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Actual 1979 Draft

Pick	Draft Team	Name	Pos	Team	Impact
27	Canadiens	Gaston Gingras	D	Inactive	142
37	Canadiens	Mats Naslund	LW	Inactive	388
43	Canadiens	Craig Levie	D	Inactive	41
44	Canadiens	Guy Carbonneau	C	Inactive	275
58	Canadiens	Rick Wamsley	G	Inactive	226
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	Team	Diff	Impact
27	Canadiens	Laurie Boschman	C	Inactive	18	234
37	Canadiens	Perry Turnbull	C	Inactive	35	159
43	Canadiens	Lee Norwood	D	Inactive	19	132
44	Canadiens	Roland Melanson	G	Inactive	15	127
58	Canadiens	Craig Levie	D	Inactive	15	41
79	Canadiens	Jimmy Mann	RW	Inactive	60	6
100	Canadiens	Michael Toal	C	Inactive	5	0
121	Canadiens	Glenn Johnson	C	Inactive	4

Most successful Teams in the 1979 DraftPowered by CORE

Draft Team	Impact	Draft Capital	Total
Oilers	2’293	393	1’900
Bruins	2’747	1’072	1’675
QUE	1’787	466	1’321
WIN	878	486	392
Canadiens	1’072	699	373
Flyers	914	915	-1
AFM	898	955	-57
Sabres	735	805	-70
Canucks	1’009	1’102	-93
Capitals	890	1’040	-150
Red Wings	855	1’071	-216
Blackhawks	598	824	-226
Islanders	572	805	-233
HFD	256	497	-241
MNS	994	1’267	-273
Penguins	17	299	-282
Maple Leafs	263	557	-294
Rangers	199	590	-391
Kings	321	900	-579
Blues	274	1’265	-991
CLR	299	1’863	-1’564

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