FIRST-ROUND NHL ENTRY DRAFT ORDER
Order of selection:
| 1. Florida | 16. Boston |
| 2. Carolina | 17. Edmonton |
| 3. Pittsburgh | 18. Washington |
| 4. Columbus | 19. Anaheim |
| 5. Buffalo | 20. Minnesota |
| 6. San Jose | 21. San Jose (from Toronto) |
| 7. Nashville | 22. New Jersey (from St. Louis) |
| 8. Atlanta | 23. Vancouver |
| 9. Calgary | 24. Philadelphia |
| 10. Montreal | 25. Tampa Bay |
| 11. Philadelphia (from Phoenix) | 26. Los Angeles (from Colorado) |
| 12. NY Rangers | 27. Los Angeles (from Detroit) |
| 13. Los Angeles | 28. Dallas |
| 14. Chicago | 29. Ottawa |
| 15. NY Islanders | 30. St. Louis (from New Jersey) |
Transferred Draft Choices:
Pick 11 (Phoenix to Philadelphia) - Philadelphia traded C Daymond Langkow to Phoenix for Phoenix's 2nd-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft (pick later traded by Philadelphia) and 1st-round pick in the 2003 Entry Draft (July 2, 2001).
Pick 21 (Toronto to San Jose) - San Jose traded RW Owen Nolan to Toronto for C Alyn McCauley, C Brad Boyes and Toronto's 1st-round pick in the 2003 Entry Draft (Mar. 6, 2003).
Pick 22 (St. Louis to New Jersey) - As part of the Scott Stevens tampering decision, New Jersey was awarded, and is exercising this year, the right to switch 1st-round picks with St. Louis (Jan. 4, 1999).
Pick 26 (Colorado to Los Angeles) - Los Angeles traded D Rob Blake and C Steven Reinprecht to Colorado for RW Adam Deadmarsh, D Aaron Miller, C Jared Aulin, Colorado's 1st-round pick in the 2001 Entry Draft (Dave Steckel) and 1st-round pick in the 2003 Entry Draft (Feb. 22, 2001).
Pick 27 (Detroit to Los Angeles) - Los Angeles traded D Mathieu Schneider to Detroit for C Sean Avery, D Maxim Kuznetsov, Detroit's 1st-round pick in the 2003 Entry Draft and 2nd-round pick in the 2004 Entry Draft (Mar. 11, 2003).
Pick 30 (New Jersey to St. Louis) - See pick 22.






