1996 NHL Draft
Tomas Kaberle in the 1996 NHL Draft
Toronto Maple Leafs selected Tomas Kaberle 204th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 15th pick of round 8.
He was the eleventh of the 11 Czechs selected that year. It was the 13th of the 14 picks Toronto Maple Leafs made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. Only 5 of them have played more games than his 984, and only 4 have scored more points than his 563.
- Overall pick
- 204
- Round and pick
- Round 8, pick 15
- Drafting team
- TORToronto Maple Leafs
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 201–207 in the 1996 draft
- 201Jeff ScissonsCVANVancouver Canucks
- 202Ryan WadeRCGYCalgary Flames
- 203Anthony HutchinsCSTLSt. Louis Blues
- 204Tomas KaberleD984 GP · 563 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 205Jason BertschRNJDNew Jersey Devils
- 206Oleg OrekhovskyDWSHWashington Capitals
- 207Mattia BaldiLMTLMontréal Canadiens
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1996 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Czechs selected
- 17Jaroslav SvejkovskyR113 GP · 42 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 28Pavel SkrbekD12 GP · 0 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 36Marek PosmykD19 GP · 3 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 43Jan BulisC552 GP · 245 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 105Michal RozsivalD963 GP · 309 PPITPittsburgh Penguins
- 122Josef StrakaCCGYCalgary Flames
- 128Petr SachlCNYINew York Islanders
- 135Michal PodolkaGDETDetroit Red Wings
- 179Pavel KubinaD970 GP · 386 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 188Roman PylnerCCOLColorado Avalanche
+ 1 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Tomas Kaberle made his NHL debut on October 10, 1998, 2 years and 110 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Toronto Maple Leafs picks in the 1996 draft
- 36Marek PosmykD19 GP · 3 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 50Francis LariveeGNo NHL gamesTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 66Mike LankshearDTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 68Konstantin KalmikovLTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 86Jason SessaRTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 103Vladimir AntipovLTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 110Peter CavaCTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 111Brandon SugdenRTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 140Dmitriy YakushinD2 GP · 0 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 148Chris BogasDTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 151Lucio DemartinisLTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 178Reggie BergCTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 204Tomas KaberleD984 GP · 563 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 230Jared HopeCTORToronto Maple Leafs