List of Nashville Predators draft picks

David Legwand was the first player ever selected by the Predators.

This is a complete list of ice hockey players who were drafted in the National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Nashville Predators franchise. It includes every player who was drafted, regardless of whether they played for the team. David Legwand became the Predators' first amateur draft pick during the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. Selected second overall, he appeared in one game for the Predators during the 1998–99 season, and joined the team full-time the next season. As the longest serving Predator, Legwand holds team records for games played, goals, assists, and points.^[1] The Predators selected Brian Finley sixth overall in 1999. Finley appeared in two games for the Predators during his career, allowing 10 goals in 107 minutes.^[2] Alexander Radulov was the first European selected by the Predators in the first round when he was taken 15th overall in 2004.

Key

	Played in at least one NHL game with the Predators
	Played in at least one NHL All-Star Game

Abbreviations for statistical columns Pos Position GP Games played G Goals A Assists Pts Points PIM Penalties in minutes GAA Goals against average W Wins L Losses SV% Save percentage OT Overtime or Shootout losses – Does not apply

Position abbreviations G Goaltender D Defenseman LW Left Wing C Center RW Right Wing F Forward

Draft picks

Scott Hartnell was the Predators' first-round selection in 2000.

Dan Hamhuis was selected 12th overall in 2001.

Ryan Suter was the team's first pick in 2003.

Pekka Rinne was drafted 258th overall in 2004.

Ryan Parent, shown here with the Chicago Wolves, was the Predators first round pick in 2005.

Jonathon Blum, shown here with the Vancouver Giants, was the first round pick in 2007.

In 2008 Chet Pickard was the Predators first round pick.

Jeff Foss, shown here with the Cincinnati Cyclones, was drafted in the 6th round in 2008.

Ryan Ellis was taken 11th overall in 2009

Statistics are complete as of the 2014–15 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	OT	SV%	GAA
1998	1	2	Legwand, DavidDavid Legwand	United States	C	1,057	223	381	604	537
1998	3	60	Arkhipov, DenisDenis Arkhipov	Russia	C	352	56	82	138	128
1998	3	85	Geoff Koch	United States	LW
1998	4	88	Kent Sauer	United States	D
1998	5	138	Martin Beauchesne	Canada	D
1998	6	147	Craig Brunel	Canada	RW
1998	8	202	Bartek, MartinMartin Bartek	Slovakia	LW
1998	9	230	Skrastins, KarlisKarlis Skrastins	Latvia	D	832	32	104	136	375
1999	1	6	Finley, BrianBrian Finley	Canada	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.851	4.70
1999	2	33	Andersson, JonasJonas Andersson	Sweden	LW	9	0	0	0	2
1999	2	52	Hall, AdamAdam Hall	United States	RW	682	69	87	156	282
1999	2	54	Hutchinson, AndrewAndrew Hutchinson	United States	D	140	12	27	39	70
1999	2	61	Ed Hill	United States	D
1999	2	65	Lasak, JanJan Lasak	Slovakia	G	6	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	.874	4.04
1999	3	72	Brett Angel	Canada	D
1999	4	121	Pavlov, EvgenyEvgeny Pavlov	Russia	C
1999	4	124	Krevsun, AlexanderAlexander Krevsun	Kazakhstan	LW
1999	5	131	Panov, KonstantinKonstantin Panov	Russia	LW
1999	6	162	Helbling, TimoTimo Helbling	Switzerland	D	11	0	1	1	8
1999	7	191	Erat, MartinMartin Erat	Czech Republic	RW	881	176	369	545	506
1999	7	205	Kyle Kettles	Canada	G
1999	8	220	Durak, MiroslavMiroslav Durak	Slovakia	D
1999	9	248	Haydar, DarrenDarren Haydar	Canada	RW	23	1	7	8	2
2000	1	6	Hartnell, ScottScott Hartnell	Canada	RW	1,030	278	319	597	1,552
2000	2	36	Widing, DanielDaniel Widing	Sweden	RW
2000	3	72	Mattias Nilsson	Sweden	D
2000	3	89	Pivko, LiborLibor Pivko	Czech Republic	LW	1	0	0	0	0
2000	5	131	Hendricks, MattMatt Hendricks	United States	C	411	40	41	81	553
2000	5	137	Stuart, MikeMike Stuart	United States	D	3	0	0	0	0
2000	5	154	Koalska, MattMatt Koalska	United States	C	3	0	0	0	2
2000	6	173	Tomas Harant	Slovakia	D
2000	6	197	Irgl, ZbynekZbynek Irgl	Czech Republic	RW
2000	7	203	Jure Penko	Slovenia	G
2000	8	236	Mats Christeen	Sweden	D
2000	9	284	Hohener, MartinMartin Hohener	Switzerland	D
2001	1	12	Hamhuis, DanDan Hamhuis	Canada	D	814	52	238	290	537
2001	2	33	Shishkanov, TimofeiTimofei Shishkanov	Russia	LW	24	3	2	5	6
2001	2	42	Slovak, TomasTomas Slovak	Slovakia	D
2001	3	75	Platonov, DenisDenis Platonov	Russia	C
2001	3	76	Setzinger, OliverOliver Setzinger	Austria	F
2001	4	98	Tootoo, JordinJordin Tootoo	Canada	RW	607	59	90	149	880
2001	6	178	Anton Lavrentiev	Russia	D
2001	8	240	Gustav Grasberg	Sweden	LW
2001	9	271	Lehtonen, MikkoMikko Lehtonen	Finland	D	15	1	2	3	8
2002	1	6	Upshall, ScottieScottie Upshall	Canada	RW	553	115	119	234	480
2002	4	102	Segal, BrandonBrandon Segal	Canada	RW	103	11	11	22	85
2002	5	138	Patrick Jarrett	Canada	C
2002	6	172	McKenna, MikeMike McKenna	United States	G	22	0	1	1	0	5	11	2	.889	3.48
2002	7	203	Josh Morrow	Canada	D
2002	8	235	Kaleb Betts	Canada	LW
2002	9	264	Matthew Davis	Canada	G
2002	9	266	Spencer, StevenSteven Spencer	Canada	D
2003	1	7	Suter, RyanRyan Suter	United States	D	749	52	299	351	502
2003	2	35	Glazachev, KonstantinKonstantin Glazachev	Russia	LW
2003	2	37	Klein, KevinKevin Klein	Canada	D	498	26	88	114	135
2003	2	49	Weber, SheaShea Weber	Canada	D	685	146	246	392	541
2003	3	76	Stehlik, RichardRichard Stehlik	Slovakia	D
2003	3	89	Brown, PaulPaul Brown	Canada	LW
2003	3	92	Sulzer, AlexanderAlexander Sulzer	Germany	D	131	7	15	22	44
2003	3	99	Shafigulin, GrigoryGrigory Shafigulin	Russia	C
2003	4	117	Lassila, TeemuTeemu Lassila	Finland	G
2003	4	133	Rustam Sidikov	Russia	G
2003	7	210	Mukhachev, AndreiAndrei Mukhachev	Russia	D
2003	7	213	Hanuljak, MiroslavMiroslav Hanuljak	Czech Republic	G
2003	9	268	Darzins, LaurisLauris Darzins	Latvia	LW
2004	1	15	Radulov, AlexanderAlexander Radulov	Russia	F	154	47	55	102	74
2004	3	81	Meidl, VaclavVaclav Meidl	Czech Republic	C
2004	4	107	Nick Fugere	Canada	LW
2004	5	139	Kyle Moir	Canada	G
2004	5	147	Niskala, JanneJanne Niskala	Finland	D	6	1	2	3	6
2004	6	178	Santorelli, MikeMike Santorelli	Canada	C	336	55	65	120	70
2004	6	193	Schaeffer, KevinKevin Schaeffer	United States	D
2004	7	209	Balan, StanislavStanislav Balan	Czech Republic	F
2004	8	243	Kulyash, DenisDenis Kulyash	Russia	D
2004	8	258	Rinne, PekkaPekka Rinne	Finland	G	381	0	9	9	36	204	115	43	.919	2.36
2004	9	275	Switzer, CraigCraig Switzer	Canada	D
2005	1	18	Parent, RyanRyan Parent	Canada	D	106	1	6	7	36
2005	3	78	Laakso, TeemuTeemu Laakso	Finland	D	17	0	0	0	10
2005	3	79	Franson, CodyCody Franson	Canada	D	400	35	134	169	134
2005	5	150	O'Reilly, CalCal O'Reilly	Canada	C	113	13	28	41	12
2005	6	176	Maki, RyanRyan Maki	United States	RW
2005	7	213	Scott Todd	Canada	D
2005	7	230	Hornqvist, PatricPatric Hornqvist	Sweden	RW	427	131	136	267	211
2006	2	56	Geoffrion, BlakeBlake Geoffrion	United States	C	55	8	5	13	34
2006	4	105	Snellman, NikoNiko Snellman	Finland	RW
2006	5	146	Dekanich, MarkMark Dekanich	Canada	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.880	3.60
2006	6	176	Flynn, RyanRyan Flynn	United States	RW
2006	7	206	Viktor Sjodin	Sweden	LW
2007	1	23	Blum, JonathonJonathon Blum	United States	D	110	7	17	24	22
2007	2	54	Smith, JeremyJeremy Smith	United States	G
2007	2	58	Spaling, NickNick Spaling	Canada	D	379	49	62	111	96
2007	3	81	Thang, RyanRyan Thang	United States	LW	1	0	0	0	0
2007	4	114	Ryan, BenBen Ryan	United States	C
2007	4	119	Santorelli, MarkMark Santorelli	Canada	LW
2007	5	144	Thuresson, AndreasAndreas Thuresson	Sweden	F	25	1	2	3	6
2007	6	174	Dietrich, RobertRobert Dietrich	Germany	D
2007	7	204	Engren, AtteAtte Engren	Finland	G
2008	1	7	Wilson, ColinColin Wilson	United States	F	368	77	101	178	92
2008	1	18	Pickard, ChetChet Pickard	Canada	G
2008	2	38	Josi, RomanRoman Josi	Switzerland	D	253	38	91	129	66
2008	5	136	Taylor Stefishen	Canada	LW
2008	6	166	Foss, JeffJeff Foss	United States	LW
2008	7	201	Lajunen, JaniJani Lajunen	Finland	F
2008	7	207	Lindback, AndersAnders Lindback	Sweden	G	111	0	3	3	6	40	51	7	.905	2.83
2009	1	11	Ellis, RyanRyan Ellis	Canada	D	202	20	51	71	70
2009	2	41	Zach Budish	United States	RW
2009	2	42	Charles-Olivier Roussel	Canada	D
2009	3	70	Beck, TaylorTaylor Beck	Canada	RW	85	11	12	23	26
2009	3	72	Latta, MichaelMichael Latta	Canada	C	70	1	9	10	80
2009	4	98	Smith, CraigCraig Smith	United States	C	277	65	79	144	116
2009	4	102	Ekholm, MattiasMattias Ekholm	Sweden	D	145	8	19	27	62
2009	4	110	Nick Oliver	United States	C
2009	5	132	Bourque, GabrielGabriel Bourque	Canada	LW	220	30	44	74	28
2009	7	192	Cameron Reid	Canada	G
2010	1	18	Watson, AustinAustin Watson	United States	RW	6	1	0	1	0
2010	3	78	Aronson, TaylorTaylor Aronson	United States	D
2010	5	126	Cehlin, PatrickPatrick Cehlin	Sweden	RW
2010	6	168	Bitetto, AnthonyAnthony Bitetto	United States	D	7	0	0	0	7
2010	7	194	Elsner, DavidDavid Elsner	Germany	F
2010	7	198	Rask, JoonasJoonas Rask	Finland	F	2	0	1	1	0
2011	2	38	Hellberg, MagnusMagnus Hellberg	Sweden	G	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750	5.00
2011	2	52	Salomaki, MiikkaMiikka Salomaki	Finland	LW	1	1	0	1	0
2011	4	94	Josh Shalla	Canada	LW
2011	4	112	Garrett Noonan	United States	D
2011	5	142	Simon Karlsson	Sweden	D
2011	6	170	Chase Balisy	United States	F
2011	7	202	Brent Andrews	Canada	LW
2012	2	37	Aberg, PontusPontus Aberg	Sweden	LW
2012	2	50	Sissons, ColtonColton Sissons	Canada	C	17	1	3	4	4
2012	3	66	Vesey, JimmyJimmy Vesey	United States	LW
2012	3	89	Leipsic, BrendanBrendan Leipsic	Canada	LW
2012	4	112	Zachary Stepan	United States	C
2012	4	118	Vainonen, MikkoMikko Vainonen	Finland	D
2012	6	164	Fernholm, SimonSimon Fernholm	Sweden	D
2012	6	172	Gortz, MaxMax Gortz	Sweden	RW
2012	6	179	Mazanec, MarekMarek Mazanec	Czech Republic	G	27	0	0	0	0	8	11	4	.902	2.77
2013	1	4	Jones, SethSeth Jones	United States	D	159	14	38	52	44
2013	3	64	Jonathan-Ismael Diaby	Canada	D
2013	4	95	Girard, FelixFelix Girard	Canada	C
2013	4	99	Saros, JuuseJuuse Saros	Finland	G
2013	5	125	Maenalanen, SakuSaku Maenalanen	Finland	RW
2013	5	140	Teemu Kivihalme	United States	D
2013	6	155	Pettersson, EmilEmil Pettersson	Sweden	C
2013	6	171	Tommy Veilleux	Canada	LW
2013	7	185	Wade Murphy	Canada	RW
2013	7	203	Juvonen, JanneJanne Juvonen	Finland	G
2014	1	11	Fiala, KevinKevin Fiala	Switzerland	LW	1	0	0	0	0
2014	2	42	Kamenev, VladislavVladislav Kamenev	Russia	LW
2014	2	51	Dougherty, JackJack Dougherty	United States	D
2014	3	62	Kirkland, JustinJustin Kirkland	Canada	LW
2014	4	112	Arvidsson, ViktorViktor Arvidsson	Sweden	LW	6	0	0	0	0
2014	5	132	Lyytinen, JoonasJoonas Lyytinen	Finland	D
2014	6	162	Irving, AaronAaron Irving	Canada	D
2015	2	55	Trenin, IakovIakov Trenin	Russia	C
2015	3	85	Novak, TommyTommy Novak	United States	C
2015	4	100	Richard, AnthonyAnthony Richard	Canada	C
2015	4	115	Carrier, AlexandreAlexandre Carrier	Canada	D
2015	5	145	Vejmelka, KarelKarel Vejmelka	Czech Republic	G
2015	6	175	Moy, TylerTyler Moy	United States	C
2015	7	205	Smith, EvanEvan Smith	United States	G

See also

• List of Nashville Predators players
• 1998 NHL Expansion Draft

References

Specific

1. AP. "Predators F David Legwand signs 6-year, $27 million extension". Retrieved 3 November 2009.
2. "Brian Finley". Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 3 November 2009.

General

• "All-time roster for the Nashville Predators of the NHL". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 2008-07-04.

• Draft history: "Nashville Predators Draft History". Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
• Draft history: "Nashville Predators Draft History". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 2008-07-04.

• Player statistics:"Nashville Predators Draft History". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 2008-07-04.
• Player statistics: "Individual player profiles". Legends of Hockey. Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2012-03-29.