2000 NHL Draft
Ramzi Abid in the 2000 NHL Draft
Phoenix Coyotes selected Ramzi Abid 85th overall in the 2000 NHL Draft, with the 20th pick of round 3.
It was the third of the 8 picks Phoenix Coyotes made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His 68 games put him 62nd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 85
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 20
- Drafting team
- PHXPhoenix Coyotes
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 20 years
Colorado Avalanche had already picked him in 1998, 28th overall, but he went unsigned and re-entered the draft.
The picks around it
Picks 82–88 in the 2000 draft
- 82Sean O'ConnorRFLAFlorida Panthers
- 83Alexander LjubimovDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 84Peter HamerlikGPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 85Ramzi AbidL68 GP · 30 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 86Yanick LehouxC10 GP · 4 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 87Jan BohacCOTTOttawa Senators
- 88Kurt SauerD357 GP · 33 PCOLColorado Avalanche
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
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
Ramzi Abid made his NHL debut on November 12, 2002, 2 years and 141 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Phoenix Coyotes picks in the 2000 draft
- 19Krys KolanosC149 GP · 42 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 53Alexander TatarinovRPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 85Ramzi AbidL68 GP · 30 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 160Nate KiserDPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 186Brent GauvreauCPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 217Igor SamoilovDPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 249Sami VenalainenRPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 281Peter FabusFPHXPhoenix Coyotes