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Actual 1979 DraftPowered by CORE

Pick	Draft Team	Name	Pos	Current Team	Career Impact
27	Canadiens	Gaston Gingras	D	Inactive	129
37	Canadiens	Mats Naslund	LW	Inactive	342
43	Canadiens	Craig Levie	D	Inactive	39
44	Canadiens	Guy Carbonneau	C	Inactive	244
58	Canadiens	Rick Wamsley	G	Inactive	207
79	Canadiens	David Orleski	D	Inactive	0
100	Canadiens	Yvan Joly	RW	Inactive	0
121	Canadiens	Greg Moffett	G	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
27	Canadiens	Laurie Boschman	C	Inactive	18	228
37	Canadiens	Perry Turnbull	C	Inactive	35	155
43	Canadiens	Lee Norwood	D	Inactive	19	115
44	Canadiens	Gilles Hamel	LW	Inactive	30	109
58	Canadiens	Craig Levie	D	Inactive	15	39
79	Canadiens	Kevin Maxwell	C	Inactive	16	5
100	Canadiens	Michael Toal	C	Inactive	5	0
121	Canadiens	Glenn Johnson	C	Inactive	4

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
Oilers	1’957	372	1’585
Bruins	2’536	1’002	1’534
QUE	1’661	427	1’234
WIN	840	444	396
Canadiens	961	651	310
Canucks	948	971	-23
Flyers	799	831	-32
Sabres	687	743	-56
AFM	816	888	-72
Capitals	846	968	-122
Red Wings	826	1’008	-182
Blackhawks	551	758	-207
MNS	922	1’130	-208
HFD	247	460	-213
Islanders	511	752	-241
Penguins	16	286	-270
Maple Leafs	257	534	-277
Rangers	188	551	-363
Kings	309	844	-535
Blues	266	1’081	-815
CLR	269	1’712	-1’443

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