1998 NHL Draft
Vincent Lecavalier in the 1998 NHL Draft
Tampa Bay Lightning selected Vincent Lecavalier first overall in the 1998 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 11 picks Tampa Bay Lightning made in the draft. Of the 258 players selected in 1998, 132 have played in the NHL regular season. None of them has played more games than his 1212, and none has scored more points than his 949.
- Overall pick
- 1
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 1
- Drafting team
- TBLTampa Bay Lightning
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 1–4 in the 1998 draft
- 1Vincent LecavalierC1212 GP · 949 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 2David LegwandC1136 GP · 618 PNSHNashville Predators
- 3Brad StuartD1056 GP · 335 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 4Bryan AllenD721 GP · 136 PVANVancouver Canucks
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1998 class
1st
of 258 players selected
1st
of 156 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Vincent LecavalierC1212 GP · 949 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 2David LegwandC1136 GP · 618 PNSHNashville Predators
- 3Brad StuartD1056 GP · 335 PSJSSan Jose Sharks
- 4Bryan AllenD721 GP · 136 PVANVancouver Canucks
- 5Vitaly VishnevskiD552 GP · 68 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 6Rico FataL230 GP · 63 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 7Manny MalhotraC991 GP · 295 PNYRNew York Rangers
- 8Mark BellC450 GP · 182 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 9Mike RuppL610 GP · 99 PNYINew York Islanders
- 10Nik AntropovC788 GP · 465 PTORToronto Maple Leafs
+ 248 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Vincent Lecavalier made his NHL debut on October 9, 1998, 104 days after the draft.
1212
Games
421
Goals
528
Assists
949
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Tampa Bay Lightning picks in the 1998 draft
- 1Vincent LecavalierC1212 GP · 949 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 64Brad RichardsC1126 GP · 932 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 72Dimitri AfanasenkovL227 GP · 54 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 92Eric BeaudoinL53 GP · 11 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 121Curtis RichDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 146Sergei KuznetsovCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 174Brett AllanLTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 194Oak HewerCTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 221Daniel HulakDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 229Chris LynessDTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 252Martin CibakC154 GP · 23 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning