1996 NHL Draft
Arron Asham in the 1996 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Arron Asham 71st overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 19th pick of round 3.
It was the third of the 10 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 789 games put him 23rd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 71
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 19
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 68–74 in the 1996 draft
- 68Konstantin KalmikovLTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 69Curtis TiplerRTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 70Jon SimL469 GP · 139 PDALDallas Stars
- 71Arron AshamR789 GP · 208 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 72Boyd KaneL31 GP · 3 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 73Dmitri VlasenkovLCGYCalgary Flames
- 74Dave WeningerGWSHWashington Capitals
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
71st
of 241 players selected
40th
of 138 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Chris PhillipsD1179 GP · 288 POTTOttawa Senators
- 2Andrei ZyuzinD496 GP · 120 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 3J-P DumontR822 GP · 523 PNYINew York Islanders
- 4Alexander VolchkovL3 GP · 0 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 5Ric JackmanD231 GP · 77 PDALDallas Stars
- 6Boyd DevereauxC627 GP · 179 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 7Erik RasmussenC545 GP · 128 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 8Johnathan AitkenD44 GP · 1 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 9Ruslan SaleiD917 GP · 204 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 10Lance WardR209 GP · 16 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
+ 231 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Arron Asham made his NHL debut on November 28, 1998, 2 years and 159 days after the draft.
789
Games
94
Goals
114
Assists
208
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 1996 draft
- 18Matt HigginsC57 GP · 3 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 44Mathieu GaronG341 GP · 144 WMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 71Arron AshamR789 GP · 208 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 92Kim StaalLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 99Etienne DrapeauCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 127Daniel ArchambaultDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 154Brett ClarkD689 GP · 186 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 181Timo VertalaLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 207Mattia BaldiLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 233Michel TremblayLMTLMontréal Canadiens