2004 NHL Draft

Raymond Sawada in the 2004 NHL Draft

Dallas Stars selected Raymond Sawada 52nd overall in the 2004 NHL Draft, with the 22nd pick of round 2.

It was the third of the 10 picks Dallas Stars made in the draft. Of the 291 players selected in 2004, 128 have played in the NHL regular season. His 11 games put him 103rd in the class.

Overall pick: 52
Round and pick: Round 2, pick 22
Drafting team: DALDallas Stars
Date: June 26, 2004
Age at the draft: 19 years

The picks around it

Picks 49–55 in the 2004 draft

49Carl SöderbergC597 GP · 297 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
50Enver LisinR135 GP · 42 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
51Bruce GrahamCNYRNew York Rangers
52Raymond SawadaR11 GP · 1 PDALDallas Stars
53David BoothL530 GP · 236 PFLAFlorida Panthers
54Jakub SindelCCHIChicago Blackhawks
55Victor OreskovichR67 GP · 9 PCOLColorado Avalanche

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2004 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2004 class

52nd

of 291 players selected

31st

of 172 forwards selected

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

First off the board

1Alex OvechkinL1587 GP · 1691 PWSHWashington Capitals
2Evgeni MalkinC1282 GP · 1418 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
3Cam BarkerD310 GP · 96 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
4Andrew LaddL1001 GP · 550 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
5Blake WheelerR1172 GP · 943 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
6Al MontoyaG168 GP · 67 WNYRNew York Rangers
7Rostislav OleszL365 GP · 134 PFLAFlorida Panthers
8Alexandre PicardL67 GP · 2 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
9Ladislav SmidD583 GP · 72 PANAAnaheim Ducks
10Boris ValabikD80 GP · 7 PATLAtlanta Thrashers

+ 281 more

The 2004 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Raymond Sawada made his NHL debut on February 19, 2009, 4 years and 238 days after the draft.

Games

Goals

Assists

Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Picks 49–55 in the 2004 draft

Where he came in the 2004 class

First off the board

The road to the NHL

Dallas Stars picks in the 2004 draft