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1996 NHL Draft

Sami Salo in the 1996 NHL Draft

Ottawa Senators selected Sami Salo 239th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 24th pick of round 9.

He was the eighth of the 8 Finns selected that year. It was the seventh and last of the 7 picks Ottawa Senators made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 878 games put him 15th in the class.

Overall pick
239
Round and pick
Round 9, pick 24
Drafting team
OTTOttawa Senators
Date
Age at the draft
21 years

The picks around it

Picks 236–241 in the 1996 draft

  1. 236Andrei KozyrevDCHI
  2. 237Ronnie SundinD1 GP · 0 PNYR
  3. 238Timo SeikkulaCPIT
  4. 239Sami SaloD878 GP · 339 POTT
  5. 240Justin ClarkRCOL
  6. 241Evgeniy AfanasievLDET

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1996 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1996 class

8th
of 8 Finns selected
80th
of 80 defensemen selected

Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.

First Finns selected

  1. 81Antti Jussi NiemiD29 GP · 2 POTT
  2. 89Toni LydmanD847 GP · 242 PCGY
  3. 172Timo AhmaojaDANA
  4. 181Timo VertalaLMTL
  5. 193Kai NurminenL69 GP · 28 PLAK
  6. 225Pasi PetrilainenDNJD
  7. 238Timo SeikkulaCPIT
  8. 239Sami SaloD878 GP · 339 POTT
Every pick from Finland in the 1996 draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Sami Salo made his NHL debut on October 10, 1998, 2 years and 110 days after the draft.

878
Games
99
Goals
240
Assists
339
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Ottawa Senators picks in the 1996 draft

  1. 1Chris PhillipsD1179 GP · 288 POTT
  2. 81Antti Jussi NiemiD29 GP · 2 POTT
  3. 136Andreas DackellR613 GP · 250 POTT
  4. 163Francois HardyDOTT
  5. 212Erich GoldmannD1 GP · 0 POTT
  6. 216Ivan CiernikL89 GP · 26 POTT
  7. 239Sami SaloD878 GP · 339 POTT