1996 NHL Draft
Chris Hajt in the 1996 NHL Draft
Edmonton Oilers selected Chris Hajt 32nd overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 6th pick of round 2.
It was the third 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 6 games put him 86th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 32
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 6
- Drafting team
- EDMEdmonton Oilers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 29–35 in the 1996 draft
- 29Dan LacoutureL337 GP · 45 PNYINew York Islanders
- 30Josh GreenC341 GP · 76 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 31Remi RoyerD18 GP · 0 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 32Chris HajtD6 GP · 0 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 33Darren Van OeneLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 34Trevor WasylukLHFDHartford Whalers
- 35Matt CullenC1516 GP · 731 PANAAnaheim Ducks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
32nd
of 241 players selected
16th
of 80 defensemen 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
Chris Hajt made his NHL debut on October 11, 2000, 4 years and 111 days after the draft.
6
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
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