1998 NHL Draft
Updated September 27, 2017 |
Infoplease Staff
First and second round selections at the 36th annual NHL Entry Draft held June 27, 1998, in Buffalo. The order of the first 11 positions were determined by a draft lottery held May 10 in New York. Positions 12 through 27 reflect regular season records in reverse order.
First Round
| Team | Pos | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a-Tampa Bay | Vincent Lecavalier, Rimouski | C |
| 2 | b-Nashville | David Legwand, Plymouth | C |
| 3 | San Jose | Brad Stuart, Regina | D |
| 4 | Vancouver | Bryan Allen, Oshawa | D |
| 5 | Anaheim | Vitali Vishnevsky, Yaroslavl | D |
| 6 | Calgary | Rico Fata, London | C |
| 7 | NY Rangers | Manny Malhotra, Guelph | C |
| 8 | c-Chicago | Mark Bell, Ottawa | C |
| 9 | NY Islanders | Michael Rupp, Erie | L |
| 10 | d-Toronto | Nikolai Antropov, Ust-Kamenogorsk | C |
| 11 | Carolina | Jeff Heerema, Sarnia | R |
| 12 | e-Colorado | Alex Tanguay, Halifax | C |
| 13 | Edmonton | Michael Henrich, Barrie | R |
| 14 | Phoenix | Patrick DesRochers, Sarnia | G |
| 15 | Ottawa | Mathieu Chouinard, Shawinigan | G |
| 16 | Montreal | Eric Chouinard, Quebec | C |
| 17 | f-Colorado | Martin Skoula, Barrie | D |
| 18 | Buffalo | Dmitri Kalinin, Chelyabinsk | D |
| 19 | g-Colorado | Robyn Regehr, Kamloops | D |
| 20 | h-Colorado | Scott Parker, Kelowna | R |
| 21 | i-Los Angeles | Mathieu Biron, Shawinigan | D |
| 22 | j-Philadelphia | Simon Gagne, Quebec | C |
| 23 | Pittsburgh | Milan Kraft, Plzen Jr. | C |
| 24 | St. Louis | Christian Backman, Frolunda Jr. | D |
| 25 | Detroit | Jiri Fischer, Hull | D |
| 26 | New Jersey | Mike Van Ryn, Michigan | D |
| 27 | k-New Jersey | Scott Gomez, Tri-City | C |
Second Round
| Team | Pos | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | l-Colorado | Ramzi Abid, Chicoutimi | L |
| 29 | m-San Jose | Jonathan Cheechoo, Belleville | R |
| 30 | Florida | Kyle Rossiter, Spokane | D |
| 31 | Vancouver | Artem Chubarov, Dynamo | C |
| 32 | Anaheim | Stephen Peat, Red Deer | D |
| 33 | Calgary | Blair Betts, Prince George | C |
| 34 | n-Buffalo | Andrew Peters, Oshawa | L |
| 35 | Toronto | Petr Svoboda, Havl Brod | D |
| 36 | NY Islanders | Chris Nielsen, Calgary | C |
| 37 | New Jersey | Christian Berglund, Farjestad Jr. | L |
| 38 | o-Colorado | Philippe Sauve, Rimouski | G |
| 39 | p-Dallas | John Erskine, London | D |
| 40 | NY Rangers | Randy Copley, Cape Breton | R |
| 41 | q-St. Louis | Maxim Linnik, St. Thomas | D |
| 42 | r-Philadelphia | Jason Beckett, Seattle | D |
| 43 | Phoenix | Ossi Vaananen, Jokerit Jr. | D |
| 44 | Ottawa | Mike Fisher, Sudbury | C |
| 45 | Montreal | Mike Ribeiro, Rouyn-Noranda | C |
| 46 | Los Angeles | Justin Papineau, Belleville | C |
| 47 | Buffalo | Norman Milley, Sudbury | R |
| 48 | Boston | Jonathan Girard, Laval | D |
| 49 | Washington | Jomar Cruz, Brandon | G |
| 50 | s-Buffalo | Jaroslav Kristek, Zlin | R |
| 51 | Philadelphia | Ian Forbes, Guelph | D |
| 52 | Boston | Bobby Allen, Boston Coll. | D |
| 53 | Colorado | Steve Moore, Harvard | C |
| 54 | Pittsburgh | Alexander Zevakhin, CSKA 2 | C |
| 55 | t-Detroit | Ryan Barnes, Sudbury | L |
| 56 | Detroit | Tomek Valtonen, Ilves | L |
| 57 | u-Dallas | Tyler Bouck, Prince George | R |
| 58 | v-Ottawa | Chris Bala, Harvard | L |
Acquired picks: FIRST ROUND: a— from Florida via San Jose; b— from Tampa Bay via San Jose; c— from Nashville; d— from Toronto; e— from Chicago; f— from San Jose; g— from Los Angeles; h— from Boston; i— from Washington; j— from Colorado; k— from Dallas; SECOND ROUND: l— from Tampa Bay; m— from Nashville; n— from NY Rangers; o— from Chicago; p— from Carolina via New Jersey; q— from San Jose via Detroit; r— from Edmonton; s— from Colorado via San Jose; t— from St. Louis; u— from New Jersey; v— from Dallas via Philadelphia.
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