1983 NHL Draft
Claude Lemieux in the 1983 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Claude Lemieux 26th overall in the 1983 NHL Draft, with the 5th pick of round 2.
It was the second of the 14 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 242 players selected in 1983, 113 have played in the NHL regular season. Only one of them has played more games than his 1215, and only 4 have scored more points than his 786.
- Overall pick
- 26
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 5
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 23–29 in the 1983 draft
- 23Ville SirenD290 GP · 82 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 24Shawn EvansD9 GP · 1 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 25Lane LambertR283 GP · 124 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 26Claude LemieuxR1215 GP · 786 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 27Sergio MomessoL710 GP · 345 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 28Jeff JacksonL263 GP · 86 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 29Brad BerryD241 GP · 32 PWINWinnipeg Jets
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1983 class
26th
of 242 players selected
18th
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
- 1Brian LawtonC483 GP · 266 PMNSMinnesota North Stars
- 2Sylvain TurgeonL669 GP · 495 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 3Pat LaFontaineC865 GP · 1013 PNYINew York Islanders
- 4Steve YzermanC1514 GP · 1755 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 5Tom BarrassoG777 GP · 369 WBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 6John MacLeanR1194 GP · 842 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 7Russ CourtnallR1029 GP · 744 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 8Andrew McbainR608 GP · 301 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 9Cam NeelyR726 GP · 694 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 10Normand LacombeR319 GP · 115 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
+ 232 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Claude Lemieux made his NHL debut on October 13, 1983, 127 days after the draft.
1215
Games
379
Goals
407
Assists
786
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 1983 draft
- 17Alfie TurcotteC112 GP · 46 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 26Claude LemieuxR1215 GP · 786 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 27Sergio MomessoL710 GP · 345 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 35Todd FrancisRMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 45Daniel LetendreRMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 78John KordicR244 GP · 35 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 98Dan WurstDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 118Arto JavanainenR14 GP · 5 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 138Vladislav TretiakGMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 158Rob BrydenLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 178Grant MacKayDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 198Thomas RundqvistC2 GP · 1 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 218Jeff PerpichDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 238Jean-Guy BergeronDMTLMontréal Canadiens