Entry Draft 2001

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Round 1
Pick	Team Pick	Player	Position	Birth Date	Birth Place	Height	Weight	League	Team	Handed
The Atlanta Thrashers did not possess a 1st round pick in the 2001 entry draft.
Round 2
33rd Overall	Atlanta	Mark Popovic	Defence	October 11, 1982	Stony Creek, ON, Canada	6"1	194 lbs	OHL	St. Mike's	Left
Round 3
63rd Overall	Atlanta	Brendan Nolan	Centre/Left Wing	July 8, 1983	Sault Ste. Marie, ON, Canada	6"0	177 lbs	OHL	Oshawa	Left
66th Overall	Via Columbus	Peter Budaj	Goalie	September 18, 1982	Banska Bystrica, Slovakia	6"0	200 lbs	OHL	St. Mike's	Left
75th Overall	Via Washington	Kenny Smith	Defence	December 31, 1981	Stoneham, MA, U.S.	6"2	209 lbs	ECAC	Harvard	Right
86th Overall	Via Buffalo	Jay McClement	Centre	March 2, 1983	Kingston, ON, Canada	6"1	193 lbs	OHL	Brampton	Left
Round 4
94th Overall	Via Minnesota	Nathan Paetsch	Defence	March 30, 1983	Humboldt, SK, Canada	6"0	190 lbs	WHL	Moose Jaw	Left
104th Overall	Via Calgary	Igor Pohanka	Centre	July 5, 1983	Piestany, Slovakia	6"3	185 lbs	WHL	Prince Albert	Left
115th Overall	Via Pittsburgh	Tomas Slovak	Defence	April 5, 1983	Kosice, Slovakia	6"1	191 lbs	Slovakia	Kosice	Right
Round 5
123rd Overall	Atlanta	Paul Lynch	Defence	April 23, 1982	Salem, MA, U.S.	6"3	195 lbs	EJHL	Valley Jr. Warriors	Left
128th Overall	Via Phoenix	Tomas Surovy	Forward	September 24, 1981	Banska Bystrica, Slovakia	6"0	191 lbs	Slovakia	Poprad	Left
133rd Overall	Via Los Angeles	Andreas Jamtin	Right Wing	May 4, 1983	Stokholm, Sweden	5"11	185 lbs	Sweden	Farjestad	Right
143rd Overall	Via Dallas	Beat Schiess-Forster	Defence	February 2, 1983	Herisau, Switzerland	6"1	200 lbs	Switzerland	Davos	Left
146th Overall	Via Buffalo	Ben Eaves	Centre	March 27, 1982	Minneapolis, MN, U.S.	5"8	174 lbs	H-East	Boston College	Right
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Round 6
189th Overall	Via Philadelphia	Pasi Nurminen	Goalie	December 17, 1975	Lahti, Finland	5"10	187 lbs	Finland	Jokerit	Left
Round 7
199th Overall	Atlanta	Matt Suderman	Defence	January 27, 1983	Winnipeg, MB, Canada	6"2	224 lbs	WHL	Saskatoon	Left
201st Overall	Via Anaheim	Colin Fitzrandolph	Centre	April 23, 1982	Potsdam, NY, U.S.	6"3	195 lbs	USHSE	Phillips-Exeter	Left
Round 8
The Atlanta Thrashers did not possess a 8th round pick in the 2001 entry draft.
Round 9
262nd Overall	Atlanta	Mario Cartelli	Defence	November 16, 1979	Trinec, Czech Republic	6"1	196 lbs	Czech Republic	Trinec-Cze	Right

• 3rd round pick Peter Budaj traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Peter Hamerlik.
• 3rd round pick Kenny Smith along with prospects Vladimir Sicak and Hugo Boisevert traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Tuukka Mantyla.
• 7th round pick Matt Suderman and 9th round pick Mario Cartelli traded to the Dallas Stars for Marco Rosa.
• 7th round pick Colin Fitzrandolph and farm player JF Fortin traded to the Vancouver Canucks for Joe Juneau.
• 3rd round pick Brendan Nolan and Chris McAllister traded to the New York Islanders for Alexander Polushin.
• 6th round pick Pasi Nurminen, Kyle Calder, Chad Allen and David Kaczowka traded to the New York Islanders for NYI 1st round pick in 2002, Vaclav Prospal and Garry Galley.
• 5th round pick Ben Eaves, Vaclav Prospal, Brian Pothier and Rob Zepp traded to the New York Islanders for Patrick Marleau and MTL 5th round pick in 2003.
• 5th round pick Paul Lynch traded along with a 3rd round pick in 2003 for Jason Pominville and Tuomas Pihlman.