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2005 NHL Draft

Tuukka Rask in the 2005 NHL Draft

Toronto Maple Leafs selected Tuukka Rask 21st overall in the 2005 NHL Draft.

He was the first of the 9 Finns selected that year. It was the first of the 6 picks Toronto Maple Leafs made in the draft. Of the 230 players selected in 2005, 111 have played in the NHL regular season. His 564 games put him 26th in the class.

Overall pick
21
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 21
Drafting team
TORToronto Maple Leafs
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 18–24 in the 2005 draft

  1. 18Ryan ParentD106 GP · 7 PNSH
  2. 19Jakub KindlD331 GP · 74 PDET
  3. 20Kenndal McArdleL42 GP · 3 PFLA
  4. 21Tuukka RaskG564 GP · 308 WTOR
  5. 22Matt LashoffD74 GP · 16 PBOS
  6. 23Niclas BergforsR173 GP · 83 PNJD
  7. 24T.J. OshieR1010 GP · 695 PSTL

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

1st
of 9 Finns selected
2nd
of 23 goaltenders selected

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

First Finns selected

  1. 21Tuukka RaskG564 GP · 308 WTOR
  2. 75Perttu LindgrenC1 GP · 0 PDAL
  3. 78Teemu LaaksoD17 GP · 0 PNSH
  4. 83Mikko LehtonenR2 GP · 0 PBOS
  5. 115Janne KolehmainenLOTT
  6. 125Tommi LeinonenDPIT
  7. 144Masi MarjamakiL1 GP · 0 PNYI
  8. 159Risto KorhonenDCAR
  9. 175Juho MielonenDDET
Every pick from Finland in the 2005 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Tuukka Rask made his NHL debut on November 20, 2007, 2 years and 113 days after the draft.

564
Games
308
Wins
52
Shutouts
.921
Save %

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Toronto Maple Leafs picks in the 2005 draft

  1. 21Tuukka RaskG564 GP · 308 WTOR
  2. 82Phil OreskovicD10 GP · 2 PTOR
  3. 153Alex BerryRTOR
  4. 173Johan DahlbergFTOR
  5. 216Anton StrålmanD938 GP · 293 PTOR
  6. 228Chad RauC9 GP · 2 PTOR