1998 NHL Entry Draft

Buffalo, New York - June 27, 1998

Summary statistics

POSITION SPLITNATIONALITY SPLIT
ROUNDTO NHLGPFWDDEFGOA..CAUSSERUFIOTH
Round 196.30%555.655.6%37.0%7.4%59.3%14.8%3.7%7.4%0.0%14.8%
Round 277.42%176.364.5%29.0%6.5%64.5%9.7%3.2%6.5%6.5%9.7%
Round 357.14%223.357.1%28.6%14.3%46.4%25.0%7.1%10.7%3.6%7.1%
Round 457.14%123.360.7%25.0%14.3%57.1%10.7%7.1%3.6%7.1%14.3%
Round 541.94%99.154.8%38.7%6.5%51.6%16.1%9.7%9.7%0.0%12.9%
Round 646.43%187.767.9%25.0%7.1%50.0%3.6%3.6%14.3%10.7%17.9%
Round 729.63%23.059.3%29.6%11.1%48.1%25.9%3.7%7.4%3.7%11.1%
Round 825.00%40.860.7%32.1%7.1%39.3%17.9%10.7%3.6%7.1%21.4%
Round 930.00%54.060.0%30.0%10.0%33.3%16.7%10.0%13.3%3.3%23.3%
TOTAL1162.360.1%30.6%9.3%50.0%15.5%6.6%8.5%4.7%14.7%
TO NHL251.16%51.6%53.2%41.7%48.1%55.0%52.9%45.5%41.7%63.2%
1) Percentage of drafted players in each category (e.g. 50.0% of all drafted players were Canadian).
2) Percentage of players that made it to NHL (e.g. 48.1% of all drafted Canadians have played in NHL).

Summary statistics on team draft performance

OVERALLPER DRAFT PICK
RkTEAMWAPP1PICKSTO NHLGPGAPGPGAP
1Tampa Bay Lightning10.191145.5%277275412151969252.068.5110.5179.0
2Nashville Predators14.21837.5%2320316576892290.039.572.0111.5
3San Jose Sharks21.03966.7%25794046281032286.644.969.8114.7
4Colorado Avalanche28.461070.0%34303899321321343.038.993.2132.1
5Mighty Ducks of Anaheim30.11850.0%1195125189314149.415.623.639.3
6Vancouver Canucks33.241225.0%1601112224336133.49.318.728.0
7Calgary Flames35.32955.6%813698014990.37.78.916.6
8New York Rangers40.49977.8%1477124203327164.113.822.636.3
9Chicago Blackhawks52.02933.3%1255188307495139.420.934.155.0
10Toronto Maple Leafs53.251040.0%1539334462796153.933.446.279.6
11New York Islanders53.581040.0%777737815177.77.37.815.1
12Carolina Hurricanes58.651050.0%1721367405772172.136.740.577.2
13Buffalo Sabres60.071080.0%1357179283462135.717.928.346.2
14Phoenix Coyotes62.611060.0%68823739668.82.37.39.6
15Ottawa Senators63.361060.0%2267408472880226.740.847.288.0
16Edmonton Oilers68.461030.0%1214188335523121.418.833.552.3
17New Jersey Devils70.921258.3%271854910171566226.545.884.8130.5
18Montreal Canadiens72.821070.0%400167114962167400.167.1149.6216.7
19Los Angeles Kings75.14955.6%42526477347.22.95.28.1
20Boston Bruins75.35580.0%48310405096.62.08.010.0
21St. Louis Blues77.07837.5%7314410314791.45.512.918.4
22Dallas Stars83.18666.7%101157144201168.59.524.033.5
23Florida Panthers84.05955.6%128292305397142.410.233.944.1
24Detroit Red Wings84.721127.3%1260325653978114.529.559.488.9
25Pittsburgh Penguins87.281040.0%140984193277140.98.419.327.7
26Philadelphia Flyers88.711346.2%114429632061688.022.824.647.4
27Washington Capitals108.801050.0%41012243641.01.22.43.6
1) The Weighted Average Pick Position (WAPP) is determined using a harmonic mean, which gives the highest weight to the first overall pick, the second highest to the second overall pick, etc. The thinking behind this approach is that the relative difference between the first and the fifth pick is much higher than the difference between e.g. the 130th and 135th pick. The smallest number is granted to the team with the lowest overall pick position in the draft.

Round 1

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
1CAVincent Lecavalier1980Tampa Bay LightningF1212421528949848-140
2CADavid Legwand1980Nashville PredatorsF11362283906185517
3CABrad Stuart1979San Jose SharksD1056802553355658
4CABryan Allen1980Vancouver CanucksD7212910713683926
5CAVitaly Vishnevski1980Mighty Ducks of AnaheimD552165268494-27
6CARico Fata1980Calgary FlamesF230273663104-60
7CAManny Malhotra1980New York RangersF991116179295451-26
8CAMark Bell1980Chicago BlackhawksF4508795182602-45
9CAMichael Rupp1980New York IslandersF610544599855-28
10CANikolai Antropov1980Toronto Maple LeafsF78819327246562755
11CAJeff Heerema1980Carolina HurricanesF324266-7
12CAAlex Tanguay1979Colorado AvalancheF1088283580863527163
13CAMichael Henrich1980Edmonton OilersF
14CAPatrick Desrochers1979Phoenix CoyotesG110002
15CAMathieu Chouinard1980Ottawa SenatorsG10000
16CAEric Chouinard1980Montreal CanadiensF9011112216-8
17CAMartin Skoula1979Colorado AvalancheD7764415219632816
18CADmitri Kalinin1980Buffalo SabresD539361261623212
19CARobyn Regehr1980Colorado AvalancheD10893616319997230
20CAScott Parker1978Colorado AvalancheF308714216994
21CAMathieu Biron1980Los Angeles KingsD253123244177-69
22CASimon Gagne1980Philadelphia FlyersF822291310601328129
23CAMilan Kraft1980Pittsburgh PenguinsF20741418252-45
24CAChristian Bäckman1980St. Louis BluesD3022356791821
25CAJirí Fischer1980Detroit Red WingsD30511496029529
26CAMike Van Ryn1979New Jersey DevilsD35330991292605
27CAScott Gomez1979New Jersey DevilsF1079181575756655-1

Round 2

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
28CARamzi Abid1980Colorado AvalancheF6814163078-11
29CAJonathan Cheechoo1980San Jose SharksF50117013530532429
30CAKyle Rossiter1980Florida PanthersD110119-3
31CAArtem Chubarov1979Vancouver CanucksF22825335840-3
32CAStephen Peat1980Mighty Ducks of AnaheimF1308210234-16
33CABlair Betts1980Calgary FlamesF477413778118-18
34CAAndrew Peters1980Buffalo SabresF229437650-17
35CAPetr Svoboda1980Toronto Maple LeafsD1812310-5
36CAChris Nielsen1980New York IslandersF52681481
37CAChristian Berglund1980New Jersey DevilsF8611162742-6
38CAPhilippe Sauve1980Colorado AvalancheG3200023
39CAJohn Erskine1980Dallas StarsD491153954865-17
40CARandy Copley1979New York RangersF
41CAMaxim Linnik1979St. Louis BluesD
42CAJason Beckett1980Philadelphia FlyersD
43CAOssi Väänänen1980Phoenix CoyotesD47913556848226
44CAMike Fisher1980Ottawa SenatorsF110427831158981527
45CAMike Ribeiro1980Montreal CanadiensF10742285657935775
46CAJustin Papineau1980Los Angeles KingsF8111819122
47CANorm Milley1980Buffalo SabresF2924612-4
48CAJonathan Girard1980Boston BruinsD150103444466
49CAJomar Cruz1980Washington CapitalsG
50CAJaroslav Kristek1980Buffalo SabresF60004-2
51CAIan Forbes1980Philadelphia FlyersD
52CABobby Allen1978Boston BruinsD5103312-3
53CASteve Moore1978Colorado AvalancheF69571241-9
54CAAlexander Zevakhin1980Pittsburgh PenguinsF
55CARyan Barnes1980Detroit Red WingsF200000
56CATomek Valtonen1980Detroit Red WingsF
57CATyler Bouck1980Dallas StarsF91481293-9
58CAChris Bala1978Ottawa SenatorsF601101

Round 3

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
59CATodd Hornung1980Washington CapitalsF
60CADenis Arkhipov1979Nashville PredatorsF3525682138128-51
61CAJoe Dipenta1979Florida PanthersD1746172311015
62CAPaul Manning1979Calgary FlamesD800020
63CALance Ward1978Florida PanthersD20941216391-30
64CABrad Richards1980Tampa Bay LightningF1126298634932251-66
65CAEric LaPlante1979San Jose SharksF
66CAJason LaBarbera1980New York RangersG18702210
67CAAlex Henry1979Edmonton OilersD1772911269-7
68CAJarkko Ruutu1975Vancouver CanucksF65258841421078-21
69CAJamie Hodson1980Toronto Maple LeafsG
70CAKevin Holdridge1980Carolina HurricanesD
71CAErik Cole1978Carolina HurricanesF892265267532659-7
72CADmitry Afanasenkov1980Tampa Bay LightningF22727275452-36
73CAPat O'Leary1979Phoenix CoyotesF
74CAJulien Vauclair1979Ottawa SenatorsD100021
75CAFrancois Beauchemin1980Montreal CanadiensD9037621228849014
76CAAlexei Volkov1980Los Angeles KingsG
77CAMike Pandolfo1979Buffalo SabresF30000-2
78CAPeter Nordström1974Boston BruinsF20000-1
79CAEvgeny Lazarev1980Colorado AvalancheF
80CADavid Cameron1980Pittsburgh PenguinsF
81CAJustin Morrison1979Vancouver CanucksF
82CABrian Gionta1979New Jersey DevilsF102629130459537735
83CAMatt Walker1980St. Louis BluesD31442630464-9
84CAJake McCracken1980Detroit Red WingsG
85CAGeoff Koch1979Nashville PredatorsF
86CAGabriel Karlsson1980Dallas StarsF

Round 4

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
87CAAlexei Ponikarovsky1980Toronto Maple LeafsF67813918432341947
88CAKent Sauer1979Nashville PredatorsD
89CARyan Jardine1980Florida PanthersF802220
90CARegan Darby1980Vancouver CanucksD
91CAJosef Vasícek1980Carolina HurricanesF46077106183311-38
92CAEric Beaudoin1980Tampa Bay LightningF53381141-15
93CATommy Westlund1974Carolina HurricanesF2039132248-27
94CAMatthias Trattnig1979Chicago BlackhawksF
95CAAndy Burnham1980New York IslandersF
96CAMikko Jokela1980New Jersey DevilsD100000
97CAChris Madden1979Carolina HurricanesG
98CARob Davison1980San Jose SharksD21931518321-5
99CAShawn Horcoff1978Edmonton OilersF1008186325511624-27
100CARyan Van Buskirk1980Phoenix CoyotesD
101CAPetr Schastlivy1979Ottawa SenatorsF129182240303
102CAShaun Sutter1980Calgary FlamesF
103CAKip Brennan1980Los Angeles KingsF61112222-2
104CAMiroslav Zalesak1980San Jose SharksF121230-3
105CAPierre Dagenais1978New Jersey DevilsF142352358580
106CAKrys Barch1980Washington CapitalsF381122335812-16
107CAChris Corrinet1978Washington CapitalsF80116-4
108CADany Sabourin1980Calgary FlamesG570114
109CAJean-Philippe Morin1980Philadelphia FlyersD
110CAScott Myers1979Pittsburgh PenguinsG
111CABrent Hobday1979Detroit Red WingsF
112CAViktor Wallin1980Mighty Ducks of AnaheimD
113CAKristian Antila1980Edmonton OilersG
114CABoyd Kane1978New York RangersF3103339-8

Round 5

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
115CAJay Leach1979Phoenix CoyotesD70123603
116CAJosh Blackburn1978Phoenix CoyotesG
117CAJaroslav Spacek1974Florida PanthersD8808227335561849
118CAMike Siklenka1979Washington CapitalsF200000
119CAAnton But1980New Jersey DevilsF
120CABrent Gauvreau1980Calgary FlamesF
121CACurtis Rich1979Tampa Bay LightningD
122CAPat Leahy1979New York RangersF5044819-1
123CAJirí Dopita1968New York IslandersF73122133195
124CAFrancis Belanger1978Philadelphia FlyersF1000029-3
125CAErik Wendell1979Washington CapitalsF
126CAMorgan Warren1980Toronto Maple LeafsF
127CABrandon Coalter1978San Jose SharksF
128CAPaul Elliott1980Edmonton OilersD
129CARobert Schnabel1978Phoenix CoyotesD22033346
130CAGavin McLeod1980Ottawa SenatorsD
131CATomas Kloucek1980New York RangersD1412810250-9
132CAAndre Bashkirov1970Montreal CanadiensF300330-5
133CAJoe Rullier1980Los Angeles KingsD
134CARob Scuderi1978Pittsburgh PenguinsD783810211019825
135CAAndrew Raycroft1980Boston BruinsG28003314
136CADavid Ytfeldt1979Vancouver CanucksD
137CAAaron Goldade1980Buffalo SabresF
138CAMartin Beauchesne1980Nashville PredatorsD
139CAGarrett Prosofsky1980Philadelphia FlyersF
140CARick Bertran1980Vancouver CanucksD
141CAK.C. Timmons1980Colorado AvalancheF
142CACarl Steen1980Detroit Red WingsF
143CARyan Flinn1980New Jersey DevilsF31101840
144CAOleg Smirnov1980Edmonton OilersF
145CAMikael Samuelsson1976San Jose SharksF69914919734637050

Round 6

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
146CASergei Kuznetsov1980Tampa Bay LightningF
147CACraig Brunel1979Nashville PredatorsF
148CAChris Ovington1980Florida PanthersD
149CAPaul Cabana1978Vancouver CanucksF
150CATrent Hunter1980Mighty Ducks of AnaheimF497101135236209-5
151CAAdam DeLeeuw1980Detroit Red WingsF
152CAGordie Dwyer1978Montreal CanadiensF108055394-20
153CAPavel Patera1971Dallas StarsF322798-9
154CAAllan Rourke1980Toronto Maple LeafsD55145314
155CAKevin Clauson1978New York IslandersD
156CAKent Huskins1979Chicago BlackhawksD31813556817346
157CABrad Voth1980St. Louis BluesF
158CAJari Viuhkola1980Chicago BlackhawksF
159CATrevor Ettinger1980Edmonton OilersF
160CARickard Wallin1980Phoenix CoyotesF798111934-5
161CAChris Neil1979Ottawa SenatorsF10261121382502522-19
162CAAndrei Markov1978Montreal CanadiensD99011945357250564
163CATomas Zizka1979Los Angeles KingsD2526816-8
164CAAles Kotalik1978Buffalo SabresF542136148284348-46
165CARyan Milanovic1980Boston BruinsF
166CAJonathan Pelletier1980Chicago BlackhawksG
167CAAlexander Ryazantsev1980Colorado AvalancheD
168CAAntero Niittymäki1980Philadelphia FlyersG2340336
169CAJan Fadrny1980Pittsburgh PenguinsF
170CAAndrei Troshchinski1978St. Louis BluesF
171CAPavel Datsyuk1978Detroit Red WingsF953314604918228249
172CAJacques Lariviere1979New Jersey DevilsF
173CANiko Kapanen1978Dallas StarsF3973690126160-25

Round 7

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
174CABrett Allan1980Tampa Bay LightningF
175CACam Ondrik1980Philadelphia FlyersG
176CAB.J. Ketcheson1980Florida PanthersD
177CAVince Malts1978Vancouver CanucksF
178CAJesse Fibiger1978Mighty Ducks of AnaheimD160002-5
179CANate Forster1980Washington CapitalsD
180CAStefan Lundqvist1978New York RangersF
181CAJonathan Gagnon1980Toronto Maple LeafsF
182CAEvgeny Korolev1978New York IslandersD4214520-10
183CATyler Arnason1979Chicago BlackhawksF48788157245140-33
184CADon Smith1979Carolina HurricanesF
185CARobert Mulick1979San Jose SharksD
186CAMike Morrison1979Edmonton OilersG290112
187CAErik Westrum1979Phoenix CoyotesF2712322-4
188CAMichel Periard1979Ottawa SenatorsD
189CAAndrei Kruchinin1978Montreal CanadiensD
190CATommi Hannus1980Los Angeles KingsF
191CABrad Moran1979Buffalo SabresF81234-1
192CARadek Duda1979Calgary FlamesF
193CARastislav Stana1980Washington CapitalsG60000
194CAOak Hewer1979Tampa Bay LightningF
195CATomas Divisek1979Philadelphia FlyersF510100
196CAJoel Scherban1980Pittsburgh PenguinsF
197CABrad Twordik1979St. Louis BluesF
198CAJeremy Goetzinger1980Detroit Red WingsD
199CAErik Jensen1979New Jersey DevilsF
200CAScott Perry1978Dallas StarsF

Round 8

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
201CACraig Murray1979Montreal CanadiensF
202CAMartin Bartek1980Nashville PredatorsF
203CAIan Jacobs1980Florida PanthersD
204CAGraig Mischler1978Vancouver CanucksF
205CADavid Bernier1978Mighty Ducks of AnaheimF
206CAJonas Frögren1980Calgary FlamesD41167280
207CAJohan Witehall1972New York RangersF5425716-5
208CAJaroslav Svoboda1980Carolina HurricanesF13412172962-5
209CAFrederick Brind'Amour1979New York IslandersG
210CASean Griffin1980Chicago BlackhawksD
211CAMark Kosick1979Carolina HurricanesF
212CAJim Fahey1979San Jose SharksD921242567-16
213CAChristian Lefebvre1978Edmonton OilersD
214CAJustin Hansen1980Phoenix CoyotesF
215CADwight Wolfe1980Toronto Maple LeafsD
216CAMichael Ryder1980Montreal CanadiensF80623724748435318
217CAJim Henkel1979Los Angeles KingsF
218CADavid Moravec1973Buffalo SabresF10000-1
219CACurtis Valentine1979Vancouver CanucksF
220CAMike Farrell1978Washington CapitalsD1300020
221CADan Hulak1980Tampa Bay LightningD
222CALubomir Pistek1980Philadelphia FlyersF
223CASergei Verenikin1979Ottawa SenatorsF
224CAMika Lehto1979Pittsburgh PenguinsG
225CAEvgeny Pastukh1979St. Louis BluesF
226CADavid Petrasek1976Detroit Red WingsD
227CAMarko Ahosilta1980New Jersey DevilsF
228CAMichal Travnicek1980Toronto Maple LeafsF

Round 9

No.NameBornTeamPosGPGAPPIM+/-
229CAChris Lyness1980Tampa Bay LightningD
230CAKarlis Skrastins1974Nashville PredatorsD83232104136375-45
231CAAdrian Wichser1980Florida PanthersF
232CAJason Metcalfe1978Vancouver CanucksD
233CAPelle Prestberg1975Mighty Ducks of AnaheimF
234CAKevin Mitchell1980Calgary FlamesD
235CAJan Mertzig1970New York RangersD230228-5
236CASergei Rostov1980Toronto Maple LeafsG
237CABen Blais1978New York IslandersD
238CAAlexandre Couture1980Chicago BlackhawksF
239CABrent McDonald1979Carolina HurricanesF
240CAAndrei Yershov1976Chicago BlackhawksD
241CAMaxim Spiridonov1978Edmonton OilersF
242CAJason Doyle1978New York IslandersF
243CAPetr Hubácek1979Philadelphia FlyersF61012-1
244CAToby Petersen1978Pittsburgh PenguinsF39833488150-40
245CAAndreas Andersson1979Mighty Ducks of AnaheimG
246CARastislav Pavlikovsky1977Ottawa SenatorsF
247CADarcy Harris1978Montreal CanadiensF
248CAMatt Yeats1979Los Angeles KingsG50002
249CAEdo Terglav1980Buffalo SabresF
250CARadek Matejovsky1977New York IslandersF
251CABlake Evans1980Washington CapitalsF
252CAMartin Cibak1980Tampa Bay LightningF1545182360-16
253CABruno St. Jacques1980Philadelphia FlyersD67371047-6
254CAMatt Hussey1979Pittsburgh PenguinsF212242-6
255CAJohn Pohl1979St. Louis BluesF11517213824-8
256CAPetja Pietiläinen1980Detroit Red WingsF
257CARyan Held1980New Jersey DevilsF
258CASergei Skrobot1980Philadelphia FlyersD

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