Draft
Actual 1983 DraftPowered by CORE
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
1 NHL LogoMNS Brian Lawton C Inactive 105
2 NHL LogoHFD Sylvain Turgeon LW Inactive 254
3 Team LogoIslanders Pat LaFontaine C Inactive 655
4 Team LogoRed Wings Steve Yzerman C Inactive 1’062
5 Team LogoSabres Tom Barrasso G Inactive 447
6 Team LogoDevils John MacLean RW Inactive 402
7 Team LogoMaple Leafs Russ Courtnall RW Inactive 335
8 NHL LogoWIN Andrew Mcbain RW Inactive 113
9 Team LogoCanucks Cam Neely RW Inactive 427
10 Team LogoSabres Normand Lacombe RW Inactive 38
11 Team LogoSabres Adam Creighton C Inactive 167
12 Team LogoRangers Dave Gagner C Inactive 345
13 Team LogoFlames Dan Quinn C Inactive 337
14 NHL LogoWIN Bobby Dollas D Inactive 60
15 Team LogoPenguins Bob Errey LW Inactive 135
16 Team LogoIslanders Gerald Diduck D Inactive 102
17 Team LogoCanadiens Alfie Turcotte C Inactive 15
18 Team LogoBlackhawks Bruce Cassidy D Inactive 6
19 Team LogoOilers Jeff Beukeboom D Inactive 83
20 NHL LogoHFD David Jensen C Inactive 6
21 Team LogoBruins Nevin Markwart LW Inactive 33
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
22 Team LogoPenguins Todd Charlesworth D Inactive 0
23 NHL LogoHFD Ville Siren D Inactive 38
24 Team LogoDevils Shawn Evans D Inactive 0
25 Team LogoRed Wings Lane Lambert RW Inactive 45
26 Team LogoCanadiens Claude Lemieux RW Inactive 355
27 Team LogoCanadiens Sergio Momesso LW Inactive 130
28 Team LogoMaple Leafs Jeff Jackson LW Inactive 27
29 NHL LogoWIN Brad Berry D Inactive 8
30 Team LogoCanucks David Bruce RW Inactive 31
31 Team LogoSabres John Tucker RW Inactive 188
32 NHL LogoQUE Yves Heroux RW Inactive 0
33 Team LogoRangers Randy Heath LW Inactive 2
34 Team LogoSabres Richard Hajdu LW Inactive 0
35 Team LogoCanadiens Todd Francis RW Inactive
36 NHL LogoMNS Malcolm Parks C Inactive
37 Team LogoIslanders Garnet McKechney RW Inactive
38 NHL LogoMNS Frantisek Musil D Inactive 68
39 Team LogoBlackhawks Wayne Presley RW Inactive 114
40 Team LogoOilers Mike Golden C Inactive
41 Team LogoFlyers Peter Zezel C Inactive 259
42 Team LogoBruins Greg Johnston RW Inactive 17
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
43 NHL LogoWIN Peter Taglianetti D Inactive 39
44 Team LogoFlyers Derrick Smith LW Inactive 56
45 Team LogoCanadiens Daniel Letendre RW Inactive
46 Team LogoRed Wings Bob Probert LW Inactive 132
47 Team LogoKings Bruce Shoebottom D Inactive 1
48 Team LogoMaple Leafs Allan Bester G Inactive 75
49 Team LogoRangers Vesa Salo D Inactive
50 Team LogoCanucks Scott Tottle RW Inactive
51 Team LogoFlames Brian Bradley C Inactive 228
52 NHL LogoQUE Bruce Bell D Inactive 44
53 Team LogoRangers Gord Walker LW Inactive 1
54 NHL LogoQUE Iiro Jarvi
55 Team LogoFlames Perry Berezan C Inactive 45
56 NHL LogoMNS Mitchell Messier RW Inactive 0
57 Team LogoIslanders Mike Neill D Inactive
58 Team LogoPenguins Mike Rowe D Inactive 0
59 Team LogoBlackhawks Marc Bergevin D Inactive 50
60 Team LogoOilers Mike Flanagan D Inactive
61 NHL LogoHFD Leif Karlsson D Inactive
62 Team LogoBruins Greg Puhalski LW Inactive
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
63 Team LogoPenguins Frank Pietrangelo G Inactive 34
64 NHL LogoHFD Dave MacLean RW Inactive
65 Team LogoIslanders Mikko Makela RW Inactive 114
66 Team LogoFlames John Bekkers C Inactive
67 Team LogoKings Guy Benoit C Inactive
68 Team LogoRed Wings David Korol D Inactive
69 NHL LogoWIN Bob Essensa G Inactive 194
70 Team LogoCanucks Tim Lorenz LW Inactive
71 Team LogoFlames Kevan Guy D Inactive 5
72 NHL LogoHFD Ron Chyzowski C Inactive
73 Team LogoRangers Peter Andersson D Inactive 8
74 Team LogoSabres Daren Puppa G Inactive 208
75 Team LogoCapitals Tim Bergland RW Inactive 11
76 NHL LogoMNS Brian Durand C Inactive
77 Team LogoFlames William Claviter LW Inactive
78 Team LogoCanadiens John Kordic RW Inactive 8
79 Team LogoBlackhawks Tarek Howard D Inactive
80 Team LogoOilers Esa Tikkanen LW Inactive 280
81 Team LogoFlyers Allan Bourbeau C Inactive
82 Team LogoBruins Alain Larochelle G Inactive
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
83 Team LogoMaple Leafs Dan Hodgson C Inactive 31
84 Team LogoIslanders Bob Caulfield RW Inactive
85 Team LogoDevils Chris Terreri G Inactive 138
86 Team LogoRed Wings Petr Klima RW Inactive 292
87 Team LogoKings Bob Laforest RW Inactive 0
88 Team LogoRed Wings Joey Kocur RW Inactive 45
89 NHL LogoWIN Harry Armstrong D Inactive
90 Team LogoCanucks Doug Quinn D Inactive
91 Team LogoFlames Igor Liba LW Inactive 9
92 NHL LogoQUE Luc Guenette G Inactive
93 Team LogoRangers Jim Andonoff RW Inactive
94 Team LogoSabres Jayson Meyer D Inactive
95 Team LogoCapitals Martin Bouliane D Inactive
96 NHL LogoMNS Rich Geist C Inactive
97 Team LogoIslanders Ron Viglasi D Inactive
98 Team LogoCanadiens Dan Wurst D Inactive
99 Team LogoBlackhawks Kevin Robinson LW Inactive
100 Team LogoKings Garry Galley D Inactive 346
101 Team LogoFlyers Jerome Carrier D Inactive
102 Team LogoBruins Allen Pedersen D Inactive 12
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
103 Team LogoPenguins Patrick Emond C Inactive
104 NHL LogoHFD Brian Johnson C Inactive
105 Team LogoDevils Gordon Mark D Inactive 0
106 Team LogoRed Wings Chris Pusey G Inactive 0
107 Team LogoKings Dave Lundmark D Inactive
108 Team LogoKings Kevin Stevens LW Inactive 371
109 NHL LogoWIN Joel Baillargeon LW Inactive 0
110 Team LogoCanucks Dave Lowry LW Inactive 113
111 Team LogoFlames Grant Blair G Inactive
112 NHL LogoQUE Brad Walcott D Inactive
113 Team LogoRangers Bob Alexander D Inactive
114 Team LogoSabres Jim Hofford D Inactive 0
115 Team LogoBlackhawks Jari Torkki RW Inactive 0
116 NHL LogoMNS Tom McComb D Inactive
117 Team LogoIslanders Darin Illikainen LW Inactive
118 NHL Logo
119 Team LogoBlackhawks Mark Lavarre RW Inactive 7
120 Team LogoOilers Don Barber LW Inactive 21
121 Team LogoFlyers Rick Tocchet RW Inactive 491
122 Team LogoBruins Terry Taillefer G Inactive
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
123 Team LogoPenguins Paul Ames D Inactive
124 NHL Logo
125 Team LogoDevils Greg Evtushevski RW Inactive
126 Team LogoRed Wings Bob Pierson LW Inactive
127 Team LogoKings Tim Burgess D Inactive
128 Team LogoMaple Leafs Cam Plante D Inactive 0
129 NHL LogoWIN Iain Duncan LW Inactive 38
130 Team LogoCanucks Terry Maki LW Inactive
131 Team LogoFlames Jeff Hogg G Inactive
132 NHL LogoQUE Craig Mack D Inactive
133 Team LogoRangers Steve Orth C Inactive
134 Team LogoSabres Christian Ruuttu C Inactive 176
135 Team LogoCapitals Dwaine Hutton C Inactive
136 NHL LogoMNS Sean Toomey C Inactive 0
137 Team LogoIslanders Jim Sprenger D Inactive
138 Team LogoCanadiens Vladislav Tretiak G Inactive
139 Team LogoBlackhawks Scott Birnie RW Inactive
140 Team LogoOilers Dale Derkatch C Inactive
141 Team LogoFlyers Bobby Mormina RW Inactive
142 Team LogoBruins Ian Armstrong D Inactive
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
143 NHL LogoHFD Chris Duperron D Inactive
144 NHL LogoHFD James Falle G Inactive
145 Team LogoDevils Viacheslav Fetisov D Inactive 154
146 Team LogoRed Wings Craig Butz D Inactive
147 Team LogoKings Ken Hammond D Inactive 5
148 Team LogoMaple Leafs Paul Bifano LW Inactive
149 NHL LogoWIN Ron Pesetti D Inactive
150 Team LogoCanucks John Labatt C Inactive
151 Team LogoFlames Chris MacDonald D Inactive
152 NHL LogoQUE Tommy Albelin D Inactive 118
153 Team LogoRangers Peter Marcov LW Inactive
154 Team LogoSabres Donald Mcsween D Inactive 5
155 Team LogoCapitals Marty Abrams G Inactive
156 NHL LogoMNS Don Biggs C Inactive 0
157 Team LogoIslanders Dale Henry LW Inactive 11
158 Team LogoCanadiens Rob Bryden LW Inactive
159 Team LogoBlackhawks Kent Paynter D Inactive 0
160 Team LogoOilers Ralph Vos LW Inactive
161 Team LogoFlyers Pelle Eklund C Inactive 188
162 Team LogoBruins Francois Olivier LW Inactive
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
163 Team LogoPenguins Marty Ketola RW Inactive
164 NHL LogoHFD Bill Fordy LW Inactive
165 Team LogoDevils Jay Octeau D Inactive
166 Team LogoRed Wings Dave Sikorski D Inactive
167 Team LogoKings Bruce Fishback C Inactive
168 Team LogoMaple Leafs Cliff Abrecht D Inactive
169 NHL LogoWIN Todd Flichel D Inactive 0
170 Team LogoCanucks Allan Measures D Inactive
171 Team LogoFlames Rob Kivell D Inactive
172 NHL LogoQUE Wayne Groulx C Inactive 0
173 Team LogoRangers Paul Jerrard D Inactive 0
174 Team LogoSabres Tim Hoover D Inactive
175 Team LogoCapitals David Cowan LW Inactive
176 NHL LogoMNS Paul Pulis RW Inactive
177 Team LogoIslanders Kevin Vescio D Inactive
178 Team LogoCanadiens Grant MacKay D Inactive
179 Team LogoBlackhawks Brian Noonan RW Inactive 97
180 Team LogoOilers David Roach G Inactive
181 Team LogoFlyers Rob Nichols LW Inactive
182 Team LogoBruins Harri Laurila D Inactive
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
183 Team LogoPenguins Alec Haidy RW Inactive
184 Team LogoMaple Leafs Greg Rolston RW Inactive
185 Team LogoDevils Alexander Chernykh LW Inactive
186 NHL Logo
187 Team LogoKings Thomas Ahlen D Inactive
188 Team LogoMaple Leafs Brian Ross D Inactive
189 NHL LogoWIN Kory Wright RW Inactive
190 Team LogoCanucks Roger Grillo D Inactive
191 Team LogoFlames Tom Pratt D Inactive
192 NHL LogoQUE Scott Shaunessy RW Inactive 0
193 NHL LogoHFD Reine Karlsson C Inactive
194 Team LogoSabres Mark Ferner D Inactive 1
195 Team LogoCapitals Yves Beaudoin D Inactive 0
196 NHL LogoMNS Milos Riha LW Inactive
197 Team LogoIslanders Dave Shellington LW Inactive
198 Team LogoCanadiens Thomas Rundqvist C Inactive 0
199 Team LogoBlackhawks Dominik Hasek G Inactive 741
200 Team LogoOilers Warren Yadlowski C Inactive
201 Team LogoFlyers Bill McCormack C Inactive
202 Team LogoBruins Paul Fitzsimmons D Inactive
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
203 Team LogoPenguins Garth Hildebrand LW Inactive
204 NHL LogoHFD Allan Acton LW Inactive
205 Team LogoDevils Allan Stewart LW Inactive 2
206 Team LogoRed Wings Jeff Frank RW Inactive
207 Team LogoKings Jan Blaha RW Inactive
208 Team LogoMaple Leafs Mike Tomlak C Inactive 10
209 NHL LogoWIN Eric Cormier LW Inactive
210 Team LogoCanucks Steve Kayser D Inactive
211 Team LogoFlames Jaroslav Benak D Inactive
212 NHL LogoMNS Oldrich Valek RW Inactive
213 Team LogoRangers Bryan Walker D Inactive
214 Team LogoSabres Uwe Krupp D Inactive 167
215 Team LogoCapitals Alain Raymond G Inactive 0
216 Team LogoCapitals Anders Huss RW Inactive
217 Team LogoIslanders John Bjorkman C Inactive
218 Team LogoCanadiens Jeff Perpich D Inactive
219 Team LogoBlackhawks Steve Pepin C Inactive
220 Team LogoOilers John Miner D Inactive 1
221 Team LogoFlyers Brian Jopling G Inactive
222 Team LogoBruins Norm Foster G Inactive 5
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
223 Team LogoPenguins Dave Goertz D Inactive 0
224 NHL LogoHFD Darcy Kaminski D Inactive
225 Team LogoDevils Alexei Kasatonov D Inactive 98
226 Team LogoRed Wings Charles Chiatto C Inactive
227 Team LogoKings Chad Johnson C Inactive
228 Team LogoMaple Leafs Ron Choules LW Inactive
229 NHL LogoWIN Jamie Husgen D Inactive
230 Team LogoCanucks Jay Mazur RW Inactive 6
231 Team LogoFlames Sergei Makarov RW Inactive 189
232 NHL LogoQUE Bo Berglund LW Inactive 25
233 Team LogoRangers Ulf Nilsson G Inactive
234 Team LogoSabres Marc Hamelin G Inactive
235 Team LogoSabres Kermit Salfi LW Inactive
236 NHL LogoMNS Paul Roff RW Inactive
237 Team LogoIslanders Peter McGeough LW Inactive
238 Team LogoCanadiens Jean-Guy Bergeron D Inactive
239 NHL LogoQUE Jindrich Kokrment C Inactive
240 Team LogoOilers Steve Woodburn D Inactive
241 Team LogoFlyers Harold Duvall LW Inactive
242 Team LogoBruins Greg Murphy D Inactive
242 players drafted
1983 RedraftPowered by CORE
A redraft of the 1983 NHL Draft class according to each player's career impact so far:
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Difference Career Impact
1 NHL LogoMNS Steve Yzerman C Inactive 3 1’062
2 NHL LogoHFD Dominik Hasek G Inactive 197 741
3 Team LogoIslanders Pat LaFontaine C Inactive 655
4 Team LogoRed Wings Rick Tocchet RW Inactive 117 491
5 Team LogoSabres Tom Barrasso G Inactive 447
6 Team LogoDevils Cam Neely RW Inactive 3 427
7 Team LogoMaple Leafs John MacLean RW Inactive 1 402
8 NHL LogoWIN Kevin Stevens LW Inactive 100 371
9 Team LogoCanucks Claude Lemieux RW Inactive 17 355
10 Team LogoSabres Garry Galley D Inactive 90 346
11 Team LogoSabres Dave Gagner C Inactive 1 345
12 Team LogoRangers Dan Quinn C Inactive 1 337
13 Team LogoFlames Russ Courtnall RW Inactive 6 335
14 NHL LogoWIN Petr Klima RW Inactive 72 292
15 Team LogoPenguins Esa Tikkanen LW Inactive 65 280
16 Team LogoIslanders Peter Zezel C Inactive 25 259
17 Team LogoCanadiens Sylvain Turgeon LW Inactive 15 254
18 Team LogoBlackhawks Brian Bradley C Inactive 33 228
19 Team LogoOilers Daren Puppa G Inactive 55 208
20 NHL LogoHFD Bob Essensa G Inactive 49 194
21 Team LogoBruins Sergei Makarov RW Inactive 210 189
22 Team LogoPenguins John Tucker RW Inactive 9 188
23 NHL LogoHFD Pelle Eklund C Inactive 138 188
24 Team LogoDevils Christian Ruuttu C Inactive 110 176
25 Team LogoRed Wings Adam Creighton C Inactive 14 167
26 Team LogoCanadiens Uwe Krupp D Inactive 188 167
27 Team LogoCanadiens Viacheslav Fetisov D Inactive 118 154
28 Team LogoMaple Leafs Chris Terreri G Inactive 57 138
29 NHL LogoWIN Bob Errey LW Inactive 14 135
30 Team LogoCanucks Bob Probert LW Inactive 16 132
31 Team LogoSabres Sergio Momesso LW Inactive 4 130
32 NHL LogoQUE Tommy Albelin D Inactive 120 118
Team Draft SuccessPowered by CORE
Most successful Teams in the 1983 Draft according to the players they drafted, versus the players they could have drafted instead:
Team Career Impact Draft Capital Difference
Team LogoRed Wings 1’576 717 859
Team LogoFlyers 994 145 849
Team LogoKings 723 55 668
Team LogoBlackhawks 1’015 358 657
Team LogoFlames 813 432 381
Team LogoDevils 794 604 190
Team LogoOilers 385 332 53
Team LogoCanucks 577 539 38
Team LogoSabres 1’397 1’388 9
Team LogoCapitals 11 6 5
Team Logo 0 0 0
Team LogoQUE 187 194 -7
Team LogoMaple Leafs 478 586 -108
Team LogoIslanders 882 1’062 -180
Team LogoRangers 356 540 -184
Team LogoBruins 67 282 -215
Team LogoCanadiens 508 749 -241
Team LogoPenguins 169 514 -345
Team LogoWIN 452 874 -422
Team LogoHFD 298 1’163 -865
Team LogoMNS 173 1’315 -1’142