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1998 NHL Draft

Bobby Allen in the 1998 NHL Draft

Boston Bruins selected Bobby Allen 52nd overall in the 1998 NHL Draft, with the 25th pick of round 2.

It was the second of the 5 picks Boston Bruins made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 51 games put him 91st in the class.

Overall pick
52
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 25
Drafting team
BOSBoston Bruins
Date
Age at the draft
19 years

The picks around it

Picks 49–55 in the 1998 draft

  1. 49Jomar CruzGWSH
  2. 50Jaroslav KristekR6 GP · 0 PBUF
  3. 51Ian ForbesDPHI
  4. 52Bobby AllenD51 GP · 3 PBOS
  5. 53Steve MooreC69 GP · 12 PCOL
  6. 54Alexander ZevakhinRPIT
  7. 55Ryan BarnesL2 GP · 0 PDET

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1998 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1998 class

52nd
of 258 players selected
19th
of 79 defensemen selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Vincent LecavalierC1212 GP · 949 PTBL
  2. 2David LegwandC1136 GP · 618 PNSH
  3. 3Brad StuartD1056 GP · 335 PSJS
  4. 4Bryan AllenD721 GP · 136 PVAN
  5. 5Vitaly VishnevskiD552 GP · 68 PANA
  6. 6Rico FataL230 GP · 63 PCGY
  7. 7Manny MalhotraC991 GP · 295 PNYR
  8. 8Mark BellC450 GP · 182 PCHI
  9. 9Mike RuppL610 GP · 99 PNYI
  10. 10Nik AntropovC788 GP · 465 PTOR

+ 248 more

The 1998 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Bobby Allen made his NHL debut on December 31, 2002, 4 years and 187 days after the draft.

51
Games
0
Goals
3
Assists
3
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Boston Bruins picks in the 1998 draft

  1. 48Jonathan GirardD150 GP · 44 PBOS
  2. 52Bobby AllenD51 GP · 3 PBOS
  3. 78Peter NordströmR2 GP · 0 PBOS
  4. 135Andrew RaycroftG280 GP · 113 WBOS
  5. 165Ryan MilanovicLBOS