1998 NHL Draft
Francois Beauchemin in the 1998 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Francois Beauchemin 75th overall in the 1998 NHL Draft, with the 17th pick of round 3.
It was the third of the 10 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 903 games put him 16th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 75
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 17
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 72–78 in the 1998 draft
- 72Dimitri AfanasenkovL227 GP · 54 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 73Pat O'LearyCPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 74Julien VauclairD1 GP · 0 POTTOttawa Senators
- 75Francois BeaucheminD903 GP · 288 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 76Alexey VolkovGNo NHL gamesLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 77Mike PandolfoL3 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 78Peter NordströmR2 GP · 0 PBOSBoston Bruins
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1998 class
75th
of 258 players selected
25th
of 79 defensemen 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
Francois Beauchemin made his NHL debut on February 27, 2003, 4 years and 245 days after the draft.
903
Games
76
Goals
212
Assists
288
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 1998 draft
- 16Eric ChouinardC90 GP · 22 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 45Mike RibeiroC1074 GP · 793 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 75Francois BeaucheminD903 GP · 288 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 132Andrei BashkirovL30 GP · 3 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 152Gordie DwyerL108 GP · 5 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 162Andrei MarkovD990 GP · 572 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 189Andrei KruchininDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 201Craig MurrayCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 216Michael RyderR806 GP · 484 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 247Darcy HarrisRMTLMontréal Canadiens