1996 NHL Draft
Matthieu Descôteaux in the 1996 NHL Draft
Edmonton Oilers selected Matthieu Descôteaux 19th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft.
It was the second of the 10 picks Edmonton Oilers 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
- 19
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 19
- Drafting team
- EDMEdmonton Oilers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 16–22 in the 1996 draft
- 16Mario LarocqueD5 GP · 0 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 17Jaroslav SvejkovskyR113 GP · 42 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 18Matt HigginsC57 GP · 3 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 19Matthieu DescôteauxD5 GP · 2 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 20Marcus NilsonL521 GP · 168 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 21Marco SturmL938 GP · 487 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 22Jeff BrownDNYRNew York Rangers
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
19th
of 241 players selected
9th
of 80 defensemen selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Chris PhillipsD1179 GP · 288 POTTOttawa Senators
- 2Andrei ZyuzinD496 GP · 120 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 3J-P DumontR822 GP · 523 PNYINew York Islanders
- 4Alexander VolchkovL3 GP · 0 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 5Ric JackmanD231 GP · 77 PDALDallas Stars
- 6Boyd DevereauxC627 GP · 179 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 7Erik RasmussenC545 GP · 128 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 8Johnathan AitkenD44 GP · 1 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 9Ruslan SaleiD917 GP · 204 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 10Lance WardR209 GP · 16 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
+ 231 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Matthieu Descôteaux made his NHL debut on February 11, 2001, 4 years and 234 days after the draft.
5
Games
1
Goals
1
Assists
2
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Edmonton Oilers picks in the 1996 draft
- 6Boyd DevereauxC627 GP · 179 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 19Matthieu DescôteauxD5 GP · 2 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 32Chris HajtD6 GP · 0 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 59Tom PotiD824 GP · 327 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 114Brian UrickREDMEdmonton Oilers
- 141Bryan RandallCEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 168David BernierREDMEdmonton Oilers
- 170Brandon LafranceREDMEdmonton Oilers
- 195Fernando PisaniR462 GP · 169 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 221John HultbergGEDMEdmonton Oilers