1998 NHL Entry Draft The 1998 NHL Entry Draft was held on June 27th at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo , New York . A total of 258 players were drafted . Draft Order . Round 5 . 115 . Jay Leach ( D ) - Phoenix Coyotes ( from TAM ) 116 . Josh Blackburn ( G ) - San Jose Sharks ( from NAS ) 117 . Jaroslav Spacek ( D ) - Florida Panthers ( from SAN / FLA ) 118 . Mike Siklenka ( D ) - Washington Capitals 119 . Anton But ( F ) - New Jersey Devils ( from VAN ) 120 . Brent Gauvreau ( C ) - Calgary Flames ( from ANA ) 121 . Curtis Rich ( D ) - Tampa Bay Lightning ( from CGY ) 122 . Pat Leahy ( RW ) - New York Rangers 123 . Jiri Dopita ( C ) - New York Islanders ( from TOR ) 124 . Francis Belanger ( LW ) - Chicago Blackhawks ( from NYI / CHI ) 125 . Erik Wendell ( F ) - Washington Capitals ( from CHI ) 126 . Morgan Warren ( RW ) - Toronto Maple Leafs ( from CHI / CAR ) 127 . Brandon Coalter ( LW ) - San Jose Sharks 128 . Paul Elliott ( D ) - Edmonton Oilers 129 . Robert Schnabel ( D ) - Phoenix Coyotes 130 . Gavin McLeod ( D ) - Ottawa Senators 131 . Tomas Kloucek ( D ) - New York Rangers 132 . Andrei Bashkirov - Montreal Canadiens 133 . Joe Rullier ( D ) - Los Angeles Kings 134 . Rob Scuderi ( D ) - Pittsburgh Penguins ( from BUF ) 135 . Andrew Raycroft ( G ) - Boston Bruins 136 . David Jonsson ( D ) - Vancouver Canucks ( from WAS ) 137 . Aaron Goldade ( C ) - Buffalo Sabres 138 . Martin Beauchesne ( D ) - Nashville Predators ( from COL ) 139 . Garrett Prosofsky ( C ) - Philadelphia Flyers ( from VAN ) 140 . Rick Bertran ( D ) - Vancouver Canucks ( from PIT ) 141 . K . C . Timmons ( LW ) - Colorado Avalanche ( from STL ) 142 . Calle Steen ( F ) - Detroit Red Wings 143 . Ryan Flinn ( LW ) - New Jersey Devils 144 . Oleg Smirnov ( F ) - Edmonton Oilers ( from NJD ) 145 . Mikael Samuelsson ( F ) - San Jose Sharks ( from DAL ) Round 6 . 146 . Sergei Kuznetsov ( C ) - Tampa Bay Lightning 147 . Craig Brunel ( RW ) - Nashville Predators 148 . Chris Ovington ( D ) - Florida Panthers ( from SAN / FLA ) 149 . Paul Cabana ( F ) - Vancouver Canucks 150 . Trent Hunter ( RW ) - Anaheim Mighty Ducks 151 . Adam Deleeuw ( LW ) - Detroit Red Wings 152 . Gordie Dwyer ( LW ) - Montreal Canadiens ( from CGY ) 153 . Pavel Patera ( LW ) - Dallas Stars ( from NYR ) 154 . Allan Rourke ( D ) - Toronto Maple Leafs 155 . Kevin Clauson ( D ) - New York Islanders 156 . Kent Huskins ( D ) - Chicago Blackhawks 157 . Brad Voth ( D - St . Louis Blues ( from CAR ) 158 . Jari Viuhkola ( C ) - Chicago Blackhawks ( from SAN ) 159 . Trevor Ettinger ( D ) - Edmonton Oilers 160 . Rickard Wallin ( C ) - Phoenix Coyotes 161 . Chris Neil ( RW ) - Ottawa Senators ( from CHI ) 162 . Andrei Markov ( C ) - Montreal Canadiens 163 . Tomas Zizka ( D ) - Los Angeles Kings 164 . Ales Kotalik ( F ) - Buffalo Sabres 165 . Ryan Milanovic ( LW ) - Boston Bruins 166 . Jonathan Pelletier ( G ) - Chicago Blackhawks ( from WAS ) 167 . Alexander Ryazantsev ( D ) - Colorado Avalanche 168 . Antero Niittymäki ( G ) - Philadelphia Flyers 169 . Jan Fadrny ( C ) - Pittsburgh Penguins 170 . Andrei Trochinsky ( C ) - St . Louis Blues 171 . Pavel Datsyuk ( C ) - Detroit Red Wings 172 . Jacques Lariviere ( LW ) - New Jersey Devils 173 . Niko Kapanen ( C ) - Dallas Stars Round 7 . 174 . Brett Allan ( F ) - Tampa Bay Lightning 175 . Cam Ondrik ( G ) - Philadelphia Flyers ( from NAS ) 176 . B . J . Kethceson ( D ) - Florida Panthers 177 . Vincent Malts ( RW ) - Vancouver Canucks 178 . Jesse Fibiger ( D ) - Anaheim Mighty Ducks 179 . Nathan Foster ( D ) - Washington Senators ( from CGY ) 180 . Stefan Lundqvist ( RW ) - New York Rangers 181 . Jonathan Gagnon ( C ) - Toronto Maple Leafs 182 . Evgeny Korolev ( D ) - New York Islanders 183 . Tyler Arnason ( C ) - Chicago Blackhawks 184 . Donald Smith ( C ) - Carolina Hurricanes 185 . Robert Mulick ( D ) - San Jose Sharks 186 . Mike Morrison ( G ) - Edmonton Oilers 187 . Erik Westrum ( C ) - Phoenix Coyotes 188 . Michel Periard ( D ) - Ottawa Senators 189 . Andrei Kruchinin ( D ) - Montreal Canadiens 190 . Tommi Hannus ( C ) - Los Angeles Kings 191 . Brad Moran ( C ) - Buffalo Sabres 192 . Radek Duda ( RW ) - Calgary Flames ( from BOS ) 193 . Rastislav Stana ( G ) - Washington Capitals 194 . Oak Hewer ( C ) - Tampa Bay Lightning ( from COL ) 195 . Tomas Divisek ( F ) - Philadelphia Flyers 196 . Joel Scherban ( C ) - Pittsburgh Penguins 197 . Brad Twordik ( C ) - St . Louis Blues 198 . Jeremy Goetzinger ( D ) - Detroit Red Wings 199 . Erik Jensen ( F ) - New Jersey Devils 200 . Scott Perry ( C ) - Dallas Stars Round 8 . 201 . Craig Murray ( C ) - Montreal Canadiens ( from TAM ) 202 . Martin Bartek ( LW ) - Nashville Predators 203 . Ian Jacobs ( RW ) - Florida Panthers 204 . Craig Mischler ( C ) - Vancouver Canucks 205 . David Bernier ( RW ) - Anaheim Mighty Ducks 206 . Jonas Frögren ( D ) - Calgary Flames 207 . Johan Witehall ( LW ) - New York Rangers 208 . Jaroslav Svoboda ( RW ) - Carolina Hurricanes ( from TOR ) 209 . Frederik Brind ' Amour ( G ) - New York Islanders 210 . Sean Griffin ( D ) - Chicago Blackhawks 211 . Mark Kosick ( C ) - Carolina Hurricanes 212 . Jim Fahey ( D ) - San Jose Sharks 213 . Christian Lefebvre ( D ) - Edmonton Oilers 214 . Justin Hansen ( RW ) - Phoenix Coyotes 215 . Dwight Wolfe ( D ) - Toronto Maple Leafs ( from OTT ) 216 . Michael Ryder ( RW ) - Montreal Canadiens 217 . Jim Henkel ( C ) - Los Angeles Kings 218 . David Moravec ( LW ) - Buffalo Sabres 219 . Curtis Valentine ( LW ) - Vancouver Canucks ( from BOS ) 220 . Mike Farrell ( D ) - Washington Capitals 221 . Daniel Hulak ( D ) - Tampa Bay Lightning ( from COL ) 222 . Lubomir Pistek ( RW ) - Philadelphia Flyers 223 . Sergey Verenkin ( RW ) - Ottawa Senators ( from SAN ) 224 . Mika Lehto ( G ) - Pittsburgh Penguins 225 . Yevgeny Pastukh ( LW ) - St . Louis Blues 226 . David Petrasek ( D ) - Detroit Red Wings 227 . Marko Ahosilta ( C ) - New Jersey Devils 228 . Mikhail Travnicek ( F ) - Toronto Maple Leafs ( from DAL ) Round 9 . 229 . Chris Lyness ( D ) - Tampa Bay Lightning 230 . Karlis Skrastins ( D ) - Nashville Predators 231 . Adrian Wischser ( C ) - Florida Panthers 232 . Jason Metcalfe ( D ) - Vancouver Canucks 233 . Pelle Prestberg ( LW ) - Anaheim Mighty Ducks 234 . Kevin Mitchell ( D ) - Calgary Flames 235 . Jan Mertzig ( D ) - New York Rangers 236 . Sergei Rostov ( D ) - Toronto Maple Leafs 237 . Ben Blais ( D ) - New York Islanders 238 . Alexandre Couture ( LW ) - Chicago Blackhawks 239 . Brent McDonald ( C ) - Carolina Hurricanes 240 . Andrei Yershov ( D ) - Chicago Blackhawks ( from SAN ) 241 . Maxim Spiridonov ( RW ) - Edmonton Oilers 242 . Jason Doyle ( RW ) - New York Islanders ( from PHO ) 243 . Petr Hubacek ( C ) - Philadelphia Flyers 244 . Toby Petersen ( C ) - Pittsburgh Penguins 245 . Andreas Andersson ( G ) - Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 246 . Rastislav Pavlikovsky ( C ) - Ottawa Senators 247 . Darcy Harris ( RW ) - Montreal Canadiens 248 . Matthew Yeats ( RW ) - Los Angeles Kings 249 . Edo Terglav ( RW ) - Buffalo Sabres 250 . Radek Matejovsky ( RW ) - New York Islanders ( from BOS ) 251 . Blake Evans - Washington Capitals 252 . Martin Cibak ( C ) - Tampa Bay Lighting ( from COL ) 253 . Bruno St . Jacques ( D ) - Philadelphia Flyers 254 . Matt Hussey ( C ) - Pittsburgh Penguins 255 . Johnny Pohl ( C ) - St . Louis Blues 256 . Petja Pietilainen ( C ) - Detroit Red Wings 257 . Ryan Held ( C ) - New Jersey Devils 258 . Sergei Skrobat ( D ) - Philadelphia Flyers ( from DAL )