1998 NHL Draft
Chris Neil in the 1998 NHL Draft
Ottawa Senators selected Chris Neil 161st overall in the 1998 NHL Draft, with the 16th pick of round 6.
It was the seventh of the 10 picks Ottawa Senators made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 9 of them have played more games than his 1026.
- Overall pick
- 161
- Round and pick
- Round 6, pick 16
- Drafting team
- OTTOttawa Senators
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 158–164 in the 1998 draft
- 158Jari ViuhkolaCCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 159Trevor EttingerDEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 160Rickard WallinC79 GP · 19 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 161Chris NeilR1026 GP · 250 POTTOttawa Senators
- 162Andrei MarkovD990 GP · 572 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 163Tomas ZizkaD25 GP · 8 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 164Ales KotalikR542 GP · 284 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1998 class
161st
of 258 players selected
96th
of 156 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Vincent LecavalierC1212 GP · 949 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 2David LegwandC1136 GP · 618 PNSHNashville Predators
- 3Brad StuartD1056 GP · 335 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 4Bryan AllenD721 GP · 136 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 5Vitaly VishnevskiD552 GP · 68 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 6Rico FataL230 GP · 63 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 7Manny MalhotraC991 GP · 295 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 8Mark BellC450 GP · 182 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 9Mike RuppL610 GP · 99 PNYINew York Islanders
- 10Nik AntropovC788 GP · 465 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
+ 248 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Chris Neil made his NHL debut on October 3, 2001, 3 years and 98 days after the draft.
1026
Games
112
Goals
138
Assists
250
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Ottawa Senators picks in the 1998 draft
- 15Mathieu ChouinardG1 GP · 0 WOTTOttawa Senators
- 44Mike FisherC1104 GP · 589 POTTOttawa Senators
- 58Chris BalaL6 GP · 1 POTTOttawa Senators
- 74Julien VauclairD1 GP · 0 POTTOttawa Senators
- 101Petr SchastlivyL129 GP · 40 POTTOttawa Senators
- 130Gavin McLeodDOTTOttawa Senators
- 161Chris NeilR1026 GP · 250 POTTOttawa Senators
- 188Michel PeriardDOTTOttawa Senators
- 223Sergey VerenikinROTTOttawa Senators
- 246Rastislav PavlikovskyCOTTOttawa Senators