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Actual 1981 Draft

Pick	Draft Team	Name	Pos	Team	Impact
12	Blackhawks	Tony Tanti	RW	Inactive	297
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	Team	Diff	Impact
12	Blackhawks	Steve Smith	D	Inactive	99	293
25	Blackhawks	Paul Macdermid	RW	Inactive	36	91
54	Blackhawks	Gaetano Orlando	C	Inactive	110	16
75	Blackhawks	Jean-Marc Gaulin	RW	Inactive	22	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

Most successful Teams in the 1981 DraftPowered by CORE

Draft Team	Impact	Draft Capital	Total
Flames	1’954	212	1’742
Rangers	1’038	445	593
Canadiens	1’415	949	466
Oilers	920	479	441
Red Wings	537	134	403
HFD	1’096	839	257
Canucks	414	341	73
Penguins	167	106	61
QUE	333	315	18
	0	0	0
Islanders	92	187	-95
Blackhawks	297	402	-105
Sabres	93	239	-146
Blues	16	188	-172
CLR	476	670	-194
Flyers	28	302	-274
Bruins	38	313	-275
Capitals	631	935	-304
WIN	1’032	1’536	-504
MNS	76	603	-527
Maple Leafs	101	646	-545
Kings	139	1’052	-913

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