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1978 NHL Draft

Paul MacLean in the 1978 NHL Draft

St. Louis Blues selected Paul MacLean 109th overall in the 1978 NHL Draft, with the 6th pick of round 7.

It was the sixth of the 31 picks St. Louis Blues made in the draft. Of the 234 players selected in 1978, 95 have played in the NHL regular season. His 719 games put him 14th in the class, but only 2 have scored more points than his 673.

Overall pick
109
Round and pick
Round 7, pick 6
Drafting team
STLSt. Louis Blues
Date
Age at the draft
20 years

The picks around it

Picks 106–112 in the 1978 draft

  1. 106Steve StockmanCSTL
  2. 107Dave RossRVAN
  3. 108Andy ClarkDCLR
  4. 109Paul MacLeanR719 GP · 673 PSTL
  5. 110Dan ClarkD4 GP · 1 PNYR
  6. 111Don WaddellC1 GP · 0 PLAK
  7. 112Wes GeorgeLDET

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1978 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1978 class

1st
of 1 Frenchmen selected
72nd
of 146 forwards selected

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

Every pick from France in the 1978 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Paul MacLean made his NHL debut on January 8, 1981, 2 years and 207 days after the draft.

719
Games
324
Goals
349
Assists
673
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

St. Louis Blues picks in the 1978 draft

  1. 3Wayne BabychR519 GP · 438 PSTL
  2. 39Stephen HarrisonDSTL
  3. 72Kevin WillisonDSTL
  4. 89Jim NillR524 GP · 145 PSTL
  5. 106Steve StockmanCSTL
  6. 109Paul MacLeanR719 GP · 673 PSTL
  7. 123Denis HouleLSTL
  8. 140Tony MeagherRSTL
  9. 143Rick SimpsonLSTL
  10. 157Jim LockhurstGSTL
  11. 160Bob FroeseG242 GP · 128 WSTL
  12. 170Dan LergCSTL
  13. 173Risto SiltanenD562 GP · 355 PSTL
  14. 175Dan HermanssonFSTL
  15. 181Jean BoutinLSTL
  16. 185John SullivanRSTL
  17. 188Serge MenardRSTL
  18. 191Donald BoydCSTL
  19. 197Paul StasiukLSTL
  20. 200Gerd TruntschkaCSTL
  21. 203Victor ShkurdyukCSTL
  22. 205Carl BloombergGSTL
  23. 207Terry KitchingRSTL
  24. 209Brian O'ConnorDSTL
  25. 210Brian CrombeenDSTL
  26. 211Mike PidgeonCSTL
  27. 214John CochraneRSTL
  28. 216Joe CaseyDSTL
  29. 218Jim FarrellCSTL
  30. 220Frank JohnsonDSTL
  31. 221Blair WheelerDSTL