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1998 NHL Draft

John Erskine in the 1998 NHL Draft

Dallas Stars selected John Erskine 39th overall in the 1998 NHL Draft, with the 12th pick of round 2.

It was the first of the 6 picks Dallas Stars made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 491 games put him 35th in the class.

Overall pick
39
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 12
Drafting team
DALDallas Stars
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 36–42 in the 1998 draft

  1. 36Chris NielsenR52 GP · 14 PNYI
  2. 37Christian BerglundL86 GP · 27 PNJD
  3. 38Philippe SauveG32 GP · 10 WCOL
  4. 39John ErskineD491 GP · 54 PDAL
  5. 40Randy CopleyRNYR
  6. 41Maxim LinnikDSTL
  7. 42Jason BeckettDPHI

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1998 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1998 class

39th
of 258 players selected
13th
of 79 defensemen selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Vincent LecavalierC1212 GP · 949 PTBL
  2. 2David LegwandC1136 GP · 618 PNSH
  3. 3Brad StuartD1056 GP · 335 PSJS
  4. 4Bryan AllenD721 GP · 136 PVAN
  5. 5Vitaly VishnevskiD552 GP · 68 PANA
  6. 6Rico FataL230 GP · 63 PCGY
  7. 7Manny MalhotraC991 GP · 295 PNYR
  8. 8Mark BellC450 GP · 182 PCHI
  9. 9Mike RuppL610 GP · 99 PNYI
  10. 10Nik AntropovC788 GP · 465 PTOR

+ 248 more

The 1998 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

John Erskine made his NHL debut on November 19, 2001, 3 years and 145 days after the draft.

491
Games
15
Goals
39
Assists
54
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Dallas Stars picks in the 1998 draft

  1. 39John ErskineD491 GP · 54 PDAL
  2. 57Tyler BouckL91 GP · 12 PDAL
  3. 86Gabriel KarlssonCDAL
  4. 153Pavel PateraL32 GP · 9 PDAL
  5. 173Niko KapanenC397 GP · 126 PDAL
  6. 200Scott PerryCDAL