1996 NHL Draft

Jon Sim in the 1996 NHL Draft

Dallas Stars selected Jon Sim 70th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 18th pick of round 3.

It was the second of the 8 picks Dallas Stars made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 469 games put him 37th in the class.

Overall pick: 70
Round and pick: Round 3, pick 18
Drafting team: DALDallas Stars
Date: June 22, 1996
Age at the draft: 18 years

The picks around it

Picks 67–73 in the 1996 draft

67Gordie DwyerL108 GP · 5 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
68Konstantin KalmikovLTORToronto Maple Leafs
69Curtis TiplerRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
70Jon SimL469 GP · 139 PDALDallas Stars
71Arron AshamR789 GP · 208 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
72Boyd KaneL31 GP · 3 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
73Dmitri VlasenkovLCGYCalgary Flames

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1996 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1996 class

70th

of 241 players selected

39th

of 138 forwards 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

The 1996 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Jon Sim made his NHL debut on March 28, 1999, 2 years and 279 days after the draft.

469

Games

Goals

Assists

139

Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Picks 67–73 in the 1996 draft

Where he came in the 1996 class

First off the board

The road to the NHL

Dallas Stars picks in the 1996 draft