1996 NHL Draft
Jesse Wallin in the 1996 NHL Draft
Detroit Red Wings selected Jesse Wallin 26th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 9 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 49 games put him 68th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 26
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 26
- Drafting team
- DETDetroit Red Wings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 23–29 in the 1996 draft
- 23Craig HillierGNo NHL gamesPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 24Daniel BrièreC973 GP · 696 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 25Peter RatchukD32 GP · 2 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 26Jesse WallinD49 GP · 2 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 27Cory SarichD969 GP · 158 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 28Pavel SkrbekD12 GP · 0 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 29Dan LacoutureL337 GP · 45 PNYINew York Islanders
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
26th
of 241 players selected
12th
of 80 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Chris PhillipsD1179 GP · 288 POTTOttawa Senators
- 2Andrei ZyuzinD496 GP · 120 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 3J-P DumontR822 GP · 523 PNYINew York Islanders
- 4Alexander VolchkovL3 GP · 0 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 5Ric JackmanD231 GP · 77 PDALDallas Stars
- 6Boyd DevereauxC627 GP · 179 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 7Erik RasmussenC545 GP · 128 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 8Johnathan AitkenD44 GP · 1 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 9Ruslan SaleiD917 GP · 204 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 10Lance WardR209 GP · 16 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
+ 231 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Jesse Wallin made his NHL debut on April 9, 2000, 3 years and 292 days after the draft.
49
Games
0
Goals
2
Assists
2
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Detroit Red Wings picks in the 1996 draft
- 26Jesse WallinD49 GP · 2 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 52Aren MillerGNo NHL gamesDETDetroit Red Wings
- 108Johan ForsanderLDETDetroit Red Wings
- 135Michal PodolkaGDETDetroit Red Wings
- 144Magnus NilssonLDETDetroit Red Wings
- 162Alexandre JacquesCDETDetroit Red Wings
- 189Colin BeardsmoreCDETDetroit Red Wings
- 215Craig StahlRDETDetroit Red Wings
- 241Evgeniy AfanasievLDETDetroit Red Wings