Draft
Actual 1979 DraftPowered by CORE
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
11 Team LogoSabres Mike Ramsey D Inactive 212
32 Team LogoSabres Lindy Ruff LW Inactive 100
53 Team LogoSabres Mark Robinson D Inactive
55 Team LogoSabres Jacques Cloutier G Inactive 64
74 Team LogoSabres Gilles Hamel LW Inactive 109
95 Team LogoSabres Alan Haworth C Inactive 197
116 Team LogoSabres Rick Knickle G Inactive 5
126 players drafted
1979 RedraftPowered by CORE
A redraft of the 1979 NHL Draft class according to each player's career impact so far:
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Difference Career Impact
11 Team LogoSabres Neal Broten C Inactive 31 422
32 Team LogoSabres Alan Haworth C Inactive 63 197
53 Team LogoSabres Jacques Cloutier G Inactive 2 64
55 Team LogoSabres Lindsay Carson C Inactive 1 50
74 Team LogoSabres Paul Marshall LW Inactive 43 10
95 Team LogoSabres Pat Daley LW Inactive 13 0
116 Team LogoSabres Gilles Leduc D Inactive 9
Team Draft SuccessPowered by CORE
Most successful Teams in the 1979 Draft according to the players they drafted, versus the players they could have drafted instead:
Team Career Impact Draft Capital Difference
Team LogoOilers 1’957 372 1’585
Team LogoBruins 2’536 1’002 1’534
Team LogoQUE 1’661 427 1’234
Team LogoWIN 840 444 396
Team LogoCanadiens 961 651 310
Team LogoCanucks 948 971 -23
Team LogoFlyers 799 831 -32
Team LogoSabres 687 743 -56
Team LogoAFM 816 888 -72
Team LogoCapitals 846 968 -122
Team LogoRed Wings 826 1’008 -182
Team LogoBlackhawks 551 758 -207
Team LogoMNS 922 1’130 -208
Team LogoHFD 247 460 -213
Team LogoIslanders 511 752 -241
Team LogoPenguins 16 286 -270
Team LogoMaple Leafs 257 534 -277
Team LogoRangers 188 551 -363
Team LogoKings 309 844 -535
Team LogoBlues 266 1’081 -815
Team LogoCLR 269 1’712 -1’443