2000 NHL Draft
Rostislav Klesla in the 2000 NHL Draft
Columbus Blue Jackets selected Rostislav Klesla 4th overall in the 2000 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 24 Czechs selected that year. It was the first of the 11 picks Columbus Blue Jackets made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His 659 games put him 22nd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 4
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 4
- Drafting team
- CBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–7 in the 2000 draft
- 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
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
1st
of 24 Czechs selected
1st
of 98 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 4Rostislav KleslaD659 GP · 159 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 14Vaclav NedorostC99 GP · 20 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 32Tomas KurkaL17 GP · 5 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 42Libor UstrnulDATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 59Ivan HumlL49 GP · 18 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 61Jakub CuttaD8 GP · 0 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 64Filip NovakD17 GP · 0 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 87Jan BohacCOTTOttawa Senators
- 89Libor PivkoL1 GP · 0 PNSHNashville Predators
- 112Premsyl DubenDNYRNew York Rangers
+ 14 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Rostislav Klesla made his NHL debut on October 7, 2000, 105 days after the draft.
659
Games
48
Goals
111
Assists
159
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Columbus Blue Jackets picks in the 2000 draft
- 4Rostislav KleslaD659 GP · 159 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 69Ben KnoppRCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 133Petteri NummelinD139 GP · 45 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 138Scott HeffernanDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 150Tyler KolarikCCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 169Shane BenderaGCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 200Janne JokilaLCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 231Peter ZingoniCCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 278Martin ParoulekRCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 286Andrej NedorostL28 GP · 5 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 292Louis MandevilleDCBJColumbus Blue Jackets