Fansided · Oct 5, 2025
Re-drafting the 2001 NHL Draft lottery
Jason Spezza, Ilya Kovalchuk | Scott Cunningham/GettyImagesWe didn't have much superstar power coming out of the 2001 NHL Draft, over two decades ago in the league. This draft wasn't the worst draft class to come out of the 1990s or the 2000s decades in the NHL Entry Draft, but it did have a lot of forward depth up front.
Ilya Kovalchuk and Jason Spezza bring the star power at the forward position in the 2001 NHL Draft class from almost 25 years ago
Only four forwards from this draft class in 2001 played over 1,000 career games. There was also only one defensemen from this class in the 2001 entry draft who played over 900 regular season games in the NHL in his career.