1993 NHL Draft
Vlastimil Kroupa in the 1993 NHL Draft
San Jose Sharks selected Vlastimil Kroupa 45th overall in the 1993 NHL Draft, with the 19th pick of round 2.
He was the third of the 14 Czechs selected that year. It was the third of the 13 picks San Jose Sharks made in the draft. Of the 286 players selected in 1993, 131 have played in the NHL regular season. His 105 games put him 73rd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 45
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 19
- Drafting team
- SJSSan Jose Sharks
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 42–48 in the 1993 draft
- 42Shayne ToporowskiR3 GP · 0 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 43Alexei BudayevRWINWinnipeg Jets
- 44Jamie AllisonD372 GP · 30 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 45Vlastimil KroupaD105 GP · 23 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 46Rick GirardCVANVancouver Canucks
- 47Rory FitzpatrickD287 GP · 35 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 48Jonathan ColemanDDETDetroit Red Wings
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1993 class
3rd
of 14 Czechs selected
15th
of 93 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 27Radim BicanekD122 GP · 12 POTTOttawa Senators
- 33David VybornyR543 GP · 317 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 45Vlastimil KroupaD105 GP · 23 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 71Vinny ProspalL1108 GP · 765 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 72Marek MalikD691 GP · 168 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 77Milos HolanD49 GP · 16 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 81Marian KacirRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 120Tomas VlasakC10 GP · 4 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 123Zdenek NedvedR31 GP · 10 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 145Michal GrosekL526 GP · 221 PWINWinnipeg Jets
+ 4 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Vlastimil Kroupa made his NHL debut on October 6, 1993, 102 days after the draft.
105
Games
4
Goals
19
Assists
23
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
San Jose Sharks picks in the 1993 draft
- 6Viktor KozlovC897 GP · 537 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 28Shean DonovanR951 GP · 241 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 45Vlastimil KroupaD105 GP · 23 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 58Ville PeltonenL382 GP · 148 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 80Alexander OsadchyDSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 106Andrei BuschanDSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 132Petri VarisL1 GP · 0 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 154Fredrik OduyaDSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 158Anatoli FilatovRSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 184Todd HoltRSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 210Jonas ForsbergGSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 236Jeff SalajkoGSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 262Jamie MatthewsCSJSSan Jose Sharks