1996 NHL Draft
Boyd Devereaux in the 1996 NHL Draft
Edmonton Oilers selected Boyd Devereaux 6th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 10 picks Edmonton Oilers made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 627 games put him 27th in the class.
- 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 1996 draft
- 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
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
6th
of 241 players selected
3rd
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
Boyd Devereaux made his NHL debut on October 5, 1997, 1 year and 105 days after the draft.
627
Games
67
Goals
112
Assists
179
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Edmonton Oilers picks in the 1996 draft
- 6Boyd DevereauxC627 GP · 179 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 19Matthieu DescôteauxD5 GP · 2 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 32Chris HajtD6 GP · 0 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 59Tom PotiD824 GP · 327 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 114Brian UrickREDMEdmonton Oilers
- 141Bryan RandallCEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 168David BernierREDMEdmonton Oilers
- 170Brandon LafranceREDMEdmonton Oilers
- 195Fernando PisaniR462 GP · 169 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 221John HultbergGEDMEdmonton Oilers