1992 NHL Draft
Valeri Bure in the 1992 NHL Draft
Montréal Canadiens selected Valeri Bure 33rd overall in the 1992 NHL Draft, with the 9th pick of round 2.
He was the ninth of the 40 Russians selected that year. It was the second of the 13 picks Montréal Canadiens made in the draft. Of the 264 players selected in 1992, 125 have played in the NHL regular season. His 621 games put him 30th in the class, but only 8 have scored more points than his 400.
- Overall pick
- 33
- Round and pick
- Round 2, pick 9
- Drafting team
- MTLMontréal Canadiens
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 30–36 in the 1992 draft
- 30Chris O'SullivanD62 GP · 19 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 31Denis MetlyukCPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 32Jim CareyG172 GP · 79 WWSHWashington Capitals
- 33Valeri BureR621 GP · 400 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 34Jarkko VarvioR13 GP · 7 PMNSMinnesota North Stars
- 35Jozef CiernyL1 GP · 0 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 36Jeff ShantzC642 GP · 211 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1992 class
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First Russians selected
- 2Alexei YashinC850 GP · 781 POTTOttawa Senators
- 10Andrei NazarovL571 GP · 124 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 12Sergei KrivokrasovR450 GP · 195 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 14Sergei GoncharD1301 GP · 811 PWSHWashington Capitals
- 16Dimitri KvartalnovL112 GP · 91 PBOSBoston Bruins
- 17Sergei BautinD132 GP · 30 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 27Boris MironovD716 GP · 307 PWINWinnipeg Jets
- 31Denis MetlyukCPHIPhiladelphia Flyers
- 33Valeri BureR621 GP · 400 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 38Igor KorolevC795 GP · 346 PSTLSt. Louis Blues
+ 30 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Valeri Bure made his NHL debut on February 28, 1995, 2 years and 253 days after the draft.
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Montréal Canadiens picks in the 1992 draft
- 20David WilkieD167 GP · 36 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 33Valeri BureR621 GP · 400 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 44Keli CorpseCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 68Craig RivetD923 GP · 237 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 82Louis BernardDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 92Marc LamotheG4 GP · 2 WMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 116Don ChaseCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 140Martin SychraCMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 164Christian ProulxD7 GP · 3 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 188Michael BurmanDMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 212Earl CronanLMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 236Trent CavicchiGMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 260Hiroyuki MiuraDMTLMontréal Canadiens