Justin Papineau
Born	(1980-01-15) January 15, 1980 (age 44) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Left
DEL team Former teams	Adler Mannheim Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg (DEL) EHC Basel (Swiss A) Bridgeport Sound Tigers (AHL) New York Islanders St. Louis Blues Worcester IceCats (AHL) Belleville Bulls (OHL)
NHL Draft	46th overall, 1998 Los Angeles Kings 75th overall, 2000 St. Louis Blues
Playing career	2000–2011

Justin Papineau (born January 15, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who last played for Adler Mannheim of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany until 2011. In the NHL, he played for the St. Louis Blues and the New York Islanders between 2001 and 2004.

Career

Papineau was born in Ottawa, Ontario. As a youth, he played in the 1994 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from South Ottawa.^[1] He was drafted in the second round, #46 overall by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft.^{[citation needed]}

He was then re-selected in the third round, #75 overall by the St. Louis Blues in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft when the Kings were unable to sign him to a contract within the two-year deadline and retain his rights. It was reported that negotiations between the team's front office and Papineau broke down at least partially due to the involvement an overbearing agent demanding a huge entry contract.^{[citation needed]}

Papineau has played 81 career NHL games for the Blues and New York Islanders, scoring 11 goals and 8 assists for 19 points. Papineau was once compared to star Steve Yzerman, but those comparisons never came to fruition at the NHL level. He left then on 6 April 2009 EHC Wolfsburg Grizzly Adams to sign with Adler Mannheim.^[2]

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