Draft
Actual 1979 DraftPowered by CORE
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Career Impact
16 Team LogoKings Jay Wells D Inactive 94
29 Team LogoKings Dean Hopkins RW Inactive 21
30 Team LogoKings Mark Hardy D Inactive 156
50 Team LogoKings John Paul Kelly LW Inactive 38
71 Team LogoKings John Gibson C Inactive 0
92 Team LogoKings Jim Brown D Inactive 0
113 Team LogoKings Jay McFarlane D Inactive
126 players drafted
1979 RedraftPowered by CORE
A redraft of the 1979 NHL Draft class according to each player's career impact so far:
Pick Draft Team Name Pos Current Team Difference Career Impact
16 Team LogoKings Mats Naslund LW Inactive 21 342
29 Team LogoKings Dirk Graham RW Inactive 60 212
30 Team LogoKings Tom McCarthy LW Inactive 20 208
50 Team LogoKings Ray Allison RW Inactive 32 67
71 Team LogoKings Paul Marshall LW Inactive 40 10
92 Team LogoKings Pat Daley LW Inactive 10 0
113 Team LogoKings Daniel Makuch RW Inactive 16
Team Draft SuccessPowered by CORE
Most successful Teams in the 1979 Draft according to the players they drafted, versus the players they could have drafted instead:
Team Career Impact Draft Capital Difference
Team LogoOilers 1’957 355 1’602
Team LogoBruins 2’509 996 1’513
Team LogoQUE 1’661 414 1’247
Team LogoWIN 840 422 418
Team LogoCanadiens 961 627 334
Team LogoCanucks 948 940 8
Team LogoSabres 687 717 -30
Team LogoCapitals 846 963 -117
Team LogoFlyers 697 817 -120
Team LogoRed Wings 826 975 -149
Team LogoHFD 247 441 -194
Team LogoMNS 922 1’125 -203
Team LogoBlackhawks 551 754 -203
Team LogoAFM 659 873 -214
Team LogoIslanders 511 730 -219
Team LogoPenguins 16 278 -262
Team LogoMaple Leafs 257 528 -271
Team LogoRangers 188 546 -358
Team LogoKings 309 839 -530
Team LogoBlues 266 1’078 -812
Team LogoCLR 269 1’709 -1’440