1996 NHL Draft
Johnathan Aitken in the 1996 NHL Draft
Boston Bruins selected Johnathan Aitken 8th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 10 picks Boston Bruins made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 44 games put him 71st in the class.
- Overall pick
- 8
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 8
- Drafting team
- BOSBoston Bruins
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 5–11 in the 1996 draft
- 5Ric JackmanD231 GP · 77 PDALDallas Stars
- 6Boyd DevereauxC627 GP · 179 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 7Erik RasmussenC545 GP · 128 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 8Johnathan AitkenD44 GP · 1 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 9Ruslan SaleiD917 GP · 204 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 10Lance WardR209 GP · 16 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 11Dan FochtD82 GP · 8 PPHXPhoenix Coyotes
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
8th
of 241 players selected
4th
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
- 1Chris PhillipsD1179 GP · 288 POTTOttawa Senators
- 2Andrei ZyuzinD496 GP · 120 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 3J-P DumontR822 GP · 523 PNYINew York Islanders
- 4Alexander VolchkovL3 GP · 0 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 5Ric JackmanD231 GP · 77 PDALDallas Stars
- 6Boyd DevereauxC627 GP · 179 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 7Erik RasmussenC545 GP · 128 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 8Johnathan AitkenD44 GP · 1 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 9Ruslan SaleiD917 GP · 204 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 10Lance WardR209 GP · 16 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
+ 231 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Johnathan Aitken made his NHL debut on April 5, 2000, 3 years and 288 days after the draft.
44
Games
0
Goals
1
Assists
1
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Boston Bruins picks in the 1996 draft
- 8Johnathan AitkenD44 GP · 1 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 45Henry KusterRBOSBoston Bruins
- 53Eric NaudLBOSBoston Bruins
- 80Jason DoyleRBOSBoston Bruins
- 100Trent WhitfieldC194 GP · 29 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 132Elias AbrahamssonDBOSBoston Bruins
- 155Chris LaneDBOSBoston Bruins
- 182Thomas BrownDBOSBoston Bruins
- 208Bob PrierRBOSBoston Bruins
- 234Anders SoderbergLBOSBoston Bruins