REVISITING 1990 NHL ENTRY DRAFT

Sometimes I find it interesting to go back and review old NHL Entry Drafts.  Tonight, I spent some time on 1990.  Here's a list of how the first round 'may' have unfolded if General Managers could look into their crystal ball.

What I have listed is the team that picked, who they could've picked, the actual position that player was picked in real life, and then the player who was actually chosen.

1-QUEBEC Martin Brodeur – 20  (Owen Nolan)

2-VANCOUVER Jaromir Jagr – 5 (Petr Nedved)

3-DETROIT Keith Tkachuk – 19 (Keith Primeau)

4-PHILADELPHIA Doug Weight  -  34 (Mike Ricci)

5-PITTSBURGH Sergei Zubov – 85 (Jaromir Jagr)

6-NYISLANDERS Owen Nolan – 1 (Scott Scissons)

7-LOS ANGELES Keith Primeau – 3 (Darryl Sydor)

8-MINNESOTA Slava Kozlov – 45 (Derian Hatcher)

9-WASHINGTON Petr Nedved – 2 (John Slaney)

10-TORONTO Alexei Zhamnov – 77 (Drake Berehowsky)

11-CALGARY Peter Bondra – 156 (Trevor Kidd)

12-MONTREAL Mike Ricci – 4 (Turner Stevenson)

13-NYRANGERS Derian Hatcher – 8 (Michael Stewart)

14-BUFFALO Robert Lang – 133 (Brad May)

15-HARTFORD Darryl Sydor – 7 (Mark Greig)

16-CHICAGO Bryan Smolinski – 21 (Karl Dykhuis)

17-EDMONTON Craig Conroy – 123 (Scott Allison)

18-VANCOUVER Geoff Sanderson – 36 (Shawn Antoski)

19-WINNIPEG Mike Dunham – 53 (Keith Tkachuk)

20-NEW JERSEY Mikael Renberg – 40 (Martin Brodeur)

21-BOSTON Ken Klee – 177 (Bryan Smolinski)

Other notables:  Trevor Kidd (11), Brad May (14), Jiri Slegr (23), Felix Potvin (31), Chris Therien (47), Chris Tamer (68), Richard Smehlik (97)