1998 NHL Draft
Chris Bala in the 1998 NHL Draft
Ottawa Senators selected Chris Bala 58th overall in the 1998 NHL Draft, with the 31st pick of round 2.
It was the third of the 10 picks Ottawa Senators made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 6 games put him 119th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 58
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 31
- Drafting team
- OTTOttawa Senators
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 55–61 in the 1998 draft
- 55Ryan BarnesL2 GP · 0 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 56Tomek ValtonenRDETDetroit Red Wings
- 57Tyler BouckL91 GP · 12 PDALDallas Stars
- 58Chris BalaL6 GP · 1 POTTOttawa Senators
- 59Todd HornungCWSHWashington Capitals
- 60Denis ArkhipovC352 GP · 138 PNSHNashville Predators
- 61Joe DipentaD174 GP · 23 PFLAFlorida Panthers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1998 class
58th
of 258 players selected
35th
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
Chris Bala made his NHL debut on March 27, 2002, 3 years and 273 days after the draft.
6
Games
0
Goals
1
Assists
1
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Ottawa Senators picks in the 1998 draft
- 15Mathieu ChouinardG1 GP · 0 WOTTOttawa Senators
- 44Mike FisherC1104 GP · 589 POTTOttawa Senators
- 58Chris BalaL6 GP · 1 POTTOttawa Senators
- 74Julien VauclairD1 GP · 0 POTTOttawa Senators
- 101Petr SchastlivyL129 GP · 40 POTTOttawa Senators
- 130Gavin McLeodDOTTOttawa Senators
- 161Chris NeilR1026 GP · 250 POTTOttawa Senators
- 188Michel PeriardDOTTOttawa Senators
- 223Sergey VerenikinROTTOttawa Senators
- 246Rastislav PavlikovskyCOTTOttawa Senators