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Actual 1998 Draft

Pick	Draft Team	Name	Pos	Team	Impact
1	Lightning	Vincent Lecavalier	C	Inactive	492
64	Lightning	Brad Richards	C	Inactive	470
72	Lightning	Dimitri Afanasenkov	LW	Inactive	16
92	Lightning	Eric Beaudoin	LW	Inactive	2
121	Lightning	Curtis Rich	D	Inactive
146	Lightning	Sergei Kuznetsov	C	Inactive
174	Lightning	Brett Allan	LW	Inactive
194	Lightning	Oak Hewer	C	Inactive
221	Lightning	Daniel Hulak	D	Inactive
229	Lightning	Chris Lyness	D	Inactive
252	Lightning	Martin Cibak	C	Inactive	5

258 players drafted

1998 RedraftPowered by CORE

A redraft of the 1998 NHL Draft class according to each player's career impact so far.

Pick	Draft Team	Name	Pos	Team	Diff	Impact
1	Lightning	Pavel Datsyuk	C	Inactive	170	516
64	Lightning	Matt Walker	D	Inactive	19	7
72	Lightning	Martin Cibak	C	Inactive	180	5
92	Lightning	Jay Leach	D	Inactive	23	1
121	Lightning	Brad Moran	C	Inactive	70	0
146	Lightning	Alexey Volkov	G	Inactive	70
174	Lightning	Joe Rullier	D	Inactive	41
194	Lightning	Alexander Riazantsev	D	Inactive	27
221	Lightning	David Bernier	RW	Inactive	16
229	Lightning	Curtis Valentine	LW	Inactive	10
252	Lightning	Darcy Harris	RW	Inactive	5

Most successful Teams in the 1998 DraftPowered by CORE

Draft Team	Impact	Draft Capital	Total
Canadiens	1’110	222	888
Devils	706	228	478
Lightning	985	529	456
Red Wings	546	123	423
Senators	342	46	296
Flyers	413	178	235
Panthers	210	96	114
Bruins	150	42	108
Hurricanes	312	255	57
Stars	58	55	3
Maple Leafs	315	322	-7
Capitals	7	32	-25
Oilers	207	236	-29
Penguins	99	138	-39
Islanders	15	55	-40
Sabres	200	264	-64
Sharks	493	562	-69
Blues	53	133	-80
Kings	5	133	-128
Blackhawks	188	319	-131
Predators	328	504	-176
Avalanche	591	778	-187
PHX	37	236	-199
Rangers	158	377	-219
Ducks	110	451	-341
Flames	61	410	-349
Canucks	112	492	-380
	0	595	-595

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