NHL Draft Picks by Position - Defensemen - 2009
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Position: All Skaters | C | LW | RW | D | G
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| Drafted Defensemen - 2009 | |||||
| NAME | POS | PICK (OVR) | ROUND | TEAM | FORMER TEAM |
| Victor Hedman | D | 2 (2) | 1 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Modo |
| Oliver Ekman Larsson | D | 6 (6) | 1 | Phoenix Coyotes | Leksand |
| Jared Cowen | D | 9 (9) | 1 | Ottawa Senators | Spokane |
| Ryan Ellis | D | 11 (11) | 1 | Nashville Predators | Windsor |
| Calvin De Haan | D | 12 (12) | 1 | New York Islanders | Oshawa |
| Dmitry Kulikov | D | 14 (14) | 1 | Florida Panthers | Drummondville |
| Nick Leddy | D | 16 (16) | 1 | Minnesota Wild | Eden Prairie |
| David Rundblad | D | 17 (17) | 1 | St. Louis Blues | Skelleftea |
| John Moore | D | 21 (21) | 1 | Columbus Blue Jackets | Chicago |
| Tim Erixon | D | 23 (23) | 1 | Calgary Flames | Skelleftea |
| Dylan Olsen | D | 28 (28) | 1 | Chicago Blackhawks | Camrose |
| Simon Despres | D | 30 (30) | 1 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Saint John |
| Matthew Clark | D | 7 (37) | 2 | Anaheim Ducks | Brampton |
| Charles-Olivier Roussel | D | 12 (42) | 2 | Nashville Predators | Shawinigan |
| William Wrenn | D | 13 (43) | 2 | San Jose Sharks | USA U-18 |
| Brett Ponich | D | 18 (48) | 2 | St. Louis Blues | Portland |
| Stefan Elliott | D | 19 (49) | 2 | Colorado Avalanche | Saskatoon |
| Brian Dumoulin | D | 21 (51) | 2 | Carolina Hurricanes | Jr. Monarchs |
| Eric Gelinas | D | 24 (54) | 2 | New Jersey Devils | Lewiston |
| Dmitri Orlov | D | 25 (55) | 2 | Washington Capitals | Novokuznetsk |
| Taylor Doherty | D | 27 (57) | 2 | San Jose Sharks | Kingston |
| Jesse Blacker | D | 28 (58) | 2 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Windsor |
| Philip Samuelsson | D | 31 (61) | 2 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Chicago |
| Tyson Barrie | D | 3 (64) | 3 | Colorado Avalanche | Kelowna |
| Brayden Mcnabb | D | 5 (66) | 3 | Buffalo Sabres | Kootenay |
| Troy Hesketh | D | 10 (71) | 3 | Edmonton Oilers | Minnetonka |
| Alexander Urbom | D | 12 (73) | 3 | New Jersey Devils | Djurgarden |
| Mac Bennett | D | 18 (79) | 3 | Montreal Canadiens | Hotchkiss School |
| Kevin Connauton | D | 22 (83) | 3 | Vancouver Canucks | Western Mich. |
| Nicolas Deslauriers | D | 23 (84) | 3 | Los Angeles Kings | Rouyn-Noranda |
| Ryan Button | D | 25 (86) | 3 | Boston Bruins | Prince Albert |
| Simon Bertilsson | D | 26 (87) | 3 | Philadelphia Flyers | Brynas |
| Gleason Fournier | D | 29 (90) | 3 | Detroit Red Wings | Rimouski |
| David Savard | D | 3 (94) | 4 | Columbus Blue Jackets | Moncton |
| Kyle Bigos | D | 8 (99) | 4 | Edmonton Oilers | Vernon |
| Chris Wideman | D | 9 (100) | 4 | Ottawa Senators | Miami (Ohio) |
| Mattias Ekholm | D | 11 (102) | 4 | Nashville Predators | Mora Jr. |
| Justin Weller | D | 14 (105) | 4 | Phoenix Coyotes | Red Deer |
| Sami Vatanen | D | 15 (106) | 4 | Anaheim Ducks | Jyp Jr. |
| Jeremy Price | D | 22 (113) | 4 | Vancouver Canucks | Nepean |
| Seth Helgeson | D | 23 (114) | 4 | New Jersey Devils | Sioux City |
| Patrick Wey | D | 24 (115) | 4 | Washington Capitals | Waterloo |
| Ben Chiarot | D | 29 (120) | 4 | Atlanta Thrashers | Guelph |
| Anton Klementyev | D | 1 (122) | 5 | New York Islanders | Yaroslavl |
| Alex Velischek | D | 2 (123) | 5 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Delbarton |
| Cody Sol | D | 4 (125) | 5 | Atlanta Thrashers | Saginaw |
| David Kolomatis | D | 5 (126) | 5 | Los Angeles Kings | Owen Sound |
| Eric Knodel | D | 7 (128) | 5 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Philadelphia Jr. B |
| Mark Adams | D | 13 (134) | 5 | Buffalo Sabres | Malden Catholic |
| Thomas Larkin | D | 16 (137) | 5 | Columbus Blue Jackets | Exeter |
| Peter Andersson | D | 22 (143) | 5 | Vancouver Canucks | Frolunda Jr. |
| Brett Flemming | D | 24 (145) | 5 | Washington Capitals | Mississauga St. Michael's |
| Nick Jensen | D | 29 (150) | 5 | Detroit Red Wings | Green Bay |
| Scott Valentine | D | 15 (166) | 6 | Anaheim Ducks | Oshawa |
| Anton Blomqvist | D | 16 (167) | 6 | Columbus Blue Jackets | Malmo Jr. |
| David Shields | D | 17 (168) | 6 | St. Louis Blues | Erie |
| Daniel Maggio | D | 19 (170) | 6 | New York Rangers | Sudbury |
| Rasmus Rissanen | D | 27 (178) | 6 | Carolina Hurricanes | Kalpa Jr. |
| Viktor Ekbom | D | 30 (181) | 6 | Pittsburgh Penguins | Oskarshamn |
| Kirill Gotovets | D | 2 (183) | 7 | Tampa Bay Lightning | Shat.St.Mary's |
| Gus Young | D | 3 (184) | 7 | Colorado Avalanche | Nobles |
| Barron Smith | D | 7 (188) | 7 | Toronto Maple Leafs | Peterborough |
| Michael Sdao | D | 10 (191) | 7 | Ottawa Senators | Lincoln |
| Paul Phillips | D | 14 (195) | 7 | Chicago Blackhawks | Cedar Rapids |
| Oliver Lauridsen | D | 15 (196) | 7 | Philadelphia Flyers | St. Cloud State |
| Mihail Pashnin | D | 19 (200) | 7 | New York Rangers | Mechel |
| Curtis Gedig | D | 23 (204) | 7 | New Jersey Devils | Cowichan Valley |
| Dominik Bielke | D | 26 (207) | 7 | San Jose Sharks | Eisbaren Berlin |
| Tommi Kivisto | D | 27 (208) | 7 | Carolina Hurricanes | Red Deer |
| Adam Almqvist | D | 29 (210) | 7 | Detroit Red Wings | Hv 71 Jr. |
| Undrafted Defensemen - 2009 | |||||
| NAME | POS | RANK | FORMER TEAM | ||
| Kristian Nakyva | D | 28 | Blues Jr. | ||
| Dimitri Korobov | D | 39 | Keramin | ||
| Radko Gudas | D | 43 | Beroun | ||
| Fredrik Styrman | D | 46 | Lulea Jr. | ||
| Gabriel Lemieux | D | 46 | Shawinigan | ||
| Ondrej Dolezal | D | 49 | Plzen Jr. | ||
| Adam Polasek | D | 52 | Vitkovice Jr. | ||
| Niclas Edman | D | 59 | Farjestad Jr. | ||
| Anton Myllari | D | 60 | Vasteras | ||
| Simon Lof | D | 62 | Brynas Jr. | ||
| Andrei Sergeyev | D | 66 | Nizhnekamsk 2 | ||
| Georgi Berdyukov | D | 69 | St. Petersburg 2 | ||
| Patrik Geering | D | 70 | Zurich | ||
| Brennan Yadlowski | D | 70 | Lethbridge | ||
| Dennis Bozic | D | 71 | Linkoping | ||
| Viktor Svedberg | D | 74 | Rogle Jr. | ||
| Blake Thompson | D | 76 | Sioux Falls | ||
| Patrik Eklund | D | 78 | Mora | ||
| Matej Stritesky | D | 80 | Most | ||
| Jakub Jerabek | D | 82 | Plzen Jr. | ||
| Brodie Melnychuk | D | 83 | Brandon | ||
| Teemu Eronen | D | 85 | Jokerit Jr. | ||
| Lukas Stoop | D | 86 | Davos | ||
| Brenden Dillon | D | 91 | Seattle | ||
| Carl Ackered | D | 92 | Djurgarden Jr. | ||
| Petr Senkerik | D | 93 | Zlin Jr. | ||
| Henrich Jabornik | D | 94 | Skalica Jr. | ||
| Eddie Larsson | D | 96 | Linkoping Jr. | ||
| Mikael Aaltonen | D | 97 | Tps Jr. | ||
| John Ramage | D | 97 | USA U-18 | ||
| Brendan Rempel | D | 98 | USA U-18 | ||
| Filip Olsson | D | 100 | Aik Jr. | ||
| Luca Camperchioli | D | 101 | Gck Zurich | ||
| Nico Manelius | D | 102 | Jokerit Jr. | ||
| Tim Schaller | D | 103 | Jr. Huskies | ||
| Tony Vidgren | D | 103 | Lukko Jr. | ||
| Paul Bezzo | D | 105 | Owen Sound | ||
| Romain Loeffel | D | 107 | Fribourg Jr. | ||
| Bjorn Krupp | D | 108 | Belleville | ||
| Hayden Rintoul | D | 111 | Kootenay | ||
| Timur Baraev | D | 111 | St. Petersburg 2 | ||
| Sebastian Erixon | D | 114 | Timra | ||
| Dimitri Vishnevsky | D | 116 | Spartak | ||
| Ville Hyvarinen | D | 119 | Kalpa Jr. | ||
| Luke Duprey | D | 133 | Andover | ||
| Joonas Hurri | D | 133 | Pelicans Jr. | ||
| Hubert Labrie | D | 134 | Gatineau | ||
| Lee Moffie | D | 135 | Waterloo | ||
| Christian Folin | D | 139 | Frolunda Jr. | ||
| Joe Carrabino | D | 143 | Millbrook | ||
| Collin Bowman | D | 147 | Kelowna | ||
| Oldrich Horak | D | 151 | Zlin Jr. | ||
| Matthew Konan | D | 152 | Medicine Hat | ||
| Jakub Kania | D | 152 | Trinec Jr. | ||
| Niclas Burstrom | D | 153 | Skelleftea Jr. | ||
| Sean Escobedo | D | 154 | Sioux Falls | ||
| Tyler Hostetter | D | 155 | Erie | ||
| Jesper Jensen | D | 156 | Rodovre | ||
| Martin Stajnoch | D | 158 | Bratislava | ||
| Robin Olsson | D | 160 | Lulea | ||
| Tomas Stano | D | 162 | Trencin Jr. | ||
| Nate Schmidt | D | 163 | St. Cloud Cathedral | ||
| Rasmus Damgaard | D | 166 | Malmo Jr. | ||
| Simon Gronvaldt | D | 170 | Kitchener | ||
| Daniel Hora | D | 170 | Litvinov Jr. | ||
| Matus Rais | D | 171 | Nitra | ||
| Lauri Karmeniemi | D | 172 | Hpk Jr. | ||
| Luke Curadi | D | 173 | Hartford | ||
| Kai Lehtinen | D | 173 | Blues Jr. | ||
| Martin Dulak | D | 175 | Nitra Jr. | ||
| Maxim Chudinov | D | 179 | Cherepovets | ||
| Gabriel O'connor | D | 180 | Halifax | ||
| Henrik Tommernas | D | 181 | Frolunda Jr. | ||
| Maksim Matushkin | D | 183 | Bjorkloven Jr. | ||
| Marc Cantin | D | 185 | Belleville | ||
| Patrik Andersson | D | 185 | Brynas Jr. | ||
| Simon Jodoin | D | 188 | Moncton | ||
| Risto Mattila | D | 190 | Karpat Jr. | ||
| Christopher Aspeqvist | D | 194 | Djurgarden Jr. | ||
| Beau Schmitz | D | 195 | Plymouth | ||
| Ronald (R.J.) Boyd | D | 196 | Cushing Academy | ||
| Michal Pichnarcik | D | 197 | Kosice Jr. | ||
| Stefan Ulmer | D | 199 | Spokane | ||
| Wes Mcleod | D | 200 | Prince George | ||
| Marco Nowak | D | 200 | Dusseldorf | ||
| Mikael Tam | D | 204 | Quebec | ||
| Brad Yetman | D | 207 | Rouyn-Noranda | ||
| Justin Agosta | D | 208 | Berkshire | ||
| Alex Wall | D | 209 | Montreal | ||
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