 the 1999 nhl entry draft was held on june 26 at the fleetcenter in boston, massachusetts. according to sports illustrated and other sports news agencies, at the time the 1999 draft was considered one of the deepest in talent in years, headed by patrik stefan and the sedin twins.http://images.si.com/hockey/nhl/1999/draft/news/1999/06/25/nhldraft_preview/index.html however, the overall impact in the nhl hasn't matched those of the neighboring drafts. an example of this one is how many first round picks have played the equivalent of an entire regular season ten seasons after the 1999 draft; only 16 out of 28 first round picks in 1999 have played 82 nhl games, while the same statistic applies to 23 out of 27 players in 1998 and 21 out of 30 players in 2000. in addition, while the sedin twins have excelled in the nhl, only two of the other 26 first-round picks (barret jackman and martin havlat) are still active in the nhl, 13 years after the draft. the team that originally held the #1 overall pick, the tampa bay lightning, traded out of the first round altogether in the trading carousel used to select the sedins. == selections by round ==  club teams are located in north america unless otherwise noted. selections by round: * round one * round two * round three * round four * round five * round six * round seven * round eight * round nine === round one === {| border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" class="wikitable" |- ! bgcolor="#ddddff" width="2.75%" | # ! bgcolor="#ddddff" width="22.0%" | player ! bgcolor="#ddddff" width="16.5%" | nationality ! bgcolor="#ddddff" width="24.0%" | nhl team ! bgcolor="#ddddff" width="100.0%" | college/junior/club team |- | 1 | patrik stefan (center) |  | atlanta thrashers (from tampa bay via vancouver) | long beach ice dogs (ihl) |- | 2 | bgcolor="#fbceb1"| daniel sedin (left wing) |  | vancouver canucks (from atlanta) | modo hockey (sweden) |- | 3 | bgcolor="#fbceb1"| henrik sedin (center) |  | vancouver canucks | modo hockey (sweden) |- | 4 | pavel brendl (right wing) |  | new york rangers (from chicago via vancouver and tampa bay) | calgary hitmen ([[western hockey league|whl]
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