| 1978 TRADED DRAFT PICKS |
| Round 1 |
| No. |
Team |
Player |
From |
Trade Description |
| 6. |
Philadelphia |
Behn Wilson |
Pittsburgh |
PIT got Tom Bladon, Ross Lonsberry and Orest
Kindrachuk. PHI also got future considerations (1978 No. 8 -- Jerry Price). (June 14, 1978) |
| 7. |
Philadelphia |
Ken Linseman |
N.Y. Rangers |
NYR got rights to hire head coach Fred Shero. (June 2, 1978) |
| 8. |
Montreal |
Danny Geoffrion |
Los Angeles |
LA got Glenn Goldup and 1978 No. 3 (later traded). MTL
also got 1977 No. 3 (Moe Robinson). (June 12, 1976) |
| 12. |
Detroit |
Brent Peterson |
Toronto |
TOR got Dan Maloney and 1980 No. 2 (Craig Muni). DET also got Errol
Thompson, 1978 No. 2 (Al Jensen) and 1980 No. 1 (Mike Blaisdell). (March 13,
1978) |
| Round 2 |
| 21. |
Toronto |
Joel Quenneville |
St. Louis |
STL signed Rod Seiling as a restricted free agent. TOR
received this pick and cash from STL as compensation. (Sept. 9, 1976) |
| 23. |
Washington |
Paul MacKinnon |
Cleveland |
CLE got Walt McKechnie. WAS also got Bob Girard. (Dec.
9, 1977) |
| 24. |
Minnesota |
Steve Christoff |
Colorado |
COL (then KC) got rights to Henry Boucha, who was
playing in WHA. (Dec. 9, 1975) |
| 27. |
Colorado |
Merlin Malinowski |
Los Angeles
via Philadelphia |
LA got Dave Schultz. PHI also got 1977 No. 4 (Yves
Guillemette). (Sept. 29, 1976). PHI got 1979 No. 2 (Blake Wesley). (June 15, 1978) |
| 30. |
Montreal |
Dale Yakiwchuk |
Atlanta |
ATL got 1973 No. 1 (California) (Tom Lysiak), 1973 No.
1 (Vic Mercredi) and 1973 No. 2 (Atlanta) (Eric Vail). MTL also got 1973 No.
1 (later traded) and 1977 No. 1 (Mark Napier). (May 15, 1973) |
| 31. |
Detroit |
Al Jensen |
Toronto |
TOR got Dan Maloney and 1980 No. 2 (Craig Muni). DET also got Errol
Thompson, 1978 No. 1 (Brent Peterson) and 1980 No. 1 (Mike Blaisdell). (March 13, 1978) |
| Round 3 |
| 37. |
Philadelphia |
Gord Salt |
Minnesota |
MIN got Harvey Bennett. PHI also got Blake Dunlop.
(Oct. 28, 1977) |
| 42. |
Montreal |
Richard David |
Pittsburgh |
PIT got Don Awrey. (Aug. 11, 1976) |
| 44. |
N.Y. Rangers |
Dean Turner |
Los Angeles |
LA got right to sign otherwise restricted free agent
Pete Stemkowski. Draft pick was listed as "future considerations" at time of
the trade. (Aug. 31, 1977) |
| 45. |
Washington |
Jay Johnston |
Detroit |
DET got right to sign otherwise restricted free agent
Ron Low and 1979 No. 3 (Boris Fistric). WAS also got Walt McKechnie & 1979 No. 2 (Errol
Rausse). (Aug. 17, 1977) |
| 53. |
Detroit |
Doug Derkson |
Montreal
via Los Angeles |
MTL got 1977 No. 3 (Moe Robinson) and 1978 No. 1
(Danny Geoffrion). LA also got Glenn Goldup. (June 12, 1976). LA got Danny
Grant. DET also got NHL rights to Barry Long, who was playing in WHA. (Jan.
9, 1978) |
| Round 4 |
| 56. |
Vancouver |
Harald Luckner |
St. Louis |
STL got Mike Walton. (June 12, 1978) |
| 59. |
N.Y. Rangers |
Dave Silk |
Pittsburgh |
PIT got Dunc Wilson. (Oct. 8, 1976) |
| 61. |
Pittsburgh |
Shane Pearsall |
Los Angeles |
LA got Syl Apps and Hartland Monahan. PIT also got
Dave Schultz and Gene Carr.
(Nov. 2, 1977) |
| 68a. |
Cleveland |
Team folded,
pick not used |
N.Y. Islanders |
NYI got Wayne Merrick, Darcy Regier and 1978 No. 4
(pick later voided). CLE also got Jean Potvin and J.P. Parise. (Jan. 10, 1978) |
| Round 5 |
| 73. |
Colorado |
Tim Thomlison |
Vancouver |
VAN got 1977 No. 4 (Dave Morrow) as part of
compensation package for COL signing of restricted free agent Tracy Pratt.
COL also got this pick as part of the compensation package.
(Sept. 12, 1976) |
| Round 6 |
| 92. |
Toronto |
Mel Hewitt |
Pittsburgh |
PIT got Randy Carlyle and George Ferguson. TOR also
got Dave Burrows. (June 14, 1978) |
| Round 7 |
| 109. |
St. Louis |
Paul MacLean |
Pittsburgh |
PIT got cash. (June 15, 1978) |
| Round 8 |
| 126. |
Philadelphia |
Jerry Price |
Pittsburgh |
PIT got Tom Bladon, Ross Lonsberry and Orest
Kindrachuk. PHI also got 1978 No. 1 (Behn Wilson). Draft pick was listed as
"future considerations" at time of the trade.
(June 14, 1978) |
| Round 9 |
| 143. |
St. Louis |
Rick Simpson |
Pittsburgh |
PIT got cash. (June 15, 1978) |
| Round 10 |
| 160. |
St. Louis |
Bob Froese |
Pittsburgh |
PIT got cash. (June 15, 1978) |
| 167. |
Philadelphia |
Rick Berard |
Buffalo |
BUF got cash. (June 15, 1978) |
| 170. |
St. Louis |
Dan Lerg |
Boston |
BOS got cash. (June 15, 1978) |
| Round 11 |
| 175. |
St. Louis |
Dan Hermansson |
Pittsburgh |
PIT got cash.
(June 15, 1978) |
| 181. |
St. Louis |
Jean-Francois Boutin |
Toronto |
TOR got cash. (June 15, 1978) |
| 182. |
Philadelphia |
Mark Berge |
Buffalo |
BUF got cash. (June 15, 1978) |
| 185. |
St. Louis |
John Sullivan |
Boston |
BOS got cash. (June 15, 1978) |
| Round 12 |
| 189. |
Washington |
Steve Barger |
Vancouver |
VAN got cash. (June 15, 1978) |
| 191. |
St. Louis |
Don Boyd |
Pittsburgh |
PIT got cash. (June 15, 1978) |
| 195. |
Philadelphia |
Jim Olson |
Chicago |
CHI got cash. (June 15, 1978) |
| 197. |
St. Louis |
Paul Stasiuk |
Toronto |
TOR got cash. (June 15, 1978) |
| 200. |
St. Louis |
Gerd Truntschka |
Boston |
BOS got cash. (June 15, 1978) |
| Round 13 |
| 205. |
St. Louis |
Carl Bloomberg |
Pittsburgh |
PIT got cash. (June 15, 1978) |
| 207. |
St. Louis |
Terry Kitching |
Los Angeles |
LA got cash. (June 15, 1978) |
| 209. |
St. Louis |
Brian O'Connor |
Atlanta |
ATL got cash. (June 15, 1978) |
| 210. |
St. Louis |
Brian Crombeen |
Toronto |
TOR got cash. (June 15, 1978) |
| 211. |
St. Louis |
Mike Pidgeon |
Boston |
BOS got cash. (June 15, 1978) |
| Round 14 |
| 215. |
Washington |
Ray Irwin |
Colorado |
COL got cash. (June 15, 1978) |
| 216. |
St. Louis |
Joe Casey |
Pittsburgh |
PIT got cash. (June 15, 1978) |
| 218. |
St. Louis |
Jim Farrell |
Los Angeles |
LA got cash. (June 15, 1978) |
| 220. |
St. Louis |
Frank Johnson |
Atlanta |
ATL got cash. (June 15, 1978) |
| 221. |
St. Louis |
Blair Wheeler |
Toronto |
TOR got cash. (June 15, 1978) |