2002 NHL Draft
Radoslav Hecl in the 2002 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres selected Radoslav Hecl 208th overall in the 2002 NHL Draft, with the 11th pick of round 7.
He was the third of the 3 Slovaks selected that year. It was the eighth of the 10 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 290 players selected in 2002, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. His 14 games put him 91st in the class.
- Overall pick
- 208
- Round and pick
- Round 7, pick 11
- Drafting team
- BUFBuffalo Sabres
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 27 years
The picks around it
Picks 205–211 in the 2002 draft
- 205Jean-Francois DufortLEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 206David Van Der GulikL49 GP · 13 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 207Pierre JohnssonDCGYCalgary Flames
- 208Radoslav HeclD14 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 209Joni LindlofFWSHWashington Capitals
- 210Bryan HammDDALDallas Stars
- 211Patrick MurphyLEDMEdmonton Oilers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2002 class
3rd
of 3 Slovaks selected
66th
of 92 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Slovaks selected
- 89Tomas TroligaFSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 153Peter HamerlikGBOSBoston Bruins
- 208Radoslav HeclD14 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Radoslav Hecl made his NHL debut on November 30, 2002, 160 days after the draft.
14
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Buffalo Sabres picks in the 2002 draft
- 11Keith BallardD604 GP · 175 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 20Daniel PailleL582 GP · 172 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 76Michael TessierLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 82John AdamsDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 108Jakub HulvaFBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 121Marty MagersGBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 178Maxim ShevievCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 208Radoslav HeclD14 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 241Dennis WidemanD815 GP · 387 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 271Martin CizekDBUFBuffalo Sabres