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1987 NHL Draft

Brendan Shanahan in the 1987 NHL Draft

New Jersey Devils selected Brendan Shanahan 2nd overall in the 1987 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 10 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1987, 90 have played in the NHL regular season. None of them has played more games than his 1524, and only one has scored more points than his 1354.

Overall pick
2
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 2
Drafting team
NJDNew Jersey Devils
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 1–5 in the 1987 draft

  1. 1Pierre TurgeonC1294 GP · 1327 PBUF
  2. 2Brendan ShanahanL1524 GP · 1354 PNJD
  3. 3Glen WesleyD1457 GP · 537 PBOS
  4. 4Wayne McbeanD211 GP · 49 PLAK
  5. 5Chris JosephD510 GP · 151 PPIT

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1987 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1987 class

2nd
of 252 players selected
2nd
of 133 forwards selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Pierre TurgeonC1294 GP · 1327 PBUF
  2. 2Brendan ShanahanL1524 GP · 1354 PNJD
  3. 3Glen WesleyD1457 GP · 537 PBOS
  4. 4Wayne McbeanD211 GP · 49 PLAK
  5. 5Chris JosephD510 GP · 151 PPIT
  6. 6Dave ArchibaldC323 GP · 124 PMNS
  7. 7Luke RichardsonD1417 GP · 201 PTOR
  8. 8Jimmy WaiteG106 GP · 28 WCHI
  9. 9Bryan FogartyD156 GP · 74 PQUE
  10. 10Jayson MoreD406 GP · 72 PNYR

+ 242 more

The 1987 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Brendan Shanahan made his NHL debut on October 9, 1987, 118 days after the draft.

1524
Games
656
Goals
698
Assists
1354
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

New Jersey Devils picks in the 1987 draft

  1. 2Brendan ShanahanL1524 GP · 1354 PNJD
  2. 23Ricard PerssonD229 GP · 54 PNJD
  3. 65Brian SullivanR2 GP · 1 PNJD
  4. 86Kevin DeanD331 GP · 55 PNJD
  5. 107Ben HankinsonR43 GP · 6 PNJD
  6. 128Thomas NeziolLNJD
  7. 149Jim DowdC728 GP · 239 PNJD
  8. 170John BlessmanDNJD
  9. 191Peter FryGNJD
  10. 212Alain CharlandCNJD