1998 NHL Draft
Eric Beaudoin in the 1998 NHL Draft
Tampa Bay Lightning selected Eric Beaudoin 92nd overall in the 1998 NHL Draft, with the 6th pick of round 4.
It was the fourth of the 11 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 53 games put him 89th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 92
- Round and pick
- Round 4, pick 6
- Drafting team
- TBLTampa Bay Lightning
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 89–95 in the 1998 draft
- 89Ryan JardineL8 GP · 2 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 90Regan DarbyDVANVancouver Canucks
- 91Josef VasicekC460 GP · 183 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 92Eric BeaudoinL53 GP · 11 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 93Tommy WestlundL203 GP · 22 PCARCarolina Hurricanes
- 94Matthias TrattnigLCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 95Andy BurnhamRNYINew York Islanders
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1998 class
92nd
of 258 players selected
56th
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
Eric Beaudoin made his NHL debut on March 20, 2002, 3 years and 266 days after the draft.
53
Games
3
Goals
8
Assists
11
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 1998 draft
- 1Vincent LecavalierC1212 GP · 949 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 64Brad RichardsC1126 GP · 932 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 72Dimitri AfanasenkovL227 GP · 54 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 92Eric BeaudoinL53 GP · 11 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 121Curtis RichDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 146Sergei KuznetsovCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 174Brett AllanLTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 194Oak HewerCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 221Daniel HulakDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 229Chris LynessDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 252Martin CibakC154 GP · 23 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning