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2004 NHL Draft

Roman Polak in the 2004 NHL Draft

St. Louis Blues selected Roman Polak 180th overall in the 2004 NHL Draft, with the 17th pick of round 6.

He was the 14th of the 21 Czechs selected that year. It was the sixth of the 8 picks St. Louis Blues made in the draft. Of the 291 players selected in 2004, 128 have played in the NHL regular season. His 806 games put him 15th in the class.

Overall pick
180
Round and pick
Round 6, pick 17
Drafting team
STLSt. Louis Blues
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 177–183 in the 2004 draft

  1. 177Max GordichukDEDM
  2. 178Mike SantorelliC406 GP · 138 PNSH
  3. 179Jaroslav MrazekDNYI
  4. 180Roman PolakD806 GP · 140 PSTL
  5. 181Loic LacasseGMTL
  6. 182Fred WiknerFCGY
  7. 183Trevor LudwigDDAL

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

14th
of 21 Czechs selected
54th
of 86 defensemen selected

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

First Czechs selected

  1. 7Rostislav OleszL365 GP · 134 PFLA
  2. 9Ladislav SmidD583 GP · 72 PANA
  3. 17Marek SchwarzG6 GP · 0 WSTL
  4. 22Lukas KasparL16 GP · 4 PSJS
  5. 54Jakub SindelCCHI
  6. 63David KrejciC1032 GP · 786 PBOS
  7. 73Zdenek BahenskyRNYR
  8. 81Vaclav MeidlCNSH
  9. 116Michal BirnerLSTL
  10. 123Karel HromasLCHI

+ 11 more

Every pick from Czechia in the 2004 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Roman Polak made his NHL debut on October 9, 2006, 2 years and 104 days after the draft.

806
Games
26
Goals
114
Assists
140
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

St. Louis Blues picks in the 2004 draft

  1. 17Marek SchwarzG6 GP · 0 WSTL
  2. 49Carl SöderbergC597 GP · 297 PSTL
  3. 83Victor AlexandrovRSTL
  4. 116Michal BirnerLSTL
  5. 136Nikita NikitinD259 GP · 76 PSTL
  6. 180Roman PolakD806 GP · 140 PSTL
  7. 211David FredrikssonFSTL
  8. 277Jonathan Michel BoutinRSTL