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1983 NHL Draft

Bob Laforest in the 1983 NHL Draft

Los Angeles Kings selected Bob Laforest 87th overall in the 1983 NHL Draft, with the 5th pick of round 5.

It was the third of the 12 picks Los Angeles Kings made in the draft. Of the 242 players selected in 1983, 113 have played in the NHL regular season. His 5 games put him 102nd in the class.

Overall pick
87
Round and pick
Round 5, pick 5
Drafting team
LAKLos Angeles Kings
Date
Age at the draft
20 years

The picks around it

Picks 84–90 in the 1983 draft

  1. 84Bob CaulfieldRNYI
  2. 85Chris TerreriG406 GP · 151 WNJD
  3. 86Petr KlimaR786 GP · 573 PDET
  4. 87Bob LaforestR5 GP · 1 PLAK
  5. 88Joey KocurR820 GP · 162 PDET
  6. 89Harry ArmstrongDWIN
  7. 90Doug QuinnDVAN

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1983 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1983 class

87th
of 242 players selected
57th
of 136 forwards selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Brian LawtonC483 GP · 266 PMNS
  2. 2Sylvain TurgeonL669 GP · 495 PHFD
  3. 3Pat LaFontaineC865 GP · 1013 PNYI
  4. 4Steve YzermanC1514 GP · 1755 PDET
  5. 5Tom BarrassoG777 GP · 369 WBUF
  6. 6John MacLeanR1194 GP · 842 PNJD
  7. 7Russ CourtnallR1029 GP · 744 PTOR
  8. 8Andrew McbainR608 GP · 301 PWIN
  9. 9Cam NeelyR726 GP · 694 PVAN
  10. 10Normand LacombeR319 GP · 115 PBUF

+ 232 more

The 1983 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Bob Laforest made his NHL debut on October 5, 1983, 119 days after the draft.

5
Games
1
Goals
0
Assists
1
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Los Angeles Kings picks in the 1983 draft

  1. 47Bruce ShoebottomD35 GP · 5 PLAK
  2. 67Guy BenoitCLAK
  3. 87Bob LaforestR5 GP · 1 PLAK
  4. 100Garry GalleyD1149 GP · 600 PLAK
  5. 107Dave LundmarkDLAK
  6. 108Kevin StevensL874 GP · 726 PLAK
  7. 127Tim BurgessDLAK
  8. 147Ken HammondD193 GP · 47 PLAK
  9. 167Bruce FishbackCLAK
  10. 187Thomas AhlenDLAK
  11. 207Jan BlahaRLAK
  12. 227Chad JohnsonCLAK