List of Columbus Blue Jackets draft picks

Rostislav Klesla, selected 4th overall in 2000, was the first draft pick in franchise history.

This is a list of ice hockey players who were drafted in the National Hockey League Entry Draft by the Columbus Blue Jackets franchise. It includes every player who was drafted, regardless of whether they played for the team.

Key

	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	OT	Overtime or shootout losses
SV%	Save percentage		Does not apply

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

Draft picks

The Blue Jackets selected Rick Nash first overall in 2002.

The Blue Jackets selected Pascal Leclaire eighth overall in 2001.

The Blue Jackets selected Andrew Murray 242nd overall in 2001.

The Blue Jackets selected Marc Methot 168th overall in 2003.

The Blue Jackets selected Alexandre Picard eighth overall in 2004.

The Blue Jackets selected Kris Russell 67th overall in 2005.

The Blue Jackets selected Jared Boll 101st overall in 2005.

The Blue Jackets selected Steve Mason 69th overall in 2006.

The Blue Jackets selected Jakub Voracek seventh overall in 2007.

Steven Delisle, shown here with the Chicago Express, was drafted in the fourth round in 2008

Statistics are complete as of the 2013–14 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 blank 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
2000	1	4	Klesla, RostislavRostislav Klesla	Czech Republic	D	659	48	111	159	620
2000	3	69	Knopp, BenBen Knopp	Canada	F
2000	5	133	Nummelin, PetteriPetteri Nummelin	Finland	D	139	9	36	45	34
2000	5	138	Heffernan, Scott !Scott Heffernan	Canada	D
2000	5	150	Kolarik, Tyler !Tyler Kolarik	United States	C
2000	6	169	Bendera, Shane !Shane Bendera	Canada	G
2000	7	200	Jokila, Janne !Janne Jokila	Finland	F
2000	8	231	Zingoni, PetePete Zingoni	United States	C
2000	9	278	Paroulek, Martin !Martin Paroulek	Czech Republic	LW
2000	9	286	Nedorost, AndrejAndrej Nedorost	Slovakia	C	28	2	3	5	12
2000	9	292	Mandeville, Louis !Louis Mandeville	Canada	D
2001	1	8	Leclaire, PascalPascal Leclaire	Canada	G	173	0	4	4	8	61	76	15	.904	2.89
2001	2	38	Jackman, TimTim Jackman	United States	RW	481	32	43	75	802
2001	2	53	McLeod, KielKiel McLeod	Canada	RW
2001	3	85	Johnson, AaronAaron Johnson	Canada	D	291	17	45	62	227
2001	3	87	Mars, Per !Per Mars	Sweden	F
2001	5	141	Jarrett, ColeCole Jarrett	Canada	D	1	0	0	0	0
2001	6	173	Aikins, Justin !Justin Aikins	Canada	RW
2001	6	187	Vostrikov, Artem !Artem Vostrikov	Russia	C
2001	7	204	Sannitz, RaffaeleRaffaele Sannitz	Switzerland	C
2001	8	236	Bowness, Ryan !Ryan Bowness	Canada	RW
2001	8	242	Murray, AndrewAndrew Murray	Canada	C	221	24	16	40	36
2002	1	1	Nash, RickRick Nash	Canada	LW	862	378	319	697	666
2002	2	41	Lindstrom, JoakimJoakim Lindstrom	Sweden	LW	150	19	24	43	58
2002	3	65	Tollefsen, Ole-KristianOle-Kristian Tollefsen	Norway	D	163	4	8	12	296
2002	3	96	Genovy, JeffJeff Genovy	United States	C
2002	4	98	Tkachenko, IvanIvan Tkachenko	Russia	RW
2002	4	119	Redlihs, JekabsJekabs Redlihs	Latvia	D
2002	5	133	Pirjeta, LasseLasse Pirjeta	Finland	LW	146	23	27	50	50
2002	6	168	Konsorada, Tim !Tim Konsorada	Canada	RW
2002	6	184	Balastik, JaroslavJaroslav Balastik	Czech Republic	LW	74	13	11	24	30
2002	7	199	Mauldin, GregGreg Mauldin	United States	RW	36	5	5	10	12
2002	7	225	Goertzen, StevenSteven Goertzen	Canada	RW	68	2	2	4	83
2002	8	231	Kracik, JaroslavJaroslav Kracik	Czech Republic	RW
2002	9	263	Mozyakin, SergeiSergei Mozyakin	Russia	F
2003	1	4	Zherdev, NikolayNikolay Zherdev	Ukraine	RW	421	115	146	261	225
2003	2	46	Fritsche, DanDan Fritsche	United States	C	256	34	42	76	103
2003	3	71	Kosmachev, DmitriDmitri Kosmachev	Russia	D
2003	4	103	Jarman, Kevin !Kevin Jarman	Canada	F
2003	4	104	Dupuis, PhilippePhilippe Dupuis	Canada	C	116	6	12	18	62
2003	5	138	Piispanen, ArsiArsi Piispanen	Finland	F
2003	6	168	Methot, MarcMarc Methot	Canada	D	442	16	80	96	285
2003	7	200	Guskov, AlexanderAlexander Guskov	Russia	D
2003	8	233	Gravel, Mathieu !Mathieu Gravel	Canada	RW
2003	9	283	Hendrikx, TrevorTrevor Hendrikx	Canada	D
2004	1	8	Picard, AlexandreAlexandre Picard	Canada	LW	67	0	2	2	58
2004	2	46	Pineault, AdamAdam Pineault	United States	RW	3	0	0	0	0
2004	2	59	Wharton, Kyle !Kyle Wharton	Canada	D
2004	3	93	LaCosta, DanDan LaCosta	Canada	G	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.953	1.42
2004	3	96	Plekhanov, AndreiAndrei Plekhanov	Russia	D
2004	5	133	Pohl, PetrPetr Pohl	Czech Republic	RW
2004	6	167	Page, Robert !Robert Page	United States	D
2004	6	190	Petrell, LennartLennart Petrell	Finland	LW	95	7	11	18	49
2004	7	198	Vinneau, Justin !Justin Vinneau	Canada	D
2004	8	231	McGuirk, Brian !Brian McGuirk	United States	LW
2004	8	233	Greer, Matt !Matt Greer	United States	F
2004	9	271	Clitsome, GrantGrant Clitsome	Canada	D	205	15	56	71	98
2005	1	6	Brule, GilbertGilbert Brule	Canada	C	299	43	52	95	156
2005	2	55	McQuaid, AdamAdam McQuaid	Canada	D	283	9	34	43	430
2005	3	67	Russell, KrisKris Russell	Canada	D	511	34	124	158	177
2005	4	101	Boll, JaredJared Boll	United States	RW	488	26	33	59	1134
2005	5	131	Popperle, TomasTomas Popperle	Czech Republic	G	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.929	1.33
2005	6	177	Reinhart, Derek !Derek Reinhart	Canada	D
2005	6	189	Starkov, KirillKirill Starkov	Denmark	RW
2005	7	201	Hendrikx, TrevorTrevor Hendrikx	Canada	D
2006	1	6	Brassard, DerickDerick Brassard	Canada	C	483	100	185	285	264
2006	3	69	Mason, SteveSteve Mason	Canada	G	345	0	10	10	20	147	136	44
2006	3	85	Sestito, TomTom Sestito	United States	LW	137	10	8	18	432
2006	4	113	Wright, Ben !Ben Wright	Canada	D
2006	5	129	Nyholm, RobertRobert Nyholm	Finland	LW
2006	5	136	Sucharski, Nick !Nick Sucharski	Canada	LW
2006	5	142	Frechette, Maxime !Maxime Frechette	Canada	D
2006	6	159	Dudas, Jesse !Jesse Dudas	Canada	D
2006	7	189	Dorsett, DerekDerek Dorsett	Canada	RW	410	38	60	98	1030
2006	7	194	Marquardt, MattMatt Marquardt	Canada	LW
2007	1	7	Voracek, JakubJakub Voracek	Czech Republic	RW	531	124	248	372	263
2007	2	37	Legein, StefanStefan Legein	Canada	RW
2007	2	53	Weber, Will !Will Weber	United States	D
2007	3	68	Hansen, Jake !Jake Hansen	United States	F
2007	4	94	Mayorov, MaximMaxim Mayorov	Russia	LW	22	2	1	3	2
2007	6	158	York, AllenAllen York	Canada	G	11	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	.920	2.30
2007	7	211	Vogelhuber, Trent !Trent Vogelhuber	United States	RW
2008	1	6	Filatov, NikitaNikita Filatov	Russia	LW	53	6	8	14	20
2008	2	37	Goloubef, CodyCody Goloubef	Canada	D	53	1	9	10	21
2008	4	107	Delisle, Steven !Steven Delisle	Canada	D
2008	4	118	Olson, Drew !Drew Olson	United States	D
2008	5	127	Calvert, MattMatt Calvert	Canada	LW	209	42	44	86	141
2008	5	135	Kubalik, TomasTomas Kubalik	Czech Republic	RW	12	1	3	4	6
2008	5	137	Regner, BrentBrent Regner	Canada	D
2008	6	157	Atkinson, CamCam Atkinson	United States	RW	219	59	53	112	58
2008	7	187	Collins, SeanSean Collins	Canada	C	19	0	3	3	8
2009	1	21	Moore, JohnJohn Moore	Canada	D	230	9	31	40	70
2009	2	56	Lynch, KevinKevin Lynch	United States	C
2009	4	94	Savard, DavidDavid Savard	Canada	D	187	18	43	61	115
2009	5	137	Larkin, ThomasThomas Larkin	Italy	D
2009	6	167	Blomqvist, AntonAnton Blomqvist	Sweden	D
2009	7	197	Neuber, KyleKyle Neuber	Canada	RW
2010	1	4	Johansen, RyanRyan Johansen	Canada	C	271	73	94	167	119
2010	2	34	Smith, DaltonDalton Smith	Canada	LW
2010	2	55	Straka, PetrPetr Straka	Czech Republic	LW
2010	4	94	Archibald, BrandonBrandon Archibald	United States	D
2010	4	102	Corbeil-Theriault, MathieuMathieu Corbeil-Theriault	Canada	G
2010	5	124	Madaisky, AustinAustin Madaisky	Canada	D
2010	6	154	Prout, DaltonDalton Prout	Canada	D	145	3	18	21	147
2010	7	184	Ouellette, MartinMartin Ouellette	Canada	G
2011	2	37	Jenner, BooneBoone Jenner	Canada	C	103	25	21	46	57
2011	3	66	Tynan, T. J.T. J. Tynan	United States	C
2011	4	98	Reilly, MikeMike Reilly	United States	D
2011	5	128	Ambroz, SethSeth Ambroz	United States	LW
2011	6	158	Sedlak, LukasLukas Sedlak	Czech Republic	C
2011	7	188	Forsberg, AntonAnton Forsberg	Sweden	G	5	0	0	0	0				4.69	.866
2012	1	2	Murray, RyanRyan Murray	Canada	D	78	5	19	24	18
2012	2	31	Dansk, OscarOscar Dansk	Sweden	G
2012	3	62	Korpisalo, JoonasJoonas Korpisalo	Finland	G
2012	4	95	Anderson, Josh !Josh Anderson	Canada	LW	6	0	1	1	2
2012	6	152	Zaar, Daniel !Daniel Zaar	Sweden	RW
2012	7	182	Curcuruto, Gianluca !Gianluca Curcuruto	Canada	D
2013	1	14	Wennberg, AlexanderAlexander Wennberg	Sweden	C	68	4	16	20	22
2013	1	19	Rychel, KerbyKerby Rychel	Canada	LW	5	0	3	3	2
2013	1	27	Dano, MarkoMarko Dano	Slovakia	RW	35	8	13	21	14
2013	2	50	Heatherington, DillonDillon Heatherington	Canada	D
2013	3	89	Bjorkstrand, OliverOliver Bjorkstrand	Denmark	RW
2013	4	105	Moutrey, Nick !Nick Moutrey	Canada	C
2013	6	165	Søberg, MarkusMarkus Søberg	Norway	LW
2013	7	195	Quenneville, Peter !Peter Quenneville	Canada	C
2014	1	16	Milano, SonnySonny Milano	United States	LW
2014	2	47	Collins, Ryan !Ryan Collins	United States	D
2014	3	76	Merzlikins, Elvis !Elvis Merzlikins	Latvia	G
2014	3	77	Siebenaler, Blake !Blake Siebenaler	United States	D
2014	4	107	Pelletier, Julien !Julien Pelletier	Canada	LW
2014	5	137	Bird, Tyler !Tyler Bird	United States	RW
2014	7	197	Leblanc, Olivier !Olivier Leblanc	Canada	D

References

General

"Columbus Blue Jackets Draft History". The Internet Hockey Database. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
"Columbus Blue Jackets Draft Picks". Hockey Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-01.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Founded in 2000 Based in Columbus, Ohio

Franchise	Team General managers Coaches Players Captains Draft picks Seasons Current season

History	Expansion Draft Records Award winners

Personnel	Owner John P. McConnell General manager Jarmo Kekalainen Head coach Todd Richards Team captain Vacant Current roster

Arena	Nationwide Arena

Affiliates	AHL Lake Erie Monsters ECHL Evansville IceMen

General managers	MacLean Clark Howson Kekalainen

Head coaches	King MacLean Gallant Agnew Hitchcock Noel Arniel Richards

Media	WBNS-FM Blue Jackets Radio Network Fox Sports Ohio

Culture/Lore	Stinger

Lists of NHL draft picks

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Defunct teams	Atlanta Flames Atlanta Thrashers California Golden Seals Cleveland Barons Colorado Rockies Hartford Whalers Kansas City Scouts Minnesota North Stars Quebec Nordiques Winnipeg Jets (1972–96)

See also	NHL players who were not drafted (post-1969)

List of Columbus Blue Jackets draft picks

Key

Draft picks

See also

References