Draft
Actual 1979 DraftPowered by CORE
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
16 Team LogoKings Jay Wells D Inactive 94
29 Team LogoKings Dean Hopkins RW Inactive 21
30 Team LogoKings Mark Hardy D Inactive 156
50 Team LogoKings John Paul Kelly LW Inactive 38
71 Team LogoKings John Gibson C Inactive 0
92 Team LogoKings Jim Brown D Inactive 0
113 Team LogoKings Jay McFarlane D Inactive
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
16 Team LogoKings Mats Naslund LW Inactive 21 342
29 Team LogoKings Dirk Graham RW Inactive 60 212
30 Team LogoKings Tom McCarthy LW Inactive 20 208
50 Team LogoKings Pierre Lacroix D Inactive 54 69
71 Team LogoKings Joe Paterson LW Inactive 16 13
92 Team LogoKings Harvie Pocza LW Inactive 25 0
113 Team LogoKings Brad Kempthorne RW Inactive 17
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