1996 NHL Draft
Marek Posmyk in the 1996 NHL Draft
Toronto Maple Leafs selected Marek Posmyk 36th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 10th pick of round 2.
He was the third of the 11 Czechs selected that year. It was the first of the 14 picks Toronto Maple Leafs made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 19 games put him 79th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 36
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 10
- Drafting team
- TORToronto Maple Leafs
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 17 years
The picks around it
Picks 33–39 in the 1996 draft
- 33Darren Van OeneLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 34Trevor WasylukLHFDHartford Whalers
- 35Matt CullenC1516 GP · 731 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 36Marek PosmykD19 GP · 3 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 37Marian CisarL73 GP · 30 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 38Wesley MasonLNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 39Travis BrigleyL55 GP · 9 PCGYCalgary Flames
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
3rd
of 11 Czechs selected
17th
of 80 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 17Jaroslav SvejkovskyR113 GP · 42 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 28Pavel SkrbekD12 GP · 0 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 36Marek PosmykD19 GP · 3 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 43Jan BulisC552 GP · 245 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 105Michal RozsivalD963 GP · 309 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 122Josef StrakaCCGYCalgary Flames
- 128Petr SachlCNYINew York Islanders
- 135Michal PodolkaGDETDetroit Red Wings
- 179Pavel KubinaD970 GP · 386 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 188Roman PylnerCCOLColorado Avalanche
+ 1 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Marek Posmyk made his NHL debut on February 21, 2000, 3 years and 244 days after the draft.
19
Games
1
Goals
2
Assists
3
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Toronto Maple Leafs picks in the 1996 draft
- 36Marek PosmykD19 GP · 3 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 50Francis LariveeGNo NHL gamesTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 66Mike LankshearDTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 68Konstantin KalmikovLTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 86Jason SessaRTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 103Vladimir AntipovLTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 110Peter CavaCTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 111Brandon SugdenRTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 140Dmitriy YakushinD2 GP · 0 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 148Chris BogasDTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 151Lucio DemartinisLTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 178Reggie BergCTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 204Tomas KaberleD984 GP · 563 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 230Jared HopeCTORToronto Maple Leafs