2005 NHL Draft
Teemu Laakso in the 2005 NHL Draft
Nashville Predators selected Teemu Laakso 78th overall in the 2005 NHL Draft, with the 17th pick of round 3.
He was the third of the 9 Finns selected that year. It was the second of the 7 picks Nashville Predators made in the draft. Of the 230 players selected in 2005, 111 have played in the NHL regular season. His 17 games put him 81st in the class.
- Overall pick
- 78
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 17
- Drafting team
- NSHNashville Predators
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 75–81 in the 2005 draft
- 75Perttu LindgrenC1 GP · 0 PDALDallas Stars
- 76Shea GuthrieFNYINew York Islanders
- 77Dalyn FlattDNYRNew York Rangers
- 78Teemu LaaksoD17 GP · 0 PNSHNashville Predators
- 79Cody FransonD550 GP · 212 PNSHNashville Predators
- 80Christofer LofbergCDETDetroit Red Wings
- 81Danny SyvretD59 GP · 7 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2005 class
3rd
of 9 Finns selected
28th
of 87 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Finns selected
- 21Tuukka RaskG564 GP · 308 WTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 75Perttu LindgrenC1 GP · 0 PDALDallas Stars
- 78Teemu LaaksoD17 GP · 0 PNSHNashville Predators
- 83Mikko LehtonenR2 GP · 0 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 115Janne KolehmainenLOTTOttawa Senators
- 125Tommi LeinonenDPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 144Masi MarjamakiL1 GP · 0 PNYINew York Islanders
- 159Risto KorhonenDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 175Juho MielonenDDETDetroit Red Wings
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Teemu Laakso made his NHL debut on October 3, 2009, 4 years and 65 days after the draft.
17
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Nashville Predators picks in the 2005 draft
- 18Ryan ParentD106 GP · 7 PNSHNashville Predators
- 78Teemu LaaksoD17 GP · 0 PNSHNashville Predators
- 79Cody FransonD550 GP · 212 PNSHNashville Predators
- 150Cal O'ReillyC145 GP · 49 PNSHNashville Predators
- 176Ryan MakiRNSHNashville Predators
- 213Scott ToddDNSHNashville Predators
- 230Patric HörnqvistR901 GP · 543 PNSHNashville Predators