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1986 NHL Draft

Jimmy Carson in the 1986 NHL Draft

Los Angeles Kings selected Jimmy Carson 2nd overall in the 1986 NHL Draft.

It was the first of the 11 picks Los Angeles Kings made in the draft. Of the 252 players selected in 1986, 109 have played in the NHL regular season. His 626 games put him 18th in the class, but only 6 have scored more points than his 561.

Overall pick
2
Round and pick
Round 1, pick 2
Drafting team
LAKLos Angeles Kings
Date
Age at the draft
17 years

The picks around it

Picks 1–5 in the 1986 draft

  1. 1Joe MurphyR779 GP · 528 PDET
  2. 2Jimmy CarsonC626 GP · 561 PLAK
  3. 3Neil BradyC89 GP · 31 PNJD
  4. 4Zarley ZalapskiD637 GP · 384 PPIT
  5. 5Shawn AndersonD255 GP · 62 PBUF

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1986 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1986 class

2nd
of 252 players selected
2nd
of 145 forwards selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Joe MurphyR779 GP · 528 PDET
  2. 2Jimmy CarsonC626 GP · 561 PLAK
  3. 3Neil BradyC89 GP · 31 PNJD
  4. 4Zarley ZalapskiD637 GP · 384 PPIT
  5. 5Shawn AndersonD255 GP · 62 PBUF
  6. 6Vincent DamphousseC1378 GP · 1205 PTOR
  7. 7Dan WoodleyR5 GP · 2 PVAN
  8. 8Pat ElynuikR506 GP · 342 PWIN
  9. 9Brian LeetchD1205 GP · 1028 PNYR
  10. 10Jocelyn LemieuxR598 GP · 164 PSTL

+ 242 more

The 1986 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Jimmy Carson made his NHL debut on October 9, 1986, 110 days after the draft.

626
Games
275
Goals
286
Assists
561
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Los Angeles Kings picks in the 1986 draft

  1. 2Jimmy CarsonC626 GP · 561 PLAK
  2. 44Denis LarocqueD8 GP · 1 PLAK
  3. 65Sylvain CouturierC33 GP · 9 PLAK
  4. 86Dave GudenLLAK
  5. 107Robb StauberG62 GP · 21 WLAK
  6. 128Sean KrakiwskyRLAK
  7. 149Rene ChapdelaineD32 GP · 2 PLAK
  8. 170Trevor PochipinskiDLAK
  9. 191Paul KellyDLAK
  10. 212Russ MannDLAK
  11. 233Brian HaytonLLAK