1990 NHL Draft
Keith Primeau in the 1990 NHL Draft
Detroit Red Wings selected Keith Primeau 3rd overall in the 1990 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 11 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 250 players selected in 1990, 98 have played in the NHL regular season. His 909 games put him 19th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 3
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 3
- Drafting team
- DETDetroit Red Wings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–6 in the 1990 draft
- 1Owen NolanR1200 GP · 885 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 2Petr NedvedC982 GP · 717 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 3Keith PrimeauC909 GP · 619 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 4Mike RicciC1099 GP · 605 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 5Jaromir JagrR1733 GP · 1921 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 6Scott ScissonsC2 GP · 0 PNYINew York Islanders
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1990 class
3rd
of 250 players selected
3rd
of 147 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Owen NolanR1200 GP · 885 PQUEQuebec Nordiques
- 2Petr NedvedC982 GP · 717 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 3Keith PrimeauC909 GP · 619 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 4Mike RicciC1099 GP · 605 PPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 5Jaromir JagrR1733 GP · 1921 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 6Scott ScissonsC2 GP · 0 PNYINew York Islanders
- 7Darryl SydorD1291 GP · 507 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 8Derian HatcherD1045 GP · 331 PMNSMinnesota North Stars
- 9John SlaneyD268 GP · 91 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 10Drake BerehowskyD549 GP · 149 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
+ 240 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Keith Primeau made his NHL debut on October 6, 1990, 112 days after the draft.
909
Games
266
Goals
353
Assists
619
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Detroit Red Wings picks in the 1990 draft
- 3Keith PrimeauC909 GP · 619 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 45Vyacheslav KozlovL1182 GP · 853 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 66Stewart MalgunasD129 GP · 6 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 87Tony BurnsDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 108Claude BartheDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 129Jason YorkD757 GP · 229 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 150Wes McCauleyDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 171Anthony GrubaRDETDetroit Red Wings
- 192Travis TuckerDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 213Brett LarsonDDETDetroit Red Wings
- 234John HendryLDETDetroit Red Wings