1994 NHL Draft
Ryan Smyth in the 1994 NHL Draft
Edmonton Oilers selected Ryan Smyth 6th overall in the 1994 NHL Draft.
It was the second of the 16 picks Edmonton Oilers made in the draft. Of the 286 players selected in 1994, 115 have played in the NHL regular season. None of them has played more games than his 1270, and only 2 have scored more points than his 842.
- Overall pick
- 6
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 6
- Drafting team
- EDMEdmonton Oilers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 3–9 in the 1994 draft
- 3Radek BonkC969 GP · 497 POTTOttawa Senators
- 4Jason BonsignoreC79 GP · 16 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 5Jeff O'NeillC821 GP · 496 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 6Ryan SmythL1270 GP · 842 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 7Jamie StorrG219 GP · 85 WLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 8Jason WiemerC726 GP · 202 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 9Brett LindrosR51 GP · 7 PNYINew York Islanders
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1994 class
6th
of 286 players selected
4th
of 166 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Ed JovanovskiD1128 GP · 500 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 2Oleg TverdovskyD713 GP · 317 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 3Radek BonkC969 GP · 497 POTTOttawa Senators
- 4Jason BonsignoreC79 GP · 16 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 5Jeff O'NeillC821 GP · 496 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 6Ryan SmythL1270 GP · 842 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 7Jamie StorrG219 GP · 85 WLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 8Jason WiemerC726 GP · 202 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 9Brett LindrosR51 GP · 7 PNYINew York Islanders
- 10Nolan BaumgartnerD143 GP · 47 PWSHWashington Capitals
+ 276 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Ryan Smyth made his NHL debut on January 22, 1995, 208 days after the draft.
1270
Games
386
Goals
456
Assists
842
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Edmonton Oilers picks in the 1994 draft
- 4Jason BonsignoreC79 GP · 16 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 6Ryan SmythL1270 GP · 842 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 32Mike WattL157 GP · 41 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 53Corey NeilsonDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 60Brad SymesDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 79Adam CopelandREDMEdmonton Oilers
- 95Jussi TarvainenCEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 110Jon GaskinsDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 136Terry MarchantLEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 160Curtis SheptakLEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 162Dimitrius SulbaREDMEdmonton Oilers
- 179Chris WickenheiserGEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 185Rob GuinnDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 188Jason ReidDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 214Jeremy JablonskiGEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 266Ladislav BenysekD161 GP · 15 PEDMEdmonton Oilers