Draft Class 1998
125 picks on file.
| Pick | Player | Drafted by | School | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 R1 | Vincent Lecavalier C | TBL | — | Skaters 1050 GP · 383 G · 471 A |
| 2 R1 | David Legwand C | NSH | — | Skaters 1064 GP · 215 G · 375 A |
| 3 R1 | Brad Stuart D | SJS | — | Skaters 974 GP · 70 G · 229 A |
| 4 R1 | Bryan Allen D | VAN | — | Skaters 721 GP · 29 G · 107 A |
| 5 R1 | Vitaly Vishnevski D | ANA | — | Skaters 521 GP · 15 G · 51 A |
| 6 R1 | Rico Fata L | CGY | — | Skaters 208 GP · 27 G · 35 A |
| 7 R1 | Manny Malhotra C | NYR | — | Skaters 891 GP · 108 G · 171 A |
| 8 R1 | Mark Bell C | CHI | — | Skaters 450 GP · 87 G · 95 A |
| 10 R1 | Nik Antropov C | TOR | — | Skaters 722 GP · 181 G · 254 A |
| 11 R1 | Jeff Heerema R | CAR | — | Skaters 32 GP · 4 G · 2 A |
| 12 R1 | Alex Tanguay L | COL | — | Skaters 1012 GP · 266 G · 546 A |
| 14 R1 | Patrick Desrochers G | PHX | — | Goalies 11 GP · 8 GS · 2 W |
| 16 R1 | Eric Chouinard C | MTL | — | Skaters 90 GP · 11 G · 11 A |
| 17 R1 | Martin Skoula D | COL | — | Skaters 696 GP · 41 G · 139 A |
| 18 R1 | Dmitri Kalinin D | BUF | — | Skaters 535 GP · 36 G · 126 A |
| 19 R1 | Robyn Regehr D | COL | — | Skaters 1032 GP · 31 G · 156 A |
| 20 R1 | Scott Parker R | COL | — | Skaters 281 GP · 7 G · 14 A |
| 21 R1 | Mathieu Biron D | LAK | — | Skaters 193 GP · 8 G · 28 A |
| 22 R1 | Simon Gagne L | PHI | — | Skaters 742 GP · 271 G · 282 A |
| 23 R1 | Milan Kraft C | PIT | — | Skaters 207 GP · 41 G · 41 A |
| 24 R1 | Christian Backman D | STL | — | Skaters 302 GP · 23 G · 56 A |
| 25 R1 | Jiri Fischer D | DET | — | Skaters 253 GP · 11 G · 41 A |
| 26 R1 | Mike Van Ryn D | NJD | — | Skaters 353 GP · 30 G · 99 A |
| 27 R1 | Scott Gomez C | NJD | — | Skaters 997 GP · 162 G · 524 A |
| 29 R2 | Jonathan Cheechoo R | SJS | — | Skaters 501 GP · 170 G · 135 A |
| 30 R2 | Kyle Rossiter D | FLA | — | Skaters 11 GP · 0 G · 1 A |
| 31 R2 | Artem Chubarov C | VAN | — | Skaters 179 GP · 24 G · 25 A |
| 32 R2 | Stephen Peat R | ANA | — | Skaters 130 GP · 8 G · 2 A |
| 33 R2 | Blair Betts C | CGY | — | Skaters 477 GP · 41 G · 37 A |
| 34 R2 | Andrew Peters L | BUF | — | Skaters 229 GP · 4 G · 3 A |
| 35 R2 | Petr Svoboda D | TOR | — | Skaters 18 GP · 1 G · 2 A |
| 36 R2 | Chris Nielsen R | NYI | — | Skaters 52 GP · 6 G · 8 A |
| 37 R2 | Christian Berglund L | NJD | — | Skaters 86 GP · 11 G · 16 A |
| 38 R2 | Philippe Sauve G | COL | — | Goalies 32 GP · 25 GS · 10 W |
| 39 R2 | John Erskine D | DAL | — | Skaters 491 GP · 15 G · 39 A |
| 43 R2 | Ossi Vaananen D | PHX | — | Skaters 479 GP · 13 G · 55 A |
| 44 R2 | Mike Fisher C | OTT | — | Skaters 1072 GP · 274 G · 306 A |
| 45 R2 | Mike Ribeiro C | MTL | — | Skaters 1055 GP · 227 G · 564 A |
| 47 R2 | Norman Milley R | BUF | — | Skaters 29 GP · 2 G · 4 A |
| 48 R2 | Jonathan Girard D | BOS | — | Skaters 124 GP · 9 G · 32 A |
| 50 R2 | Jaroslav Kristek R | BUF | — | Skaters 6 GP · 0 G · 0 A |
| 52 R2 | Bobby Allen D | BOS | — | Skaters 51 GP · 0 G · 3 A |
| 53 R2 | Steve Moore C | COL | — | Skaters 69 GP · 5 G · 7 A |
| 55 R2 | Ryan Barnes L | DET | — | Skaters 2 GP · 0 G · 0 A |
| 57 R2 | Tyler Bouck L | DAL | — | Skaters 91 GP · 4 G · 8 A |
| 58 R2 | Chris Bala L | OTT | — | Skaters 6 GP · 0 G · 1 A |
| 60 R3 | Denis Arkhipov C | NSH | — | Skaters 352 GP · 56 G · 82 A |
| 61 R3 | Joe Dipenta D | FLA | — | Skaters 174 GP · 6 G · 17 A |
| 62 R3 | Paul Manning D | CGY | — | Skaters 8 GP · 0 G · 0 A |
| 63 R3 | Lance Ward R | FLA | — | Skaters 209 GP · 4 G · 12 A |
| 64 R3 | Brad Richards C | TBL | — | Skaters 1126 GP · 298 G · 634 A |
| 66 R3 | Jason LaBarbera G | NYR | — | Goalies 187 GP · 148 GS · 62 W |
| 67 R3 | Alex Henry D | EDM | — | Skaters 177 GP · 2 G · 9 A |
| 68 R3 | Jarkko Ruutu L | VAN | — | Skaters 644 GP · 58 G · 83 A |
| 71 R3 | Erik Cole L | CAR | — | Skaters 892 GP · 265 G · 267 A |
| 72 R3 | Dimitri Afanasenkov L | TBL | — | Skaters 227 GP · 27 G · 27 A |
| 74 R3 | Julien Vauclair D | OTT | — | Skaters 1 GP · 0 G · 0 A |
| 75 R3 | Francois Beauchemin D | MTL | — | Skaters 903 GP · 76 G · 212 A |
| 77 R3 | Mike Pandolfo L | BUF | — | Skaters 3 GP · 0 G · 0 A |
| 82 R3 | Brian Gionta R | NJD | — | Skaters 1026 GP · 291 G · 304 A |
| 83 R3 | Matt Walker D | STL | — | Skaters 314 GP · 4 G · 26 A |
| 87 R4 | Alexei Ponikarovsky L | TOR | — | Skaters 678 GP · 139 G · 184 A |
| 89 R4 | Ryan Jardine L | FLA | — | Skaters 8 GP · 0 G · 2 A |
| 91 R4 | Josef Vasicek C | CAR | — | Skaters 460 GP · 77 G · 106 A |
| 92 R4 | Eric Beaudoin L | TBL | — | Skaters 53 GP · 3 G · 8 A |
| 93 R4 | Tommy Vestlund L | CAR | — | Skaters 122 GP · 5 G · 5 A |
| 96 R4 | Mikko Jokela D | NJD | — | Skaters 1 GP · 0 G · 0 A |
| 98 R4 | Rob Davison D | SJS | — | Skaters 219 GP · 3 G · 15 A |
| 99 R4 | Shawn Horcoff C | EDM | — | Skaters 1008 GP · 186 G · 325 A |
| 101 R4 | Petr Schastlivy L | OTT | — | Skaters 116 GP · 16 G · 17 A |
| 103 R4 | Kip Brennan L | LAK | — | Skaters 61 GP · 1 G · 1 A |
| 104 R4 | Miroslav Zalesak R | SJS | — | Skaters 12 GP · 1 G · 2 A |
| 105 R4 | Pierre Dagenais R | NJD | — | Skaters 142 GP · 35 G · 23 A |
| 106 R4 | Krys Barch R | WSH | — | Skaters 381 GP · 12 G · 23 A |
| 107 R4 | Chris Corrinet R | WSH | — | Skaters 8 GP · 0 G · 1 A |
| 108 R4 | Dany Sabourin G | CGY | — | Goalies 57 GP · 45 GS · 18 W |
| 114 R4 | Boyd Kane L | NYR | — | Skaters 31 GP · 0 G · 3 A |
| 115 R5 | Jay Leach D | PHX | — | Skaters 70 GP · 1 G · 2 A |
| 117 R5 | Jaroslav Spacek D | FLA | — | Skaters 735 GP · 69 G · 235 A |
| 118 R5 | Mike Siklenka R | WSH | — | Skaters 2 GP · 0 G · 0 A |
| 122 R5 | Patrick Leahy R | NYR | — | Skaters 50 GP · 4 G · 4 A |
| 123 R5 | Jiri Dopita C | NYI | — | Skaters 73 GP · 12 G · 21 A |
| 124 R5 | Francis Belanger L | PHI | — | Skaters 10 GP · 0 G · 0 A |
| 129 R5 | Robert Schnabel D | PHX | — | Skaters 22 GP · 0 G · 3 A |
| 131 R5 | Tomas Kloucek D | NYR | — | Skaters 141 GP · 2 G · 8 A |
| 132 R5 | Andrei Bashkirov L | MTL | — | Skaters 18 GP · 0 G · 3 A |
| 134 R5 | Rob Scuderi D | PIT | — | Skaters 783 GP · 8 G · 102 A |
| 135 R5 | Andrew Raycroft G | BOS | — | Goalies 280 GP · 250 GS · 113 W |
| 143 R5 | Ryan Flinn L | NJD | — | Skaters 31 GP · 1 G · 0 A |
| 145 R5 | Mikael Samuelsson R | SJS | — | Skaters 699 GP · 149 G · 197 A |
| 150 R6 | Trent Hunter R | ANA | — | Skaters 497 GP · 101 G · 135 A |
| 152 R6 | Gordie Dwyer L | MTL | — | Skaters 84 GP · 0 G · 4 A |
| 153 R6 | Pavel Patera L | DAL | — | Skaters 20 GP · 1 G · 3 A |
| 154 R6 | Allan Rourke D | TOR | — | Skaters 55 GP · 1 G · 4 A |
| 156 R6 | Kent Huskins D | CHI | — | Skaters 318 GP · 13 G · 55 A |
| 160 R6 | Rickard Wallin C | PHX | — | Skaters 79 GP · 8 G · 11 A |
| 161 R6 | Chris Neil R | OTT | — | Skaters 1026 GP · 112 G · 138 A |
| 162 R6 | Andrei Markov D | MTL | — | Skaters 990 GP · 119 G · 453 A |
| 163 R6 | Tomas Zizka D | LAK | — | Skaters 25 GP · 2 G · 6 A |
| 164 R6 | Ales Kotalik R | BUF | — | Skaters 542 GP · 136 G · 148 A |
| 168 R6 | Antero Niittymaki G | PHI | — | Goalies 234 GP · 211 GS · 95 W |
| 171 R6 | Pavel Datsyuk C | DET | — | Skaters 953 GP · 314 G · 604 A |
| 173 R6 | Niko Kapanen C | DAL | — | Skaters 397 GP · 36 G · 90 A |
| 178 R7 | Jesse Fibiger D | ANA | — | Skaters 16 GP · 0 G · 0 A |
| 182 R7 | Evgeny Korolev D | NYI | — | Skaters 25 GP · 0 G · 2 A |
| 183 R7 | Tyler Arnason C | CHI | — | Skaters 487 GP · 88 G · 157 A |
| 186 R7 | Mike Morrison G | EDM | — | Goalies 29 GP · 21 GS · 11 W |
| 187 R7 | Erik Westrum C | PHX | — | Skaters 27 GP · 1 G · 2 A |
| 191 R7 | Brad Moran C | BUF | — | Skaters 8 GP · 1 G · 2 A |
| 193 R7 | Rastislav Stana G | WSH | — | Goalies 6 GP · 3 GS · 1 W |
| 195 R7 | Tomas Divisek R | PHI | — | Skaters 5 GP · 1 G · 0 A |
| 206 R8 | Jonas Frogren D | CGY | — | Skaters 41 GP · 1 G · 6 A |
| 207 R8 | Johan Witehall L | NYR | — | Skaters 41 GP · 1 G · 4 A |
| 208 R8 | Jaroslav Svoboda L | CAR | — | Skaters 134 GP · 12 G · 17 A |
| 212 R8 | Jim Fahey D | SJS | — | Skaters 92 GP · 1 G · 24 A |
| 216 R8 | Michael Ryder R | MTL | — | Skaters 806 GP · 237 G · 247 A |
| 220 R8 | Michael Farrell R | WSH | — | Skaters 13 GP · 0 G · 0 A |
| 230 R9 | Karlis Skrastins D | NSH | — | Skaters 771 GP · 27 G · 97 A |
| 243 R9 | Petr Hubacek C | PHI | — | Skaters 6 GP · 1 G · 0 A |
| 244 R9 | Toby Petersen C | PIT | — | Skaters 398 GP · 33 G · 48 A |
| 248 R9 | Matthew Yeats G | LAK | — | Goalies 5 GP · 4 GS · 1 W |
| 252 R9 | Martin Cibak C | TBL | — | Skaters 154 GP · 5 G · 18 A |
| 253 R9 | Bruno St. Jacques D | PHI | — | Skaters 67 GP · 3 G · 7 A |
| 254 R9 | Matt Hussey C | PIT | — | Skaters 21 GP · 2 G · 2 A |
| 255 R9 | John Pohl C | STL | — | Skaters 115 GP · 17 G · 21 A |