1999 NHL Draft
Zdenek Blatny in the 1999 NHL Draft
Atlanta Thrashers selected Zdenek Blatny 68th overall in the 1999 NHL Draft, with the 2nd pick of round 3.
He was the fifth of the 18 Czechs selected that year. It was the third of the 11 picks Atlanta Thrashers made in the draft. Of the 272 players selected in 1999, 112 have played in the NHL regular season. His 25 games put him 77th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 68
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 2
- Drafting team
- ATLAtlanta Thrashers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 65–71 in the 1999 draft
- 65Jan LasakG6 GP · 0 WNSHNashville Predators
- 66Dan JancevskiD9 GP · 0 PDALDallas Stars
- 67Evgeny KonstantinovG2 GP · 0 WTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 68Zdenek BlatnyL25 GP · 3 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 69Rene VydarenyDVANVancouver Canucks
- 70Niklas HagmanL770 GP · 301 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 71Jason JaspersC9 GP · 1 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1999 class
5th
of 18 Czechs selected
38th
of 154 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 1Patrik StefanC455 GP · 188 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 4Pavel BrendlR78 GP · 22 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 26Martin HavlatR790 GP · 594 POTTOttawa Senators
- 29Michal SivekC38 GP · 6 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 68Zdenek BlatnyL25 GP · 3 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 76Frantisek KaberleD523 GP · 193 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 117Karel MosovskyLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 148Michal LanicekGTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 151Vaclav ZavoralDTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 161Jan SochorRTORToronto Maple Leafs
+ 8 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Zdenek Blatny made his NHL debut on March 19, 2003, 3 years and 266 days after the draft.
25
Games
3
Goals
0
Assists
3
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Atlanta Thrashers picks in the 1999 draft
- 1Patrik StefanC455 GP · 188 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 30Luke SellarsD1 GP · 0 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 68Zdenek BlatnyL25 GP · 3 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 98David KaczowkaLATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 99Rob ZeppG10 GP · 5 WATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 128Derek MacKenzieC611 GP · 125 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 159Yuri DobryshkinRATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 188Stephen BabyRATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 217Garnet ExelbyD408 GP · 50 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 245Tommi SantalaC63 GP · 9 PATLAtlanta Thrashers
- 246Ray DilauroDATLAtlanta Thrashers