1981 NHL Draft
Larry Trader in the 1981 NHL Draft
Detroit Red Wings selected Larry Trader 86th overall in the 1981 NHL Draft, with the 2nd pick of round 5.
It was the third of the 8 picks Detroit Red Wings made in the draft. Of the 211 players selected in 1981, 114 have played in the NHL regular season. His 91 games put him 65th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 86
- Round and pick
- Round 5, pick 2
- Drafting team
- DETDetroit Red Wings
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 83–89 in the 1981 draft
- 83Anders WikbergLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 84Todd LumbardGNYINew York Islanders
- 85Marc BehrendG39 GP · 12 WWINWinnipeg Jets
- 86Larry TraderD91 GP · 18 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 87Douglas SpeckDCLRColorado Rockies
- 88Steve RooneyC154 GP · 28 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 89Mike SiltalaR7 GP · 1 PWSHWashington Capitals
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1981 class
86th
of 211 players selected
26th
of 67 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Dale HawerchukC1188 GP · 1409 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 2Doug SmithC535 GP · 253 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 3Bobby CarpenterC1178 GP · 728 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 4Ron FrancisC1731 GP · 1798 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 5Joe CirellaD828 GP · 275 PCLRColorado Rockies
- 6Jim BenningD605 GP · 243 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 7Mark HunterR628 GP · 383 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 8Grant FuhrG868 GP · 403 WEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 9James PatrickD1280 GP · 639 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 10Garth ButcherD897 GP · 206 PVANVancouver Canucks
+ 201 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Larry Trader made his NHL debut on October 6, 1982, 1 year and 118 days after the draft.
91
Games
5
Goals
13
Assists
18
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Detroit Red Wings picks in the 1981 draft
- 23Claude LoiselleC616 GP · 209 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 44Corrado MicalefG113 GP · 26 WDETDetroit Red Wings
- 86Larry TraderD91 GP · 18 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 107Gerard GallantL615 GP · 480 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 128Greg StefanG299 GP · 115 WDETDetroit Red Wings
- 149Rick ZomboD652 GP · 154 PDETDetroit Red Wings
- 170Donald LeblancLDETDetroit Red Wings
- 191Robert NordmarkD236 GP · 83 PDETDetroit Red Wings