1999 NHL Draft
Sheldon Keefe in the 1999 NHL Draft
Tampa Bay Lightning selected Sheldon Keefe 47th overall in the 1999 NHL Draft, with the 19th pick of round 2.
It was the first of the 10 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 272 players selected in 1999, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. His 125 games put him 53rd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 47
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 19
- Drafting team
- TBLTampa Bay Lightning
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 44–50 in the 1999 draft
- 44Jordan LeopoldD695 GP · 214 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 45Martin GrenierD18 GP · 1 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 46Dimitri LevinskiRCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 47Sheldon KeefeR125 GP · 24 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 48Simon LajeunesseG1 GP · 0 WOTTOttawa Senators
- 49Brett LysakC2 GP · 0 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 50Brett ClouthierLNJDNew Jersey Devils
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1999 class
47th
of 272 players selected
28th
of 154 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Patrik StefanC455 GP · 188 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 2Daniel SedinL1306 GP · 1041 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 3Henrik SedinC1330 GP · 1070 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 4Pavel BrendlR78 GP · 22 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 5Tim ConnollyC697 GP · 431 PNYINew York Islanders
- 6Brian FinleyG4 GP · 0 WNSHNashville Predators
- 7Kris BeechC198 GP · 67 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 8Taylor PyattL859 GP · 280 PNYINew York Islanders
- 9Jamie LundmarkC295 GP · 99 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 10Branislav MezeiD240 GP · 24 PNYINew York Islanders
+ 262 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Sheldon Keefe made his NHL debut on October 18, 2000, 1 year and 114 days after the draft.
125
Games
12
Goals
12
Assists
24
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 1999 draft
- 47Sheldon KeefeR125 GP · 24 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 67Evgeny KonstantinovG2 GP · 0 WTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 75Brett ScheffelmaierDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 88Jimmie ÖlvestadL111 GP · 17 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 127Kaspars AstashenkoD23 GP · 3 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 148Michal LanicekGTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 182Fedor FedorovL18 GP · 2 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 187Ivan RachunekLTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 216Erkki RajamakiLTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 244Mikko KuparinenDTBLTampa Bay Lightning