1998 NHL Draft
Blair Betts in the 1998 NHL Draft
Calgary Flames selected Blair Betts 33rd overall in the 1998 NHL Draft, with the 6th pick of round 2.
It was the second of the 9 picks Calgary Flames made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 477 games put him 38th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 33
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 6
- Drafting team
- CGYCalgary Flames
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 30–36 in the 1998 draft
- 30Kyle RossiterD11 GP · 1 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 31Artem ChubarovC228 GP · 58 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 32Stephen PeatR130 GP · 10 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 33Blair BettsC477 GP · 78 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 34Andrew PetersL229 GP · 7 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 35Petr SvobodaD18 GP · 3 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 36Chris NielsenR52 GP · 14 PNYINew York Islanders
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1998 class
33rd
of 258 players selected
20th
of 156 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Vincent LecavalierC1212 GP · 949 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 2David LegwandC1136 GP · 618 PNSHNashville Predators
- 3Brad StuartD1056 GP · 335 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 4Bryan AllenD721 GP · 136 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 5Vitaly VishnevskiD552 GP · 68 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 6Rico FataL230 GP · 63 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 7Manny MalhotraC991 GP · 295 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 8Mark BellC450 GP · 182 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 9Mike RuppL610 GP · 99 PNYINew York Islanders
- 10Nik AntropovC788 GP · 465 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
+ 248 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Blair Betts made his NHL debut on April 4, 2002, 3 years and 281 days after the draft.
477
Games
41
Goals
37
Assists
78
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Calgary Flames picks in the 1998 draft
- 6Rico FataL230 GP · 63 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 33Blair BettsC477 GP · 78 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 62Paul ManningD8 GP · 0 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 102Shaun SutterCCGYCalgary Flames
- 108Dany SabourinG57 GP · 18 WCGYCalgary Flames
- 120Brent GauvreauRCGYCalgary Flames
- 192Radek DudaRCGYCalgary Flames
- 206Jonas FrögrenD41 GP · 7 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 234Kevin MitchellDCGYCalgary Flames