Draft
Actual 1996 DraftPowered by CORE
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
1 Team LogoSenators Chris Phillips D Inactive 131
2 Team LogoSharks Andrei Zyuzin D Inactive 39
3 Team LogoIslanders J-P Dumont RW Inactive 221
4 Team LogoCapitals Alexander Volchkov LW Inactive 0
5 Team LogoStars Ric Jackman D Inactive 22
6 Team LogoOilers Boyd Devereaux C Inactive 51
7 Team LogoSabres Erik Rasmussen C Inactive 35
8 Team LogoBruins Johnathan Aitken D Inactive 0
9 Team LogoDucks Ruslan Salei D Inactive 74
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11 NHL LogoPHX Dan Focht D Inactive -1
12 Team LogoCanucks Josh Holden C Inactive 3
13 Team LogoFlames Derek Morris D Inactive 194
14 Team LogoBlues Marty Reasoner C Inactive 80
15 Team LogoFlyers Dainius Zubrus C Inactive 207
16 Team LogoLightning Mario Larocque D Inactive 0
17 Team LogoCapitals Jaroslav Svejkovsky RW Inactive 15
18 Team LogoCanadiens Matt Higgins C Inactive 0
19 Team LogoOilers Matthieu Descôteaux D Inactive 0
20 Team LogoPanthers Marcus Nilson LW Inactive 51
21 Team LogoSharks Marco Sturm LW Inactive 198
22 Team LogoRangers Jeff Brown D Inactive
23 Team LogoPenguins Craig Hillier G Inactive
24 NHL LogoPHX Daniel Brière C Inactive 322
25 Team LogoAvalanche Peter Ratchuk D Inactive 0
26 Team LogoRed Wings Jesse Wallin D Inactive 0
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
27 Team LogoSabres Cory Sarich D Inactive 53
28 Team LogoPenguins Pavel Skrbek D Inactive 0
29 Team LogoIslanders Dan Lacouture LW Inactive 11
30 Team LogoKings Josh Green C Inactive 21
31 Team LogoBlackhawks Remi Royer D Inactive 0
32 Team LogoOilers Chris Hajt D Inactive 0
33 Team LogoSabres Darren Van Oene LW Inactive
34 NHL LogoHFD Trevor Wasyluk LW Inactive
35 Team LogoDucks Matt Cullen C Inactive 258
36 Team LogoMaple Leafs Marek Posmyk D Inactive 1
37 Team LogoKings Marian Cisar LW Inactive 10
38 Team LogoDevils Wesley Mason LW Inactive
39 Team LogoFlames Travis Brigley LW Inactive 2
40 Team LogoFlames Steve Begin LW Inactive 30
41 Team LogoDevils Joshua Dewolf D Inactive
42 Team LogoBlackhawks Jeff Paul D Inactive 0
43 Team LogoCapitals Jan Bulis C Inactive 85
44 Team LogoCanadiens Mathieu Garon G Inactive 192
45 Team LogoBruins Henry Kuster RW Inactive
46 Team LogoBlackhawks Geoff Peters C Inactive
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48 Team LogoRangers Daniel Goneau LW Inactive 5
49 Team LogoDevils Colin White D Inactive 59
50 Team LogoMaple Leafs Francis Larivee G Inactive
51 Team LogoAvalanche Yuri Babenko C Inactive 0
52 Team LogoRed Wings Aren Miller G Inactive
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
53 Team LogoBruins Eric Naud LW Inactive
54 Team LogoSabres Francois Methot C Inactive
55 Team LogoSharks Terry Friesen G Inactive
56 Team LogoIslanders Zdeno Chara D Inactive 438
57 Team LogoKings Greg Phillips C Inactive
58 Team LogoCapitals Sergei Zimakov D Inactive
59 Team LogoOilers Tom Poti D Inactive 176
60 Team LogoPanthers Chris Allen D Inactive 0
61 NHL LogoHFD Andrei Petrunin LW Inactive
62 NHL LogoPHX Per-Anton Lundstrom D Inactive
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64 Team LogoFlyers Chester Gallant RW Inactive
65 Team LogoPanthers Oleg Kvasha C Inactive 74
66 Team LogoMaple Leafs Mike Lankshear D Inactive
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68 Team LogoMaple Leafs Konstantin Kalmikov LW Inactive
69 Team LogoLightning Curtis Tipler RW Inactive
70 Team LogoStars Jon Sim LW Inactive 45
71 Team LogoCanadiens Arron Asham RW Inactive 61
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73 Team LogoFlames Dmitri Vlasenkov LW Inactive
74 Team LogoCapitals Dave Weninger G Inactive
75 Team LogoCanucks Zenith Komarniski D Inactive 0
76 Team LogoRangers Dmitri Subbotin LW Inactive
77 Team LogoPenguins Boris Protsenko RW Inactive
78 Team LogoCapitals Shawn McNeil C Inactive
79 Team LogoAvalanche Mark Parrish RW Inactive 167
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Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
81 Team LogoSenators Antti Jussi Niemi D Inactive 0
82 Team LogoPanthers Joey Tetarenko RW Inactive 1
83 Team LogoIslanders Tyrone Garner G Inactive 0
84 Team LogoKings Mikael Simons C Inactive
85 Team LogoCapitals Justin Davis RW Inactive
86 Team LogoMaple Leafs Jason Sessa RW Inactive
87 Team LogoSabres Kurt Walsh RW Inactive
88 NHL LogoHFD Craig MacDonald C Inactive 8
89 Team LogoFlames Toni Lydman D Inactive 114
90 Team LogoStars Mike Hurley RW Inactive
91 Team LogoDevils Josef Boumedienne D Inactive 4
92 Team LogoCanadiens Kim Staal LW Inactive
93 Team LogoCanucks Jonas Soling LW Inactive
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95 Team LogoBlues Jonathan Zukiwsky C Inactive
96 Team LogoKings Eric Belanger C Inactive 123
97 Team LogoBlues Andrei Petrakov LW Inactive
98 Team LogoAvalanche Ben Storey D Inactive
99 Team LogoCanadiens Etienne Drapeau C Inactive
100 Team LogoBruins Trent Whitfield C Inactive 6
101 Team LogoDevils Josh MacNevin D Inactive
102 Team LogoSharks Matt Bradley RW Inactive 40
103 Team LogoMaple Leafs Vladimir Antipov LW Inactive
104 NHL LogoHFD Steve Wasylko C Inactive
105 Team LogoPenguins Michal Rozsival D Inactive 161
106 Team LogoSabres Mike Martone D Inactive
107 Team LogoAvalanche Randy Petruk G Inactive
108 Team LogoRed Wings Johan Forsander LW Inactive
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
109 Team LogoIslanders Andy Berenzweig D Inactive 3
110 Team LogoMaple Leafs Peter Cava C Inactive
111 Team LogoMaple Leafs Brandon Sugden RW Inactive
112 Team LogoStars Ryan Christie LW Inactive 0
113 Team LogoStars Yevgeni Tsybuk D Inactive
114 Team LogoOilers Brian Urick RW Inactive
115 Team LogoSabres Alexei Tezikov D Inactive 0
116 NHL LogoHFD Mark McMahon D Inactive
117 Team LogoDucks Brendan Buckley D Inactive
118 Team LogoDevils Glenn Crawford C Inactive
119 NHL LogoPHX Richard Lintner D Inactive 4
120 Team LogoKings Jesse Black D Inactive
121 Team LogoCanucks Tyler Prosofsky C Inactive
122 Team LogoFlames Josef Straka C Inactive
123 Team LogoKings Peter Hogan D Inactive
124 Team LogoFlyers Per-Ragnar Bergqvist G Inactive
125 Team LogoLightning Jason Robinson D Inactive
126 Team LogoCapitals Matthew Lahey LW Inactive
127 Team LogoCanadiens Daniel Archambault D Inactive
128 Team LogoIslanders Petr Sachl C Inactive
129 Team LogoPanthers Andrew Long C Inactive
130 Team LogoBlackhawks Andy Johnson D Inactive
131 Team LogoRangers Colin Pepperall LW Inactive
132 Team LogoBruins Elias Abrahamsson D Inactive
133 Team LogoFlyers Jesse Boulerice RW Inactive 2
134 Team LogoAvalanche Luke Curtin LW Inactive
135 Team LogoRed Wings Michal Podolka G Inactive
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
136 Team LogoSenators Andreas Dackell RW Inactive 82
137 Team LogoSharks Michel Larocque G Inactive 0
138 Team LogoIslanders Todd Miller C Inactive
139 NHL LogoPHX Robert Esche G Inactive 99
140 Team LogoMaple Leafs Dmitriy Yakushin D Inactive 0
141 Team LogoOilers Bryan Randall C Inactive
142 Team LogoSabres Ryan Davis RW Inactive
143 NHL LogoHFD Aaron Baker G Inactive
144 Team LogoRed Wings Magnus Nilsson LW Inactive
145 Team LogoDevils Sean Ritchlin RW Inactive
146 Team LogoAvalanche Brian Willsie RW Inactive 33
147 Team LogoCanucks Nolan McDonald G Inactive
148 Team LogoMaple Leafs Chris Bogas D Inactive
149 Team LogoDucks Blaine Russell G Inactive
150 Team LogoPenguins Peter Bergman C Inactive
151 Team LogoMaple Leafs Lucio Demartinis LW Inactive
152 Team LogoLightning Nikolai Ignatov D Inactive
153 Team LogoCapitals Andrew Van Bruggen RW Inactive
154 Team LogoCanadiens Brett Clark D Inactive 64
155 Team LogoBruins Chris Lane D Inactive
156 Team LogoPanthers Gaetan Poirier LW Inactive
157 Team LogoLightning Xavier Delisle C Inactive 1
158 Team LogoRangers Ola Sandberg D Inactive
159 Team LogoBlues Stephen Wagner G Inactive
160 Team LogoAvalanche Kai Fischer G Inactive
161 Team LogoSabres Darren Mortier C Inactive
162 Team LogoRed Wings Alexandre Jacques C Inactive
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
163 Team LogoSenators Francois Hardy D Inactive
164 Team LogoSharks Jake Deadmarsh D Inactive
165 Team LogoIslanders Joe Prestifilippo G Inactive
166 Team LogoStars Eoin McInerney G Inactive
167 Team LogoAvalanche Dan Hinote RW Inactive 23
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169 Team LogoBlues Daniel Corso C Inactive 8
170 Team LogoOilers Brandon Lafrance RW Inactive
171 NHL LogoHFD Greg Kuznik D Inactive 0
172 Team LogoDucks Timo Ahmaoja D Inactive
173 Team LogoDevils Daryl Andrews D Inactive
174 NHL LogoPHX Trevor Letowski RW Inactive 62
175 Team LogoCanucks Clint Cabana D Inactive
176 Team LogoAvalanche Samuel Pahlsson C Inactive 53
177 Team LogoBlues Reed Low RW Inactive 3
178 Team LogoMaple Leafs Reggie Berg C Inactive
179 Team LogoLightning Pavel Kubina D Inactive 163
180 Team LogoCapitals Michael Anderson RW Inactive
181 Team LogoCanadiens Timo Vertala LW Inactive
182 Team LogoBruins Thomas Brown D Inactive
183 Team LogoPanthers Alexandre Couture D Inactive
184 Team LogoBlackhawks Mike Vellinga D Inactive
185 Team LogoRangers Jeff Dessner D Inactive
186 Team LogoPenguins Eric Meloche RW Inactive 5
187 Team LogoFlyers Roman Malov LW Inactive
188 Team LogoAvalanche Roman Pylner C Inactive
189 Team LogoRed Wings Colin Beardsmore C Inactive
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
190 Team LogoKings Steve Valiquette G Inactive 28
191 Team LogoSharks Cory Cyrenne C Inactive
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193 Team LogoKings Kai Nurminen LW Inactive 10
194 Team LogoStars Joel Kwiatkowski D Inactive 11
195 Team LogoOilers Fernando Pisani RW Inactive 59
196 Team LogoBlues Andrei Podkonicky C Inactive 0
197 NHL LogoHFD Kevin Marsh LW Inactive
198 Team LogoDucks Kevin Kellett D Inactive
199 Team LogoDevils Willie Mitchell D Inactive 92
200 NHL LogoPHX Nicholas Lent RW Inactive
201 Team LogoCanucks Jeff Scissons C Inactive
202 Team LogoFlames Ryan Wade RW Inactive
203 Team LogoBlues Anthony Hutchins C Inactive
204 Team LogoMaple Leafs Tomas Kaberle D Inactive 348
205 Team LogoDevils Jason Bertsch RW Inactive
206 Team LogoCapitals Oleg Orekhovsky D Inactive
207 Team LogoCanadiens Mattia Baldi LW Inactive
208 Team LogoBruins Bob Prier RW Inactive
209 Team LogoPanthers Denis Khloptonov G Inactive
210 Team LogoBlackhawks Chris Twerdun D Inactive
211 Team LogoRangers Ryan McKie D Inactive
212 Team LogoSenators Erich Goldmann D Inactive 0
213 Team LogoFlyers Jeff Milleker C Inactive
214 Team LogoAvalanche Matthew Scorsune D Inactive
215 Team LogoRed Wings Craig Stahl RW Inactive
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
216 Team LogoSenators Ivan Ciernik LW Inactive 8
217 Team LogoSharks David Thibeault LW Inactive
218 Team LogoIslanders Mike Muzechka D Inactive
219 Team LogoKings Sebastien Simard LW Inactive
220 Team LogoStars Nick Bootland LW Inactive
221 Team LogoOilers John Hultberg G Inactive
222 Team LogoSabres Scott Buhler G Inactive
223 NHL LogoHFD Craig Adams RW Inactive 38
224 Team LogoDucks Tobias Johansson LW Inactive
225 Team LogoDevils Pasi Petrilainen D Inactive
226 NHL LogoPHX Marc-Etienne Hubert C Inactive
227 Team LogoCanucks Lubomir Vaic C Inactive 0
228 Team LogoFlames Ronald Petrovicky RW Inactive 27
229 Team LogoBlues Konstantin Shafranov RW Inactive 1
230 Team LogoMaple Leafs Jared Hope C Inactive
231 NHL LogoHFD Askhat Rakhmatullin LW Inactive
232 Team LogoCapitals Chad Cavanagh LW Inactive
233 Team LogoCanadiens Michel Tremblay LW Inactive
234 Team LogoBruins Anders Soderberg LW Inactive
235 Team LogoPanthers Russell Smith D Inactive
236 Team LogoBlackhawks Andrei Kozyrev D Inactive
237 Team LogoRangers Ronnie Sundin D Inactive 0
238 Team LogoPenguins Timo Seikkula C Inactive
239 Team LogoSenators Sami Salo D Inactive 206
240 Team LogoAvalanche Justin Clark RW Inactive
241 Team LogoRed Wings Evgeniy Afanasiev LW Inactive
241 players drafted
1996 RedraftPowered by CORE
A redraft of the 1996 NHL Draft class according to each player's career impact so far:
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Difference Career Impact
1 Team LogoSenators Zdeno Chara D Inactive 55 438
2 Team LogoSharks Tomas Kaberle D Inactive 202 348
3 Team LogoIslanders Daniel Brière C Inactive 21 322
4 Team LogoCapitals Matt Cullen C Inactive 31 258
5 Team LogoStars J-P Dumont RW Inactive 2 221
6 Team LogoOilers Dainius Zubrus C Inactive 9 207
7 Team LogoSabres Sami Salo D Inactive 232 206
8 Team LogoBruins Marco Sturm LW Inactive 13 198
9 Team LogoDucks Derek Morris D Inactive 4 194
10 NHL Logo Mathieu Garon G Inactive 34 192
11 NHL LogoPHX Tom Poti D Inactive 48 176
12 Team LogoCanucks Mark Parrish RW Inactive 67 167
13 Team LogoFlames Pavel Kubina D Inactive 166 163
14 Team LogoBlues Michal Rozsival D Inactive 91 161
15 Team LogoFlyers Chris Phillips D Inactive 14 131
16 Team LogoLightning Eric Belanger C Inactive 80 123
17 Team LogoCapitals Toni Lydman D Inactive 72 114
18 Team LogoCanadiens Robert Esche G Inactive 121 99
19 Team LogoOilers Willie Mitchell D Inactive 180 92
20 Team LogoPanthers Jan Bulis C Inactive 23 85
21 Team LogoSharks Andreas Dackell RW Inactive 115 82
22 Team LogoRangers Marty Reasoner C Inactive 8 80
23 Team LogoPenguins Ruslan Salei D Inactive 14 74
24 NHL LogoPHX Oleg Kvasha C Inactive 41 74
25 Team LogoAvalanche Brett Clark D Inactive 129 64
26 Team LogoRed Wings Trevor Letowski RW Inactive 148 62
27 Team LogoSabres Arron Asham RW Inactive 44 61
28 Team LogoPenguins Colin White D Inactive 21 59
29 Team LogoIslanders Fernando Pisani RW Inactive 166 59
30 Team LogoKings Cory Sarich D Inactive 3 53
31 Team LogoBlackhawks Samuel Pahlsson C Inactive 145 53
32 Team LogoOilers Boyd Devereaux C Inactive 26 51
Team Draft SuccessPowered by CORE
Most successful Teams in the 1996 Draft according to the players they drafted, versus the players they could have drafted instead:
Team Career Impact Draft Capital Difference
Team LogoMaple Leafs 349 50 299
Team LogoIslanders 673 386 287
Team LogoPHX 486 252 234
Team LogoAvalanche 276 72 204
Team LogoCanadiens 317 121 196
Team LogoFlames 367 226 141
Team LogoDucks 332 234 98
Team LogoKings 192 95 97
Team LogoDevils 155 73 82
Team LogoFlyers 209 132 77
Team LogoLightning 164 123 41
Team LogoPanthers 126 89 37
Team LogoPenguins 166 133 33
Team LogoHFD 46 48 -2
Team LogoSenators 427 438 -11
Team LogoOilers 286 353 -67
Team LogoBlues 92 161 -69
Team LogoRed Wings 0 70 -70
Team LogoRangers 5 91 -86
Team LogoBlackhawks 0 95 -95
Team LogoStars 78 221 -143
Team LogoSharks 277 435 -158
Team LogoCanucks 3 166 -163
Team Logo 0 206 -206
Team LogoBruins 6 227 -221
Team LogoSabres 88 324 -236
Team LogoCapitals 100 399 -299