Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Atlanta tana da zaɓi na biyu a cikin 2000 NHL Entry Draft; wannan ƙirar ta kawo kyakkyawan sakamako, kamar yadda ɗan wasan da aka zaɓa da wannan zaɓin, Dany Heatley, ya ci gaba da zama ɗaya daga cikin mafi kyawun 'yan wasan ƙungiyar. Har ila yau, tawagar tana da kyakkyawan zabi a cikin 2001 Draft
, tare da na farko overall zabi Ilya Kovalchuk. Dukansu Heatley da Kovalchuk sun buga wasansu na farko a NHL a 2001 <unk> 02; an zabi 'yan wasan biyu a cikin NHL All-Rookie Team kuma an ba Heatley kyautar Calder Memorial Trophy a matsayin Rookie na League na Shekara.