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The Thrashers selected Ilya Kovalchuk first overall in 2001.

The Atlanta Thrashers were a professional ice hockey franchise based in Atlanta, Georgia. They played in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). [1] The franchise was founded in 1999 and existed for 12 years before relocating to Winnipeg, Manitoba to become the Jets in 2011. [2] During their existence the Thrashers drafted 107 players with the 2010 draft being their twelfth and final. [3]

The NHL Entry Draft is held each June, allowing teams to select players who have turned 18 years old by September 15 in the year the draft is held. The draft order is determined by the previous season's order of finish, with non-playoff teams drafting first, followed by the teams that made the playoffs, with the specific order determined by the number of points earned by each team. [4] The NHL holds a weighted lottery for the 14 non-playoff teams, allowing the winner to move up a maximum of four positions in the entry draft. [5] The team with the fewest points has the best chance of winning the lottery, with each successive team given a lower chance of moving up in the draft. [4]

Atlanta's first draft pick was Patrik Stefan, taken first overall, in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. He played seven seasons in the NHL, but has been called one of the biggest draft busts in league history. [6] [7] Two years after drafting Stefan, Atlanta again had the first overall pick and selected Ilya Kovalchuk. He became the Thrashers all-time leader in 10 statistical categories. He is the leader in goals, assists, points, shots on goal, overtime goals, power play goals, game-winning goals, and games played. [8]

Key

Draft picks

A Caucasian hockey player shown from the chest up. He wears a gray jersey with a stylized brown thrasher holding a hockey stick as a logo and a black helmet with a visor
The Thrashers selected Garnet Exelby 217th overall in 1999.
A head shot of a Caucasian hockey player wearing a white helmet with a visor and a white jersey
Dany Heatley was drafted with the 2nd overall pick in 2000.
An ice hockey goaltender facing the right of the camera. He wears a blue jersey with white leg pads and blocker. He is bent over at the waist leaning on his stick
The Thrashers selected Michael Garnett 80th overall in 2001.
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The Thrashers selected Kari Lehtonen 2nd overall in 2002.
A Caucasian hockey player. He wears a white jersey with dark blue shoulders with a stylized brown thrasher holding a hockey stick logo with the number 5 on his sleeve. He is bent over at the waist leaning on his stick.
The Thrashers selected Boris Valabik 10th overall in 2004.
An ice hockey goaltender stands in front of the net. He wears white leg pads and glove and blocker. He is wearing a white jersey with blue shoulders with a jet over a maple leaf inside of a circle for the logo.
Ondrej Pavelec, shown here with the Winnipeg Jets, was taken in the 2nd round, 41st overall, in 2005.
A Caucasian hockey player. He wears a white jersey with dark blue shoulders with a stylized brown thrasher holding a hockey stick for a logo. He holds his stick parallel to his waist.
The Thrashers selected Bryan Little 12th overall in 2006.
A Caucasian hockey player. He is wearing a white jersey with blue shoulders with a jet over a maple leaf inside of a circle for the logo. He is bent over at the waist leaning on his stick.
Zach Bogosian, shown here with the Winnipeg Jets, was taken 3rd overall, in 2008.
An African-Canadian hockey player. He wears a white jersey with dark blue shoulders with a stylized brown thrasher holding a hockey stick for a logo. He is standing with both hands on his stick with it on the ice.
The Thrashers selected Evander Kane with the 4th overall pick in 2009.
A Caucasian hockey player. He is wearing a white jersey with blue shoulders with a jet over a maple leaf inside of a circle for the logo. He is starting his skating stride with his eyes looking towards the camera.
Alexander Burmistrov was the Thrashers' final first round pick, selected 8th overall in 2010.

Statistics are complete as of the 2021–22 NHL season and show each player's career regular season totals in the NHL. Wins, losses, ties, overtime losses and goals against average apply to goaltenders and are used only for players at that position. A player listed with a dash under the games played column has not played in the NHL.

Year Round Pick Player Nationality Pos GP G A Pts PIM W L T OT GAA
1999 1 1 Patrik Stefan   Czech Republic C 455 64 124 188 158 — — — — —
1999 2 30 Luke Sellars   Canada D 1 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
1999 3 68 Zdenek Blatny   Czech Republic LW 25 3 0 3 8 — — — — —
1999 4 98 David Kaczowka   Canada LW — — — — — — — — — —
1999 4 99 Rob Zepp   Canada G 10 0 0 0 0 5 2 — 0 2.89
1999 5 128 Derek MacKenzie   Canada C 611 51 74 125 337 — — — — —
1999 6 159 Yuri Dobryshkin   Russia RW — — — — — — — — — —
1999 7 188 Stephen Baby   United States RW — — — — — — — — — —
1999 8 217 Garnet Exelby   Canada D 408 7 43 50 584 — — — — —
1999 9 245 Tommi Santala   Finland C 63 2 7 9 46 — — — — —
1999 9 246 Ray DiLauro   United States D — — — — — — — — — —
2000 1 2 Dany Heatley   Canada LW 869 372 419 791 620 — — — — —
2000 2 31 Ilya Nikulin   Russia D — — — — — — — — — —
2000 2 42 Libor Ustrnul   Czech Republic D — — — — — — — — — —
2000 4 107 Carl Mallette   Canada C — — — — — — — — — —
2000 4 108 Blake Robson   Canada LW — — — — — — — — — —
2000 5 147 Matthew McRae   Canada F — — — — — — — — — —
2000 6 168 Zdenek Smid   Czech Republic G — — — — — — — — — —
2000 6 178 Jeff Dwyer   United States D — — — — — — — — — —
2000 6 108 Darcy Hordichuk   Canada LW 542 20 21 41 1,140 — — — — —
2000 8 230 Samu Isosalo   Finland C — — — — — — — — — —
2000 8 242 Evan Nielsen   United States D — — — — — — — — — —
2000 8 244 Eric Bowen   United States RW — — — — — — — — — —
2000 9 288 Mark McRae   Canada D — — — — — — — — — —
2000 9 290 Simon Gamache   Canada LW 48 6 7 13 18 — — — — —
2001 1 1 Ilya Kovalchuk   Russia LW 926 443 433 876 544 — — — — —
2001 3 80 Michael Garnett   Canada G 24 0 2 2 0 10 7 — 4 3.45
2001 4 100 Brian Sipotz   United States D — — — — — — — — — —
2001 4 112 Milan Gajic   Canada C — — — — — — — — — —
2001 5 135 Colin Stuart   United States LW 56 8 5 13 26 — — — — —
2001 6 189 Pasi Nurminen   Finland G 125 0 5 5 39 48 54 12 — 3.00
2001 7 199 Matt Suderman   Canada D — — — — — — — — — —
2001 7 201 Colin FitzRandolph   United States F — — — — — — — — — —
2001 9 262 Mario Cartelli   Czech Republic D — — — — — — — — — —
2002 1 2 Kari Lehtonen   Finland G 649 0 28 28 42 310 233 0 67 2.71
2002 1 30 Jim Slater   United States C 584 67 71 138 407 — — — — —
2002 4 116 Patrick Dwyer   United States RW 416 42 51 93 77 — — — — —
2002 4 124 Lane Manson   Canada D — — — — — — — — — —
2002 5 144 Paul Flache   Canada D — — — — — — — — — —
2002 6 167 Brad Schell   Canada C — — — — — — — — — —
2002 7 198 Nathan Oystrick   Canada D 65 5 10 15 61 — — — — —
2002 8 230 Colton Fretter   Canada F — — — — — — — — — —
2002 8 236 Tyler Boldt   Canada D — — — — — — — — — —
2002 8 257 Pauli Levokari   Finland D — — — — — — — — — —
2003 1 8 Braydon Coburn   Canada D 983 49 185 234 720 — — — — —
2003 4 110 Jim Sharrow   United States D — — — — — — — — — —
2003 4 116 Guillaume Desbiens   Canada RW 23 0 0 0 37 — — — — —
2003 4 136 Mike Vannelli   United States D — — — — — — — — — —
2003 5 145 Brett Sterling   United States LW 30 5 4 9 32 — — — — —
2003 6 175 Mike Hamilton   Canada F — — — — — — — — — —
2003 7 203 Denis Loginov   Russia C — — — — — — — — — —
2003 8 239 Tobias Enstrom   Sweden D 719 54 254 308 422 — — — — —
2003 9 269 Rylan Kaip   Canada C — — — — — — — — — —
2004 1 10 Boris Valabik   Slovakia D 80 0 7 7 210 — — — — —
2004 2 40 Grant Lewis   United States D 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2004 3 76 Scott Lehman   Canada D 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2004 4 106 Chad Painchaud   Canada RW — — — — — — — — — —
2004 5 142 Juraj Gracik   Slovakia RW — — — — — — — — — —
2004 6 186 Dan Turple   Canada G — — — — — — — — — —
2004 7 204 Miikka Tuomainen   Finland LW — — — — — — — — — —
2004 8 237 Mitch Carefoot   Canada C — — — — — — — — — —
2004 9 270 Matt Siddall   Canada RW — — — — — — — — — —
2005 1 16 Alex Bourret   Canada RW — — — — — — — — — —
2005 2 41 Ondrej Pavelec   Czech Republic G 398 0 6 6 12 156 167 — 48 2.88
2005 2 49 Chad Denny   Canada D — — — — — — — — — —
2005 2 53 Andrew Kozek   Canada F — — — — — — — — — —
2005 4 116 Jordan Smotherman   United States LW 4 1 1 2 0 — — — — —
2005 5 135 Tomas Pospisil   Czech Republic LW — — — — — — — — — —
2005 6 186 Andrei Zubarev   Russia D 4 0 1 1 4 — — — — —
2005 7 207 Myles Stoesz   Canada LW — — — — — — — — — —
2006 1 12 Bryan Little   Canada C 843 217 304 521 293 — — — — —
2006 2 43 Riley Holzapfel   Canada C — — — — — — — — — —
2006 3 80 Michael Forney   United States LW — — — — — — — — — —
2006 5 135 Alex Kangas   United States G — — — — — — — — — —
2006 6 165 Jonas Enlund   Finland C — — — — — — — — — —
2006 7 195 Jesse Martin   Canada C — — — — — — — — — —
2006 7 200 Arturs Kulda   Latvia D 15 0 2 2 8 — — — — —
2006 7 210 Will O'Neill   United States D 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
2007 3 67 Spencer Machacek   Canada RW 25 2 7 9 7 — — — — —
2007 4 115 Niclas Lucenius   Finland C — — — — — — — — — —
2007 6 175 John Albert   United States C 9 1 0 1 0 — — — — —
2007 7 205 Paul Postma   Canada D 205 10 25 35 51 — — — — —
2008 1 3 Zach Bogosian   United States D 737 56 152 208 673 — — — — —
2008 1 29 Daultan Leveille   Canada C — — — — — — — — — —
2008 3 64 Danick Paquette   Canada RW — — — — — — — — — —
2008 4 94 Vinny Saponari   United States RW — — — — — — — — — —
2008 5 124 Nicklas Lasu   Sweden LW — — — — — — — — — —
2008 6 154 Chris Carrozzi   Canada G — — — — — — — — — —
2008 7 184 Zach Redmond   United States D 133 9 29 38 50 — — — — —
2009 1 4 Evander Kane   Canada C 812 286 259 545 1048 — — — — —
2009 2 34 Carl Klingberg   Sweden LW 12 1 0 1 4 — — — — —
2009 2 45 Jeremy Morin   United States LW 82 10 12 22 69 — — — — —
2009 4 117 Edward Pasquale   Canada G 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 — 0 3.96
2009 4 120 Ben Chiarot   Canada D 479 31 87 118 351 — — — — —
2009 5 125 Cody Sol   Canada D — — — — — — — — — —
2009 6 155 Jimmy Bubnick   Canada C — — — — — — — — — —
2009 7 185 Levko Koper   Canada LW — — — — — — — — — —
2009 7 203 Jordan Samuels-Thomas   United States LW — — — — — — — — — —
2010 1 8 Alexander Burmistrov   Russia C 348 37 64 101 139 — — — — —
2010 3 87 Julian Melchiori   Canada D 30 0 2 2 8 — — — — —
2010 4 101 Ivan Telegin   Russia LW — — — — — — — — — —
2010 5 128 Fredrik Petterson-Wentzel   Sweden G — — — — — — — — — —
2010 5 150 Yasin Cisse   Canada F — — — — — — — — — —
2010 6 155 Kendal McFaull   Canada D — — — — — — — — — —
2010 6 160 Tanner Lane   United States F — — — — — — — — — —
2010 6 169 Sebastian Owuya   Sweden D — — — — — — — — — —
2010 7 199 Peter Stoykewych   Canada D — — — — — — — — — —

See also

References

Specific

  1. ^ Potter, Brian; Tillotson, Rob, eds. (2008). 2008–09 Atlanta Thrashers Media Guide. Atlanta Thrashers Hockey Club.
  2. ^ Bechtel, Mark (January 30, 2012). "Everybody Loves Winnipeg". Sports Illustrated. SI.com. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
  3. ^ "Atlanta Thrashers Draft History". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
  4. ^ a b "NHL FAQ – Hockey Operations Guidelines". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
  5. ^ "Lightning win NHL draft lottery". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2008-04-07. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
  6. ^ "Top 10: Biggest NHL draft busts". The Hockey News. 2011-03-16. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
  7. ^ "The 25 worst draft busts in NHL history – with one Canuck on the list". Vancouver Sun. 2011-06-23. Retrieved 2012-03-26.
  8. ^ "Atlanta Thrashers Career Statistics". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2012-03-26.

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