2003 NHL Draft
Ryan O'Byrne in the 2003 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Ryan O'Byrne 79th overall in the 2003 NHL Draft, with the 11th pick of round 3.
It was the fourth of the 11 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 292 players selected in 2003, 130 have played in the NHL regular season. His 308 games put him 58th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 79
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 11
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 76–82 in the 2003 draft
- 76Richard StehlikDNSHNashville Predators
- 77Tyler RedenbachFPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 78Danny IrmenC2 GP · 0 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 79Ryan O'ByrneD308 GP · 39 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 80Dimitri PestunovCPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 81Stefan RuzickaR55 GP · 17 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 82Ryan MunceGLAKLos Angeles Kings
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2003 class
79th
of 292 players selected
20th
of 87 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Marc-Andre FleuryG1051 GP · 575 WPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 2Eric StaalC1365 GP · 1063 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 3Nathan HortonR627 GP · 421 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 4Nikolay ZherdevR421 GP · 261 PCBJColumbus Blue Jackets
- 5Thomas VanekL1029 GP · 789 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 6Milan MichalekL747 GP · 446 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 7Ryan SuterD1526 GP · 696 PNSHNashville Predators
- 8Braydon CoburnD983 GP · 234 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 9Dion PhaneufD1048 GP · 494 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 10Andrei KostitsynL398 GP · 222 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
+ 282 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Ryan O'Byrne made his NHL debut on December 6, 2007, 4 years and 168 days after the draft.
308
Games
5
Goals
34
Assists
39
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 2003 draft
- 10Andrei KostitsynL398 GP · 222 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 40Cory UrquhartCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 61Maxim LapierreC614 GP · 139 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 79Ryan O'ByrneD308 GP · 39 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 113Corey LockeC9 GP · 1 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 123Danny StewartLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 177Christopher Heino-LindbergGMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 188Mark FloodD39 GP · 8 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 217Oskari KorpikariDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 241Jimmy BonneauLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 271Jaroslav HalakG581 GP · 295 WMTLMontréal Canadiens