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Actual 1981 DraftPowered by CORE

Pick	Draft Team	Name	Pos	Current Team	Career Impact
12	Blackhawks	Tony Tanti	RW	Inactive	294
25	Blackhawks	Kevin Griffin	LW	Inactive
54	Blackhawks	Darrel Anholt	D	Inactive	0
75	Blackhawks	Perry Pelensky	RW	Inactive	0
96	Blackhawks	Douglas Chessell	G	Inactive
117	Blackhawks	William Schafhauser	D	Inactive
138	Blackhawks	Marc Centrone	C	Inactive
159	Blackhawks	Johan Mellstrom	LW	Inactive
180	Blackhawks	John Benns	LW	Inactive
201	Blackhawks	Sylvain Roy	D	Inactive

211 players drafted

1981 RedraftPowered by CORE

A redraft of the 1981 NHL Draft class according to each player's career impact so far:

Pick	Draft Team	Name	Pos	Current Team	Difference	Career Impact
12	Blackhawks	Tom Kurvers	D	Inactive	133	257
25	Blackhawks	Paul Macdermid	RW	Inactive	36	86
54	Blackhawks	Gaetano Orlando	C	Inactive	110	15
75	Blackhawks	David Michayluk	LW	Inactive	10	2
96	Blackhawks	Paul Houck	RW	Inactive	25	0
117	Blackhawks	Lars Eriksson	G	Inactive	85
138	Blackhawks	Douglas Chessell	G	Inactive	42
159	Blackhawks	Andrew Wright	D	Inactive	27
180	Blackhawks	Steve Taylor	LW	Inactive	17
201	Blackhawks	Rejean Vignola	C	Inactive	2

Team Draft SuccessPowered by CORE

Most successful Teams in the 1981 Draft according to the players they drafted, versus the players they could have drafted instead:

Team	Career Impact	Draft Capital	Difference
Flames	1’692	208	1’484
Rangers	948	423	525
Canadiens	1’273	826	447
Red Wings	494	130	364
HFD	1’027	736	291
Oilers	736	464	272
Canucks	395	315	80
Penguins	162	104	58
QUE	310	304	6
	0	0	0
Blackhawks	294	360	-66
Islanders	85	166	-81
CLR	437	557	-120
Sabres	92	228	-136
Blues	16	172	-156
Bruins	39	291	-252
Flyers	26	280	-254
Capitals	598	886	-288
WIN	981	1’395	-414
Maple Leafs	100	518	-418
MNS	77	566	-489
Kings	133	986	-853

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Player Contract Value An innovative way to assess a player's current value and evaluate it against their contract. Important to note that this assessment does NOT consider player or contract projections.
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Team Predictions Projects standings for every team based on aggregated Team Ratings.
Depth Charts Automatically generates realistic forward lines and D-pairings based on Player Ratings and recent ice time.
Draft & Redraft Tools Evaluates career impact of draft picks, simulates redrafts and evaluates draft success for each team and year.

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Advanced Stats & Analytics: MoneyPuck
Injury Reports: PuckPedia Injuries