1998 NHL Draft
Ryan Flinn in the 1998 NHL Draft
New Jersey Devils selected Ryan Flinn 143rd overall in the 1998 NHL Draft, with the 29th pick of round 5.
It was the eighth of the 12 picks New Jersey Devils made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. His 31 games put him 98th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 143
- Round and pick
- Round 5, pick 29
- Drafting team
- NJDNew Jersey Devils
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 140–146 in the 1998 draft
- 140Rick BertranDVANVancouver Canucks
- 141K.C. TimmonsLCOLColorado Avalanche
- 142Calle SteenRDETDetroit Red Wings
- 143Ryan FlinnL31 GP · 1 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 144Oleg SmirnovLEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 145Mikael SamuelssonR699 GP · 346 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 146Sergei KuznetsovCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1998 class
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
Ryan Flinn made his NHL debut on January 24, 2002, 3 years and 211 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
New Jersey Devils picks in the 1998 draft
- 26Mike Van RynD353 GP · 129 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 27Scott GomezC1079 GP · 756 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 37Christian BerglundL86 GP · 27 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 82Brian GiontaR1026 GP · 595 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 96Mikko JokelaD1 GP · 0 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 105Pierre DagenaisR142 GP · 58 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 119Anton ButLNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 143Ryan FlinnL31 GP · 1 PNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 172Jacques LariviereLNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 199Erik JensenRNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 227Marko AhosiltaCNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 257Ryan HeldCNJDNew Jersey Devils