2003–04 Chicago Blackhawks season

The 2003–04 Chicago Blackhawks season was the 78th season of operation of the Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League. The Blackhawks missed the playoffs for the second consecutive season.

2003–04 Chicago Blackhawks
Division	5th Central
Conference	15th Western
2003–04 record	20–43–11–8
Home record	13–17–6–5
Road record	7–26–5–3
Goals for	188
Goals against	259
Team information
General manager	Mike Smith (Oct.) Bob Pulford (Oct.–Apr.)
Coach	Brian Sutter
Captain	Alexei Zhamnov (Oct.–Feb.) Vacant (Feb.–Apr.)
Alternate captains	Mark Bell (Feb.–Apr.) Bryan Berard (Feb.–Apr.) Kyle Calder Steve Sullivan (Oct.–Feb.)
Arena	United Center
Average attendance	13,253 (64.6%)
Minor league affiliate(s)	Norfolk Admirals Florence Pride[1] Indianapolis Ice[2]
Team leaders
Goals	Tuomo Ruutu (23)
Assists	Bryan Berard (34)
Points	Tyler Arnason (55)
Penalty minutes	Scott Nichol (145)
Plus/minus	Stephane Robidas (+6)
Wins	Craig Anderson (6) Michael Leighton (6)
Goals against average	Craig Anderson (2.84)
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Offseason

Regular season

General manager Mike Smith was fired on October 24, 2003. Bob Pulford replaced Smith on an interim basis until a replacement could be found.^[3]

On December 11, 2003, Mark Bell scored just 15 seconds into the overtime period to give the Blackhawks a 4–3 home win over the Detroit Red Wings.^[4] The Sabres' Derek Roy would match that mark in the overtime period on March 17, 2004, in a 4–3 Buffalo road win over the Atlanta Thrashers.^[5] Both goals would prove to be the fastest overtime goals scored during the 2003–04 NHL regular season.^[6] In February, team captain Alexei Zhamnov was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers. The team chose not to name a replacement for the rest of the season.

Final standings

Central Division^[7]

No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Detroit Red Wings	82	48	21	11	2	255	189	109
2	7	St. Louis Blues	82	39	30	11	2	191	198	91
3	8	Nashville Predators	82	38	29	11	4	216	217	91
4	14	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	25	45	8	4	177	238	62
5	15	Chicago Blackhawks	82	20	43	11	8	188	259	59

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Western Conference^[8]

R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	P- Detroit Red Wings	CE	82	48	21	11	2	255	189	109
2	Y- San Jose Sharks	PA	82	43	21	12	6	255	183	104
3	Y- Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	43	24	10	5	235	194	101
4	X- Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	40	22	13	7	236	198	100
5	X- Dallas Stars	PA	82	41	26	13	2	194	175	97
6	X- Calgary Flames	NW	82	42	30	7	3	200	176	94
7	X- St. Louis Blues	CE	82	39	30	11	2	191	198	91
8	X- Nashville Predators	CE	82	38	29	11	4	216	217	91
8.5
9	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	36	29	12	5	221	208	89
10	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	30	29	20	3	188	183	83
11	Los Angeles Kings	PA	82	28	29	16	9	205	217	81
12	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PA	82	29	35	10	8	184	213	76
13	Phoenix Coyotes	PA	82	22	36	18	6	188	245	68
14	Columbus Blue Jackets	CE	82	25	45	8	4	177	238	62
15	Chicago Blackhawks	CE	82	20	43	11	8	188	259	59

Divisions: CE – Central, PA – Pacific, NW – Northwest

P – Clinched Presidents Trophy; Y – Clinched division; X – Clinched playoff spot

Schedule and results

2003–04 regular season[9]
October: 3–5–3–0 (home: 2–2–0–0; road: 1–3–3–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 1 W October 8, 2003 1–0 Minnesota Wild (2003–04) 1–0–0–0 Recap 2 L October 10, 2003 0–5 @ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04) 1–1–0–0 Recap 3 L October 12, 2003 2–4 Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 1–2–0–0 Recap 4 L October 16, 2003 1–2 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04) 1–3–0–0 Recap 5 L October 18, 2003 2–7 @ Atlanta Thrashers (2003–04) 1–4–0–0 Recap 6 W October 19, 2003 3–1 Nashville Predators (2003–04) 2–4–0–0 Recap 7 T October 23, 2003 3–3 OT @ San Jose Sharks (2003–04) 2–4–1–0 Recap 8 W October 25, 2003 3–2 @ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 3–4–1–0 Recap 9 T October 26, 2003 1–1 OT @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04) 3–4–2–0 Recap 10 T October 28, 2003 2–2 OT @ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) 3–4–3–0 Recap 11 L October 30, 2003 0–1 Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 3–5–3–0 Recap
November: 3–7–1–3 (home: 1–1–1–2; road: 2–6–0–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 12 W November 1, 2003 3–2 @ St. Louis Blues (2003–04) 4–5–3–0 Recap 13 W November 2, 2003 3–1 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04) 5–5–3–0 Recap 14 W November 7, 2003 2–1 @ Nashville Predators (2003–04) 6–5–3–0 Recap 15 OTL November 9, 2003 3–4 OT Colorado Avalanche (2003–04) 6–5–3–1 Recap 16 L November 10, 2003 0–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 6–6–3–1 Recap 17 L November 12, 2003 2–6 Calgary Flames (2003–04) 6–7–3–1 Recap 18 OTL November 14, 2003 3–4 OT Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 6–7–3–2 Recap 19 T November 16, 2003 2–2 OT New York Rangers (2003–04) 6–7–4–2 Recap 20 L November 18, 2003 2–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 6–8–4–2 Recap 21 OTL November 20, 2003 2–3 OT @ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 6–8–4–3 Recap 22 L November 22, 2003 1–2 @ Calgary Flames (2003–04) 6–9–4–3 Recap 23 L November 26, 2003 2–3 @ San Jose Sharks (2003–04) 6–10–4–3 Recap 24 L November 28, 2003 3–4 @ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04) 6–11–4–3 Recap 25 L November 29, 2003 1–3 @ Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 6–12–4–3 Recap
December: 3–7–3–1 (home: 3–2–3–1; road: 0–5–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 26 L December 3, 2003 2–3 Buffalo Sabres (2003–04) 6–13–4–3 Recap 27 L December 6, 2003 2–5 @ New York Islanders (2003–04) 6–14–4–3 Recap 28 T December 7, 2003 2–2 OT Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) 6–14–5–3 Recap 29 W December 11, 2003 4–3 OT Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 7–14–5–3 Recap 30 L December 12, 2003 0–1 @ Dallas Stars (2003–04) 7–15–5–3 Recap 31 T December 14, 2003 1–1 OT Dallas Stars (2003–04) 7–15–6–3 Recap 32 L December 18, 2003 1–6 @ Ottawa Senators (2003–04) 7–16–6–3 Recap 33 L December 19, 2003 2–3 @ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 7–17–6–3 Recap 34 T December 21, 2003 2–2 OT New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 7–17–7–3 Recap 35 W December 23, 2003 3–0 St. Louis Blues (2003–04) 8–17–7–3 Recap 36 L December 26, 2003 1–4 Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04) 8–18–7–3 Recap 37 W December 28, 2003 3–0 Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 9–18–7–3 Recap 38 L December 29, 2003 0–1 @ Pittsburgh Penguins (2003–04) 9–19–7–3 Recap 39 OTL December 31, 2003 3–4 OT Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 9–19–7–4 Recap
January: 4–9–0–1 (home: 3–2–0–1; road: 1–7–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 40 W January 2, 2004 2–1 San Jose Sharks (2003–04) 10–19–7–4 Recap 41 L January 4, 2004 3–4 Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 10–20–7–4 Recap 42 L January 7, 2004 4–7 @ Minnesota Wild (2003–04) 10–21–7–4 Recap 43 W January 8, 2004 3–1 Calgary Flames (2003–04) 11–21–7–4 Recap 44 OTL January 11, 2004 4–5 OT Colorado Avalanche (2003–04) 11–21–7–5 Recap 45 L January 12, 2004 4–7 @ St. Louis Blues (2003–04) 11–22–7–5 Recap 46 L January 14, 2004 2–4 @ Detroit Red Wings (2003–04) 11–23–7–5 Recap 47 L January 18, 2004 1–2 Los Angeles Kings (2003–04) 11–24–7–5 Recap 48 L January 21, 2004 2–4 @ Minnesota Wild (2003–04) 11–25–7–5 Recap 49 W January 22, 2004 7–0 Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04) 12–25–7–5 Recap 50 L January 24, 2004 3–4 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04) 12–26–7–5 Recap 51 L January 27, 2004 2–3 @ Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 12–27–7–5 Recap 52 L January 29, 2004 2–5 @ Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 12–28–7–5 Recap 53 W January 30, 2004 5–3 @ Calgary Flames (2003–04) 13–28–7–5 Recap
February: 5–5–1–0 (home: 3–3–1–0; road: 2–2–0–0) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 54 L February 1, 2004 4–6 @ Montreal Canadiens (2003–04) 13–29–7–5 Recap 55 W February 3, 2004 4–1 @ Toronto Maple Leafs (2003–04) 14–29–7–5 Recap 56 W February 11, 2004 5–2 Nashville Predators (2003–04) 15–29–7–5 Recap 57 W February 14, 2004 2–1 OT Boston Bruins (2003–04) 16–29–7–5 Recap 58 L February 15, 2004 0–4 Washington Capitals (2003–04) 16–30–7–5 Recap 59 L February 19, 2004 3–6 San Jose Sharks (2003–04) 16–31–7–5 Recap 60 W February 22, 2004 3–2 OT St. Louis Blues (2003–04) 17–31–7–5 Recap 61 L February 24, 2004 1–3 @ Philadelphia Flyers (2003–04) 17–32–7–5 Recap 62 W February 25, 2004 4–3 @ Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04) 18–32–7–5 Recap 63 L February 27, 2004 3–4 Columbus Blue Jackets (2003–04) 18–33–7–5 Recap 64 T February 29, 2004 2–2 OT Florida Panthers (2003–04) 18–33–8–5 Recap
March: 2–8–3–2 (home: 1–6–1–1; road: 1–2–2–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 65 T March 1, 2004 2–2 OT @ Nashville Predators (2003–04) 18–33–9–5 Recap 66 L March 3, 2004 3–5 Tampa Bay Lightning (2003–04) 18–34–9–5 Recap 67 L March 5, 2004 2–5 Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2003–04) 18–35–9–5 Recap 68 OTL March 7, 2004 3–4 OT Edmonton Oilers (2003–04) 18–35–9–6 Recap 69 L March 11, 2004 4–6 @ New Jersey Devils (2003–04) 18–36–9–6 Recap 70 W March 12, 2004 4–3 @ Washington Capitals (2003–04) 19–36–9–6 Recap 71 L March 14, 2004 0–4 Dallas Stars (2003–04) 19–37–9–6 Recap 72 L March 17, 2004 2–3 Carolina Hurricanes (2003–04) 19–38–9–6 Recap 73 W March 19, 2004 4–3 OT Vancouver Canucks (2003–04) 20–38–9–6 Recap 74 T March 21, 2004 2–2 OT Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) 20–38–10–6 Recap 75 T March 23, 2004 2–2 OT @ Colorado Avalanche (2003–04) 20–38–11–6 Recap 76 L March 25, 2004 2–8 Minnesota Wild (2003–04) 20–39–11–6 Recap 77 OTL March 27, 2004 3–4 OT @ St. Louis Blues (2003–04) 20–39–11–7 Recap 78 L March 28, 2004 1–3 St. Louis Blues (2003–04) 20–40–11–7 Recap 79 L March 30, 2004 2–5 @ Nashville Predators (2003–04) 20–41–11–7 Recap
April: 0–2–0–1 (home: 0–1–0–0; road: 0–1–0–1) Game Result Date Score Opponent Record Recap 80 L April 1, 2004 1–3 Nashville Predators (2003–04) 20–42–11–7 Recap 81 OTL April 3, 2004 1–2 OT @ Phoenix Coyotes (2003–04) 20–42–11–8 Recap 82 L April 4, 2004 2–5 @ Dallas Stars (2003–04) 20–43–11–8 Recap
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Tie (1 point)   Overtime loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Scoring

• Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.
• ‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.

No.	Player	Pos	Regular season
			GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
39	Tyler Arnason	C	82	22	33	55	−13	16
4[a]	Bryan Berard†	D	58	13	34	47	−24	53
28	Mark Bell	C	82	21	24	45	−14	106
15	Tuomo Ruutu	LW	82	23	21	44	−31	58
26	Steve Sullivan‡	RW	56	15	28	43	−7	36
19	Kyle Calder	LW	66	21	18	39	−18	29
53	Brett McLean	C	76	11	20	31	−11	54
43	Nathan Dempsey‡	D	58	8	17	25	−5	30
12	Scott Nichol	C	75	7	11	18	−16	145
13	Alex Zhamnov‡	C	23	6	12	18	−8	14
22	Igor Korolev	C	62	3	10	13	−15	22
20	Ville Nieminen‡	LW	60	2	11	13	−15	40
17	Stephane Robidas†	D	45	2	10	12	6	33
23	Jim Vandermeer†	D	23	2	10	12	−6	58
55	Eric Daze	RW	19	4	7	11	−7	0
2	Deron Quint	D	51	4	7	11	−26	18
50	Igor Radulov	LW	36	4	7	11	−2	18
36	Mikhail Yakubov	C	30	1	7	8	−12	8
25	Alexander Karpovtsev‡	D	24	0	7	7	−17	14
59	Travis Moen	LW	82	4	2	6	−17	142
44	Burke Henry	D	23	2	4	6	0	24
14	Ryan VandenBussche	RW	65	4	1	5	−10	120
11	Matt Keith	RW	20	2	3	5	−5	10
8	Steve Poapst	D	53	2	2	4	−16	26
5	Steve McCarthy	D	25	1	3	4	−9	8
34	Jason Strudwick	D	54	1	3	4	−16	73
32	Pavel Vorobiev	RW	18	1	3	4	1	4
20	Eric Nickulas†	RW	21	1	1	2	−6	8
6	Anton Babchuk	D	5	0	2	2	−1	2
49	Michael Leighton	G	34	0	2	2		2
33	Shawn Thornton	RW	8	1	0	1	2	23
56	Johnathan Aitken	D	41	0	1	1	−9	70
42	Michal Barinka	D	9	0	1	1	−5	6
16	Matt Ellison	RW	10	0	1	1	−3	0
42	Jon Klemm‡	D	19	0	1	1	6	20
47	Lasse Kukkonen	D	10	0	1	1	−2	4
45	Quintin Laing	LW	3	0	1	1	1	0
31	Craig Anderson	G	21	0	0	0		4
30	Adam Munro†	G	7	0	0	0		2
29	Steve Passmore	G	9	0	0	0		0
41	Jocelyn Thibault	G	14	0	0	0		0
40	Matt Underhill†	G	1	0	0	0		0

Goaltending

• † = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Blackhawks only.

No.	Player	Regular season
		GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
31	Craig Anderson	21	6	14	0	602	57	2.84	.905	1	1205
49	Michael Leighton	34	6	18	8	987	99	2.99	.900	2	1988
41	Jocelyn Thibault	14	5	7	2	450	39	2.85	.913	1	821
29	Steve Passmore	9	2	6	0	221	23	2.89	.896	0	478
30	Adam Munro†	7	1	5	1	217	26	3.66	.880	0	426
40	Matt Underhill†	1	0	1	0	33	4	3.93	.879	0	61

Awards and records

Awards

Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
League (annual)	Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy	Bryan Berard	[11]
League (in-season)	NHL Defensive Player of the Week	Michael Leighton (December 30)	[12]
	NHL Rookie of the Month	Tuomo Ruutu (March)	[13]
	NHL YoungStars Game selection	Tuomo Ruutu	[14]

Milestones

Milestone	Player	Date	Ref
First game	Lasse Kukkonen	October 8, 2003	[15]
	Travis Moen
	Tuomo Ruutu
	Pavel Vorobiev	October 12, 2003
	Mikhail Yakubov	November 28, 2003
	Anton Babchuk	January 8, 2004
	Matt Ellison	February 1, 2004
	Matt Keith	February 24, 2004
	Quintin Laing	February 29, 2004
	Adam Munro	March 1, 2004
	Matt Underhill	March 7, 2004
	Michal Barinka	March 11, 2004

Transactions

The Blackhawks were involved in the following transactions from June 10, 2003, the day after the deciding game of the 2003 Stanley Cup Finals, through June 7, 2004, the day of the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals.^[16]

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 21, 2003 (2003-06-21)	To Colorado Avalanche Andrei Nikolishin	To Chicago Blackhawks 4th-round pick in 2004	[17]
June 22, 2003 (2003-06-22)	To Florida Panthers Dmytro Tolkunov	To Chicago Blackhawks 9th-round pick in 2003	[17]
	To San Jose Sharks Florida's 9th-round pick in 2003	To Chicago Blackhawks 8th-round pick in 2004	[17]
November 17, 2003 (2003-11-17)	To Dallas Stars Jon Klemm 4th-round pick in 2004	To Chicago Blackhawks Stephane Robidas 2nd-round pick in 2004	[18]
February 16, 2004 (2004-02-16)	To Nashville Predators Steve Sullivan	To Chicago Blackhawks 2nd-round pick in 2004 2nd-round pick in 2005	[19]
February 19, 2004 (2004-02-19)	To Philadelphia Flyers Alexei Zhamnov 4th-round pick in 2004	To Chicago Blackhawks Jim Vandermeer Rights to Colin Fraser 2nd-round pick in 2004	[20]
February 24, 2004 (2004-02-24)	To Calgary Flames Ville Nieminen	To Chicago Blackhawks Jason Morgan Conditional draft pick	[21]
March 2, 2004 (2004-03-02)	To Florida Panthers Rights to Ty Jones	To Chicago Blackhawks Future considerations	[22]
	To Los Angeles Kings Nathan Dempsey	To Chicago Blackhawks 4th-round pick in 2005 Future considerations	[23]
March 9, 2004 (2004-03-09)	To New York Islanders Alexander Karpovtsev	To Chicago Blackhawks 4th-round pick in 2005	[24]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01)	Scott Nichol	Calgary Flames		Free agency	[25]
July 29, 2003 (2003-07-29)	Ville Nieminen	Pittsburgh Penguins		Free agency	[26]
August 5, 2003 (2003-08-05)	Deron Quint	Phoenix Coyotes		Free agency	[27]
October 31, 2003 (2003-10-31)	Bryan Berard	Boston Bruins		Free agency	[28]
February 18, 2004 (2004-02-18)	Adam Munro	Norfolk Admirals (AHL)		Free agency[b]	[31]
February 24, 2004 (2004-02-24)	Eric Nickulas	St. Louis Blues		Waivers	[32]
March 4, 2004 (2004-03-04)	Matt Underhill	Norfolk Admirals (AHL)		Free agency	[33]
March 31, 2004 (2004-03-31)	Nick Kuiper	University of Massachusetts Amherst (HE)		Free agency	[34]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Via[c]	Ref
July 23, 2003 (2003-07-23)	Matt Henderson	Iserlohn Roosters (DEL)	Free agency (VI)	[36]
July 24, 2003 (2003-07-24)	Mike Peluso	Philadelphia Flyers	Free agency (VI)	[37]
July 25, 2003 (2003-07-25)	Casey Hankinson	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	Free agency (VI)	[38]
	Chris Simon	New York Rangers	Free agency (III)	[39]
July 31, 2003 (2003-07-31)	Mike Eastwood	Pittsburgh Penguins	Free agency (III)	[40]
August 1, 2003 (2003-08-01)	Sami Helenius	Jokerit (Liiga)	Free agency (UFA)	[41]
August 14, 2003 (2003-08-14)	Kent Huskins	Florida Panthers	Free agency (UFA)	[42]
August 20, 2003 (2003-08-20)	Todd Gill	Florida Panthers	Free agency (III)	[43]
September 23, 2003 (2003-09-23)	Bob Probert		Retirement (III)	[44]
October 27, 2003 (2003-10-27)	Michael Souza	Florence Pride (ECHL)	Free agency (VI)	[45]
December 27, 2003 (2003-12-27)	Louie DeBrusk	Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL)	Free agency (III)	[46]

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 1, 2003 (2003-07-01)	Shawn Thornton		Re-signing	[47]
July 2, 2003 (2003-07-02)	Jason Strudwick		Re-signing	[48]
July 15, 2003 (2003-07-15)	Michal Barinka		Entry-level	[49]
	Vladimir Gusev		Entry-level	[49]
	Alexander Kozhevnikov		Entry-level	[49]
	Lasse Kukkonen		Entry-level	[49]
July 29, 2003 (2003-07-29)	Mark Bell		Re-signing	[50]
August 1, 2003 (2003-08-01)	Steve McCarthy		Re-signing	[51]
August 13, 2003 (2003-08-13)	Ajay Baines		Re-signing	[52]
August 27, 2003 (2003-08-27)	Tyler Arnason		Re-signing	[53]
	Matt Ellison		Entry-level	[54]
August 28, 2003 (2003-08-28)	Tuomo Ruutu		Entry-level	[55]
October 8, 2003 (2003-10-08)	Duncan Keith		Entry-level	[56]
March 22, 2004 (2004-03-22)	Mike Brodeur		Entry-level	[57]
	James Wisniewski		Entry-level	[57]

Draft picks

Chicago's draft picks at the 2003 NHL entry draft held at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tennessee.^[58]

Round	#	Player	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	14	Brent Seabrook	Canada	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
2	52	Corey Crawford	Canada	Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
2	59	Michal Barinka	Czech Republic	HC Ceske Budejovice (Czech Republic)
5	151	Lasse Kukkonen	Finland	Karpat (Finland)
5	156	Alexei Ivanov	Russia	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (Russia)
6	181	Johan Andersson	Sweden	Troja (Sweden)
7	211	Mike Brodeur	Canada	Camrose Kodiaks (AJHL)
8	245	Dustin Byfuglien	United States	Prince George Cougars (WHL)
9	275	Michael Grenzy	United States	Chicago Steel (USHL)
9	282	Chris Porter	Canada	Lincoln Stars (USHL)

See also

• 2003–04 NHL season

Notes

1. Berard started his season wearing number 3 but switched numbers after former Blackhawk Keith Magnuson died in a car accident on December 15.^[10]
2. Drafted in the first round of the 2001 draft by Chicago, Munro’s rights expired without being signed to a contract prior to the 2003 draft. Chicago received a compensatory second round pick, 59th overall, in that draft.^[29][30]
3. In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[35]