1999 NHL Draft

Radim Vrbata in the 1999 NHL Draft

Colorado Avalanche selected Radim Vrbata 212th overall in the 1999 NHL Draft, with the 26th pick of round 7.

He was the 16th of the 18 Czechs selected that year. It was the tenth of the 11 picks Colorado Avalanche made in the draft. Of the 272 players selected in 1999, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 3 of them have played more games than his 1057, and only 3 have scored more points than his 623.

Overall pick: 212
Round and pick: Round 7, pick 26
Drafting team: COLColorado Avalanche
Date: June 26, 1999
Age at the draft: 18 years

The picks around it

Picks 209–215 in the 1999 draft

209Layne UlmerC1 GP · 0 POTTOttawa Senators
210Henrik ZetterbergC1082 GP · 960 PDETDetroit Red Wings
211Vladimir KulikovGTORToronto Maple Leafs
212Radim VrbataR1057 GP · 623 PCOLColorado Avalanche
213Alexandre GirouxL48 GP · 12 POTTOttawa Senators
214Chris HartsburgRNJDNew Jersey Devils
215Jeff MacMillanD4 GP · 0 PDALDallas Stars

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1999 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1999 class

16th

of 18 Czechs selected

120th

of 154 forwards selected

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

First Czechs selected

1Patrik StefanC455 GP · 188 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
4Pavel BrendlR78 GP · 22 PNYRNew York Rangers
26Martin HavlatR790 GP · 594 POTTOttawa Senators
29Michal SivekC38 GP · 6 PWSHWashington Capitals
68Zdenek BlatnyL25 GP · 3 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
76Frantisek KaberleD523 GP · 193 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
117Karel MosovskyLBUFBuffalo Sabres
148Michal LanicekGTBLTampa Bay Lightning
151Vaclav ZavoralDTORToronto Maple Leafs
161Jan SochorRTORToronto Maple Leafs

+ 8 more

Every pick from Czechia in the 1999 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Radim Vrbata made his NHL debut on November 20, 2001, 2 years and 147 days after the draft.

1057

Games

284

Goals

339

Assists

623

Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Colorado Avalanche picks in the 1999 draft

25Mikhail KuleshovL3 GP · 0 PCOLColorado Avalanche
45Martin GrenierD18 GP · 1 PCOLColorado Avalanche
93Branko RadivojevicR393 GP · 120 PCOLColorado Avalanche
112Sanny LindstromDCOLColorado Avalanche
122Kristian KovacRCOLColorado Avalanche
142William MagnusonDCOLColorado Avalanche
152Jordan KrestanovichL22 GP · 2 PCOLColorado Avalanche
158Anders LovdahlCCOLColorado Avalanche
183Riku HahlC92 GP · 13 PCOLColorado Avalanche
212Radim VrbataR1057 GP · 623 PCOLColorado Avalanche
240Jeff FingerD199 GP · 57 PCOLColorado Avalanche