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
| G | Goaltender |
|---|---|
| D | Defenseman |
| LW | Left wing |
| C | Center |
| RW | Right wing |
| F | Forward |
Draft picks
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
General
- Draft history: "Atlanta Thrashers Draft History". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
- Draft history: "Atlanta Thrashers Draft Register". Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
- Player statistics: "Atlanta Thrashers Draft History". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
- Player statistics: "Individual player profiles". Legends of Hockey. Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2012-03-29.