2000–01 Columbus Blue Jackets season
# Player Drafted from
1 Rick Tabaracci ( G ) Colorado Avalanche
2 Frederic Chabot ( G ) Montreal Canadiens
3 Dwayne Roloson ( G ) Buffalo Sabres
4 Mattias Timander ( D ) Boston Bruins
5 Bert Robertsson ( D ) Edmonton Oilers
6 Tommi Rajamaki ( D ) Toronto Maple Leafs
7 Jamie Pushor ( D ) Dallas Stars
8 Lyle Odelein ( D ) Phoenix Coyotes
9 Radim Bicanek ( D ) Chicago Blackhawks
10 Mathieu Schneider ( D ) New York Rangers
11 Jonas Junkka ( D ) Pittsburgh Penguins
12 Geoff Sanderson ( LW ) Buffalo Sabres
13 Turner Stevenson ( RW ) Montreal Canadiens
14 Robert Kron ( C ) Carolina Hurricanes
15 Steve Heinze ( RW ) Boston Bruins
16 Tyler Wright ( C ) Pittsburgh Penguins
17 Kevyn Adams ( C ) Toronto Maple Leafs
18 Dmitri Subbotin ( F ) New York Rangers
19 Dallas Drake ( RW ) Phoenix Coyotes
20 Bruce Gardiner ( C ) Tampa Bay Lightning
Draft picks -- Expansion draft picks
Columbus ' expansion draft picks at the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft .
The 2000-01 Columbus Blue Jackets season was the Blue Jackets' first season in the National Hockey League (NHL) after the city of Columbus, Ohio, was awarded an expansion team in 1997.