1998 NHL Draft
Norman Milley in the 1998 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres selected Norman Milley 47th overall in the 1998 NHL Draft, with the 20th pick of round 2.
It was the third of the 10 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 29 games put him 101st in the class.
- Overall pick
- 47
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 20
- Drafting team
- BUFBuffalo Sabres
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 44–50 in the 1998 draft
- 44Mike FisherC1104 GP · 589 POTTOttawa Senators
- 45Mike RibeiroC1074 GP · 793 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 46Justin PapineauC81 GP · 19 PLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 47Norman MilleyR29 GP · 6 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 48Jonathan GirardD150 GP · 44 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 49Jomar CruzGWSHWashington Capitals
- 50Jaroslav KristekR6 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1998 class
47th
of 258 players selected
28th
of 156 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Vincent LecavalierC1212 GP · 949 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 2David LegwandC1136 GP · 618 PNSHNashville Predators
- 3Brad StuartD1056 GP · 335 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 4Bryan AllenD721 GP · 136 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 5Vitaly VishnevskiD552 GP · 68 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 6Rico FataL230 GP · 63 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 7Manny MalhotraC991 GP · 295 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 8Mark BellC450 GP · 182 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 9Mike RuppL610 GP · 99 PNYINew York Islanders
- 10Nik AntropovC788 GP · 465 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
+ 248 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Norman Milley made his NHL debut on January 25, 2002, 3 years and 212 days after the draft.
29
Games
2
Goals
4
Assists
6
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Buffalo Sabres picks in the 1998 draft
- 18Dmitri KalininD539 GP · 162 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 34Andrew PetersL229 GP · 7 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 47Norman MilleyR29 GP · 6 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 50Jaroslav KristekR6 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 77Mike PandolfoL3 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 137Aaron GoldadeCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 164Ales KotalikR542 GP · 284 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 191Brad MoranC8 GP · 3 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 218David MoravecR1 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 249Edo TerglavRBUFBuffalo Sabres