1997 NHL Draft
Yuri Butsayev in the 1997 NHL Draft
Detroit Red Wings selected Yuri Butsayev 49th overall in the 1997 NHL Draft, with the 23rd pick of round 2.
He was the third of the 19 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 8 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 246 players selected in 1997, 101 have played in the NHL regular season. His 99 games put him 51st in the class.
- Overall pick
- 49
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 23
- Drafting team
- DETDetroit Red Wings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 46–52 in the 1997 draft
- 46Wes JarvisDNYRNew York Rangers
- 47Kristian HuseliusL662 GP · 451 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 48Henrik TallinderD678 GP · 142 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 49Yuri ButsayevL99 GP · 14 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 50Pat KavanaghR14 GP · 2 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 51Dmitri KokorevDCGYCalgary Flames
- 52Roman LyashenkoC139 GP · 23 PDALDallas Stars
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1997 class
3rd
of 19 Russians selected
29th
of 136 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 8Sergei SamsonovL888 GP · 571 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 45Maxim BalmochnykhL6 GP · 1 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 49Yuri ButsayevL99 GP · 14 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 51Dmitri KokorevDCGYCalgary Flames
- 52Roman LyashenkoC139 GP · 23 PDALDallas Stars
- 69Maxim AfinogenovR651 GP · 395 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 95Ivan NovoseltsevR234 GP · 75 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 103Mikhail ChernovDPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 118Konstantin SidulovDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 135Denis TimofeevDBOSBoston Bruins
+ 9 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Yuri Butsayev made his NHL debut on October 2, 1999, 2 years and 103 days after the draft.
99
Games
10
Goals
4
Assists
14
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Detroit Red Wings picks in the 1997 draft
- 49Yuri ButsayevL99 GP · 14 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 76Petr SykoraC12 GP · 4 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 102Quintin LaingL79 GP · 11 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 129John WikstromDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 157B.J. YoungR1 GP · 0 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 186Mike LacebyCDETDetroit Red Wings
- 213Steve WilejtoCDETDetroit Red Wings
- 239Greg WillersDDETDetroit Red Wings