1994 NHL Draft
Wayne Primeau in the 1994 NHL Draft
Buffalo Sabres selected Wayne Primeau 17th overall in the 1994 NHL Draft.
It was the first of the 12 picks Buffalo Sabres made in the draft. Of the 286 players selected in 1994, 115 have played in the NHL regular season. His 774 games put him 17th in the class.
- Overall pick
- 17
- Round and pick
- Round 1, pick 17
- Drafting team
- BUFBuffalo Sabres
- Date
- Age at the draft
- 18 years
The picks around it
Picks 14–20 in the 1994 draft
- 14Ethan MoreauL928 GP · 287 PCHIChicago Blackhawks
- 15Alexander KharlamovRWSHWashington Capitals
- 16Eric FichaudG95 GP · 22 WTORToronto Maple Leafs
- 17Wayne PrimeauC774 GP · 194 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 18Brad BrownD330 GP · 29 PMTLMontréal Canadiens
- 19Chris DingmanL385 GP · 34 PCGYCalgary Flames
- 20Jason BotterillL88 GP · 14 PDALDallas Stars
Games and points are NHL regular season to date.
Place in the draft class
Where he came in the 1994 class
17th
of 286 players selected
11th
of 166 forwards selected
Counted in draft order across the whole draft. The position is the one listed at the draft.
First off the board
- 1Ed JovanovskiD1128 GP · 500 PFLAFlorida Panthers
- 2Oleg TverdovskyD713 GP · 317 PANAAnaheim Ducks
- 3Radek BonkC969 GP · 497 POTTOttawa Senators
- 4Jason BonsignoreC79 GP · 16 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 5Jeff O'NeillC821 GP · 496 PHFDHartford Whalers
- 6Ryan SmythL1270 GP · 842 PEDMEdmonton Oilers
- 7Jamie StorrG219 GP · 85 WLAKLos Angeles Kings
- 8Jason WiemerC726 GP · 202 PTBLTampa Bay Lightning
- 9Brett LindrosR51 GP · 7 PNYINew York Islanders
- 10Nolan BaumgartnerD143 GP · 47 PWSHWashington Capitals
+ 276 more
After the draft
The road to the NHL
Wayne Primeau made his NHL debut on May 3, 1995, 309 days after the draft.
774
Games
69
Goals
125
Assists
194
Points
NHL regular season to date.
The team's draft
Buffalo Sabres picks in the 1994 draft
- 17Wayne PrimeauC774 GP · 194 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 43Curtis BrownC736 GP · 300 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 69Ruman NdurD69 GP · 5 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 121Sergei KlimentievDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 147Cal BenazicDBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 168Steve PlouffeGBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 173Shane HnidyD550 GP · 71 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 176Steve WebbR321 GP · 18 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 199Bob WesterbyLBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 225Craig MillarD114 GP · 22 PBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 251Mark PolakCBUFBuffalo Sabres
- 277Shayne WrightDBUFBuffalo Sabres