Round 1 ~ 1st Pick ~ Rick Nash
Round 2 ~ 41st Pick ~ Joakim Lindstrom
Round 3 ~ 65th Pick ~ Ole-Kristian Tollefsen
Round 3 ~ 96th Pick ~ Jeff Genovy
Round 4 ~ 98th Pick ~ Ivan Tkachenko
Round 4 ~ 119th Pick ~ Jekabs Redlihs
Round 5 ~ 133rd Pick ~ Lasse Pirjeta
Round 6 ~ 168th Pick ~ Tim Konsorada
Round 6 ~ 184th Pick ~ Jaroslav Balastik
Round 7 ~ 199th Pick ~ Greg Mauldin
Round 7 ~ 225th Pick ~ Steven Goertzen
Round 8 ~ 231st Pick ~ Jaroslav Kracik
Round 9 ~ 263rd Pick ~ Sergei Mozyakin
Everybody, even non Blue Jacket fans love Rick Nash. Why? Because, he is awesome. A bit injury prone, but he is getting to be the player everybody knew he could be. He was won the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy. He was the best fit for our club and has since become the face of the Blue Jackets.
Joakim Lindstrom has played in 12 games with the Blue Jackets. 9 in the 2006-2007 season. To be perfectly honest, I don't know why we drafted him. He really isn't that great and hasn't impressed me...like at all. He has a total of 1 goal in the NHL and 4 penalty minutes.
Ole-Kristian Tollefsen on the other hand, is great. He has really developed as a defenseman. He is gritty, a hard hitter, he has a ton of potential. I feel like he makes the right decisions on the ice and is a great guy to have around last season he was +2.
Jeff Genovy went to Clarkson University and played 4 years with them. Then during the 2006-2007 season he played for the CHL's Laredo Bucks. Ivan Tkachenko has spent his time since being drafted in Russia playing for the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv...he has done pretty well over there...and will probably stay over there. Jekabs Redlihs went to Boston University then started his professional career in 2005-2006...and in 2006-2007 he spent his time in between the AHL and ECHL but most of it was spent in the AHL. Lasse Pirjeta played 2 seasons with the Jackets and did ok, then he went on to play with the Pittsburgh Penguins and is currently playing over in Europe he seems to bounce from league to league so it's hard to say where he will play next year. Tim Konsorada has been bouncing around from the AHL to the ECHL. Jaroslav Balastik has bounced around from the AHL to the NHL to the SEL...in fact last season he played in all 3. After playing 6 games in the NHL Greg Mauldin has spent most of his time in the AHL until last season when he played in the UHL and then went on to play in Europe. Steven Goertzen has played 46 games in the NHL, and has 0 goals and 0 assists...and 54 penalty minutes...uhm...that's not so good. Jaroslav Kracik has spent his entire career over in the Czech League. Sergei Mozyakin has spent his entire career in Russia.
So that is the 2002 Draft. It was pretty much the best draft that I have covered so far. With guys like Ole and Rick it doesn't get much better than that does it?
Round 3 ~ 65th Pick ~ Ole-Kristian Tollefsen
Round 3 ~ 96th Pick ~ Jeff Genovy
Round 4 ~ 98th Pick ~ Ivan Tkachenko
Round 4 ~ 119th Pick ~ Jekabs Redlihs
Round 5 ~ 133rd Pick ~ Lasse Pirjeta
Round 6 ~ 168th Pick ~ Tim Konsorada
Round 6 ~ 184th Pick ~ Jaroslav Balastik
Round 7 ~ 199th Pick ~ Greg Mauldin
Round 7 ~ 225th Pick ~ Steven Goertzen
Round 8 ~ 231st Pick ~ Jaroslav Kracik
Round 9 ~ 263rd Pick ~ Sergei Mozyakin
Everybody, even non Blue Jacket fans love Rick Nash. Why? Because, he is awesome. A bit injury prone, but he is getting to be the player everybody knew he could be. He was won the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy. He was the best fit for our club and has since become the face of the Blue Jackets. Joakim Lindstrom has played in 12 games with the Blue Jackets. 9 in the 2006-2007 season. To be perfectly honest, I don't know why we drafted him. He really isn't that great and hasn't impressed me...like at all. He has a total of 1 goal in the NHL and 4 penalty minutes.
Ole-Kristian Tollefsen on the other hand, is great. He has really developed as a defenseman. He is gritty, a hard hitter, he has a ton of potential. I feel like he makes the right decisions on the ice and is a great guy to have around last season he was +2.
Jeff Genovy went to Clarkson University and played 4 years with them. Then during the 2006-2007 season he played for the CHL's Laredo Bucks. Ivan Tkachenko has spent his time since being drafted in Russia playing for the Yaroslavl Lokomotiv...he has done pretty well over there...and will probably stay over there. Jekabs Redlihs went to Boston University then started his professional career in 2005-2006...and in 2006-2007 he spent his time in between the AHL and ECHL but most of it was spent in the AHL. Lasse Pirjeta played 2 seasons with the Jackets and did ok, then he went on to play with the Pittsburgh Penguins and is currently playing over in Europe he seems to bounce from league to league so it's hard to say where he will play next year. Tim Konsorada has been bouncing around from the AHL to the ECHL. Jaroslav Balastik has bounced around from the AHL to the NHL to the SEL...in fact last season he played in all 3. After playing 6 games in the NHL Greg Mauldin has spent most of his time in the AHL until last season when he played in the UHL and then went on to play in Europe. Steven Goertzen has played 46 games in the NHL, and has 0 goals and 0 assists...and 54 penalty minutes...uhm...that's not so good. Jaroslav Kracik has spent his entire career over in the Czech League. Sergei Mozyakin has spent his entire career in Russia.
So that is the 2002 Draft. It was pretty much the best draft that I have covered so far. With guys like Ole and Rick it doesn't get much better than that does it?
