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Patrick Côté: 1999 – 2000 (Top Left), Scott Hartnell: 2001 – 2007, 2018 (Top Middle), Jan Hlaváč: 2008 (Top Right), Chris Mueller: 2012 – 2013 (Bottom Left), Patrick Eaves: 2014 (Bottom Middle), Michael Liambas: 2017 (Bottom Right), Wayne Simmonds: 2019 (Top Left, 2nd Slide), Ben Harpur: 2021 – 2022 (Top Right, 2nd Slide), Mark Jankowski: 2023 – 2024 (Bottom, 2nd Slide).

Patrick Côté was drafted 37th overall by the Dallas Stars in 1995. He played 91 games for the Preds, scoring a goal and 2 assists.

Scott Hartnell was drafted 6th overall by the Nashville Predators in 2000. He would play 498 games for Nashville, scoring 106 goals and tallying 129 assists for a total of 235 points. On June 18th, 2007, Hartnell was traded with Kimmo Timonen to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for a 1st round pick. He would come back to Nashville for his final season in 2017 – 2018 and would retire on October 1st, 2018.

Jan Hlaváč was drafted 28th overall by the New York Islanders in 1995. He would play 18 games for the Preds, scoring 3 goals and 10 assists, in what would be the final games of his NHL Career.

Chris Mueller went undrafted and played 37 games for Nashville, scoring 2 goals and 6 assists.

Patrick Eaves was drafted 29th overall by the Ottawa Senators in 2003. He would play 5 games for the Preds.

Michael Liambas went undrafted and played 1 game for Nashville.

Wayne Simmonds was drafted 61st overall by the Los Angeles Kings in 2007. He played 17 games for the Preds, scoring a goal and 2 assists.

Ben Harpur was drafted 108th overall by the Ottawa Senators in 2013. In 53 games with the Preds he tallied 8 assists.

Mark Jankowski was drafted 21st overall by the Calgary Flames in 2012. He has played 82 games for Nashville, scoring 14 goals and 13 assists. On March 8th of this year he signed a 2-year deal with the Preds.

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