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1980 NHL Draft

Basil Mcrae in the 1980 NHL Draft

Quebec Nordiques selected Basil Mcrae 87th overall in the 1980 NHL Draft, with the 3rd pick of round 5.

It was the third of the 8 picks Quebec Nordiques made in the draft. Of the 210 players selected in 1980, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 576 games put him 35th in the class.

Overall pick
87
Round and pick
Round 5, pick 3
Drafting team
QUEQuebec Nordiques
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 84–90 in the 1980 draft

  1. 84Taras ZytynskyDPHI
  2. 85Ed CooperL49 GP · 15 PCLR
  3. 86Glen OstirDWIN
  4. 87Basil McraeL576 GP · 136 PQUE
  5. 88Mike CorriganRDET
  6. 89Timo BlomqvistD243 GP · 57 PWSH
  7. 90Walt PoddubnyL468 GP · 422 PEDM

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1980 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1980 class

87th
of 210 players selected
54th
of 121 forwards selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First off the board

  1. 1Doug WickenheiserC556 GP · 277 PMTL
  2. 2Dave BabychD1195 GP · 723 PWIN
  3. 3Denis SavardC1196 GP · 1338 PCHI
  4. 4Larry MurphyD1615 GP · 1217 PLAK
  5. 5Darren VeitchD511 GP · 257 PWSH
  6. 6Paul CoffeyD1409 GP · 1531 PEDM
  7. 7Rick LanzD569 GP · 286 PVAN
  8. 8Fred ArthurD80 GP · 9 PHFD
  9. 9Mike BullardC727 GP · 674 PPIT
  10. 10Jim FoxR578 GP · 479 PLAK

+ 200 more

The 1980 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Basil Mcrae made his NHL debut on December 12, 1981, 1 year and 184 days after the draft.

576
Games
53
Goals
83
Assists
136
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Quebec Nordiques picks in the 1980 draft

  1. 24Normand RochefortD598 GP · 158 PQUE
  2. 66Jay MillerL446 GP · 84 PQUE
  3. 87Basil McraeL576 GP · 136 PQUE
  4. 108Mark KumpelR288 GP · 84 PQUE
  5. 129Gaston TherrienD22 GP · 8 PQUE
  6. 150Michel BolducD10 GP · 0 PQUE
  7. 171Christian TanguayR2 GP · 0 PQUE
  8. 192William Jr. RobinsonDQUE