1996 NHL Draft
Konstantin Shafranov in the 1996 NHL Draft
St. Louis Blues selected Konstantin Shafranov 229th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 14th pick of round 9.
He was the 18th of the 21 Russians selected that year. It was the tenth and last of the 10 picks St. Louis Blues made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 5 games put him 87th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 229
- Round and pick
- Round 9, pick 14
- Drafting team
- STLSt. Louis Blues
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 27 years
The picks around it
Picks 226–232 in the 1996 draft
- 226Marc-Etienne HubertCPHXPhoenix Coyotes
- 227Lubomir VaicC9 GP · 2 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 228Ronald PetrovickyR342 GP · 92 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 229Konstantin ShafranovR5 GP · 3 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 230Jared HopeCTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 231Askhat RakhmatullinLHFDHartford Whalers
- 232Chad CavanaghLWSHWashington Capitals
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
18th
of 21 Russians selected
130th
of 138 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 2Andrei ZyuzinD496 GP · 120 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 4Alexander VolchkovL3 GP · 0 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 51Yuri BabenkoC3 GP · 0 PCOLColorado Avalanche
- 58Sergei ZimakovDWSHWashington Capitals
- 61Andrei PetruninLHFDHartford Whalers
- 65Oleg KvashaC493 GP · 217 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 73Dmitri VlasenkovLCGYCalgary Flames
- 76Dmitri SubbotinLNYRNew York Rangers
- 97Andrei PetrakovLSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 103Vladimir AntipovLTORToronto Maple Leafs
+ 11 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Konstantin Shafranov made his NHL debut on October 6, 1996, 106 days after the draft.
5
Games
2
Goals
1
Assists
3
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
St. Louis Blues picks in the 1996 draft
- 14Marty ReasonerC798 GP · 266 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 67Gordie DwyerL108 GP · 5 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 95Jonathan ZukiwskyCSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 97Andrei PetrakovLSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 159Stephen WagnerGSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 169Daniel CorsoC77 GP · 25 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 177Reed LowR256 GP · 19 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 196Andrei PodkonickyC8 GP · 1 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 203Anthony HutchinsCSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 229Konstantin ShafranovR5 GP · 3 PSTLSt. Louis Blues