1998 NHL Draft
Andrei Bashkirov in the 1998 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Andrei Bashkirov 132nd overall in the 1998 NHL Draft, with the 18th pick of round 5.
He was the ninth of the 21 Russians selected that year. It was the fourth of the 10 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 30 games put him 100th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 132
- Round and pick
- Round 5, pick 18
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 28 years
The picks around it
Picks 129–135 in the 1998 draft
- 129Robert SchnabelD22 GP · 3 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 130Gavin McLeodDOTTOttawa Senators
- 131Tomas KloucekD141 GP · 10 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 132Andrei BashkirovL30 GP · 3 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 133Joe RullierDLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 134Rob ScuderiD783 GP · 110 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 135Andrew RaycroftG280 GP · 113 WBOSBoston Bruins
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1998 class
9th
of 21 Russians selected
79th
of 156 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 18Dmitri KalininD539 GP · 162 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 31Artem ChubarovC228 GP · 58 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 54Alexander ZevakhinRPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 60Denis ArkhipovC352 GP · 138 PNSHNashville Predators
- 72Dimitri AfanasenkovL227 GP · 54 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 76Alexey VolkovGNo NHL gamesLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 101Petr SchastlivyL129 GP · 40 POTTOttawa Senators
- 119Anton ButLNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 132Andrei BashkirovL30 GP · 3 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 144Oleg SmirnovLEDMEdmonton Oilers
+ 11 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Andrei Bashkirov made his NHL debut on November 21, 1998, 147 days after the draft.
30
Games
0
Goals
3
Assists
3
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 1998 draft
- 16Eric ChouinardC90 GP · 22 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 45Mike RibeiroC1074 GP · 793 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 75Francois BeaucheminD903 GP · 288 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 132Andrei BashkirovL30 GP · 3 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 152Gordie DwyerL108 GP · 5 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 162Andrei MarkovD990 GP · 572 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 189Andrei KruchininDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 201Craig MurrayCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 216Michael RyderR806 GP · 484 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 247Darcy HarrisRMTLMontréal Canadiens