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Actual 1996 Draft

Pick	Draft Team	Name	Pos	Team	Impact
18	Canadiens	Matt Higgins	C	Inactive	0
44	Canadiens	Mathieu Garon	G	Inactive	203
71	Canadiens	Arron Asham	RW	Inactive	67
92	Canadiens	Kim Staal	LW	Inactive
99	Canadiens	Etienne Drapeau	C	Inactive
127	Canadiens	Daniel Archambault	D	Inactive
154	Canadiens	Brett Clark	D	Inactive	66
181	Canadiens	Timo Vertala	LW	Inactive
207	Canadiens	Mattia Baldi	LW	Inactive
233	Canadiens	Michel Tremblay	LW	Inactive

241 players drafted

1996 RedraftPowered by CORE

A redraft of the 1996 NHL Draft class according to each player's career impact so far.

Pick	Draft Team	Name	Pos	Team	Diff	Impact
18	Canadiens	Robert Esche	G	Inactive	121	121
44	Canadiens	Ric Jackman	D	Inactive	39	23
71	Canadiens	Mario Larocque	D	Inactive	55	0
92	Canadiens	Lubomir Vaic	C	Inactive	135	0
99	Canadiens	Wesley Mason	LW	Inactive	61
127	Canadiens	Justin Davis	RW	Inactive	42
154	Canadiens	Peter Hogan	D	Inactive	31
181	Canadiens	Ola Sandberg	D	Inactive	23
207	Canadiens	Kevin Marsh	LW	Inactive	10
233	Canadiens	Askhat Rakhmatullin	LW	Inactive	2

Most successful Teams in the 1996 DraftPowered by CORE

Draft Team	Impact	Draft Capital	Total
Maple Leafs	372	52	320
PHX	572	263	309
Islanders	734	439	295
Avalanche	292	76	216
Canadiens	336	144	192
Flames	384	235	149
Ducks	360	245	115
Devils	172	76	96
Kings	193	104	89
Flyers	220	136	84
Lightning	164	123	41
Panthers	129	90	39
Penguins	176	149	27
HFD	49	48	1
Senators	440	485	-45
Blues	95	163	-68
Oilers	308	377	-69
Red Wings	0	75	-75
Rangers	5	93	-88
Blackhawks	0	99	-99
Stars	79	236	-157
Canucks	3	171	-168
Sharks	284	473	-189
	0	217	-217
Bruins	6	232	-226
Sabres	94	338	-244
Capitals	101	429	-328

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