Season 17 Entry Draft (NHL '97)

Round 1

1. Predators - Joe Thornton - Sudbury
2. Flyers - Roberto Luongo - Laval
3. Oilers - Marian Hossa - Czech
4. Senators - Patrick Marleau - Brandon
5. Lightning - Sergei Samsonov - Russia
6. Whalers - Olli Jokinen - Finland
7. NorthStars (from Blackhawks) - Brian Campbell - Kingston
8. Canucks (from Avalanche) - Brenden Morrow - Brandon
9. Blackhawks (from Canadiens) - Joe Corvo - Michigan
10. MapleLeafs (from Canucks) - Kristian Huselius - Sweden
11. Penguins - Scott Hannan - Kamloops
12. RedWings - Paul Mara - Wisconsin
13. Capitals - Eric Brewer - Kamloops
14. Blues (from Jets) - Matt Cooke - Kingston
15. Sabres - Andrew Ference - Red Deer
16. Maple Leafs (from Knights) - Maxim Afinogenov - Russia
17. Rangers - Henrik Tallinder - Sweden
18. Bruins - Jason Chimera - Brandon
19. Oilers (from Islanders) - Ladislav Nagy - Czech
20. Blackhawks (from Blues) - Dan Cleary - Oshawa
21. Penguins (from Flames) - Magnus Arvedson - Sweden
22. Nordiques - David Aebischer - Sweden
23. Sabres (from Kings) - Nick Boynton - Oshawa
24. Canucks (from NorthStars) - Johan Holmqvist - Sweden
25. Blackhawks (from MapleLeafs) - Jiri Bicek - Czech
26. Penguins (from Devils) - Shawn Thornton - Oshawa

Round 2

27. Senators - Ladislav Benysek - Czech
28. Lightning - Kyle Calder - Kamloops
29. Predators - Mike Mottau - Boston College
30. Oilers - Robert Dome - Czech
31. Whalers - Mike York - Michigan
32. Flyers - Josef Melichar - Czech
33. Blackhawks - Antti Laaksonen - Finland
34. Oilers (from Avalanche) - Ivan Novoseltsev - Russia
35. Canadiens - Daniel Tkaczuk - Oshawa
36. Oilers (from Canucks) - Stanislav Gron - Czech
37. Predators (from Penguins) - Hnat Domenichelli - Kamloops
38. RedWings - Ben Clymer - North Dakota
39. Capitals - Todd Fedoruk - Red Deer
40. Canadiens (from Jets) - Ville Nieminen - Finland
41. Sabres - Thom Cullen - Wisconsin
42. Blues (from Knights) - Antti-Jussi Niemi - Finland
43. Rangers - Antti Tormanen - Finland
44. Bruins - Karel Rachunek - Czech
45. Islanders - Harold Druken - Michigan
46. Oilers (from Blues) - Ben Simon - Boston College
47. Jets (from Flames) - Wade Belak - Brandon
48. Nordiques - Len Barrie - Kamloops
49. Sabres (from Kings) - Craig Mills - Kingston
50. Knights (from NorthStars) - Robert Schnabel - Czech
51. Blackhawks (from MapleLeafs) - Jason Ward - Kingston
52. Devils - Vlastimil Kroupa - Czech

Round 3

53. Senators - Ben Guite - Boston College
54. Lightning - Mark Smith - Sudbury
55. Predators - Tomi Hirvonen - Finland
56. Oilers - Michael Holmqvist - Sweden
57. Whalers - Peter Sarno - Sudbury
58. Flyers - Jean-Francois Fortin - Laval
59. Blackhawks - Johan Lindbom - Sweden
60. Avalanche - Rick Berry - Brandon
61. Canadiens - Roman Lyashenko - Russia
62. MapleLeafs (from Canucks) - Adam Mair - Oshawa
63. Penguins - Scott Barney - Sudbury
64. RedWings - Johan Forsander - Sweden
65. Capitals - Viktor Gordiouk - North Dakota
66. Canadiens (from Jets) - Sasha Goc - Finland
67. Sabres - D.J. Smith - Oshawa
68. Avalanche (from Knights) - Yuri Butsayev - Russia
69. Rangers - Radovan Somik - Czech
70. Bruins - B.J. Young - North Dakota
71. Blues (from Islanders) - Peter Ahola - Finland
72. Blues - Kaj Linna - Finland
73. Flames - Jeff Farkas - Boston College
74. Nordiques - Antti Aalto - Finland
75. Sabres (from Kings) - John Grahame - North Dakota
76. NorthStars - Gordie Dwyer - Rimouski
77. NorthStars (from MapleLeafs) - Johnathan Aitken - Red Deer
78. Rangers (from Devils) - Per Gustafsson - Sweden