1981 NHL Draft
Gaetano Orlando in the 1981 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres selected Gaetano Orlando 164th overall in the 1981 NHL Draft, with the 17th pick of round 8.
It was the tenth of the 12 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 1981, 114 have played in the NHL regular season. His 98 games put him 63rd in the class.
- Overall pick
- 164
- Round and pick
- Round 8, pick 17
- Drafting team
- BUFBuffalo Sabres
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 161–167 in the 1981 draft
- 161Armel PariseeDBOSBoston Bruins
- 162Dale DegrayD153 GP · 65 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 163Steve TaylorLPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 164Gaetano OrlandoC98 GP · 44 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 165Dan BrennanL8 GP · 1 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 166Paul GessLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 167Alain VigneaultD42 GP · 7 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1981 class
164th
of 211 players selected
93rd
of 119 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Dale HawerchukC1188 GP · 1409 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 2Doug SmithC535 GP · 253 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 3Bobby CarpenterC1178 GP · 728 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 4Ron FrancisC1731 GP · 1798 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 5Joe CirellaD828 GP · 275 PCLRColorado Rockies
- 6Jim BenningD605 GP · 243 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 7Mark HunterR628 GP · 383 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 8Grant FuhrG868 GP · 403 WEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 9James PatrickD1280 GP · 639 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 10Garth ButcherD897 GP · 206 PVANVancouver Canucks
+ 201 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Gaetano Orlando made his NHL debut on December 5, 1984, 3 years and 178 days after the draft.
98
Games
18
Goals
26
Assists
44
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Buffalo Sabres picks in the 1981 draft
- 17Jiri DudacekRBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 38Hannu VirtaD245 GP · 126 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 59James AldredLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 60Colin ChisholmD1 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 80Jeff EatoughR1 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 83Anders WikbergLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 101Mauri EivolaCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 122Ali ButoracDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 143Heikki LeimeDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 164Gaetano OrlandoC98 GP · 44 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 185Venci SebekDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 206Warren HarperLBUFBuffalo Sabres