2001 NHL Draft
Petr Cajanek in the 2001 NHL Draft
St. Louis Blues selected Petr Cajanek 253rd overall in the 2001 NHL Draft, with the 26th pick of round 8.
He was the 26th of the 31 Czechs selected that year. It was the sixth of the 8 picks St. Louis Blues made in the draft. Of the 289 players selected in 2001, 126 have played in the NHL regular season. His 269 games put him 55th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 253
- Round and pick
- Round 8, pick 26
- Drafting team
- STLSt. Louis Blues
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 25 years
The picks around it
Picks 250–256 in the 2001 draft
- 250Brandon Crawford-WestGPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 251Ville HamalainenFCGYCalgary Flames
- 252Jean-Francois SoucyCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 253Petr CajanekC269 GP · 153 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 254Peter PolcikLWSHWashington Capitals
- 255Marco RosaCDALDallas Stars
- 256Gregg JohnsonCOTTOttawa Senators
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2001 class
26th
of 31 Czechs selected
139th
of 159 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 13Ales HemskyR845 GP · 572 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 22Jiri NovotnyC189 GP · 51 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 24Lukas KrajicekD328 GP · 72 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 39Karel PilarD90 GP · 30 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 45Martin PodlesakCPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 51Jaroslav BednarC102 GP · 35 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 71Tomas PlekanecC1001 GP · 608 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 126Daniel VolrabCDALDallas Stars
- 129Miroslav BlatakDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 132Dusan SalfickyGNo NHL gamesNYINew York Islanders
+ 21 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Petr Cajanek made his NHL debut on October 10, 2002, 1 year and 108 days after the draft.
269
Games
46
Goals
107
Assists
153
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
St. Louis Blues picks in the 2001 draft
- 57Jay McClementC906 GP · 244 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 89Tuomas NissinenGSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 122Igor ValeevRSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 159Dimitri SeminFSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 190Brett ScheffelmaierDSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 253Petr CajanekC269 GP · 153 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 270Grant JacobsenCSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 283Simon SkoogDSTLSt. Louis Blues