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Actual 1987 Draft

Pick	Draft Team	Name	Pos	Team	Impact
2	Devils	Brendan Shanahan	LW	Inactive	803
23	Devils	Ricard Persson	D	Inactive	26
65	Devils	Brian Sullivan	RW	Inactive	0
86	Devils	Kevin Dean	D	Inactive	23
107	Devils	Ben Hankinson	RW	Inactive	1
128	Devils	Thomas Neziol	LW	Inactive
149	Devils	Jim Dowd	C	Inactive	75
170	Devils	John Blessman	D	Inactive
191	Devils	Peter Fry	G	Inactive
212	Devils	Alain Charland	C	Inactive

252 players drafted

1987 RedraftPowered by CORE

A redraft of the 1987 NHL Draft class according to each player's career impact so far.

Pick	Draft Team	Name	Pos	Team	Diff	Impact
2	Devils	Brendan Shanahan	LW	Inactive		803
23	Devils	Jody Hull	RW	Inactive	5	84
65	Devils	Peter Eriksson	LW	Inactive	1	1
86	Devils	Markku Kyllonen	RW	Inactive	77	0
107	Devils	Scott Mahoney	LW	Inactive	46
128	Devils	Petr Vlk	LW	Inactive	31
149	Devils	Todd Fanning	G	Inactive	20
170	Devils	John Reilly	LW	Inactive	15
191	Devils	Paul Ohman	D	Inactive	9
212	Devils	Barry McKinlay	D	Inactive	6

Most successful Teams in the 1987 DraftPowered by CORE

Draft Team	Impact	Draft Capital	Total
Canadiens	1’736	213	1’523
QUE	1’399	434	965
Flames	782	226	556
Islanders	317	228	89
Blues	309	233	76
HFD	206	146	60
Devils	928	888	40
Oilers	154	116	38
Canucks	87	97	-10
Capitals	6	44	-38
WIN	77	158	-81
Maple Leafs	421	528	-107
Penguins	446	595	-149
Flyers	4	171	-167
Red Wings	116	343	-227
Rangers	56	352	-296
Blackhawks	50	382	-332
Bruins	511	915	-404
Sabres	782	1’206	-424
MNS	46	527	-481
Kings	120	751	-631

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