1984 NHL Draft
Petr Svoboda in the 1984 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Petr Svoboda 5th overall in the 1984 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 12 Czechs selected that year. It was the first of the 14 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 250 players selected in 1984, 102 have played in the NHL regular season. His 1028 games put him 16th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 5
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 5
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 2–8 in the 1984 draft
- 2Kirk MullerL1349 GP · 959 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 3Eddie OlczykR1031 GP · 794 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 4Al IafrateD799 GP · 463 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 5Petr SvobodaD1028 GP · 399 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 6Craig RedmondD191 GP · 84 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 7Shawn BurrL878 GP · 440 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 8Shayne CorsonL1156 GP · 693 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1984 class
1st
of 12 Czechs selected
2nd
of 87 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 5Petr SvobodaD1028 GP · 399 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 49Milan ChalupaD14 GP · 5 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 59Michal PivonkaC825 GP · 599 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 75Peter RosolRCGYCalgary Flames
- 76Miroslav MalyDMNSMinnesota North Stars
- 89Jiri PonerRMNSMinnesota North Stars
- 139Vladimir KyhosLMNSMinnesota North Stars
- 149Vladimir KamesCNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 159Jiri HrdinaC250 GP · 130 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 201Peter RuckaCCGYCalgary Flames
+ 2 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Petr Svoboda made his NHL debut on October 11, 1984, 124 days after the draft.
1028
Games
58
Goals
341
Assists
399
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 1984 draft
- 5Petr SvobodaD1028 GP · 399 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 8Shayne CorsonL1156 GP · 693 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 29Stephane RicherR1054 GP · 819 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 51Patrick RoyG1029 GP · 551 WMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 54Graeme BonarRMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 65Lee BrodeurRMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 95Gerald JohannsonDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 116Jim NesichCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 137Scott MacTavishDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 158Brad McCaugheyRMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 179Eric DemersLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 200Ron AnnearDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 221Dave TannerDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 242Troy CrosbyGMTLMontréal Canadiens