2002 Draft Choices Round 1 - Tampa Bay Lightning

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2002 Draft Choices Round 1

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Boston University
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	5	5	PIT	Ryan Whitney	D	USA	6' 3"	210	H-EAST	Boston University
Chelyabinsk
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	13	13	WSH (From DAL)	Alexander Semin	L	RUS	6' 2"	208	RUS D.1	Chelyabinsk
Chicoutimi
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	8	8	MIN	Pierre-Marc Bouchard	C	CAN	5' 10"	173	QMJHL	Chicoutimi
Elektrostal
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	21	21	CHI	Anton Babchuk	D	UKR	6' 5"	212	RUS	Elektrostal
Frolunda
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	24	24	TOR	Alexander Steen	C	CAN	6' 1"	200	SWE	Frolunda
Guelph
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	20	20	BUF (From NJD)	Daniel Paille	L	CAN	6' 0"	200	OHL	Guelph
HPK
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	29	29	BOS	Hannu Toivonen	G	FIN	6' 2"	200	FIN	HPK
Hull
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	26	26	DAL (From PHI)	Martin Vagner	D	CZE	6' 1"	214	QMJHL	Hull
HV 71
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	28	28	COL	Jonas Johansson	F	SWE	6' 2"	190	SWE	HV 71
Ilves
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	15	15	EDM (From MTL)	Jesse Niinimaki	C	FIN	6' 2"	183	FIN	Ilves
Jokerit
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	2	2	ATL	Kari Lehtonen	G	FIN	6' 4"	215	FIN	Jokerit
1	22	22	NYI	Sean Bergenheim	F	FIN	5' 11"	200	FIN	Jokerit
Kamloops
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	6	6	NSH	Scottie Upshall	R	CAN	6' 0"	200	WHL	Kamloops
Karpat
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	4	4	PHI (From TBL)	Joni Pitkanen	D	FIN	6' 3"	210	FIN	Karpat
Kitchener
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	12	12	WSH	Steve Eminger	D	CAN	6' 2"	203	OHL	Kitchener
London
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	1	1	CBJ (From FLA)	Rick Nash	L	CAN	6' 4"	216	OHL	London
Medicine Hat
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	3	3	FLA (From CBJ)	Jay Bouwmeester	D	CAN	6' 4"	215	WHL	Medicine Hat
1	7	7	ANA	Joffrey Lupul	F	CAN	6' 1"	206	WHL	Medicine Hat
Michigan State
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	30	30	ATL (From DET)	Jim Slater	C	USA	6' 0"	200	CCHA	Michigan State
Oshawa
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	23	23	PHX (From STL)	Ben Eager	L	CAN	6' 2"	235	OHL	Oshawa
Plzen
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	19	19	PHX	Jakub Koreis	C	CZE	6' 2"	206	CZE	Plzen
Portland
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	16	16	OTT	Jakub Klepis	C	CZE	6' 1"	198	WHL	Portland
Red Deer
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	17	17	WSH (From VAN)	Boyd Gordon	R	CAN	6' 1"	200	WHL	Red Deer
1	25	25	CAR	Cam Ward	G	CAN	6' 1"	185	WHL	Red Deer
Sault Ste. Marie
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	9	9	FLA (From CGY)	Petr Taticek	C	CZE	6' 0"	188	OHL	Sault Ste. Marie
St. Sebastian's
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	27	27	SJS	Mike Morris	R	USA	6' 1"	185	USHSE	St. Sebastian's
U. of Michigan
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	10	10	CGY (From NYR)	Eric Nystrom	L	USA	6' 1"	193	CCHA	U. of Michigan
U. of Minnesota
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	11	11	BUF	Keith Ballard	D	USA	5' 11"	208	WCHA	U. of Minnesota
Yale University
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	14	14	MTL (From EDM)	Chris Higgins	C	USA	6' 0"	205	ECAC	Yale University
Yaroslavl
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
1	18	18	LAK	Denis Grebeshkov	D	RUS	6' 0"	209	RUS	Yaroslavl

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