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1982 NHL Draft

Mike Posavad in the 1982 NHL Draft

St. Louis Blues selected Mike Posavad 50th overall in the 1982 NHL Draft, with the 8th pick of round 3.

It was the first of the 9 picks St. Louis Blues made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1982, 109 have played in the NHL regular season. His 8 games put him 90th in the class.

Overall pick
50
Round and pick
Round 3, pick 8
Drafting team
STLSt. Louis Blues
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 47–53 in the 1982 draft

  1. 47William CampbellDPHI
  2. 48Steve SeguinR5 GP · 0 PLAK
  3. 49Thomas McmurchyR55 GP · 12 PCHI
  4. 50Mike PosavadD8 GP · 0 PSTL
  5. 51James LaingDCGY
  6. 52Troy LoneyL624 GP · 197 PPIT
  7. 53Yves LapointeLVAN

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1982 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1982 class

50th
of 252 players selected
22nd
of 81 defensemen selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Gord KluzakD299 GP · 123 PBOS
  2. 2Brian BellowsL1188 GP · 1022 PMNS
  3. 3Gary NylundD608 GP · 171 PTOR
  4. 4Ron SutterC1093 GP · 535 PPHI
  5. 5Scott StevensD1635 GP · 908 PWSH
  6. 6Phil HousleyD1495 GP · 1232 PBUF
  7. 7Ken YaremchukC235 GP · 92 PCHI
  8. 8Rocky TrottierC38 GP · 10 PNJD
  9. 9Paul CyrL471 GP · 241 PBUF
  10. 10Rich SutterR874 GP · 315 PPIT

+ 242 more

The 1982 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Mike Posavad made his NHL debut on March 19, 1986, 3 years and 283 days after the draft.

8
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

St. Louis Blues picks in the 1982 draft

  1. 50Mike PosavadD8 GP · 0 PSTL
  2. 92Scott MachejLSTL
  3. 113Perry GancharR42 GP · 10 PSTL
  4. 134Doug GilmourC1474 GP · 1414 PSTL
  5. 155Chris DelaneyLSTL
  6. 176Matthew ChristensenCSTL
  7. 197John ShumskiCSTL
  8. 218Brian AhernLSTL
  9. 239Peter SmithGSTL