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2002 NHL Draft

Yan Stastny in the 2002 NHL Draft

Boston Bruins selected Yan Stastny 259th overall in the 2002 NHL Draft, with the 30th pick of round 8.

It was the sixth of the 7 picks Boston Bruins made in the draft. Of the 290 players selected in 2002, 104 have played in the NHL regular season. His 91 games put him 62nd in the class.

Overall pick
259
Round and pick
Round 8, pick 30
Drafting team
BOSBoston Bruins
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 256–262 in the 2002 draft

  1. 256Darren ReidR21 GP · 1 PTBL
  2. 257Pauli LevokariDATL
  3. 258Sergei ShemetovFCOL
  4. 259Yan StastnyC91 GP · 16 PBOS
  5. 260Pierre-Olivier BeaulieuDDET
  6. 261Francois CaronDANA
  7. 262Christian SoderstromFDET

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 2002 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 2002 class

258th
of 290 players selected
148th
of 165 forwards selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Rick NashL1060 GP · 805 PCBJ
  2. 2Kari LehtonenG648 GP · 310 WATL
  3. 3Jay BouwmeesterD1240 GP · 424 PFLA
  4. 4Joni PitkanenD535 GP · 282 PPHI
  5. 5Ryan WhitneyD481 GP · 259 PPIT
  6. 6Scottie UpshallR759 GP · 284 PNSH
  7. 7Joffrey LupulL701 GP · 420 PANA
  8. 8Pierre-Marc BouchardC593 GP · 356 PMIN
  9. 9Petr TaticekC3 GP · 0 PFLA
  10. 10Eric NystromL593 GP · 123 PCGY

+ 280 more

The 2002 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Yan Stastny made his NHL debut on March 1, 2006, 3 years and 251 days after the draft.

91
Games
6
Goals
10
Assists
16
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Boston Bruins picks in the 2002 draft

  1. 29Hannu ToivonenG61 GP · 18 WBOS
  2. 56Vladislav EvseevLBOS
  3. 130Jan KubistaRBOS
  4. 153Peter HamerlikGBOS
  5. 228Dmitri UtkinLBOS
  6. 259Yan StastnyC91 GP · 16 PBOS
  7. 290Pavel FrolovFBOS