1998 NHL Entry Draft
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| date | June 27, 1998 | ||
| place | Buffalo , New York , USA | ||
| Round | 9 | ||
| Selected players | 258 | ||
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| 1st position |
 Vincent Lecavalier Elected By: Tampa Bay Lightning |
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| 2nd position |
 David Legwand Elected By: Nashville Predators |
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| 3rd position |
Brad Stuart Elected By: San Jose Sharks |
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NHL Entry Draft
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The 1998 NHL Entry Draft took place on June 27, 1998 at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo , New York . In the 36th edition of the NHL Entry Draft , the teams of the National Hockey League (NHL) selected a total of 258 players in nine rounds. The Canadian center Vincent Lecavalier of the Tampa Bay Lightning was selected as the first overall draft pick . David Legwand for the Nashville Predators and Brad Stuart for the San Jose Sharks followed in second and third place .
In contrast to the previous year , the Entry Draft 1998 was characterized by the fact that a number of well-known players were selected relatively late, including Shawn Horcoff , Jaroslav Špaček , Andrew Raycroft , Mikael Samuelsson , Chris Neil , Andrei Markow , Pawel Dazjuk and Michael Ryder beyond the third round. Other notable actors in the upper third include Alex Tanguay , Robyn Regehr , Simon Gagné , Scott Gomez , Jonathan Cheechoo , Mike Fisher , Mike Ribeiro , Brad Richards and Brian Gionta . No player of this age group has been considered in the Hockey Hall of Fame . In addition, the 258 picks included 15 additional voting rights that were given to teams under the Collective Bargaining Agreement who had lost certain players through the Free Agency in the summer of 1997 or who could not agree on a contract with previous first-round draft picks.
Draft order
lottery
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The modalities of the 1995 draft lottery had to be changed because the Nashville Predators were newly admitted to the league. The Predators got the same chance with 18.5% as the second worst team of the past 1997/98 season and voted in second position in all further rounds. The chances of all other teams that had missed the playoffs were therefore slightly reduced. The lottery was subsequently won by the Florida Panthers , whose pick, however, was already owned by the San Jose Sharks at that time . In an earlier swap deal with the Sharks, the Tampa Bay Lightning had explicitly given the opportunity to swap the first-round voting rights of both teams. They used this option after the lost lottery, so that as the worst team of the preseason they now had the first right to vote. The rest of the draft order corresponded to the reversed final table of the past season, unaffected by success in the playoffs.
Transfer of first-round voting rights
| Pick | date | From | To | Modalities |
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| 1 | November 13, 1997 | Florida panthers | San Jose Sharks | The Panthers sent Dave Lowry and the first-round suffrage to San Jose and received Wiktor Koslow and a conditional five-round suffrage in this draft. |
| 1/2 | March 24, 1998 |
San Jose Sharks (swap) |
Tampa Bay Lightning (Swap) |
The Sharks sent Andrei Nasarow to Tampa and received Bryan Marchment and David Shaw in return . Furthermore, it was explicitly included in the transfer that the Lightning received the right to swap the first-round voting rights of both teams. They use this option after the draft lottery, so option 1 and 2 were swapped. |
| 2/3 | June 27, 1998 |
San Jose Sharks (swap) |
Nashville Predators (Swap) |
The Sharks sent their first round suffrage (2nd position) and a third round suffrage for this draft to Nashville and received the Predators' first round suffrage (3rd position) and a second round suffrage for this draft. |
| 8/10 | June 27, 1998 |
Toronto Maple Leafs (Swap) |
Chicago Blackhawks (swap) |
The Maple Leafs sent their first-round suffrage (8th position) and a fourth-round suffrage for this draft to Chicago and received the Blackhawks' first-round suffrage (10th position) as well as a third-round and a five-round vote for this draft. |
| 12 | November 20, 1997 | San Jose Sharks | Colorado Avalanche | The Sharks sent Shean Donovan and their first-round suffrage to Colorado and received Mike Ricci and a second-round suffrage for this draft. |
| 17/21 | June 20, 1996 |
Los Angeles Kings (Swap) |
Colorado Avalanche (Exchange) |
The Kings sent Stéphane Fiset and their first-round suffrage to Colorado and received Éric Lacroix and a first-round suffrage. At the time of the transfer, the positions had not yet been determined. |
| 22nd | August 20, 1997 | Philadelphia Flyers | Tampa Bay Lightning | The Flyers took Chris Gratton by means of an offer sheet as a restricted free agent of the Lightning under contract and therefore had to give up four first-round voting rights (1998-2001) as compensation. However, Tampa sent these four voting rights straight back to Philadelphia in exchange for Mikael Renberg and Karl Dykhuis . |
| 27 | June 27, 1998 | Dallas Stars | New Jersey Devils | The stars sent their first-round voting rights to New Jersey and received two second-round voting rights for this draft. |
Draft result
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Table of Contents Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | Round 8 | Round 9 |
Abbreviations:
position with C = center , LW = left wing , RW = right wing , D = defender , G = goalkeeper
Round 1
round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
statistics
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review
All players in this draft year have finished their NHL careers. The tables show the five best players in the categories of games, goals, assists and scorer points, as well as the five goalkeepers with the most wins in the NHL. In addition, 132 of the 258 selected players (approx. 51%) have played at least one NHL game.
Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , Pkt = scorer points , S = wins; Fat: best value
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Web links
- NHL Entry Draft 1998 on eliteprospects.com (English)
- NHL Entry Draft 1998 at hockeydb.com (English)
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