# 2003–04 Atlanta Thrashers season

The 2003–04 Atlanta Thrashers season was the Thrashers' fifth season.

## Regular season
### Final standings

Southeast Division :
| No. | CR | | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | PTS |
| 1 | 1 | Tampa Bay Lightning | 82 | 46 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 245 | 192 | 106 |
| 2 | 10 | Atlanta Thrashers | 82 | 33 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 214 | 243 | 78 |
| 3 | 11 | Carolina Hurricanes | 82 | 28 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 172 | 209 | 76 |
| 4 | 12 | Florida Panthers | 82 | 28 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 188 | 221 | 75 |
| 5 | 14 | Washington Capitals | 82 | 23 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 186 | 253 | 59 |
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.
Eastern Conference :
| R | | Div | GP | W | L | T | OTL | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Z- Tampa Bay Lightning | SE | 82 | 46 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 245 | 192 | 106 |
| 2 | Y- Boston Bruins | NE | 82 | 41 | 19 | 15 | 7 | 209 | 188 | 104 |
| 3 | Y- Philadelphia Flyers | AT | 82 | 40 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 209 | 188 | 101 |
| 4 | X- Toronto Maple Leafs | NE | 82 | 45 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 242 | 204 | 103 |
| 5 | X- Ottawa Senators | NE | 82 | 43 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 262 | 189 | 102 |
| 6 | X- New Jersey Devils | AT | 82 | 43 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 213 | 164 | 100 |
| 7 | X- Montreal Canadiens | NE | 82 | 41 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 208 | 192 | 93 |
| 8 | X- New York Islanders | AT | 82 | 38 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 237 | 210 | 91 |
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| 9 | Buffalo Sabres | NE | 82 | 37 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 220 | 221 | 85 |
| 10 | Atlanta Thrashers | SE | 82 | 33 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 214 | 243 | 78 |
| 11 | Carolina Hurricanes | SE | 82 | 28 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 172 | 209 | 76 |
| 12 | Florida Panthers | SE | 82 | 28 | 35 | 15 | 4 | 188 | 221 | 75 |
| 13 | New York Rangers | AT | 82 | 27 | 40 | 7 | 8 | 206 | 250 | 69 |
| 14 | Washington Capitals | SE | 82 | 23 | 46 | 10 | 3 | 186 | 253 | 59 |
| 15 | Pittsburgh Penguins | AT | 82 | 23 | 47 | 8 | 4 | 190 | 303 | 58 |
Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast
Z – Clinched Conference; Y – Clinched Division; X – Clinched Playoff spot

## Schedule and results

2003–04 regular season :
October: 5–3–2–1 (home: 3–1–1–0; road: 2–2–1–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
1WOctober 9, 20032–1Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)1–0–0–0Recap
2WOctober 11, 20034–3@ Washington Capitals (2003–04)2–0–0–0Recap
3TOctober 14, 20032–2 OTNew York Islanders (2003–04)2–0–1–0Recap
4TOctober 16, 20030–0 OT@ New York Rangers (2003–04)2–0–2–0Recap
5WOctober 18, 20037–2Chicago Blackhawks (2003–04)3–0–2–0Recap
6OTLOctober 21, 20032–3 OT@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)3–0–2–1Recap
7WOctober 23, 20034–2Nashville Predators (2003–04)4–0–2–1Recap
8LOctober 25, 20032–3Florida Panthers (2003–04)4–1–2–1Recap
9WOctober 27, 20033–2 OT@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)5–1–2–1Recap
10LOctober 30, 20032–3@ Minnesota Wild (2003–04)5–2–2–1Recap
11LOctober 31, 20031–2@ Washington Capitals (2003–04)5–3–2–1Recap :
November: 7–6–1–0 (home: 4–3–1–0; road: 3–3–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
12TNovember 2, 20032–2 OTSan Jose Sharks (2003–04)5–3–3–1Recap
13WNovember 5, 20037–4@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)6–3–3–1Recap
14LNovember 7, 20032–4@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04)6–4–3–1Recap
15WNovember 8, 20034–3@ New York Islanders (2003–04)7–4–3–1Recap
16LNovember 11, 20033–5Ottawa Senators (2003–04)7–5–3–1Recap
17LNovember 13, 20031–5@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)7–6–3–1Recap
18LNovember 15, 20030–4@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)7–7–3–1Recap
19WNovember 16, 20035–2Florida Panthers (2003–04)8–7–3–1Recap
20WNovember 19, 20035–4 OTBoston Bruins (2003–04)9–7–3–1Recap
21WNovember 21, 20036–3@ Florida Panthers (2003–04)10–7–3–1Recap
22WNovember 23, 20031–0Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)11–7–3–1Recap
23LNovember 25, 20033–6Ottawa Senators (2003–04)11–8–3–1Recap
24LNovember 27, 20031–3Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)11–9–3–1Recap
25WNovember 29, 20032–1Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)12–9–3–1Recap :
December: 7–7–0–1 (home: 5–4–0–0; road: 2–3–0–1)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
26LDecember 1, 20033–4@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)12–10–3–1Recap
27LDecember 3, 20034–6Boston Bruins (2003–04)12–11–3–1Recap
28WDecember 5, 20036–2Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04)13–11–3–1Recap
29WDecember 6, 20034–3 OT@ Florida Panthers (2003–04)14–11–3–1Recap
30WDecember 10, 20034–3 OTLos Angeles Kings (2003–04)15–11–3–1Recap
31WDecember 12, 20036–3Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)16–11–3–1Recap
32LDecember 13, 20030–4@ New York Islanders (2003–04)16–12–3–1Recap
33LDecember 16, 20030–5Washington Capitals (2003–04)16–13–3–1Recap
34LDecember 18, 20030–3New Jersey Devils (2003–04)16–14–3–1Recap
35WDecember 20, 20037–4@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)17–14–3–1Recap
36WDecember 21, 20034–1Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)18–14–3–1Recap
37WDecember 26, 20033–1Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)19–14–3–1Recap
38LDecember 28, 20032–5@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04)19–15–3–1Recap
39LDecember 29, 20031–2Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)19–16–3–1Recap
40OTLDecember 31, 20035–6 OT@ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04)19–16–3–2Recap :
January: 2–9–3–0 (home: 1–4–2–0; road: 1–5–1–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
41LJanuary 3, 20041–5@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)19–17–3–2Recap
42LJanuary 8, 20041–2@ Dallas Stars (2003–04)19–18–3–2Recap
43LJanuary 10, 20042–5@ San Jose Sharks (2003–04)19–19–3–2Recap
44TJanuary 11, 20041–1 OT@ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04)19–19–4–2Recap
45LJanuary 14, 20041–2Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)19–20–4–2Recap
46LJanuary 16, 20043–4Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)19–21–4–2Recap
47WJanuary 18, 20045–2@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)20–21–4–2Recap
48WJanuary 20, 20044–1Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)21–21–4–2Recap
49TJanuary 22, 20041–1 OTColorado Avalanche (2003–04)21–21–5–2Recap
50LJanuary 24, 20040–3New York Islanders (2003–04)21–22–5–2Recap
51LJanuary 25, 20042–3@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04)21–23–5–2Recap
52TJanuary 28, 20041–1 OTSt. Louis Blues (2003–04)21–23–6–2Recap
53LJanuary 30, 20041–4Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)21–24–6–2Recap
54LJanuary 31, 20042–5@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)21–25–6–2Recap :
February: 5–7–0–0 (home: 1–2–0–0; road: 4–5–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
55LFebruary 3, 20044–5@ Boston Bruins (2003–04)21–26–6–2Recap
56LFebruary 5, 20041–5Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)21–27–6–2Recap
57LFebruary 10, 20042–5@ Calgary Flames (2003–04)21–28–6–2Recap
58LFebruary 11, 20041–5@ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04)21–29–6–2Recap
59WFebruary 13, 20044–1@ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04)22–29–6–2Recap
60LFebruary 16, 20042–7@ Buffalo Sabres (2003–04)22–30–6–2Recap
61WFebruary 17, 20044–1@ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04)23–30–6–2Recap
62WFebruary 19, 20043–2 OT@ Ottawa Senators (2003–04)24–30–6–2Recap
63LFebruary 21, 20044–5@ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04)24–31–6–2Recap
64LFebruary 25, 20042–4Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)24–32–6–2Recap
65WFebruary 27, 20043–2@ New Jersey Devils (2003–04)25–32–6–2Recap
66WFebruary 29, 20043–2New York Rangers (2003–04)26–32–6–2Recap :
March: 6–4–2–2 (home: 4–2–0–2; road: 2–2–2–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
67WMarch 2, 20044–3@ New York Rangers (2003–04)27–32–6–2Recap
68OTLMarch 5, 20042–3 OTCarolina Hurricanes (2003–04)27–32–6–3Recap
69TMarch 6, 20042–2 OT@ Boston Bruins (2003–04)27–32–7–3Recap
70LMarch 9, 20040–2New York Rangers (2003–04)27–33–7–3Recap
71LMarch 12, 20042–4@ Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04)27–34–7–3Recap
72WMarch 13, 20045–2Washington Capitals (2003–04)28–34–7–3Recap
73WMarch 15, 20041–0 OTCarolina Hurricanes (2003–04)29–34–7–3Recap
74OTLMarch 17, 20043–4 OTBuffalo Sabres (2003–04)29–34–7–4Recap
75WMarch 19, 20043–2Florida Panthers (2003–04)30–34–7–4Recap
76TMarch 20, 20042–2 OT@ Washington Capitals (2003–04)30–34–8–4Recap
77WMarch 24, 20043–2Washington Capitals (2003–04)31–34–8–4Recap
78LMarch 26, 20040–5New Jersey Devils (2003–04)31–35–8–4Recap
79WMarch 27, 20043–0@ Florida Panthers (2003–04)32–35–8–4Recap
80LMarch 29, 20042–4@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04)32–36–8–4Recap :
April: 1–1–0–0 (home: 0–1–0–0; road: 1–0–0–0)
GameResultDateScoreOpponentRecordRecap
81LApril 2, 20042–3Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04)32–37–8–4Recap
82WApril 3, 20042–1@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04)33–37–8–4Recap :
Legend:
  Win (2 points)
  Loss (0 points)
  Tie (1 point)
  Overtime loss (1 point) :

## Player statistics
### Scoring

* Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
* † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Thrashers only.
* ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Thrashers only.
| No. | Player | Pos | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM |
| 17 | Ilya Kovalchuk | LW | 81 | 41 | 46 | 87 | −10 | 63 |
| 19 | Shawn McEachern | RW | 82 | 17 | 38 | 55 | 5 | 76 |
| 13 | Vyacheslav Kozlov | LW | 76 | 20 | 32 | 52 | −12 | 74 |
| 9 | Marc Savard | C | 45 | 19 | 33 | 52 | −8 | 85 |
| 27 | Patrik Stefan | C | 82 | 14 | 26 | 40 | −7 | 26 |
| 28 | Randy Robitaille | C | 69 | 11 | 26 | 37 | −12 | 20 |
| 26 | Ronald Petrovicky | RW | 78 | 16 | 15 | 31 | −9 | 123 |
| 8 | Frantisek Kaberle | D | 67 | 3 | 26 | 29 | 2 | 30 |
| 15 | Dany Heatley | LW | 31 | 13 | 12 | 25 | −8 | 18 |
| 10 | Serge Aubin | LW | 66 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 0 | 73 |
| 16 | Jeff Cowan‡ | LW | 58 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 2 | 68 |
| 25 | Andy Sutton | D | 65 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 94 |
| 36 | Daniel Tjarnqvist | D | 68 | 5 | 15 | 20 | −4 | 20 |
| 11 | J. P. Vigier | RW | 70 | 10 | 8 | 18 | −18 | 22 |
| 23 | Ivan Majesky | D | 63 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −7 | 76 |
| 38 | Yannick Tremblay | D | 38 | 2 | 8 | 10 | −13 | 13 |
| 2 | Garnet Exelby | D | 71 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −10 | 134 |
| 4 | Chris Tamer | D | 38 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −9 | 55 |
| 39 | Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre†‡ | D | 27 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −7 | 26 |
| 6 | Shawn Heins | D | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | −1 | 16 |
| 49 | Zdenek Blatny | LW | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Ben Simon† | LW | 52 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −10 | 28 |
| 24 | Tommi Santala | C | 33 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −7 | 22 |
| 20 | Francis Lessard | RW | 62 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −5 | 181 |
| 31 | Pasi Nurminen | G | 64 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 35 |
| 41 | Daniel Corso† | C | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 |
| 47 | Kurtis Foster | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | Simon Gamache‡ | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Derek MacKenzie | C | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 22 | Kamil Piros‡ | C | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 4 |
| 48 | Kyle Rossiter† | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Karl Stewart | LW | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 29 | Brian Swanson | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Kip Brennan† | LW | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| 34 | Byron Dafoe | G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2 |
| 5 | Tomas Kloucek† | D | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | 25 |
| 29 | Brad Larsen† | LW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 |
| 32 | Kari Lehtonen | G | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 |
| 12 | Bill Lindsay | RW | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | 25 |
| 43 | Mike Weaver | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 |

### Goaltending

| No. | Player | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season |
| No. | Player | GP | W | L | T | SA | GA | GAA | SV% | SO | TOI |
| 31 | Pasi Nurminen | 64 | 25 | 30 | 7 | 1792 | 173 | 2.78 | .903 | 3 | 3738 |
| 34 | Byron Dafoe | 18 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 499 | 51 | 3.14 | .898 | 0 | 973 |
| 32 | Kari Lehtonen | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 106 | 5 | 1.25 | .953 | 1 | 240 |

## Awards and records
### Awards

| Type | Award/honor | Recipient |
| League (annual) | NHL Second All-Star Team | Ilya Kovalchuk (Left wing) |
| League (annual) | Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy | Ilya Kovalchuk |
| League (in-season) | NHL All-Star Game selection | Ilya Kovalchuk |
| League (in-season) | NHL Offensive Player of the Month | Ilya Kovalchuk (October) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Offensive Player of the Week | Ilya Kovalchuk (October 20) |
| League (in-season) | NHL Offensive Player of the Week | Ilya Kovalchuk (October 27) |
| League (in-season) | NHL YoungStars Game selection | Garnet Exelby |
| Team | Community Service Award | Andy Sutton |
| Team | Dan Snyder Memorial Trophy | Garnet Exelby |
| Team | Players' Player Award | Pasi Nurminen |
| Team | Team MVP | Ilya Kovalchuk |
| Team | Three Stars of the Game Award | Ilya Kovalchuk |

### Milestones

| Milestone | Player | Date |
| First game | Tommi Santala | October 9, 2003 |
| First game | Karl Stewart | November 7, 2003 |
| First game | Kari Lehtonen | March 19, 2004 |

## Transactions

The Thrashers were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2003, the day after the deciding game of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 7, 2004, the day of the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details |
| June 21, 2003 (2003-06-21) | To Florida Panthers 2nd-round pick in 2003 | To Atlanta Thrashers Ivan Majesky |
| September 15, 2003 (2003-09-15) | To Los Angeles Kings Milan Hnilicka | To Atlanta Thrashers Future considerations |
| October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03) | To Carolina Hurricanes 4th-round pick in 2004 | To Atlanta Thrashers Jani Hurme |
| December 2, 2003 (2003-12-02) | To Nashville Predators Simon GamacheKirill Safronov | To Atlanta Thrashers Tomas KloucekBen Simon |
| December 31, 2003 (2003-12-31) | To Columbus Blue Jackets Future considerations | To Atlanta Thrashers Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre |
| January 6, 2004 (2004-01-06) | To Ottawa Senators Brad Tapper | To Atlanta Thrashers Daniel Corso |
| March 8, 2004 (2004-03-08) | To Florida Panthers Kamil Piros | To Atlanta Thrashers Kyle Rossiter |
| March 9, 2004 (2004-03-09) | To Los Angeles Kings Jeff Cowan | To Atlanta Thrashers Kip Brennan |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Via |
| July 24, 2003 (2003-07-24) | Brian Swanson | Edmonton Oilers | Free agency |
| August 12, 2003 (2003-08-12) | Eric Healey | Manchester Monarchs (AHL) | Free agency |
| August 12, 2003 (2003-08-12) | Randy Robitaille | New York Islanders | Free agency |
| August 25, 2003 (2003-08-25) | Bill Lindsay | Montreal Canadiens | Free agency |
| September 10, 2003 (2003-09-10) | Shawn Heins | Pittsburgh Penguins | Free agency |
| October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03) | Serge Aubin | Colorado Avalanche | Waiver draft |
| October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03) | Shawn Heins | New York Rangers | Waiver draft |
| October 3, 2003 (2003-10-03) | Ronald Petrovicky | New York Rangers | Waiver draft |
| February 25, 2004 (2004-02-25) | Brad Larsen | Colorado Avalanche | Waivers |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Via |
| July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01) | Yuri Butsayev | HC CSKA Moscow (RSL) | Free agency (II) |
| July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01) | Mark Hartigan | Columbus Blue Jackets | Buyout |
| July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01) | Damian Rhodes | | Contract expiration (III) |
| July 14, 2003 (2003-07-14) | Ben Simon | Nashville Predators | Free agency (VI) |
| July 18, 2003 (2003-07-18) | Andreas Karlsson | EHC Basel (NLA) | Free agency (UFA) |
| July 21, 2003 (2003-07-21) | Per Svartvadet | Modo Hockey (SHL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| July 28, 2003 (2003-07-28) | Jeff Farkas | | Retirement (VI) |
| August 6, 2003 (2003-08-06) | Dallas Eakins | Vancouver Canucks | Free agency (UFA) |
| August 7, 2003 (2003-08-07) | Jeff Odgers | | Retirement (III) |
| September 30, 2003 (2003-09-30) | Shawn Heins | New York Rangers | Waivers |
| November 2, 2003 (2003-11-02) | Lubos Bartecko | HC Sparta Praha (ELH) | Free agency (UFA) |
| November 4, 2003 (2003-11-04) | Tony Hrkac | Nashville Predators | Free agency (III) |
| March 9, 2004 (2004-03-09) | Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre | Washington Capitals | Waivers |
| March 9, 2004 (2004-03-09) | Bill Lindsay | Washington Capitals | Waivers |
| April 20, 2004 (2004-04-20) | Brian Swanson | Kassel Huskies (DEL) | Free agency |
| April 26, 2004 (2004-04-26) | Randy Robitaille | ZSC Lions (NLA) | Free agency |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term | Contract type |
| June 18, 2003 (2003-06-18) | Byron Dafoe | 1-year | Option exercised |
| July 11, 2003 (2003-07-11) | Tommi Santala | | Entry-level |
| July 17, 2003 (2003-07-17) | Ivan Majesky | | Re-signing |
| July 17, 2003 (2003-07-17) | Andy Sutton | | Re-signing |
| July 24, 2003 (2003-07-24) | Kamil Piros | | Re-signing |
| July 26, 2003 (2003-07-26) | Vyacheslav Kozlov | | Re-signing |
| August 11, 2003 (2003-08-11) | Pasi Nurminen | 1-year | Re-signing |
| August 13, 2003 (2003-08-13) | Marc Savard | 1-year | Re-signing |
| August 20, 2003 (2003-08-20) | Stephen Baby | | Entry-level |
| September 15, 2003 (2003-09-15) | Joe DiPenta | | Re-signing |
| June 2, 2004 (2004-06-02) | Lane Manson | | Entry-level |
| June 2, 2004 (2004-06-02) | Brad Schell | | Entry-level |
| June 2, 2004 (2004-06-02) | Brian Sipotz | | Entry-level |

## Draft picks

Atlanta's draft picks at the 2003 NHL entry draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
| Round | # | Player | Nationality | College/Junior/Club team (League) |
| 1 | 8 | Braydon Coburn | Canada | Portland Winterhawks (WHL) |
| 4 | 110 | Jim Sharrow | United States | Halifax Mooseheads (QMJHL) |
| 4 | 116 | Guillaume Desbiens | Canada | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies (QMJHL) |
| 4 | 136 | Michael Vannelli | United States | Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) |
| 5 | 145 | Brett Sterling | United States | Colorado College (NCAA) |
| 6 | 175 | Mike Hamilton | Canada | Merritt Centennials (BCHL) |
| 7 | 203 | Denis Loginov | Russia | Ak Bars Kazan (Russia) |
| 8 | 239 | Tobias Enstrom | Sweden | Modo Hockey (Sweden) |
| 9 | 269 | Rylan Kaip | Canada | Notre Dame Hounds (SJHL) |