Draft
Actual 1979 DraftPowered by CORE
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
1 NHL LogoCLR Rob Ramage D Inactive 268
2 Team LogoBlues Perry Turnbull C Inactive 155
3 Team LogoRed Wings Mike Foligno RW Inactive 349
4 Team LogoCapitals Mike Gartner RW Inactive 784
5 Team LogoCanucks Rick Vaive RW Inactive 462
6 NHL LogoMNS Craig Hartsburg D Inactive 287
7 Team LogoBlackhawks Keith Brown D Inactive 188
8 Team LogoBruins Ray Bourque D Inactive 1’689
9 Team LogoMaple Leafs Laurie Boschman C Inactive 228
10 NHL LogoMNS Tom McCarthy LW Inactive 208
11 Team LogoSabres Mike Ramsey D Inactive 212
12 NHL LogoAFM Paul Reinhart D Inactive 455
13 Team LogoRangers Doug Sulliman LW Inactive 132
14 Team LogoFlyers Brian Propp LW Inactive 560
15 Team LogoBruins Brad McCrimmon D Inactive 318
16 Team LogoKings Jay Wells D Inactive 94
17 Team LogoIslanders Duane Sutter RW Inactive 123
18 NHL LogoHFD Ray Allison RW Inactive 67
19 NHL LogoWIN Jimmy Mann RW Inactive 6
20 NHL LogoQUE Michel Goulet LW Inactive 704
21 Team LogoOilers Kevin Lowe D Inactive 276
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
22 Team LogoFlyers Blake Wesley D Inactive 17
23 NHL LogoAFM Michael Perovich D Inactive
24 Team LogoCapitals Errol Rausse LW Inactive 3
25 Team LogoIslanders Tomas Jonsson D Inactive 247
26 Team LogoCanucks Brent Ashton LW Inactive 273
27 Team LogoCanadiens Gaston Gingras D Inactive 129
28 Team LogoBlackhawks Tim Trimper LW Inactive 21
29 Team LogoKings Dean Hopkins RW Inactive 21
30 Team LogoKings Mark Hardy D Inactive 156
31 Team LogoPenguins Paul Marshall LW Inactive 10
32 Team LogoSabres Lindy Ruff LW Inactive 100
33 NHL LogoAFM Pat Riggin G Inactive 157
34 Team LogoRangers Ed Hospodar D Inactive 15
35 Team LogoFlyers Pelle Lindbergh G Inactive 102
36 Team LogoBruins Douglas Morrison RW Inactive 4
37 Team LogoCanadiens Mats Naslund LW Inactive 342
38 Team LogoIslanders Billy Carroll C Inactive 23
39 NHL LogoHFD Stuart Smith D Inactive 0
40 NHL LogoWIN Dave Christian RW Inactive 372
41 NHL LogoQUE Dale Hunter C Inactive 429
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
42 NHL LogoMNS Neal Broten C Inactive 422
43 Team LogoCanadiens Craig Levie D Inactive 39
44 Team LogoCanadiens Guy Carbonneau C Inactive 244
45 Team LogoRed Wings Jody Gage RW Inactive 10
46 Team LogoRed Wings Boris Fistric D Inactive
47 Team LogoCanucks Ken Ellacott G Inactive 1
48 Team LogoOilers Mark Messier C Inactive 1’059
49 Team LogoBlackhawks Bill Gardner C Inactive 68
50 Team LogoKings John Paul Kelly LW Inactive 38
51 Team LogoMaple Leafs Norm Aubin C Inactive 12
52 Team LogoPenguins Bennett Wolf D Inactive 0
53 Team LogoSabres Mark Robinson D Inactive
54 NHL LogoAFM Tim Hunter RW Inactive 35
55 Team LogoSabres Jacques Cloutier G Inactive 64
56 Team LogoFlyers Lindsay Carson C Inactive 50
57 Team LogoBruins Keith Crowder RW Inactive 236
58 Team LogoCanadiens Rick Wamsley G Inactive 207
59 Team LogoIslanders Roland Melanson G Inactive 118
60 NHL LogoHFD Don Nachbaur C Inactive 19
61 NHL LogoWIN William Whelton D Inactive 0
62 NHL LogoQUE Lee Norwood D Inactive 115
63 NHL LogoMNS Kevin Maxwell C Inactive 5
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
64 NHL LogoCLR Steve Peters C Inactive 0
65 Team LogoBlues Bob Crawford RW Inactive 61
66 Team LogoRed Wings John Ogrodnick LW Inactive 454
67 Team LogoCapitals Harvie Pocza LW Inactive 0
68 Team LogoCanucks Arthur Rutland C Inactive
69 Team LogoOilers Glenn Anderson RW Inactive 622
70 Team LogoBlackhawks Louis Begin LW Inactive
71 Team LogoKings John Gibson C Inactive 0
72 Team LogoMaple Leafs Vincent Tremblay G Inactive 10
73 Team LogoPenguins Brian Cross D Inactive
74 Team LogoSabres Gilles Hamel LW Inactive 109
75 NHL LogoAFM Jim Peplinski LW Inactive 169
76 Team LogoRangers Pat Conacher LW Inactive 41
77 Team LogoFlyers Don Gillen RW Inactive 1
78 Team LogoBruins Larry Melnyk D Inactive 20
79 Team LogoCanadiens David Orleski D Inactive 0
80 Team LogoIslanders Tim Lockridge D Inactive
81 NHL LogoHFD Ray Neufeld RW Inactive 149
82 NHL LogoWIN Pat Daley LW Inactive 0
83 NHL LogoQUE Anton Stastny LW Inactive 344
84 Team LogoOilers Maxwell Kostovich RW Inactive
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
85 NHL LogoCLR Gary Dillon C Inactive 0
86 Team LogoBlues Mark Reeds RW Inactive 50
87 Team LogoRed Wings Joe Paterson LW Inactive 13
88 Team LogoCapitals Tim Tookey C Inactive 22
89 Team LogoCanucks Dirk Graham RW Inactive 212
90 NHL LogoMNS Jim Dobson RW Inactive 0
91 Team LogoBlackhawks Gordon Loveday D Inactive
92 Team LogoKings Jim Brown D Inactive 0
93 Team LogoMaple Leafs Frank Nigro C Inactive 7
94 Team LogoPenguins Nick Ricci G Inactive 4
95 Team LogoSabres Alan Haworth C Inactive 197
96 NHL LogoAFM Brad Kempthorne RW Inactive
97 Team LogoRangers Daniel Makuch RW Inactive
98 Team LogoFlyers Thomas Eriksson D Inactive 69
99 Team LogoBruins Marco Baron G Inactive 27
100 Team LogoCanadiens Yvan Joly RW Inactive 0
101 Team LogoIslanders Glen Duncan RW Inactive
102 NHL LogoHFD Mark Renaud D Inactive 12
103 NHL LogoWIN Thomas Steen C Inactive 382
104 NHL LogoQUE Pierre Lacroix D Inactive 69
105 Team LogoOilers Michael Toal C Inactive 0
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
106 NHL LogoCLR Bob Attwell RW Inactive 1
107 Team LogoBlues Gilles Leduc D Inactive
108 Team LogoRed Wings Carmine Cirella LW Inactive
109 Team LogoCapitals Greg Theberge D Inactive 37
110 Team LogoCanucks Shane Swan D Inactive
111 NHL LogoMNS Brian Gualazzi RW Inactive
112 Team LogoBlackhawks Doug Crossman D Inactive 274
113 Team LogoKings Jay McFarlane D Inactive
114 Team LogoMaple Leafs William McCreary RW Inactive 0
115 Team LogoPenguins Marc Chorney D Inactive 2
116 Team LogoSabres Rick Knickle G Inactive 5
117 NHL LogoAFM Glenn Johnson C Inactive
118 Team LogoRangers Stanley Adams C Inactive
119 Team LogoFlyers Gord Williams C Inactive 0
120 Team LogoBruins Mike Krushelnyski C Inactive 242
121 Team LogoCanadiens Greg Moffett G Inactive
122 Team LogoIslanders John Gibb D Inactive
123 NHL LogoHFD David McDonald LW Inactive
124 NHL LogoWIN Tim Watters D Inactive 80
125 NHL LogoQUE Scott McGeown D Inactive
126 Team LogoOilers Blair Barnes RW Inactive 0
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 Current Team Difference Career Impact
1 NHL LogoCLR Ray Bourque D Inactive 7 1’689
2 Team LogoBlues Mark Messier C Inactive 46 1’059
3 Team LogoRed Wings Mike Gartner RW Inactive 1 784
4 Team LogoCapitals Michel Goulet LW Inactive 16 704
5 Team LogoCanucks Glenn Anderson RW Inactive 64 622
6 NHL LogoMNS Brian Propp LW Inactive 8 560
7 Team LogoBlackhawks Rick Vaive RW Inactive 2 462
8 Team LogoBruins Paul Reinhart D Inactive 4 455
9 Team LogoMaple Leafs John Ogrodnick LW Inactive 57 454
10 NHL LogoMNS Dale Hunter C Inactive 31 429
11 Team LogoSabres Neal Broten C Inactive 31 422
12 NHL LogoAFM Thomas Steen C Inactive 91 382
13 Team LogoRangers Dave Christian RW Inactive 27 372
14 Team LogoFlyers Mike Foligno RW Inactive 11 349
15 Team LogoBruins Anton Stastny LW Inactive 68 344
16 Team LogoKings Mats Naslund LW Inactive 21 342
17 Team LogoIslanders Brad McCrimmon D Inactive 2 318
18 NHL LogoHFD Craig Hartsburg D Inactive 12 287
19 NHL LogoWIN Kevin Lowe D Inactive 2 276
20 NHL LogoQUE Doug Crossman D Inactive 92 274
21 Team LogoOilers Brent Ashton LW Inactive 5 273
22 Team LogoFlyers Rob Ramage D Inactive 21 268
23 NHL LogoAFM Tomas Jonsson D Inactive 2 247
24 Team LogoCapitals Guy Carbonneau C Inactive 20 244
25 Team LogoIslanders Mike Krushelnyski C Inactive 95 242
26 Team LogoCanucks Keith Crowder RW Inactive 31 236
27 Team LogoCanadiens Laurie Boschman C Inactive 18 228
28 Team LogoBlackhawks Mike Ramsey D Inactive 17 212
29 Team LogoKings Dirk Graham RW Inactive 60 212
30 Team LogoKings Tom McCarthy LW Inactive 20 208
31 Team LogoPenguins Rick Wamsley G Inactive 27 207
32 Team LogoSabres Alan Haworth C Inactive 63 197
Team Draft SuccessPowered by CORE
Most successful Teams in the 1979 Draft according to the players they drafted, versus the players they could have drafted instead:
Team Career Impact Draft Capital Difference
Team LogoOilers 1’957 372 1’585
Team LogoBruins 2’536 1’002 1’534
Team LogoQUE 1’661 427 1’234
Team LogoWIN 840 444 396
Team LogoCanadiens 961 651 310
Team LogoCanucks 948 971 -23
Team LogoFlyers 799 831 -32
Team LogoSabres 687 743 -56
Team LogoAFM 816 888 -72
Team LogoCapitals 846 968 -122
Team LogoRed Wings 826 1’008 -182
Team LogoBlackhawks 551 758 -207
Team LogoMNS 922 1’130 -208
Team LogoHFD 247 460 -213
Team LogoIslanders 511 752 -241
Team LogoPenguins 16 286 -270
Team LogoMaple Leafs 257 534 -277
Team LogoRangers 188 551 -363
Team LogoKings 309 844 -535
Team LogoBlues 266 1’081 -815
Team LogoCLR 269 1’712 -1’443