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1996 NHL Draft

Jeff Paul in the 1996 NHL Draft

Chicago Blackhawks selected Jeff Paul 42nd overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 16th pick of round 2.

It was the second of the 7 picks Chicago Blackhawks made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 2 games put him 94th in the class.

Overall pick
42
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 16
Drafting team
CHIChicago Blackhawks
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 39–45 in the 1996 draft

  1. 39Travis BrigleyL55 GP · 9 PCGY
  2. 40Steve BeginL524 GP · 108 PCGY
  3. 41Joshua DewolfDNJD
  4. 42Jeff PaulD2 GP · 0 PCHI
  5. 43Jan BulisC552 GP · 245 PWSH
  6. 44Mathieu GaronG341 GP · 144 WMTL
  7. 45Henry KusterRBOS

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1996 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1996 class

42nd
of 241 players selected
19th
of 80 defensemen selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First off the board

  1. 1Chris PhillipsD1179 GP · 288 POTT
  2. 2Andrei ZyuzinD496 GP · 120 PSJS
  3. 3J-P DumontR822 GP · 523 PNYI
  4. 4Alexander VolchkovL3 GP · 0 PWSH
  5. 5Ric JackmanD231 GP · 77 PDAL
  6. 6Boyd DevereauxC627 GP · 179 PEDM
  7. 7Erik RasmussenC545 GP · 128 PBUF
  8. 8Johnathan AitkenD44 GP · 1 PBOS
  9. 9Ruslan SaleiD917 GP · 204 PANA
  10. 10Lance WardR209 GP · 16 PNJD

+ 231 more

The 1996 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Jeff Paul made his NHL debut on October 9, 2002, 6 years and 109 days after the draft.

2
Games
0
Goals
0
Assists
0
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Chicago Blackhawks picks in the 1996 draft

  1. 31Remi RoyerD18 GP · 0 PCHI
  2. 42Jeff PaulD2 GP · 0 PCHI
  3. 46Geoff PetersCCHI
  4. 130Andy JohnsonDCHI
  5. 184Mike VellingaDCHI
  6. 210Chris TwerdunDCHI
  7. 236Andrei KozyrevDCHI