2002 NHL Draft
Rick Nash in the 2002 NHL Draft
Columbus Blue Jackets selected Rick Nash first overall in the 2002 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 13 picks Columbus Blue Jackets made in the draft. Of the 290 players selected in 2002, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 2 of them have played more games than his 1060, and none has scored more points than his 805.
- Overall pick
- 1
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 1
- Drafting team
- CBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–4 in the 2002 draft
- 1Rick NashL1060 GP · 805 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 2Kari LehtonenG648 GP · 310 WATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 3Jay BouwmeesterD1240 GP · 424 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 4Joni PitkanenD535 GP · 282 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2002 class
1st
of 290 players selected
1st
of 165 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Rick NashL1060 GP · 805 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 2Kari LehtonenG648 GP · 310 WATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 3Jay BouwmeesterD1240 GP · 424 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 4Joni PitkanenD535 GP · 282 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 5Ryan WhitneyD481 GP · 259 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 6Scottie UpshallR759 GP · 284 PNSHNashville Predators
- 7Joffrey LupulL701 GP · 420 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 8Pierre-Marc BouchardC593 GP · 356 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 9Petr TaticekC3 GP · 0 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 10Eric NystromL593 GP · 123 PCGYCalgary Flames
+ 280 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Rick Nash made his NHL debut on October 10, 2002, 110 days after the draft.
1060
Games
437
Goals
368
Assists
805
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Columbus Blue Jackets picks in the 2002 draft
- 1Rick NashL1060 GP · 805 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 41Joakim LindströmC150 GP · 43 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 65Ole-Kristian TollefsenD163 GP · 12 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 96Jeff GenovyCCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 98Ivan TkachenkoFCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 119Jekabs RedlihsDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 133Lasse PirjetaL146 GP · 50 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 168Tim KonsoradaRCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 184Jaroslav BalastikL74 GP · 24 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 199Greg MauldinL36 GP · 10 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 225Steven GoertzenR68 GP · 4 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 231Jaroslav KracikFCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 263Sergei MozyakinFCBJColumbus Blue Jackets