44. Karlis Skrastins

It was an incredible feat for Karlis Skrastins to have made the Predators roster in 1998, albeit for only two Games, as a player drafted in the Ninth Round is not often expected to make the NHL at all, let alone in the year they were drafted.

The Russian Defenseman would become a stalwart on the blueline and become of Nashville's better shot blockers and traditional Defensemen, and he played for the Predators for four seasons, totaling 54 Points.  Skrastins departed Nashville in the 2003 off-season when he was traded to Colorado.

Skrastins tragically died as one of the many people who perished in the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash in 2011.