2000 NHL Draft
Petteri Nummelin in the 2000 NHL Draft
Columbus Blue Jackets selected Petteri Nummelin 133rd overall in the 2000 NHL Draft, with the 3rd pick of round 5.
He was the sixth of the 19 Finns selected that year. It was the third of the 11 picks Columbus Blue Jackets made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His 139 games put him 53rd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 133
- Round and pick
- Round 5, pick 3
- Drafting team
- CBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 27 years
The picks around it
Picks 130–136 in the 2000 draft
- 130Aaron Van LeusenFDETDetroit Red Wings
- 131Matt HendricksC607 GP · 116 PNSHNashville Predators
- 132Maxim SushinskyR30 GP · 11 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 133Petteri NummelinD139 GP · 45 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 134Peter PodhradskyDANAAnaheim Ducks
- 135Michael DantonC87 GP · 14 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 136Dimitri UpperCNYINew York Islanders
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
6th
of 19 Finns selected
42nd
of 98 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 39Teemu LaineRNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 41Tero MaattaDSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 66Tuukka MakelaDBOSBoston Bruins
- 101Arto TukioDNYINew York Islanders
- 117Olli MalmivaaraD2 GP · 0 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 133Petteri NummelinD139 GP · 45 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 174Jarno KultanenD102 GP · 13 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 176Jukka HentunenR38 GP · 9 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 200Janne JokilaLCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 209Markus SeikolaDTORToronto Maple Leafs
+ 9 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Petteri Nummelin made his NHL debut on October 7, 2000, 104 days after the draft.
139
Games
9
Goals
36
Assists
45
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Columbus Blue Jackets picks in the 2000 draft
- 4Rostislav KleslaD659 GP · 159 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 69Ben KnoppRCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 133Petteri NummelinD139 GP · 45 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 138Scott HeffernanDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 150Tyler KolarikCCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 169Shane BenderaGCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 200Janne JokilaLCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 231Peter ZingoniCCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 278Martin ParoulekRCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 286Andrej NedorostL28 GP · 5 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 292Louis MandevilleDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets