1992 NHL Draft
Eric Cairns in the 1992 NHL Draft
New York Rangers selected Eric Cairns 72nd overall in the 1992 NHL Draft, with the 24th pick of round 3.
It was the third of the 10 picks New York Rangers made in the draft. Of the 264 players selected in 1992, 125 have played in the NHL regular season. His 457 games put him 37th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 72
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 24
- Drafting team
- NYRNew York Rangers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 69–75 in the 1992 draft
- 69Jeff ConnollyCVANVancouver Canucks
- 70Sylvain CloutierC7 GP · 0 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 71Martin GendronR30 GP · 6 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 72Eric CairnsD457 GP · 42 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 73Radek HamrD11 GP · 0 POTTOttawa Senators
- 74Aaron GaveyC360 GP · 91 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 75Jan CalounR24 GP · 14 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1992 class
72nd
of 264 players selected
23rd
of 86 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Roman HamrlikD1395 GP · 638 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 2Alexei YashinC850 GP · 781 POTTOttawa Senators
- 3Mike RathjeD768 GP · 180 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 4Todd WarrinerL453 GP · 154 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 5Darius KasparaitisD863 GP · 163 PNYINew York Islanders
- 6Cory StillmanL1025 GP · 727 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 7Ryan SittlerLPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 8Brandon ConveryC72 GP · 28 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 9Robert PetrovickyC208 GP · 65 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 10Andrei NazarovL571 GP · 124 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
+ 254 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Eric Cairns made his NHL debut on October 8, 1996, 4 years and 110 days after the draft.
457
Games
10
Goals
32
Assists
42
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New York Rangers picks in the 1992 draft
- 24Peter FerraroR92 GP · 24 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 48Mattias NorströmD903 GP · 165 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 72Eric CairnsD457 GP · 42 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 85Chris FerraroC74 GP · 16 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 120Dimitri StarostenkoLNYRNew York Rangers
- 144Davide Dal GrandeDNYRNew York Rangers
- 168Matt OatesLNYRNew York Rangers
- 192Mickey ElickDNYRNew York Rangers
- 216Dan BrierleyDNYRNew York Rangers
- 240Vladimir VorobievR33 GP · 16 PNYRNew York Rangers