Draft
Actual 1983 DraftPowered by CORE
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
1 NHL LogoMNS Brian Lawton C Inactive 105
2 NHL LogoHFD Sylvain Turgeon LW Inactive 254
3 NHL LogoNYI Pat LaFontaine C Inactive 655
4 NHL LogoDET Steve Yzerman C Inactive 1’062
5 NHL LogoBUF Tom Barrasso G Inactive 447
6 NHL LogoNJD John MacLean RW Inactive 402
7 NHL LogoTOR Russ Courtnall RW Inactive 335
8 NHL LogoWIN Andrew Mcbain RW Inactive 113
9 NHL LogoVAN Cam Neely RW Inactive 427
10 NHL LogoBUF Normand Lacombe RW Inactive 38
11 NHL LogoBUF Adam Creighton C Inactive 167
12 NHL LogoNYR Dave Gagner C Inactive 345
13 NHL LogoCGY Dan Quinn C Inactive 337
14 NHL LogoWIN Bobby Dollas D Inactive 60
15 NHL LogoPIT Bob Errey LW Inactive 135
16 NHL LogoNYI Gerald Diduck D Inactive 102
17 NHL LogoMTL Alfie Turcotte C Inactive 15
18 NHL LogoCHI Bruce Cassidy D Inactive 6
19 NHL LogoEDM Jeff Beukeboom D Inactive 83
20 NHL LogoHFD David Jensen C Inactive 6
21 NHL LogoBOS Nevin Markwart LW Inactive 33
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
22 NHL LogoPIT Todd Charlesworth D Inactive 0
23 NHL LogoHFD Ville Siren D Inactive 38
24 NHL LogoNJD Shawn Evans D Inactive 0
25 NHL LogoDET Lane Lambert RW Inactive 45
26 NHL LogoMTL Claude Lemieux RW Inactive 355
27 NHL LogoMTL Sergio Momesso LW Inactive 130
28 NHL LogoTOR Jeff Jackson LW Inactive 27
29 NHL LogoWIN Brad Berry D Inactive 8
30 NHL LogoVAN David Bruce RW Inactive 31
31 NHL LogoBUF John Tucker RW Inactive 188
32 NHL LogoQUE Yves Heroux RW Inactive 0
33 NHL LogoNYR Randy Heath LW Inactive 2
34 NHL LogoBUF Richard Hajdu LW Inactive 0
35 NHL LogoMTL Todd Francis RW Inactive
36 NHL LogoMNS Malcolm Parks C Inactive
37 NHL LogoNYI Garnet McKechney RW Inactive
38 NHL LogoMNS Frantisek Musil D Inactive 68
39 NHL LogoCHI Wayne Presley RW Inactive 114
40 NHL LogoEDM Mike Golden C Inactive
41 NHL LogoPHI Peter Zezel C Inactive 259
42 NHL LogoBOS Greg Johnston RW Inactive 17
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
43 NHL LogoWIN Peter Taglianetti D Inactive 39
44 NHL LogoPHI Derrick Smith LW Inactive 56
45 NHL LogoMTL Daniel Letendre RW Inactive
46 NHL LogoDET Bob Probert LW Inactive 132
47 NHL LogoLAK Bruce Shoebottom D Inactive 1
48 NHL LogoTOR Allan Bester G Inactive 75
49 NHL LogoNYR Vesa Salo D Inactive
50 NHL LogoVAN Scott Tottle RW Inactive
51 NHL LogoCGY Brian Bradley C Inactive 228
52 NHL LogoQUE Bruce Bell D Inactive 44
53 NHL LogoNYR Gord Walker LW Inactive 1
54 NHL LogoQUE Iiro Jarvi
55 NHL LogoCGY Perry Berezan C Inactive 45
56 NHL LogoMNS Mitchell Messier RW Inactive 0
57 NHL LogoNYI Mike Neill D Inactive
58 NHL LogoPIT Mike Rowe D Inactive 0
59 NHL LogoCHI Marc Bergevin D Inactive 50
60 NHL LogoEDM Mike Flanagan D Inactive
61 NHL LogoHFD Leif Karlsson D Inactive
62 NHL LogoBOS Greg Puhalski LW Inactive
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
63 NHL LogoPIT Frank Pietrangelo G Inactive 34
64 NHL LogoHFD Dave MacLean RW Inactive
65 NHL LogoNYI Mikko Makela RW Inactive 114
66 NHL LogoCGY John Bekkers C Inactive
67 NHL LogoLAK Guy Benoit C Inactive
68 NHL LogoDET David Korol D Inactive
69 NHL LogoWIN Bob Essensa G Inactive 194
70 NHL LogoVAN Tim Lorenz LW Inactive
71 NHL LogoCGY Kevan Guy D Inactive 5
72 NHL LogoHFD Ron Chyzowski C Inactive
73 NHL LogoNYR Peter Andersson D Inactive 8
74 NHL LogoBUF Daren Puppa G Inactive 208
75 NHL LogoWSH Tim Bergland RW Inactive 11
76 NHL LogoMNS Brian Durand C Inactive
77 NHL LogoCGY William Claviter LW Inactive
78 NHL LogoMTL John Kordic RW Inactive 8
79 NHL LogoCHI Tarek Howard D Inactive
80 NHL LogoEDM Esa Tikkanen LW Inactive 280
81 NHL LogoPHI Allan Bourbeau C Inactive
82 NHL LogoBOS Alain Larochelle G Inactive
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
83 NHL LogoTOR Dan Hodgson C Inactive 31
84 NHL LogoNYI Bob Caulfield RW Inactive
85 NHL LogoNJD Chris Terreri G Inactive 138
86 NHL LogoDET Petr Klima RW Inactive 292
87 NHL LogoLAK Bob Laforest RW Inactive 0
88 NHL LogoDET Joey Kocur RW Inactive 45
89 NHL LogoWIN Harry Armstrong D Inactive
90 NHL LogoVAN Doug Quinn D Inactive
91 NHL LogoCGY Igor Liba LW Inactive 9
92 NHL LogoQUE Luc Guenette G Inactive
93 NHL LogoNYR Jim Andonoff RW Inactive
94 NHL LogoBUF Jayson Meyer D Inactive
95 NHL LogoWSH Martin Bouliane D Inactive
96 NHL LogoMNS Rich Geist C Inactive
97 NHL LogoNYI Ron Viglasi D Inactive
98 NHL LogoMTL Dan Wurst D Inactive
99 NHL LogoCHI Kevin Robinson LW Inactive
100 NHL LogoLAK Garry Galley D Inactive 346
101 NHL LogoPHI Jerome Carrier D Inactive
102 NHL LogoBOS Allen Pedersen D Inactive 12
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
103 NHL LogoPIT Patrick Emond C Inactive
104 NHL LogoHFD Brian Johnson C Inactive
105 NHL LogoNJD Gordon Mark D Inactive 0
106 NHL LogoDET Chris Pusey G Inactive 0
107 NHL LogoLAK Dave Lundmark D Inactive
108 NHL LogoLAK Kevin Stevens LW Inactive 371
109 NHL LogoWIN Joel Baillargeon LW Inactive 0
110 NHL LogoVAN Dave Lowry LW Inactive 113
111 NHL LogoCGY Grant Blair G Inactive
112 NHL LogoQUE Brad Walcott D Inactive
113 NHL LogoNYR Bob Alexander D Inactive
114 NHL LogoBUF Jim Hofford D Inactive 0
115 NHL LogoCHI Jari Torkki RW Inactive 0
116 NHL LogoMNS Tom McComb D Inactive
117 NHL LogoNYI Darin Illikainen LW Inactive
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119 NHL LogoCHI Mark Lavarre RW Inactive 7
120 NHL LogoEDM Don Barber LW Inactive 21
121 NHL LogoPHI Rick Tocchet RW Inactive 491
122 NHL LogoBOS Terry Taillefer G Inactive
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
123 NHL LogoPIT Paul Ames D Inactive
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125 NHL LogoNJD Greg Evtushevski RW Inactive
126 NHL LogoDET Bob Pierson LW Inactive
127 NHL LogoLAK Tim Burgess D Inactive
128 NHL LogoTOR Cam Plante D Inactive 0
129 NHL LogoWIN Iain Duncan LW Inactive 38
130 NHL LogoVAN Terry Maki LW Inactive
131 NHL LogoCGY Jeff Hogg G Inactive
132 NHL LogoQUE Craig Mack D Inactive
133 NHL LogoNYR Steve Orth C Inactive
134 NHL LogoBUF Christian Ruuttu C Inactive 176
135 NHL LogoWSH Dwaine Hutton C Inactive
136 NHL LogoMNS Sean Toomey C Inactive 0
137 NHL LogoNYI Jim Sprenger D Inactive
138 NHL LogoMTL Vladislav Tretiak G Inactive
139 NHL LogoCHI Scott Birnie RW Inactive
140 NHL LogoEDM Dale Derkatch C Inactive
141 NHL LogoPHI Bobby Mormina RW Inactive
142 NHL LogoBOS Ian Armstrong D Inactive
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
143 NHL LogoHFD Chris Duperron D Inactive
144 NHL LogoHFD James Falle G Inactive
145 NHL LogoNJD Viacheslav Fetisov D Inactive 154
146 NHL LogoDET Craig Butz D Inactive
147 NHL LogoLAK Ken Hammond D Inactive 5
148 NHL LogoTOR Paul Bifano LW Inactive
149 NHL LogoWIN Ron Pesetti D Inactive
150 NHL LogoVAN John Labatt C Inactive
151 NHL LogoCGY Chris MacDonald D Inactive
152 NHL LogoQUE Tommy Albelin D Inactive 118
153 NHL LogoNYR Peter Marcov LW Inactive
154 NHL LogoBUF Donald Mcsween D Inactive 5
155 NHL LogoWSH Marty Abrams G Inactive
156 NHL LogoMNS Don Biggs C Inactive 0
157 NHL LogoNYI Dale Henry LW Inactive 11
158 NHL LogoMTL Rob Bryden LW Inactive
159 NHL LogoCHI Kent Paynter D Inactive 0
160 NHL LogoEDM Ralph Vos LW Inactive
161 NHL LogoPHI Pelle Eklund C Inactive 188
162 NHL LogoBOS Francois Olivier LW Inactive
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
163 NHL LogoPIT Marty Ketola RW Inactive
164 NHL LogoHFD Bill Fordy LW Inactive
165 NHL LogoNJD Jay Octeau D Inactive
166 NHL LogoDET Dave Sikorski D Inactive
167 NHL LogoLAK Bruce Fishback C Inactive
168 NHL LogoTOR Cliff Abrecht D Inactive
169 NHL LogoWIN Todd Flichel D Inactive 0
170 NHL LogoVAN Allan Measures D Inactive
171 NHL LogoCGY Rob Kivell D Inactive
172 NHL LogoQUE Wayne Groulx C Inactive 0
173 NHL LogoNYR Paul Jerrard D Inactive 0
174 NHL LogoBUF Tim Hoover D Inactive
175 NHL LogoWSH David Cowan LW Inactive
176 NHL LogoMNS Paul Pulis RW Inactive
177 NHL LogoNYI Kevin Vescio D Inactive
178 NHL LogoMTL Grant MacKay D Inactive
179 NHL LogoCHI Brian Noonan RW Inactive 97
180 NHL LogoEDM David Roach G Inactive
181 NHL LogoPHI Rob Nichols LW Inactive
182 NHL LogoBOS Harri Laurila D Inactive
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
183 NHL LogoPIT Alec Haidy RW Inactive
184 NHL LogoTOR Greg Rolston RW Inactive
185 NHL LogoNJD Alexander Chernykh LW Inactive
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187 NHL LogoLAK Thomas Ahlen D Inactive
188 NHL LogoTOR Brian Ross D Inactive
189 NHL LogoWIN Kory Wright RW Inactive
190 NHL LogoVAN Roger Grillo D Inactive
191 NHL LogoCGY Tom Pratt D Inactive
192 NHL LogoQUE Scott Shaunessy RW Inactive 0
193 NHL LogoHFD Reine Karlsson C Inactive
194 NHL LogoBUF Mark Ferner D Inactive 1
195 NHL LogoWSH Yves Beaudoin D Inactive 0
196 NHL LogoMNS Milos Riha LW Inactive
197 NHL LogoNYI Dave Shellington LW Inactive
198 NHL LogoMTL Thomas Rundqvist C Inactive 0
199 NHL LogoCHI Dominik Hasek G Inactive 741
200 NHL LogoEDM Warren Yadlowski C Inactive
201 NHL LogoPHI Bill McCormack C Inactive
202 NHL LogoBOS Paul Fitzsimmons D Inactive
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
203 NHL LogoPIT Garth Hildebrand LW Inactive
204 NHL LogoHFD Allan Acton LW Inactive
205 NHL LogoNJD Allan Stewart LW Inactive 2
206 NHL LogoDET Jeff Frank RW Inactive
207 NHL LogoLAK Jan Blaha RW Inactive
208 NHL LogoTOR Mike Tomlak C Inactive 10
209 NHL LogoWIN Eric Cormier LW Inactive
210 NHL LogoVAN Steve Kayser D Inactive
211 NHL LogoCGY Jaroslav Benak D Inactive
212 NHL LogoMNS Oldrich Valek RW Inactive
213 NHL LogoNYR Bryan Walker D Inactive
214 NHL LogoBUF Uwe Krupp D Inactive 167
215 NHL LogoWSH Alain Raymond G Inactive 0
216 NHL LogoWSH Anders Huss RW Inactive
217 NHL LogoNYI John Bjorkman C Inactive
218 NHL LogoMTL Jeff Perpich D Inactive
219 NHL LogoCHI Steve Pepin C Inactive
220 NHL LogoEDM John Miner D Inactive 1
221 NHL LogoPHI Brian Jopling G Inactive
222 NHL LogoBOS Norm Foster G Inactive 5
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
223 NHL LogoPIT Dave Goertz D Inactive 0
224 NHL LogoHFD Darcy Kaminski D Inactive
225 NHL LogoNJD Alexei Kasatonov D Inactive 98
226 NHL LogoDET Charles Chiatto C Inactive
227 NHL LogoLAK Chad Johnson C Inactive
228 NHL LogoTOR Ron Choules LW Inactive
229 NHL LogoWIN Jamie Husgen D Inactive
230 NHL LogoVAN Jay Mazur RW Inactive 6
231 NHL LogoCGY Sergei Makarov RW Inactive 189
232 NHL LogoQUE Bo Berglund LW Inactive 25
233 NHL LogoNYR Ulf Nilsson G Inactive
234 NHL LogoBUF Marc Hamelin G Inactive
235 NHL LogoBUF Kermit Salfi LW Inactive
236 NHL LogoMNS Paul Roff RW Inactive
237 NHL LogoNYI Peter McGeough LW Inactive
238 NHL LogoMTL Jean-Guy Bergeron D Inactive
239 NHL LogoQUE Jindrich Kokrment C Inactive
240 NHL LogoEDM Steve Woodburn D Inactive
241 NHL LogoPHI Harold Duvall LW Inactive
242 NHL LogoBOS Greg Murphy D Inactive
242 players drafted
1983 RedraftPowered by CORE
A redraft of the 1983 NHL Draft class according to each player's career impact so far:
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Difference Career Impact
1 NHL LogoMNS Steve Yzerman C Inactive 3 1’062
2 NHL LogoHFD Dominik Hasek G Inactive 197 741
3 NHL LogoNYI Pat LaFontaine C Inactive 655
4 NHL LogoDET Rick Tocchet RW Inactive 117 491
5 NHL LogoBUF Tom Barrasso G Inactive 447
6 NHL LogoNJD Cam Neely RW Inactive 3 427
7 NHL LogoTOR John MacLean RW Inactive 1 402
8 NHL LogoWIN Kevin Stevens LW Inactive 100 371
9 NHL LogoVAN Claude Lemieux RW Inactive 17 355
10 NHL LogoBUF Garry Galley D Inactive 90 346
11 NHL LogoBUF Dave Gagner C Inactive 1 345
12 NHL LogoNYR Dan Quinn C Inactive 1 337
13 NHL LogoCGY Russ Courtnall RW Inactive 6 335
14 NHL LogoWIN Petr Klima RW Inactive 72 292
15 NHL LogoPIT Esa Tikkanen LW Inactive 65 280
16 NHL LogoNYI Peter Zezel C Inactive 25 259
17 NHL LogoMTL Sylvain Turgeon LW Inactive 15 254
18 NHL LogoCHI Brian Bradley C Inactive 33 228
19 NHL LogoEDM Daren Puppa G Inactive 55 208
20 NHL LogoHFD Bob Essensa G Inactive 49 194
21 NHL LogoBOS Sergei Makarov RW Inactive 210 189
22 NHL LogoPIT John Tucker RW Inactive 9 188
23 NHL LogoHFD Pelle Eklund C Inactive 138 188
24 NHL LogoNJD Christian Ruuttu C Inactive 110 176
25 NHL LogoDET Adam Creighton C Inactive 14 167
26 NHL LogoMTL Uwe Krupp D Inactive 188 167
27 NHL LogoMTL Viacheslav Fetisov D Inactive 118 154
28 NHL LogoTOR Chris Terreri G Inactive 57 138
29 NHL LogoWIN Bob Errey LW Inactive 14 135
30 NHL LogoVAN Bob Probert LW Inactive 16 132
31 NHL LogoBUF Sergio Momesso LW Inactive 4 130
32 NHL LogoQUE Tommy Albelin D Inactive 120 118
Team Draft SuccessPowered by CORE
Most successful Teams in the 1983 Draft according to the players they drafted, versus the players they could have drafted instead:
Team Career Impact Draft Capital Difference
Team LogoDET 1’576 717 859
Team LogoPHI 994 145 849
Team LogoLAK 723 55 668
Team LogoCHI 1’015 358 657
Team LogoCGY 813 432 381
Team LogoNJD 794 604 190
Team LogoEDM 385 332 53
Team LogoVAN 577 539 38
Team LogoBUF 1’397 1’388 9
Team LogoWSH 11 6 5
Team Logo 0 0 0
Team LogoQUE 187 194 -7
Team LogoTOR 478 586 -108
Team LogoNYI 882 1’062 -180
Team LogoNYR 356 540 -184
Team LogoBOS 67 282 -215
Team LogoMTL 508 749 -241
Team LogoPIT 169 514 -345
Team LogoWIN 452 874 -422
Team LogoHFD 298 1’163 -865
Team LogoMNS 173 1’315 -1’142