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Actual 1998 DraftPowered by CORE

Pick	Draft Team	Name	Pos	Current Team	Career Impact
25	Red Wings	Jiri Fischer	D	Inactive	28
55	Red Wings	Ryan Barnes	LW	Inactive	0
56	Red Wings	Tomek Valtonen	RW	Inactive
84	Red Wings	Jake McCracken	G	Inactive
111	Red Wings	Brent Hobday	C	Inactive
142	Red Wings	Calle Steen	RW	Inactive
151	Red Wings	Adam Deleeuw	LW	Inactive
171	Red Wings	Pavel Datsyuk	C	Inactive	469
198	Red Wings	Jeremy Goetzinger	D	Inactive
226	Red Wings	David Petrasek	D	Inactive
256	Red Wings	Petja Pietilainen	LW	Inactive

258 players drafted

1998 RedraftPowered by CORE

A redraft of the 1998 NHL Draft class according to each player's career impact so far:

Pick	Draft Team	Name	Pos	Current Team	Difference	Career Impact
25	Red Wings	Manny Malhotra	C	Inactive	18	87
55	Red Wings	Dimitri Afanasenkov	LW	Inactive	17	15
56	Red Wings	John Erskine	D	Inactive	17	14
84	Red Wings	Pavel Patera	LW	Inactive	69	2
111	Red Wings	Chris Corrinet	RW	Inactive	4	0
142	Red Wings	Eric Laplante	LW	Inactive	77
151	Red Wings	Geoff Koch	LW	Inactive	66
171	Red Wings	Brandon Coalter	LW	Inactive	44
198	Red Wings	Brett Allan	LW	Inactive	24
226	Red Wings	Justin Hansen	RW	Inactive	12
256	Red Wings	Petja Pietilainen	LW	Inactive

Team Draft SuccessPowered by CORE

Most successful Teams in the 1998 Draft according to the players they drafted, versus the players they could have drafted instead:

Team	Career Impact	Draft Capital	Difference
Canadiens	1’052	217	835
Lightning	911	481	430
Devils	638	221	417
Red Wings	497	118	379
Senators	321	45	276
Flyers	380	170	210
Panthers	206	87	119
Bruins	136	41	95
Hurricanes	307	243	64
Maple Leafs	310	307	3
Stars	53	53	0
Oilers	194	217	-23
Capitals	7	32	-25
Penguins	92	132	-40
Islanders	15	56	-41
Sabres	187	249	-62
Blues	51	126	-75
Sharks	434	510	-76
Blackhawks	188	292	-104
Kings	5	122	-117
Avalanche	560	708	-148
Predators	316	478	-162
Rangers	155	337	-182
PHX	36	229	-193
Ducks	107	438	-331
Flames	60	399	-339
Canucks	109	466	-357
	0	553	-553

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