| ROUND: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Traded Picks | Quick Facts | |||||
| Round 1 | ||||||
| No. | Team | Player | Pos. | Last team | League | Nationality |
| 1. | Washington | Rick Green | D | London | OMJHL | Canada |
| 2. | Pittsburgh | Blair Chapman | RW | Saskatoon | WCHL | Canada |
| 3. | Minnesota | Glen Sharpley | C | Hull | QMJHL | Canada |
| 4. | Detroit | Fred Williams | C | Saskatoon | WCHL | Canada |
| 5. | California | Bjorn Johansson | D | Orebro | Swe. Div. 1 | Sweden |
| 6. | N.Y. Rangers | Don Murdoch | RW | Medicine Hat | WCHL | Canada |
| 7. | St. Louis | Bernie Federko | C | Saskatoon | WCHL | Canada |
| 8. | Atlanta | Dave Shand | D | Peterborough | OMJHL | Canada |
| 9. | Chicago | Real Cloutier | RW | Quebec | WHA | Canada |
| 10. | Atlanta | Harold Phillipoff | LW | New Westminster | WCHL | Canada |
| 11. | Kansas City | Paul Gardner | C | Oshawa | OMJHL | Canada |
| 12. | Montreal | Peter Lee | RW | Ottawa | OMJHL | Canada |
| 13. | Montreal | Rod Schutt | LW | Sudbury | OMJHL | Canada |
| 14. | N.Y. Islanders | Alex McKendry | RW | Sudbury | OMJHL | Canada |
| 15. | Washington | Greg Carroll | C | Medicine Hat | WCHL | Canada |
| 16. | Boston | Clayton Pachal | LW | New Westminster | WCHL | Canada |
| 17. | Philadelphia | Mark Suzor | D | Kingston | OMJHL | Canada |
| 18. | Montreal | Bruce Baker | RW | Ottawa | OMJHL | Canada |
| SNAPSHOT '76 | |
| Total Selected: | 135 |
| Forwards: | 83 |
| Defense: | 39 |
| Goaltenders: | 13 |
| Major Junior: | 97 |
| College Players: | 26 |
| Canadian: | 103 |
| Euro-Canadian: | 1 |
| European: | 8 |
| American: | 23 |
| Reached NHL: | 73 |
| Won Stanley Cup: | 8 |
| Hall of Fame: | 1 |
| All-Star Game: | 12 |
| Year-end All-Star: | 2 |
| Olympians: | 6 |
| Picks Traded: | 15 |