1991 NHL Draft
Craig Darby in the 1991 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Craig Darby 43rd overall in the 1991 NHL Draft, with the 21st pick of round 2.
It was the third of the 15 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 264 players selected in 1991, 113 have played in the NHL regular season. His 196 games put him 55th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 43
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 21
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 40–46 in the 1991 draft
- 40Jozef StumpelL957 GP · 677 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 41Francois GroleauD8 GP · 1 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 42Guy LevequeC17 GP · 4 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 43Craig DarbyC196 GP · 56 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 44Jamie MatthewsCCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 45Dody WoodC106 GP · 18 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 46Rich BrennanD50 GP · 8 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1991 class
43rd
of 264 players selected
28th
of 146 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Eric LindrosC760 GP · 865 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 2Pat FalloonR575 GP · 322 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 3Scott NiedermayerD1263 GP · 740 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 4Scott LachanceD819 GP · 143 PNYINew York Islanders
- 5Aaron WardD839 GP · 151 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 6Peter ForsbergC708 GP · 885 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 7Alek StojanovR107 GP · 7 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 8Richard MatvichukD796 GP · 178 PMNSMinnesota North Stars
- 9Patrick PoulinL634 GP · 235 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 10Martin LapointeR991 GP · 381 PDETDetroit Red Wings
+ 254 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Craig Darby made his NHL debut on February 8, 1995, 3 years and 231 days after the draft.
196
Games
21
Goals
35
Assists
56
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 1991 draft
- 17Brent BilodeauDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 28Jim CampbellR285 GP · 136 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 43Craig DarbyC196 GP · 56 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 61Yves SaraultL106 GP · 20 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 73Vladimir VujtekL110 GP · 37 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 83Sylvain LapointeDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 100Brad LayzellDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 105Tony PrpicRMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 127Oleg PetrovR382 GP · 187 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 149Brady KramerCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 171Brian SavageL674 GP · 359 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 193Scott FraserR71 GP · 31 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 215Greg MacEachernDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 237Paul LeplerDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 259Dale HooperDMTLMontréal Canadiens