NHL Draft History – 13th Pick Overall

Welcome to a brand new series here at The Hockey Writers called “Road to the Draft.” In this series, our draft contributors will count down from the 32nd-overall pick to the 1st-overall selection and revisit each player taken with that pick between 2010 and 2020.

The goal is to reflect on some of the biggest steals and some of the biggest busts taken in the first round over the past ten years, as well as to shine a light on those players who could see themselves taken with the corresponding pick at the upcoming 2021 NHL Draft.

1964 – Ralph Buchanan (D, Detroit Red Wings)

1965 – No Selection

1966 – Garnet “Ace” Bailey (LW, Boston Bruins)

1967 – Larry Mick (C, Minnesota North Stars)

1968 – Doug Smith ((C, Oakland Seals)

1969 – J.P. Bordeleau (RW, Chicago Blackhawks)

1970 – Bob Stewart (D, Boston Bruins)

1971 – Steve Durbano (D, New York Rangers)

1972 – Phil Russell (D, Chicago Blackhawks)

1973 – Darcy Rota (LW, Chicago Blackhawks)

1974 – Jack Valiquette (C, Toronto Maple Leafs)

1975 – Gordie Laxton (G, Pittsburgh Penguins)

1976 – Rod Schutt (LW, Montreal Canadiens)

1977 – Ron Duguay (C, New York Rangers)

1978 – Larry Playfair (D, Buffalo Sabres)

1979 – Doug Sulliman (RW, New York Rangers)

1980 – Denis Cyr (RW, Calgary Flames)

1981 – Ron Meighan (D, Minnesota North Stars)

1982 – David Shaw (D, Quebec Nordiques)

1983 – Dan Quinn (C, Calgary Flames)

1984 – David Quinn (D, Minnesota North Stars)

1985 – Derek King (LW, New York Islanders)

1986 – Craig Janney (C, Boston Bruins)

1987 – Dean Chynoweth (D, New York Islanders)

1988 – Joel Savage (RW, Buffalo Sabres)

1989 – Lindsay Vallis (RW, Montreal Canadiens)

1990 – Michael Stewart (D, New York Rangers)

1991 – Philippe Boucher (D, Buffalo Sabres)

1992 – Joe Hulbig (LW, Edmonton Oilers)

1993 – Denis Pederson (C, New Jersey Devils)

1994 – Mattias Ohlund (D, Vancouver Canucks)

1995 – Jean-Sebastien Giguere (G, Hartford Whalers)

1996 – Derek Morris (D, Calgary Flames)

1997 – Daniel Cleary (RW, Chicago Blackhawks)

1998 – Michael Henrich (RW, Edmonton Oilers)

1999 – Jani Rita (LW, Edmonton Oilers)

2000 – Ron Hainsey (D, Montreal Canadiens)

2001 – Ales Hemsky (RW, Edmonton Oilers)

2002 – Alexander Semin (RW, Washington Capitals)

2003 – Dustin Brown (RW, Los Angeles Kings)

2004 – Drew Stafford (RW, Buffalo Sabres)

2005 – Marek Zagrapan (C, Buffalo Sabres)

2006 – Jiri Tlusty (LW, Toronto Maple Leafs)

2007 – Lars Eller (C, St. Louis Blues)

2008 – Colten Teubert (D, Los Angeles Kings)

2009 – Zack Kassian (RW, Buffalo Sabres)