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1998 NHL Draft

Jonathan Girard in the 1998 NHL Draft

Boston Bruins selected Jonathan Girard 48th overall in the 1998 NHL Draft, with the 21st pick of round 2.

It was the first of the 5 picks Boston Bruins made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 150 games put him 66th in the class.

Overall pick
48
Round and pick
Round 2, pick 21
Drafting team
BOSBoston Bruins
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 45–51 in the 1998 draft

  1. 45Mike RibeiroC1074 GP · 793 PMTL
  2. 46Justin PapineauC81 GP · 19 PLAK
  3. 47Norman MilleyR29 GP · 6 PBUF
  4. 48Jonathan GirardD150 GP · 44 PBOS
  5. 49Jomar CruzGWSH
  6. 50Jaroslav KristekR6 GP · 0 PBUF
  7. 51Ian ForbesDPHI

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1998 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1998 class

48th
of 258 players selected
17th
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

  1. 1Vincent LecavalierC1212 GP · 949 PTBL
  2. 2David LegwandC1136 GP · 618 PNSH
  3. 3Brad StuartD1056 GP · 335 PSJS
  4. 4Bryan AllenD721 GP · 136 PVAN
  5. 5Vitaly VishnevskiD552 GP · 68 PANA
  6. 6Rico FataL230 GP · 63 PCGY
  7. 7Manny MalhotraC991 GP · 295 PNYR
  8. 8Mark BellC450 GP · 182 PCHI
  9. 9Mike RuppL610 GP · 99 PNYI
  10. 10Nik AntropovC788 GP · 465 PTOR

+ 248 more

The 1998 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Jonathan Girard made his NHL debut on October 18, 1998, 113 days after the draft.

150
Games
10
Goals
34
Assists
44
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Boston Bruins picks in the 1998 draft

  1. 48Jonathan GirardD150 GP · 44 PBOS
  2. 52Bobby AllenD51 GP · 3 PBOS
  3. 78Peter NordströmR2 GP · 0 PBOS
  4. 135Andrew RaycroftG280 GP · 113 WBOS
  5. 165Ryan MilanovicLBOS