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Actual 1981 DraftPowered by CORE

Pick	Draft Team	Name	Pos	Current Team	Career Impact
9	Rangers	James Patrick	D	Inactive	394
30	Rangers	Jan Erixon	LW	Inactive	68
50	Rangers	Peter Sundstrom	LW	Inactive	50
51	Rangers	Mark Morrison	C	Inactive	0
72	Rangers	John Vanbiesbrouck	G	Inactive	440
114	Rangers	Eric Magnuson	C	Inactive
135	Rangers	Michael Guentzel	C	Inactive
156	Rangers	Ari Lahteenmaki	RW	Inactive
177	Rangers	Paul Reifenberger	C	Inactive
198	Rangers	Mario Proulx	G	Inactive

211 players drafted

1981 RedraftPowered by CORE

A redraft of the 1981 NHL Draft class according to each player's career impact so far:

Pick	Draft Team	Name	Pos	Current Team	Difference	Career Impact
9	Rangers	Bobby Carpenter	C	Inactive	6	310
30	Rangers	Rick Zombo	D	Inactive	119	66
50	Rangers	Rod Buskas	D	Inactive	62	19
51	Rangers	Normand Leveille	LW	Inactive	37	16
72	Rangers	Jean-Marc Gaulin	RW	Inactive	19	2
114	Rangers	Kevin Griffin	LW	Inactive	89
135	Rangers	Phil Drouillard	D	Inactive	43
156	Rangers	Peter Aslin	G	Inactive	31
177	Rangers	Johan Mellstrom	LW	Inactive	18
196	Penguins				7

Team Draft SuccessPowered by CORE

Most successful Teams in the 1981 Draft according to the players they drafted, versus the players they could have drafted instead:

Team	Career Impact	Draft Capital	Difference
Flames	1’692	206	1’486
Rangers	952	413	539
Canadiens	1’273	817	456
Red Wings	472	129	343
HFD	1’027	735	292
Oilers	736	463	273
Canucks	395	311	84
Penguins	162	93	69
QUE	310	301	9
	0	0	0
Blackhawks	294	357	-63
Islanders	85	156	-71
CLR	437	546	-109
Sabres	92	223	-131
Blues	16	170	-154
Flyers	26	277	-251
Bruins	39	291	-252
Capitals	516	883	-367
WIN	981	1’389	-408
Maple Leafs	100	516	-416
MNS	77	554	-477
Kings	133	985	-852

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