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2005 NHL Draft

Tomas Popperle in the 2005 NHL Draft

Columbus Blue Jackets selected Tomas Popperle 131st overall in the 2005 NHL Draft, with the 6th pick of round 5.

He was the eighth of the 13 Czechs selected that year. It was the fifth of the 8 picks Columbus Blue Jackets made in the draft. Of the 230 players selected in 2005, 111 have played in the NHL regular season. His 2 games put him 99th in the class.

Overall pick
131
Round and pick
Round 5, pick 6
Drafting team
CBJColumbus Blue Jackets
Date
Age at the draft
20 years

The picks around it

Picks 128–134 in the 2005 draft

  1. 128Kevin LalandeGCGY
  2. 129Anthony AielloDMIN
  3. 130Mathieu AubinCMTL
  4. 131Tomas PopperleG2 GP · 0 WCBJ
  5. 132Darren HelmC823 GP · 266 PDET
  6. 133Stanislav LascekRTBL
  7. 134Brennan TurnerDCHI

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2005 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2005 class

8th
of 13 Czechs selected
14th
of 23 goaltenders selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Czechs selected

  1. 17Martin HanzalC673 GP · 338 PPHX
  2. 19Jakub KindlD331 GP · 74 PDET
  3. 39Petr KalusR11 GP · 5 PBOS
  4. 41Ondrej PavelecG398 GP · 156 WATL
  5. 73Radek SmolenakL7 GP · 1 PTBL
  6. 94Jakub VojtaDCAR
  7. 106Vladimir SobotkaC548 GP · 171 PBOS
  8. 131Tomas PopperleG2 GP · 0 WCBJ
  9. 135Tomas PospisilRATL
  10. 136Tomas KudelkaDOTT

+ 3 more

Every pick from Czechia in the 2005 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Tomas Popperle made his NHL debut on February 2, 2007, 1 year and 187 days after the draft.

2
Games
0
Wins
0
Shutouts
.929
Save %

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Columbus Blue Jackets picks in the 2005 draft

  1. 6Gilbert BruleC299 GP · 95 PCBJ
  2. 55Adam McQuaidD512 GP · 73 PCBJ
  3. 67Kris RussellD912 GP · 254 PCBJ
  4. 101Jared BollR579 GP · 66 PCBJ
  5. 131Tomas PopperleG2 GP · 0 WCBJ
  6. 177Derek ReinhartDCBJ
  7. 189Kirill StarkovCCBJ
  8. 201Trevor HendrikxDCBJ