1992 NHL Draft
Dean Melanson in the 1992 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres selected Dean Melanson 80th overall in the 1992 NHL Draft, with the 8th pick of round 4.
It was the fourth of the 12 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 264 players selected in 1992, 125 have played in the NHL regular season. His 9 games put him 107th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 80
- Round and pick
- Round 4, pick 8
- Drafting team
- BUFBuffalo Sabres
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 77–83 in the 1992 draft
- 77Nikolai BorschevskyR162 GP · 122 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 78Robert SvehlaD655 GP · 335 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 79Kevin SmythL58 GP · 14 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 80Dean MelansonD9 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 81Jason McBainD9 GP · 0 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 82Louis BernardDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 83Matthew BarnabyR834 GP · 300 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1992 class
80th
of 264 players selected
26th
of 86 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Roman HamrlikD1395 GP · 638 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 2Alexei YashinC850 GP · 781 POTTOttawa Senators
- 3Mike RathjeD768 GP · 180 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 4Todd WarrinerL453 GP · 154 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 5Darius KasparaitisD863 GP · 163 PNYINew York Islanders
- 6Cory StillmanL1025 GP · 727 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 7Ryan SittlerLPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 8Brandon ConveryC72 GP · 28 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 9Robert PetrovickyC208 GP · 65 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 10Andrei NazarovL571 GP · 124 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
+ 254 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Dean Melanson made his NHL debut on February 19, 1995, 2 years and 244 days after the draft.
9
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Buffalo Sabres picks in the 1992 draft
- 11David CooperD30 GP · 10 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 35Jozef CiernyL1 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 59Ondrej SteinerCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 80Dean MelansonD9 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 83Matthew BarnabyR834 GP · 300 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 107Markus KettererGNo NHL gamesBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 108Yuri KhmylevL263 GP · 152 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 131Paul RushforthCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 179Dean TiltgenCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 203Todd SimonC15 GP · 1 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 227Rick KowalskiRBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 251Chris ClancyLBUFBuffalo Sabres