 9Petr TaticekC3 GP · 0 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 10Eric NystromL593 GP · 123 PCGYCalgary Flames
+ 280 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Paul Ranger made his NHL debut on October 15, 2005, 3 years and 114 days after the draft.
323
Games
24
Goals
82
Assists
106
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 2002 draft
- 60Adam HenrichLTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 100Dimitri KazionovCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 135Joseph PearceGTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 162Gerard DicaireDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 170P.J. AthertonDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 174Karri AkkanenFTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 183Paul RangerD323 GP · 106 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 213Fredrik NorrenaG100 GP · 35 WTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 233Vasily KoshechkinGTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 255Ryan CraigC198 GP · 63 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 256Darren ReidR21 GP · 1 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 286Alexei GlukhovFTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 287John ToffeyCTBLTampa Bay Lightning