Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - Ko Atlanta te tuarua o nga whiringa katoa i te NHL Entry Draft 2000; i pai ake nga hua o tenei tuhinga, na te mea ko te kaitakaro i tohua me taua whiringa, ko Dany Heatley, i riro hei kaitakaro pai rawa atu o te roopu. He kōwhiringa pai anō tā te kapa i te 2001 Draft
, me te kōwhiringa tuatahi a Ilya Kovalchuk. I takaro a Heatley raua ko Kovalchuk i ta raua wa tuatahi i te NHL i te 2001<unk>02; i whakaingoatia nga kaitakaro e rua ki te NHL All-Rookie Team a i whakawhiwhia a Heatley ki te Calder Memorial Trophy hei Rookie o te Tau o te Rōpū.