Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Shigar da 2001 NHL Entry Draft
bayan da aka kira shi Babban Babban CHL Prospect, Ottawa Senators ne suka zaɓa Spezza a matsayin na biyu gaba ɗaya, bayan da Atlanta Thrashers suka zaɓi Ilya Kovalchuk. Zaɓin na biyu na gaba ɗaya ya kasance na New York Islanders amma an yi ciniki zuwa Ottawa (tare da Zdeno Chára da Bill Muckalt) don musayar Alexei Yashin a ranar da aka tsara. A lokacin bazara na shekara ta 2001, Spezza ya ba da gayyatar zuwa sansanin rani na ƙungiyar matasa na Kanada saboda ya ce yana so ya shirya don sansanin NHL na farko.