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Actual 1988 Draft

Pick	Draft Team	Name	Pos	Team	Impact
9	Blues	Rod Brind'Amour	C	Inactive	608
30	Blues	Adrian Plavsic	D	Inactive	43
51	Blues	Robert Fournier	G	Inactive
72	Blues	Jaan Luik	D	Inactive
105	Blues	David Lacouture	RW	Inactive
114	Blues	Daniel Fowler	D	Inactive
135	Blues	Matthew Hayes	D	Inactive
156	Blues	John McCoy	LW	Inactive
177	Blues	Tony Twist	LW	Inactive	6
198	Blues	Bret Hedican	D	Inactive	132
219	Blues	Heath Deboer	D	Inactive
240	Blues	Michael Francis	G	Inactive

252 players drafted

1988 RedraftPowered by CORE

A redraft of the 1988 NHL Draft class according to each player's career impact so far.

Pick	Draft Team	Name	Pos	Team	Diff	Impact
9	Blues	Trevor Linden	C	Inactive	7	415
30	Blues	Shjon Podein	LW	Inactive	136	72
51	Blues	Kevin Dahl	D	Inactive	179	11
72	Blues	Jeffrey Christian	LW	Inactive	49	1
105	Blues	Petri Aaltonen	C	Inactive	60
114	Blues	Jeffrey Stolp	G	Inactive	50
135	Blues	Daniel Murphy	D	Inactive	33
156	Blues	Jukka Marttila	D	Inactive	20
177	Blues	Daniel Ruoho	D	Inactive	17
198	Blues	Brett Peterson	D	Inactive	9
219	Blues	Michael Gregorio	G	Inactive	3
240	Blues	Andreas Lupzig	C	Inactive	1

Most successful Teams in the 1988 DraftPowered by CORE

Draft Team	Impact	Draft Capital	Total
Sabres	845	267	578
WIN	918	357	561
Rangers	500	187	313
Blues	789	499	290
Bruins	419	136	283
Capitals	457	224	233
Blackhawks	693	473	220
Penguins	991	788	203
Kings	810	614	196
Canadiens	257	165	92
	0	0	0
Oilers	98	166	-68
Islanders	161	256	-95
Flames	19	119	-100
MNS	791	933	-142
Flyers	94	244	-150
Red Wings	38	192	-154
Devils	176	372	-196
HFD	18	329	-311
Canucks	527	917	-390
Maple Leafs	133	697	-564
QUE	751	1’550	-799

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