1996 NHL Draft
Tom Poti in the 1996 NHL Draft
Edmonton Oilers selected Tom Poti 59th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 7th pick of round 3.
It was the fourth 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 824 games put him 17th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 59
- Round and pick
- Round 3, pick 7
- Drafting team
- EDMEdmonton Oilers
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 19 years
The picks around it
Picks 56–62 in the 1996 draft
- 56Zdeno CharaD1680 GP · 680 PNYINew York Islanders
- 57Greg PhillipsCLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 58Sergei ZimakovDWSHWashington Capitals
- 59Tom PotiD824 GP · 327 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 60Chris AllenD2 GP · 0 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 61Andrei PetruninLHFDHartford Whalers
- 62Per-Anton LundstromDPHXPhoenix Coyotes
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
59th
of 241 players selected
23rd
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
Tom Poti made his NHL debut on October 10, 1998, 2 years and 110 days after the draft.
824
Games
69
Goals
258
Assists
327
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