1998 NHL Draft
Dmitri Kalinin in the 1998 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres selected Dmitri Kalinin 18th overall in the 1998 NHL Draft.
He was the first of the 21 Russians selected that year. It was the first of the 10 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 539 games put him 32nd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 18
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 18
- Drafting team
- BUFBuffalo Sabres
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 15–21 in the 1998 draft
- 15Mathieu ChouinardG1 GP · 0 WOTTOttawa Senators
- 16Eric ChouinardC90 GP · 22 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 17Martin SkoulaD776 GP · 196 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 18Dmitri KalininD539 GP · 162 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 19Robyn RegehrD1089 GP · 199 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 20Scott ParkerR308 GP · 21 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 21Mathieu BironD253 GP · 44 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1998 class
1st
of 21 Russians selected
5th
of 79 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 18Dmitri KalininD539 GP · 162 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 31Artem ChubarovC228 GP · 58 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 54Alexander ZevakhinRPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 60Denis ArkhipovC352 GP · 138 PNSHNashville Predators
- 72Dimitri AfanasenkovL227 GP · 54 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 76Alexey VolkovGNo NHL gamesLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 101Petr SchastlivyL129 GP · 40 POTTOttawa Senators
- 119Anton ButLNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 132Andrei BashkirovL30 GP · 3 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 144Oleg SmirnovLEDMEdmonton Oilers
+ 11 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Dmitri Kalinin made his NHL debut on January 4, 2000, 1 year and 191 days after the draft.
539
Games
36
Goals
126
Assists
162
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Buffalo Sabres picks in the 1998 draft
- 18Dmitri KalininD539 GP · 162 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 34Andrew PetersL229 GP · 7 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 47Norman MilleyR29 GP · 6 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 50Jaroslav KristekR6 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 77Mike PandolfoL3 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 137Aaron GoldadeCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 164Ales KotalikR542 GP · 284 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 191Brad MoranC8 GP · 3 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 218David MoravecR1 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 249Edo TerglavRBUFBuffalo Sabres