2000 NHL Draft
Tomas Kurka in the 2000 NHL Draft
Carolina Hurricanes selected Tomas Kurka 32nd overall in the 2000 NHL Draft, with the 2nd pick of round 2.
He was the third of the 24 Czechs selected that year. It was the first of the 8 picks Carolina Hurricanes made in the draft. Of the 293 players selected in 2000, 118 have played in the NHL regular season. His 17 games put him 87th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 32
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 2
- Drafting team
- CARCarolina Hurricanes
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 29–35 in the 2000 draft
- 29Niklas KronwallD953 GP · 432 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 30Jeff TaffeL180 GP · 46 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 31Ilya NikulinDATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 32Tomas KurkaL17 GP · 5 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 33Nick SchultzD1069 GP · 175 PMINMinnesota Wild
- 34Ruslan ZainullinRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 35Brad WinchesterL390 GP · 68 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 2000 class
3rd
of 24 Czechs selected
22nd
of 163 forwards 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
Tomas Kurka made his NHL debut on February 26, 2003, 2 years and 247 days after the draft.
17
Games
3
Goals
2
Assists
5
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Carolina Hurricanes picks in the 2000 draft
- 32Tomas KurkaL17 GP · 5 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 80Ryan BaydaL179 GP · 40 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 97Niclas WallinD614 GP · 79 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 110Jared NewmanDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 181J.D. ForrestDCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 212Magnus KahnbergFCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 235Craig KowalskiGNo NHL gamesCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 276Troy FergusonFCARCarolina Hurricanes