2002 Draft Choices Round 8 - Tampa Bay Lightning

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2002 Draft Choices Round 8

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Atlanta Thrashers
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	1	230	ATL	Colton Fretter	F	CAN	5' 10"	187	WJBHL	Chatham
8	7	236	ATL (From ANA)	Tyler Boldt	D	CAN	6' 1"	185	WHL	Kamloops
8	28	257	ATL (From SJS)	Pauli Levokari	D	FIN	6' 7"	260	FIN	IFK
Boston Bruins
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	30	259	BOS	Yan Stastny	F	CAN	5' 10"	191	CCHA	U. of Notre Dame
Buffalo Sabres
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	12	241	BUF	Dennis Wideman	D	CAN	6' 0"	196	OHL	London
Columbus Blue Jackets
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	2	231	CBJ	Jaroslav Kracik	F	CZE	6' 0"	178	CZE	Plzen
Calgary Flames
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	9	238	CGY	Jyri Marttinen	D	FIN	5' 11"	180	FIN	Jyvaskyla
Chicago Blackhawks
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	22	251	CHI	Jason Kostadine	R	USA	6' 0"	202	QMJHL	Hull
Colorado Avalanche
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	29	258	COL	Sergei Shemetov	F	RUS	6' 1"	174	RUS	Yaroslavl
Dallas Stars
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	14	243	DAL	Tuomas Mikkonen	F	FIN	6' 1"	183	FIN	Jyvaskyla
Detroit Red Wings
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	31	260	DET	Pierre-Olivier Beaulieu	D	CAN	6' 4"	184	QMJHL	Quebec
Edmonton Oilers
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	15	244	EDM	Dwight Helminen	C	USA	5' 10"	191	CCHA	U. of Michigan
8	16	245	EDM (From MTL)	Tomas Micka	F	CZE	6' 2"	176	CZE JR.	Slavia Jr.
Florida Panthers
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	3	232	FLA	Peter Hafner	D	USA	6' 5"	195	USHSE	Taft School
Los Angeles Kings
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	19	248	LAK	Tuukka Pulliainen	F	FIN	5' 11"	176	FIN	Tuto
Minnesota Wild
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	8	237	MIN	Christoph Brandner	F	AUT	6' 4"	224	GER	Krefeld
New Jersey Devils
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	21	250	NJD	Dan Glover	D	CAN	6' 2"	175	AJHL	Camrose
Nashville Predators
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	6	235	NSH	Kaleb Betts	C	CAN	5' 10"	185	BCHL	Chilliwack
New York Islanders
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	23	252	NYI	Martin Chabada	F	CZE	6' 1"	202	CZE	Sparta
New York Rangers
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	11	240	NYR	Petr Prucha	F	CZE	6' 0"	175	CZE JR.	Pardubice Jr.
Ottawa Senators
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	17	246	OTT	Josef Vavra	L	CZE	6' 0"	174	CZE JR.	Vsetin Jr.
Phoenix Coyotes
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	20	249	PHX	Marcus Smith	D	USA	6' 0"	192	OHL	Kitchener
Pittsburgh Penguins
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	5	234	PIT	Maxime Talbot	C	CAN	5' 11"	190	QMJHL	Hull
8	10	239	PIT	Ryan Lannon	D	USA	6' 1"	200	ECAC	Harvard U.
St. Louis Blues
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	24	253	STL	Tom Koivisto	D	FIN	5' 10"	186	FIN	Jokerit
Tampa Bay Lightning
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	4	233	TBL	Vasily Koshechkin	G	RUS	6' 5"	225	RUS	Lada Togliatti
8	26	255	TBL (From CAR)	Ryan Craig	C	CAN	6' 1"	215	WHL	Brandon
8	27	256	TBL (From PHI)	Darren Reid	R	CAN	6' 2"	205	WHL	Medicine Hat
Toronto Maple Leafs
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	25	254	TOR	Jarkko Immonen	C	FIN	6' 0"	200	FIN	Assat
Vancouver Canucks
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	18	247	VAN	Matt Violin	G	CAN	6' 1"	180	CCHA	Lake Superior
Washington Capitals
Round	Pick	Overall	Team	Player	Pos	Country	Ht	Wt	Amateur League	Amateur Team
8	13	242	WSH	Igor Ignatushkin	F	RUS	5' 11"	161	RUS	Elektrostal

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