Draft
Actual 1997 DraftPowered by CORE
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
1 Team LogoBruins Joe Thornton C Inactive 711
2 Team LogoSharks Patrick Marleau C Inactive 549
3 Team LogoKings Olli Jokinen C Inactive 314
4 Team LogoIslanders Roberto Luongo G Inactive 732
5 Team LogoIslanders Eric Brewer D Inactive 91
6 Team LogoFlames Daniel Tkaczuk C Inactive 4
7 Team LogoLightning Paul Mara D Inactive 89
8 Team LogoBruins Sergei Samsonov LW Inactive 243
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10 Team LogoCanucks Brad Ference D Inactive 4
11 Team LogoCanadiens Jason Ward RW Inactive 23
12 Team LogoSenators Marian Hossa RW Inactive 601
13 Team LogoBlackhawks Daniel Cleary RW Inactive 133
14 Team LogoOilers Michel Riesen LW Inactive 0
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16 Team LogoBlackhawks Ty Jones RW Inactive 0
17 Team LogoPenguins Robert Dome LW Inactive 4
18 Team LogoDucks Michael Holmqvist C Inactive 10
19 Team LogoRangers Stefan Cherneski RW Inactive
20 Team LogoPanthers Mike Brown LW Inactive 0
21 Team LogoSabres Mika Noronen G Inactive 26
22 Team LogoHurricanes Nikos Tselios D Inactive 0
23 Team LogoSharks Scott Hannan D Inactive 82
24 Team LogoDevils Jean-Francois Damphousse G Inactive 0
25 Team LogoStars Brenden Morrow LW Inactive 241
26 Team LogoAvalanche Kevin Grimes D Inactive
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
27 Team LogoBruins Ben Clymer RW Inactive 38
28 Team LogoHurricanes Brad Defauw LW Inactive 1
29 Team LogoKings Scott Barney C Inactive 3
30 Team LogoFlyers Jean-Marc Pelletier G Inactive 0
31 Team LogoIslanders Jeff Zehr LW Inactive 0
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33 Team LogoLightning Kyle Kos D Inactive
34 Team LogoCanucks Ryan Bonni D Inactive 0
35 Team LogoCapitals Jean-Francois Fortin D Inactive 0
36 Team LogoCanucks Harold Druken C Inactive 22
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38 Team LogoDevils Stanislav Gron C Inactive 0
39 Team LogoBlackhawks Jeremy Reich C Inactive 1
40 Team LogoBlues Tyler Rennette C Inactive
41 Team LogoOilers Patrick Dovigi G Inactive
42 Team LogoFlames John Tripp RW Inactive 2
43 NHL LogoPHX Juha Gustafsson D Inactive
44 Team LogoPenguins Brian Gaffaney D Inactive
45 Team LogoDucks Maxim Balmochnykh LW Inactive 0
46 Team LogoRangers Wes Jarvis D Inactive
47 Team LogoPanthers Kristian Huselius LW Inactive 200
48 Team LogoSabres Henrik Tallinder D Inactive 55
49 Team LogoRed Wings Yuri Butsayev LW Inactive 4
50 Team LogoFlyers Pat Kavanagh RW Inactive 0
51 Team LogoFlames Dmitri Kokorev D Inactive
52 Team LogoStars Roman Lyashenko C Inactive 6
53 Team LogoAvalanche Graham Belak LW Inactive
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
54 Team LogoBruins Mattias Karlin C Inactive
55 Team LogoAvalanche Rick Berry D Inactive 3
56 Team LogoPanthers Vratislav Cech D Inactive
57 Team LogoMaple Leafs Jeff Farkas C Inactive 0
58 Team LogoSenators Jani Hurme G Inactive 47
59 Team LogoIslanders Jarrett Smith C Inactive
60 Team LogoFlames Derek Schutz C Inactive
61 Team LogoLightning Matt Elich RW Inactive 0
62 Team LogoFlyers Kris Mallette D Inactive
63 Team LogoBruins Lee Goren RW Inactive 2
64 Team LogoCanucks Kyle Freadrich LW Inactive 0
65 Team LogoCanadiens Ilkka Mikkola D Inactive
66 Team LogoSenators Josh Langfeld RW Inactive 7
67 Team LogoBlackhawks Mike Souza LW Inactive
68 Team LogoOilers Sergei Yerkovich D Inactive
69 Team LogoSabres Maxim Afinogenov RW Inactive 161
70 Team LogoFlames Erik Andersson RW Inactive 1
71 Team LogoPenguins Josef Melichar D Inactive 12
72 Team LogoDucks Jay Legault LW Inactive
73 Team LogoRangers Burke Henry D Inactive 0
74 Team LogoPanthers Nick Smith C Inactive 0
75 Team LogoSabres Jeff Martin C Inactive
76 Team LogoRed Wings Petr Sykora C Inactive 1
77 Team LogoStars Steve Gainey LW Inactive 0
78 Team LogoAvalanche Ville Nieminen LW Inactive 35
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80 Team LogoHurricanes Francis Lessard RW Inactive 0
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
81 Team LogoBruins Karol Bartanus RW Inactive
82 Team LogoSharks Adam Colagiacomo RW Inactive
83 Team LogoKings Joe Corvo D Inactive 170
84 Team LogoMaple Leafs Adam Mair C Inactive 28
85 Team LogoIslanders Petr Mika RW Inactive 0
86 Team LogoBlues Didier Tremblay D Inactive
87 Team LogoAvalanche Brad Larsen LW Inactive 11
88 Team LogoHurricanes Shane Willis RW Inactive 25
89 Team LogoCapitals Curtis Cruickshank G Inactive
90 Team LogoCanucks Chris Stanley C Inactive
91 Team LogoCanadiens Daniel Tetrault D Inactive
92 Team LogoFlames Chris St. Croix D Inactive
93 Team LogoRangers Tomi Kallarsson D Inactive
94 Team LogoOilers Jonas Elofsson D Inactive
95 Team LogoPanthers Ivan Novoseltsev RW Inactive 23
96 NHL LogoPHX Scott McCallum D Inactive
97 Team LogoPenguins Alexandre Mathieu C Inactive
98 Team LogoBlues Jan Horacek D Inactive
99 Team LogoKings Sean Blanchard D Inactive
100 Team LogoFlames Ryan Ready LW Inactive 0
101 Team LogoSabres Luc Theoret D Inactive
102 Team LogoRed Wings Quintin Laing LW Inactive 2
103 Team LogoFlyers Mikhail Chernov D Inactive
104 Team LogoDevils Lucas Nehrling D Inactive
105 Team LogoStars Marc Kristoffersson LW Inactive
106 Team LogoBlues Jame Pollock D Inactive 0
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
107 Team LogoSharks Adam Nittel RW Inactive
108 Team LogoLightning Mark Thompson D Inactive
109 Team LogoLightning Jan Sulc C Inactive
110 Team LogoBlackhawks Benjamin Simon LW Inactive 1
111 Team LogoMaple Leafs Frantisek Mrazek C Inactive
112 Team LogoLightning Karel Betik D Inactive 0
113 Team LogoFlames Martin Moise LW Inactive
114 Team LogoCanucks David Darguzas LW Inactive
115 Team LogoIslanders Adam Edinger C Inactive
116 Team LogoCapitals Kevin Caulfield RW Inactive
117 Team LogoCanucks Matt Cockell G Inactive
118 Team LogoCanadiens Konstantin Sidulov D Inactive
119 Team LogoSenators Magnus Arvedson LW Inactive 87
120 Team LogoBlackhawks Peter Gardiner RW Inactive
121 Team LogoOilers Jason Chimera LW Inactive 139
122 Team LogoCanadiens Gennady Razin D Inactive
123 NHL LogoPHX Curtis Suter D Inactive
124 Team LogoPenguins Harlan Pratt D Inactive
125 Team LogoDucks Luc Vaillancourt G Inactive
126 Team LogoRangers Jason McLean G Inactive
127 Team LogoPanthers Pat Parthenais D Inactive
128 Team LogoSabres Torrey Diroberto C Inactive
129 Team LogoRed Wings John Wikstrom D Inactive
130 Team LogoBlackhawks Kyle Calder LW Inactive 107
131 Team LogoDevils Jiri Bicek RW Inactive 3
132 Team LogoStars Teemo Elomo LW Inactive
133 Team LogoAvalanche Aaron Miskovich C Inactive
134 Team LogoRangers Johan Lindbom LW Inactive 0
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
135 Team LogoBruins Denis Timofeev D Inactive
136 Team LogoRangers Mike York LW Inactive 125
137 Team LogoKings Richard Seeley D Inactive
138 Team LogoMaple Leafs Eric Gooldy LW Inactive
139 Team LogoIslanders Bobby Leavins LW Inactive
140 Team LogoFlames Ilja Demidov D Inactive
141 Team LogoOilers Peter Sarno C Inactive 0
142 Team LogoHurricanes Kyle Dafoe D Inactive
143 Team LogoCapitals Henrik Petre D Inactive
144 Team LogoCanucks Matt Cooke LW Inactive 132
145 Team LogoCanadiens Jonathan Desroches D Inactive
146 Team LogoSenators Jeff Sullivan D Inactive
147 Team LogoBlackhawks Heath Gordon LW Inactive
148 Team LogoCanucks Larry Shapley D Inactive
149 Team LogoBlues Nicholas Bilotto D Inactive
150 Team LogoKings Jeff Katcher D Inactive
151 NHL LogoPHX Robert Francz LW Inactive
152 Team LogoPenguins Petr Havelka LW Inactive
153 Team LogoLightning Andrei Skopintsev D Inactive 0
154 Team LogoRangers Shawn Degagne G Inactive
155 Team LogoPanthers Keith Delaney C Inactive
156 Team LogoSabres Brian Campbell D Inactive 294
157 Team LogoRed Wings B.J. Young RW Inactive 0
158 Team LogoFlyers Jordon Flodell D Inactive
159 Team LogoDevils Sascha Goc D Inactive 0
160 Team LogoStars Alexei Timkin LW Inactive
161 Team LogoAvalanche David Aebischer G Inactive 142
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
162 Team LogoBruins Joel Trottier RW Inactive
163 Team LogoSharks Joe Dusbabek RW Inactive
164 Team LogoFlyers Todd Fedoruk LW Inactive 23
165 Team LogoMaple Leafs Hugo Marchand D Inactive
166 Team LogoIslanders Kris Knoblauch LW Inactive
167 Team LogoFlames Jeremy Rondeau LW Inactive
168 Team LogoLightning Justin Jack RW Inactive
169 Team LogoHurricanes Andrew Merrick C Inactive
170 Team LogoLightning Eero Somervuori RW Inactive
171 Team LogoCanucks Rod Leroux D Inactive
172 Team LogoCanadiens Ben Guite RW Inactive 12
173 Team LogoSenators Robin Bacul RW Inactive
174 Team LogoBlackhawks Jerad Smith D Inactive
175 Team LogoRangers Johan Holmqvist G Inactive 49
176 Team LogoOilers Kevin Bolibruck D Inactive
177 Team LogoBlues Ladislav Nagy LW Inactive 135
178 Team LogoDucks Tony Mohagen LW Inactive
179 Team LogoPenguins Mark Moore D Inactive
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181 Team LogoDucks Mat Snesrud D Inactive
182 Team LogoRangers Mike Mottau D Inactive 18
183 Team LogoPanthers Tyler Palmer D Inactive
184 Team LogoSabres Jeremy Adduono RW Inactive
185 Team LogoLightning Samuel St. Pierre RW Inactive
186 Team LogoRed Wings Mike Laceby C Inactive
187 Team LogoOilers Chad Hinz C Inactive
188 Team LogoDevils Mathieu Benoit RW Inactive
189 Team LogoStars Jeff McKercher D Inactive
190 Team LogoMaple Leafs Shawn Thornton LW Inactive 24
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
191 Team LogoBruins Antti Laaksonen LW Inactive 56
192 Team LogoSharks Cam Severson LW Inactive 0
193 Team LogoKings Jay Kopischke LW Inactive
194 Team LogoMaple Leafs Russ Bartlett C Inactive
195 Team LogoHurricanes Niklas Nordgren LW Inactive 1
196 Team LogoIslanders Jeremy Symington G Inactive
197 Team LogoCanadiens Petr Kubos D Inactive
198 Team LogoLightning Shawn Skolney D Inactive
199 Team LogoHurricanes Randy Fitzgerald LW Inactive
200 Team LogoCapitals Pierre-Luc Therrien G Inactive
201 Team LogoCanucks Denis Martynyuk LW Inactive
202 Team LogoCanadiens Andrei Sidyakin RW Inactive
203 Team LogoSenators Nick Gillis RW Inactive
204 Team LogoBlackhawks Sergei Shikhanov RW Inactive
205 Team LogoOilers Chris Kerr D Inactive
206 Team LogoBlues Bobby Haglund LW Inactive
207 NHL LogoPHX Alex Andreyev D Inactive
208 Team LogoPenguins Andrew Ference D Inactive 83
209 Team LogoDucks Rene Stussi C Inactive
210 Team LogoRangers Andrew Proskurnicki LW Inactive
211 Team LogoPanthers Doug Schueller D Inactive
212 Team LogoSabres Kamil Piros RW Inactive 2
213 Team LogoRed Wings Steve Wilejto C Inactive
214 Team LogoFlyers Marko Kauppinen D Inactive
215 Team LogoDevils Scott Clemmensen G Inactive 79
216 Team LogoStars Alexei Komarov D Inactive
217 Team LogoAvalanche Doug Schmidt D Inactive
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
218 Team LogoBruins Eric Van Acker D Inactive
219 Team LogoSharks Mark Smith C Inactive 17
220 Team LogoKings Konrad Brand D Inactive
221 Team LogoMaple Leafs Jonathan Hedstrom RW Inactive 8
222 Team LogoIslanders Ryan Clark D Inactive
223 Team LogoFlames Dustin Paul RW Inactive
224 Team LogoLightning Paul Comrie C Inactive 0
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226 Team LogoCapitals Matt Oikawa RW Inactive
227 Team LogoCanucks Peter Brady G Inactive
228 Team LogoCanadiens Jarl-Espen Ygranes D Inactive
229 Team LogoSenators Karel Rachunek D Inactive 82
230 Team LogoBlackhawks Chris Feil D Inactive
231 Team LogoOilers Alexandre Fomitchev G Inactive
232 Team LogoBlues Dmitri Plekhanov D Inactive
233 NHL LogoPHX Wyatt Smith C Inactive 7
234 Team LogoPenguins Eric Lind D Inactive
235 Team LogoDucks Tommi Degerman C Inactive
236 Team LogoRangers Richard Miller D Inactive
237 Team LogoPanthers Benoit Cote C Inactive
238 Team LogoSabres Dylan Kemp D Inactive
239 Team LogoRed Wings Greg Willers D Inactive
240 Team LogoFlyers Par Styf D Inactive
241 Team LogoDevils Jan Srdinko D Inactive
242 Team LogoStars Brett McLean C Inactive 53
243 Team LogoAvalanche Kyle Kidney LW Inactive
244 Team LogoBlues Marek Ivan LW Inactive
245 Team LogoAvalanche Stephen Lafleur D Inactive
246 Team LogoBruins Jay Henderson LW Inactive 0
246 players drafted
1997 RedraftPowered by CORE
A redraft of the 1997 NHL Draft class according to each player's career impact so far:
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Difference Career Impact
1 Team LogoBruins Roberto Luongo G Inactive 3 732
2 Team LogoSharks Joe Thornton C Inactive 1 711
3 Team LogoKings Marian Hossa RW Inactive 9 601
4 Team LogoIslanders Patrick Marleau C Inactive 2 549
5 Team LogoIslanders Olli Jokinen C Inactive 2 314
6 Team LogoFlames Brian Campbell D Inactive 150 294
7 Team LogoLightning Sergei Samsonov LW Inactive 1 243
8 Team LogoBruins Brenden Morrow LW Inactive 17 241
9 NHL Logo Kristian Huselius LW Inactive 38 200
10 Team LogoCanucks Joe Corvo D Inactive 73 170
11 Team LogoCanadiens Maxim Afinogenov RW Inactive 58 161
12 Team LogoSenators David Aebischer G Inactive 149 142
13 Team LogoBlackhawks Jason Chimera LW Inactive 108 139
14 Team LogoOilers Ladislav Nagy LW Inactive 163 135
15 NHL Logo Daniel Cleary RW Inactive 2 133
16 Team LogoBlackhawks Matt Cooke LW Inactive 128 132
17 Team LogoPenguins Mike York LW Inactive 119 125
18 Team LogoDucks Kyle Calder LW Inactive 112 107
19 Team LogoRangers Eric Brewer D Inactive 14 91
20 Team LogoPanthers Paul Mara D Inactive 13 89
21 Team LogoSabres Magnus Arvedson LW Inactive 98 87
22 Team LogoHurricanes Andrew Ference D Inactive 186 83
23 Team LogoSharks Scott Hannan D Inactive 82
24 Team LogoDevils Karel Rachunek D Inactive 205 82
25 Team LogoStars Scott Clemmensen G Inactive 190 79
26 Team LogoAvalanche Antti Laaksonen LW Inactive 165 56
27 Team LogoBruins Henrik Tallinder D Inactive 21 55
28 Team LogoHurricanes Brett McLean C Inactive 214 53
29 Team LogoKings Johan Holmqvist G Inactive 146 49
30 Team LogoFlyers Jani Hurme G Inactive 28 47
31 Team LogoIslanders Ben Clymer RW Inactive 4 38
32 NHL Logo Ville Nieminen LW Inactive 46 35
Team Draft SuccessPowered by CORE
Most successful Teams in the 1997 Draft according to the players they drafted, versus the players they could have drafted instead:
Team Career Impact Draft Capital Difference
Team LogoSenators 824 145 679
Team LogoSabres 538 94 444
Team LogoStars 300 83 217
Team LogoAvalanche 191 63 128
Team LogoPanthers 223 100 123
Team LogoBlues 135 22 113
Team LogoRangers 192 101 91
Team LogoMaple Leafs 60 3 57
Team LogoBruins 1’050 1’033 17
Team LogoRed Wings 7 7 0
Team LogoPHX 7 12 -5
Team LogoOilers 139 153 -14
Team LogoDevils 82 105 -23
Team LogoCapitals 0 25 -25
Team LogoFlyers 23 54 -31
Team LogoPenguins 99 137 -38
Team LogoBlackhawks 242 295 -53
Team LogoCanucks 158 221 -63
Team LogoIslanders 823 903 -80
Team LogoDucks 10 118 -108
Team LogoHurricanes 27 136 -109
Team LogoCanadiens 35 162 -127
Team LogoSharks 648 793 -145
Team LogoKings 487 650 -163
Team LogoLightning 89 273 -184
Team LogoFlames 7 317 -310
Team Logo 0 391 -391