2000 NHL Draft
Raffi Torres in the 2000 NHL Draft
New York Islanders selected Raffi Torres 5th overall in the 2000 NHL Draft.
It was the second of the 9 picks New York Islanders made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His 635 games put him 23rd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 5
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 5
- Drafting team
- NYINew York Islanders
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 2–8 in the 2000 draft
- 2Dany HeatleyL869 GP · 791 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 3Marian GaborikR1035 GP · 815 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 4Rostislav KleslaD659 GP · 159 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 5Raffi TorresL635 GP · 260 PNYINew York Islanders
- 6Scott HartnellL1249 GP · 707 PNSHNashville Predators
- 7Lars JonssonD8 GP · 2 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 8Nikita AlexeevR159 GP · 37 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
5th
of 293 players selected
3rd
of 163 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Rick DiPietroG317 GP · 130 WNYINew York Islanders
- 2Dany HeatleyL869 GP · 791 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 3Marian GaborikR1035 GP · 815 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 4Rostislav KleslaD659 GP · 159 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 5Raffi TorresL635 GP · 260 PNYINew York Islanders
- 6Scott HartnellL1249 GP · 707 PNSHNashville Predators
- 7Lars JonssonD8 GP · 2 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 8Nikita AlexeevR159 GP · 37 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 9Brent KrahnG1 GP · 0 WCGYCalgary Flames
- 10Mikhail YakubovC53 GP · 12 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
+ 283 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Raffi Torres made his NHL debut on November 24, 2001, 1 year and 153 days after the draft.
635
Games
137
Goals
123
Assists
260
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New York Islanders picks in the 2000 draft
- 1Rick DiPietroG317 GP · 130 WNYINew York Islanders
- 5Raffi TorresL635 GP · 260 PNYINew York Islanders
- 101Arto TukioDNYINew York Islanders
- 105Vladimir GorbunovFNYINew York Islanders
- 136Dimitri UpperCNYINew York Islanders
- 148Kristofer OttossonFNYINew York Islanders
- 202Ryan CaldwellD4 GP · 0 PNYINew York Islanders
- 264Dimitri AltarevFNYINew York Islanders
- 267Tomi PettinenD24 GP · 0 PNYINew York Islanders