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1979 NHL Draft

Tim Watters in the 1979 NHL Draft

Winnipeg Jets selected Tim Watters 124th overall in the 1979 NHL Draft, with the 19th pick of round 6.

It was the sixth and last of the 6 picks Winnipeg Jets made in the draft. Of the 126 players selected in 1979, 103 have played in the NHL regular season. His 741 games put him 28th in the class.

Overall pick
124
Round and pick
Round 6, pick 19
Drafting team
WINWinnipeg Jets
Date
Age at the draft
20 years

The picks around it

Picks 121–126 in the 1979 draft

  1. 121Greg MoffettGMTL
  2. 122John GibbDNYI
  3. 123David McDonaldLHFD
  4. 124Tim WattersD741 GP · 177 PWIN
  5. 125Scott McGeownDQUE
  6. 126Blair BarnesR1 GP · 0 PEDM

Games and points are NHL regular season to date.

The 1979 NHL Draft

Place in the draft class

Where he came in the 1979 class

124th
of 126 players selected
39th
of 40 defensemen selected

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

First off the board

  1. 1Rob RamageD1044 GP · 564 PCLR
  2. 2Perry TurnbullC608 GP · 351 PSTL
  3. 3Mike FolignoR1018 GP · 727 PDET
  4. 4Mike GartnerR1432 GP · 1335 PWSH
  5. 5Rick VaiveR876 GP · 788 PVAN
  6. 6Craig HartsburgD570 GP · 413 PMNS
  7. 7Keith BrownD876 GP · 342 PCHI
  8. 8Ray BourqueD1612 GP · 1579 PBOS
  9. 9Laurie BoschmanC1009 GP · 577 PTOR
  10. 10Tom McCarthyL460 GP · 399 PMNS

+ 116 more

The 1979 NHL Draft

After the draft

The road to the NHL

Tim Watters made his NHL debut on October 6, 1981, 2 years and 58 days after the draft.

741
Games
26
Goals
151
Assists
177
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Winnipeg Jets picks in the 1979 draft

  1. 19Jimmy MannR293 GP · 30 PWIN
  2. 40Dave ChristianR1009 GP · 773 PWIN
  3. 61William WheltonD2 GP · 0 PWIN
  4. 82Pat DaleyL12 GP · 1 PWIN
  5. 103Thomas SteenC950 GP · 817 PWIN
  6. 124Tim WattersD741 GP · 177 PWIN