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1996 NHL Draft

Toni Lydman in the 1996 NHL Draft

Calgary Flames selected Toni Lydman 89th overall in the 1996 NHL Draft, with the 9th pick of round 4.

He was the second of the 8 Finns selected that year. It was the fifth of the 9 picks Calgary Flames made in the draft. Of the 241 players selected in 1996, 99 have played in the NHL regular season. His 847 games put him 16th in the class.

Overall pick
89
Round and pick
Round 4, pick 9
Drafting team
CGYCalgary Flames
Date
Age at the draft
18 years

The picks around it

Picks 86–92 in the 1996 draft

  1. 86Jason SessaRTOR
  2. 87Kurt WalshRBUF
  3. 88Craig MacDonaldC233 GP · 35 PHFD
  4. 89Toni LydmanD847 GP · 242 PCGY
  5. 90Mike HurleyRDAL
  6. 91Josef BoumedienneD47 GP · 16 PNJD
  7. 92Kim StaalLMTL

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

2nd
of 8 Finns selected
29th
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

Toni Lydman made his NHL debut on October 5, 2000, 4 years and 105 days after the draft.

847
Games
36
Goals
206
Assists
242
Points

NHL regular season to date.

The team's draft

Calgary Flames picks in the 1996 draft

  1. 13Derek MorrisD1107 GP · 424 PCGY
  2. 39Travis BrigleyL55 GP · 9 PCGY
  3. 40Steve BeginL524 GP · 108 PCGY
  4. 73Dmitri VlasenkovLCGY
  5. 89Toni LydmanD847 GP · 242 PCGY
  6. 94Christian LefebvreDCGY
  7. 122Josef StrakaCCGY
  8. 202Ryan WadeRCGY
  9. 228Ronald PetrovickyR342 GP · 92 PCGY