Draft
Actual 1981 DraftPowered by CORE
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
1 NHL LogoWIN Dale Hawerchuk C Inactive 846
2 Team LogoKings Doug Smith C Inactive 95
3 Team LogoCapitals Bobby Carpenter C Inactive 310
4 NHL LogoHFD Ron Francis C Inactive 933
5 NHL LogoCLR Joe Cirella D Inactive 77
6 Team LogoMaple Leafs Jim Benning D Inactive 99
7 Team LogoCanadiens Mark Hunter RW Inactive 177
8 Team LogoOilers Grant Fuhr G Inactive 404
9 Team LogoRangers James Patrick D Inactive 394
10 Team LogoCanucks Garth Butcher D Inactive 56
11 NHL LogoQUE Randy Moller D Inactive 106
12 Team LogoBlackhawks Tony Tanti RW Inactive 294
13 NHL LogoMNS Ron Meighan D Inactive 1
14 Team LogoBruins Normand Leveille LW Inactive 16
15 Team LogoFlames Al Macinnis D Inactive 1’248
16 Team LogoFlyers Steven Smith D Inactive 0
17 Team LogoSabres Jiri Dudacek RW Inactive
18 Team LogoCanadiens Gilbert Delorme D Inactive 57
19 Team LogoCanadiens Jan Ingman LW Inactive
20 Team LogoBlues Marty Ruff D Inactive
21 Team LogoIslanders Paul Boutilier D Inactive 54
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
22 NHL LogoWIN Scott Arniel LW Inactive 124
23 Team LogoRed Wings Claude Loiselle C Inactive 67
24 Team LogoMaple Leafs Gary Yaremchuk C Inactive 1
25 Team LogoBlackhawks Kevin Griffin LW Inactive
26 NHL LogoCLR Richard Chernomaz RW Inactive 5
27 NHL LogoMNS Dave Donnelly C Inactive 11
28 Team LogoPenguins Steve Gatzos RW Inactive 11
29 Team LogoOilers Todd Strueby LW Inactive 0
30 Team LogoRangers Jan Erixon LW Inactive 64
31 NHL LogoMNS Michael Sands G Inactive 0
32 Team LogoCanadiens Lars Eriksson G Inactive
33 NHL LogoMNS Tom Hirsch D Inactive 0
34 NHL LogoMNS David Preuss RW Inactive
35 Team LogoBruins Luc Dufour LW Inactive 13
36 Team LogoBlues Hakan Nordin D Inactive
37 Team LogoFlyers Rich Costello C Inactive 1
38 Team LogoSabres Hannu Virta D Inactive 77
39 Team LogoKings Dean Kennedy D Inactive 39
40 Team LogoCanadiens Chris Chelios D Inactive 720
41 NHL LogoMNS Jali Wahlsten C Inactive
42 Team LogoIslanders Gord Dineen D Inactive 28
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
43 NHL LogoWIN Jyrki Seppa D Inactive 0
44 Team LogoRed Wings Corrado Micalef G Inactive 22
45 Team LogoCapitals Eric Calder D Inactive 0
46 Team LogoCanadiens Dieter Hegen C Inactive
47 Team LogoFlyers Barry Tabobondung LW Inactive
48 NHL LogoCLR Uli Hiemer D Inactive 35
49 Team LogoPenguins Thomas Thornbury RW Inactive 2
50 Team LogoRangers Peter Sundstrom LW Inactive 50
51 Team LogoRangers Mark Morrison C Inactive 0
52 Team LogoCanucks Jean-Marc Lanthier RW Inactive 10
53 NHL LogoQUE Jean-Marc Gaulin RW Inactive 2
54 Team LogoBlackhawks Darrel Anholt D Inactive 0
55 Team LogoMaple Leafs Ernie Godden C Inactive 0
56 Team LogoFlames Mike Vernon G Inactive 410
57 Team LogoIslanders Ron Handy LW Inactive 0
58 Team LogoFlyers Ken Strong LW Inactive 1
59 Team LogoSabres James Aldred LW Inactive
60 Team LogoSabres Colin Chisholm D Inactive 0
61 NHL LogoHFD Paul Macdermid RW Inactive 86
62 Team LogoBlues Gord Donnelly D Inactive 13
63 Team LogoIslanders Neal Coulter RW Inactive 3
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
64 NHL LogoWIN Kirk McCaskill C Inactive
65 Team LogoFlyers David Michayluk LW Inactive 2
66 NHL LogoCLR Gus Greco LW Inactive
67 NHL LogoHFD Mike Hoffman LW Inactive 1
68 Team LogoCapitals Tony Kellin D Inactive
69 NHL LogoMNS Terry Tait LW Inactive
70 Team LogoPenguins Norm Schmidt D Inactive 29
71 Team LogoOilers Paul Houck RW Inactive 0
72 Team LogoRangers John Vanbiesbrouck G Inactive 440
73 Team LogoCanucks Wendell Young G Inactive 45
74 NHL LogoQUE Clint Malarchuk G Inactive 150
75 Team LogoBlackhawks Perry Pelensky RW Inactive 0
76 NHL LogoMNS James Malwitz C Inactive
77 Team LogoBruins Daniel McLellan RW Inactive 0
78 Team LogoFlames Peter Madach C Inactive
79 Team LogoFlyers Kenneth Latta RW Inactive
80 Team LogoSabres Jeff Eatough RW Inactive 0
81 Team LogoKings Marty Dallman C Inactive 0
82 Team LogoCanadiens Kjell Dahlin C Inactive 55
83 Team LogoSabres Anders Wikberg LW Inactive
84 Team LogoIslanders Todd Lumbard G Inactive
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
85 NHL LogoWIN Marc Behrend G Inactive 11
86 Team LogoRed Wings Larry Trader D Inactive 6
87 NHL LogoCLR Douglas Speck D Inactive
88 Team LogoCanadiens Steve Rooney C Inactive 7
89 Team LogoCapitals Mike Siltala RW Inactive 0
90 Team LogoMaple Leafs Normand Lafrancois LW Inactive
91 Team LogoCapitals Peter Sidorkiewicz G Inactive 82
92 Team LogoOilers Phil Drouillard D Inactive
93 NHL LogoHFD William Maguire D Inactive
94 Team LogoIslanders Jacques Sylvestre C Inactive
95 NHL LogoQUE Edward Lee RW Inactive 0
96 Team LogoBlackhawks Douglas Chessell G Inactive
97 NHL LogoMNS Kelly Hubbard D Inactive
98 Team LogoBruins Joe Mantione G Inactive
99 Team LogoFlames Mario Simioni RW Inactive
100 Team LogoFlyers Justin Hanley LW Inactive
101 Team LogoSabres Mauri Eivola C Inactive
102 Team LogoMaple Leafs Barry Brigley C Inactive
103 NHL LogoHFD Dan Bourbonnais LW Inactive 7
104 Team LogoBlues Michael Hickey C Inactive
105 Team LogoCanucks Moe Lemay LW Inactive 64
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
106 NHL LogoWIN Robert O'Connor G Inactive
107 Team LogoRed Wings Gerard Gallant LW Inactive 234
108 NHL LogoCLR Bruce Driver D Inactive 286
109 Team LogoPenguins Paul Edwards D Inactive
110 Team LogoCapitals James McGeough C Inactive 5
111 Team LogoOilers Steve Smith D Inactive 251
112 Team LogoPenguins Rod Buskas D Inactive 19
113 Team LogoOilers Marc Habscheid C Inactive 60
114 Team LogoRangers Eric Magnuson C Inactive
115 Team LogoCanucks Stu Kulak RW Inactive 3
116 NHL LogoQUE Mike Eagles LW Inactive 52
117 Team LogoBlackhawks William Schafhauser D Inactive
118 NHL LogoMNS Paul Guay RW Inactive 9
119 Team LogoBruins Bruce Milton D Inactive
120 Team LogoFlames Todd Hooey RW Inactive
121 Team LogoFlyers Andre Villeneuve D Inactive
122 Team LogoSabres Ali Butorac D Inactive
123 Team LogoKings Bradley Thompson D Inactive
124 Team LogoCanadiens Thomas Anastos RW Inactive
125 Team LogoBlues Peter Aslin G Inactive
126 Team LogoIslanders Charles Brimmer C Inactive
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
127 NHL LogoWIN Peter Nilsson LW Inactive
128 Team LogoRed Wings Greg Stefan G Inactive 99
129 NHL LogoCLR Jeff Larmer LW Inactive 34
130 NHL LogoHFD John Mokosak D Inactive 0
131 Team LogoCapitals Risto Jalo C Inactive 1
132 Team LogoMaple Leafs Andrew Wright D Inactive
133 Team LogoPenguins Geoffrey Wilson LW Inactive
134 Team LogoKings Craig Hurley D Inactive
135 Team LogoRangers Michael Guentzel C Inactive
136 Team LogoCanucks Bruce Holloway D Inactive 0
137 Team LogoFlyers Vladimir Svitek RW Inactive
138 Team LogoBlackhawks Marc Centrone C Inactive
139 NHL LogoMNS Jim Archibald RW Inactive 0
140 Team LogoBruins Mats Thelin D Inactive 10
141 Team LogoFlames Richard Heppner D Inactive
142 Team LogoFlyers Gil Hudon G Inactive
143 Team LogoSabres Heikki Leime D Inactive
144 Team LogoKings Peter Sawkins D Inactive
145 Team LogoCanadiens Tom Kurvers D Inactive 257
146 Team LogoBlues Erik Holmberg C Inactive
147 Team LogoIslanders Teppo Virta C Inactive
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
148 NHL LogoWIN Dan Mcfall D Inactive 0
149 Team LogoRed Wings Rick Zombo D Inactive 66
150 NHL LogoCLR Tony Arima RW Inactive
151 NHL LogoHFD Denis Dore RW Inactive
152 Team LogoCapitals Gaetan Duchesne LW Inactive 149
153 Team LogoMaple Leafs Richard Turmel D Inactive
154 Team LogoPenguins Mitch Lamoureux C Inactive 6
155 Team LogoOilers Michael Sturgeon D Inactive
156 Team LogoRangers Ari Lahteenmaki RW Inactive
157 Team LogoCanucks Petri Skriko LW Inactive 194
158 NHL LogoQUE Andre Cote RW Inactive
159 Team LogoBlackhawks Johan Mellstrom LW Inactive
160 NHL LogoMNS Kari Kanervo C Inactive
161 Team LogoBruins Armel Parisee D Inactive
162 Team LogoFlames Dale Degray D Inactive 33
163 Team LogoFlyers Steve Taylor LW Inactive
164 Team LogoSabres Gaetano Orlando C Inactive 15
165 Team LogoKings Dan Brennan LW Inactive 0
166 Team LogoCanadiens Paul Gess LW Inactive
167 Team LogoBlues Alain Vigneault D Inactive 1
168 Team LogoIslanders William Dowd D Inactive
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
169 NHL LogoWIN Greg Dick G Inactive
170 Team LogoRed Wings Donald Leblanc LW Inactive
171 NHL LogoCLR Tim Army C Inactive
172 NHL LogoHFD Jeffrey Poeschl G Inactive
173 Team LogoCapitals George White LW Inactive
174 Team LogoMaple Leafs Greg Barber D Inactive
175 Team LogoPenguins Dean Defazio LW Inactive 0
176 Team LogoOilers Miloslav Horava D Inactive 11
177 Team LogoRangers Paul Reifenberger C Inactive
178 Team LogoCanucks Frank Caprice G Inactive 23
179 NHL LogoQUE Marc Brisebois RW Inactive
180 Team LogoBlackhawks John Benns LW Inactive
181 NHL LogoMNS Scott Bjugstad LW Inactive 56
182 Team LogoBruins Don Sylvestri G Inactive 0
183 Team LogoFlames George Boudreau D Inactive
184 Team LogoFlyers Len Hachborn C Inactive 22
185 Team LogoSabres Venci Sebek D Inactive
186 Team LogoKings Allan Tuer D Inactive -1
187 Team LogoCanadiens Scott Ferguson D Inactive
188 Team LogoBlues Dan Wood RW Inactive
189 Team LogoIslanders Scott MacLellan
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
190 NHL LogoWIN Vladimir Kadlec D Inactive
191 NHL Logo
192 NHL LogoCLR John Johannson C Inactive 0
193 NHL LogoHFD Larry Power C Inactive
194 Team LogoCapitals Chris Valentine C Inactive 51
195 Team LogoMaple Leafs Marc Magnan LW Inactive 0
196 Team LogoPenguins Dave Hannan C Inactive 95
197 Team LogoOilers Gord Sherven C Inactive 10
198 Team LogoRangers Mario Proulx G Inactive
199 Team LogoCanucks Rejean Vignola C Inactive
200 NHL Logo
201 Team LogoBlackhawks Sylvain Roy D Inactive
202 NHL LogoMNS Steven Kudebeh G Inactive
203 Team LogoBruins Richard Bourque LW Inactive
204 Team LogoFlames Bruce Eakin C Inactive 1
205 Team LogoFlyers Steve Tsujiura C Inactive
206 Team LogoSabres Warren Harper LW Inactive
207 Team LogoKings Jeff Baikie C Inactive
208 Team LogoCanadiens Dan Burrows G Inactive
209 Team LogoBlues Richard Zemlak C Inactive 2
210 Team LogoIslanders Dave Randerson RW Inactive
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
211 NHL LogoWIN David Kirwin D Inactive
211 players drafted
1981 RedraftPowered by CORE
A redraft of the 1981 NHL Draft class according to each player's career impact so far:
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Difference Career Impact
1 NHL LogoWIN Al Macinnis D Inactive 14 1’248
2 Team LogoKings Ron Francis C Inactive 2 933
3 Team LogoCapitals Dale Hawerchuk C Inactive 2 846
4 NHL LogoHFD Chris Chelios D Inactive 36 720
5 NHL LogoCLR John Vanbiesbrouck G Inactive 67 440
6 Team LogoMaple Leafs Mike Vernon G Inactive 50 410
7 Team LogoCanadiens Grant Fuhr G Inactive 1 404
8 Team LogoOilers James Patrick D Inactive 1 394
9 Team LogoRangers Bobby Carpenter C Inactive 6 310
10 Team LogoCanucks Tony Tanti RW Inactive 2 294
11 NHL LogoQUE Bruce Driver D Inactive 97 286
12 Team LogoBlackhawks Tom Kurvers D Inactive 133 257
13 NHL LogoMNS Steve Smith D Inactive 98 251
14 Team LogoBruins Gerard Gallant LW Inactive 93 234
15 Team LogoFlames Petri Skriko LW Inactive 142 194
16 Team LogoFlyers Mark Hunter RW Inactive 9 177
17 Team LogoSabres Clint Malarchuk G Inactive 57 150
18 Team LogoCanadiens Gaetan Duchesne LW Inactive 134 149
19 Team LogoCanadiens Scott Arniel LW Inactive 3 124
20 Team LogoBlues Randy Moller D Inactive 9 106
21 Team LogoIslanders Jim Benning D Inactive 15 99
22 NHL LogoWIN Greg Stefan G Inactive 106 99
23 Team LogoRed Wings Doug Smith C Inactive 21 95
24 Team LogoMaple Leafs Dave Hannan C Inactive 172 95
25 Team LogoBlackhawks Paul Macdermid RW Inactive 36 86
26 NHL LogoCLR Peter Sidorkiewicz G Inactive 65 82
27 NHL LogoMNS Joe Cirella D Inactive 22 77
28 Team LogoPenguins Hannu Virta D Inactive 10 77
29 Team LogoOilers Claude Loiselle C Inactive 6 67
30 Team LogoRangers Rick Zombo D Inactive 119 66
31 NHL LogoMNS Jan Erixon LW Inactive 1 64
32 Team LogoCanadiens Moe Lemay LW Inactive 73 64
Team Draft SuccessPowered by CORE
Most successful Teams in the 1981 Draft according to the players they drafted, versus the players they could have drafted instead:
Team Career Impact Draft Capital Difference
Team LogoFlames 1’692 208 1’484
Team LogoRangers 948 423 525
Team LogoCanadiens 1’273 826 447
Team LogoRed Wings 494 130 364
Team LogoHFD 1’027 736 291
Team LogoOilers 736 464 272
Team LogoCanucks 395 315 80
Team LogoPenguins 162 104 58
Team LogoQUE 310 304 6
Team Logo 0 0 0
Team LogoBlackhawks 294 360 -66
Team LogoIslanders 85 166 -81
Team LogoCLR 437 557 -120
Team LogoSabres 92 228 -136
Team LogoBlues 16 172 -156
Team LogoBruins 39 291 -252
Team LogoFlyers 26 280 -254
Team LogoCapitals 598 886 -288
Team LogoWIN 981 1’395 -414
Team LogoMaple Leafs 100 518 -418
Team LogoMNS 77 566 -489
Team LogoKings 133 986 -853