| ROUND: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Traded Picks | Quick Facts | |||||
| Round 4 | ||||||
| No. | Team | Player | Pos. | Last team | League | Nationality |
| 64. | Colorado | Steve Peters | C | Oshawa | OMJHL | Canada |
| 65. | St. Louis | Bob Crawford | RW | Cornwall | QMJHL | Canada |
| 66. | Detroit | John Ogrodnick | RW | New Westminster | WHL | Canada |
| 67. | Washington | Harvie Pocza | LW | Billings | WHL | Canada |
| 68. | Vancouver | Art Rutland | C | Sault Ste. Marie | OMJHL | Canada |
| 69. | Edmonton | Glenn Anderson | RW | Denver | WCHA | Canada |
| 70. | Chicago | Louis Begin | LW | Sherbrooke | QMJHL | Canada |
| 71. | Los Angeles | John Gibson | D | Niagara Falls | OMJHL | Canada |
| 72. | Toronto | Vincent Tremblay | G | Quebec | QMJHL | Canada |
| 73. | Pittsburgh | Brian Cross | D | Brantford | OMJHL | Canada |
| 74. | Buffalo | Gilles Hamel | LW | Laval | QMJHL | Canada |
| 75. | Atlanta | Jim Peplinski | RW | Toronto | OMJHL | Canada |
| 76. | N.Y. Rangers | Pat Conacher | C | Saskatoon | WHL | Canada |
| 77. | Philadelphia | Don Gillen | RW | Brandon | WHL | Canada |
| 78. | Boston | Larry Melnyk | D | New Westminster | WHL | Canada |
| 79. | Montreal | Dave Orleski | LW | New Westminster | WHL | Canada |
| 80. | N.Y. Islanders | Tim Lockridge | D | Brandon | WHL | Canada |
| 81. | Hartford | Ray Neufeld | RW | Edmonton | WHL | Canada |
| 82. | Winnipeg | Pat Daley | LW | Montreal | QMJHL | Canada |
| 83. | Quebec | Anton Stastny | LW | Bratislava | Czecholslovakia | Slovakia |
| 84. | Edmonton | Max Kostovich | LW | Portland | WHL | Canada |
| SNAPSHOT '79 | |
| Total Selected: | 126 |
| Forwards: | 74 |
| Defense: | 41 |
| Goaltenders: | 11 |
| Major Junior: | 97 |
| College Players: | 15 |
| Canadian: | 110 |
| American: | 10 |
| U.S.-Born: | 10 |
| European: | 6 |
| Reached NHL: | 103 |
| Won Stanley Cup: | 23 |
| Hall of Fame: | 5 |
| All-Star Game: | 23 |
| Year-end All-Star: | 10 |
| Olympians: | 15 |
| Picks Traded: | 17 |