| ROUND: 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Round 1 | |||||||
| No. | Team | Player | Pos. | Last team | League | Nationality | |
| 1. | Quebec | Mike McKee | D | Princeton | ECAC | Canada | |
| 2. | Vancouver | Paul Dukovac | D | Cornell | ECAC | Canada | |
| 3. | Detroit | Mike Casselman | LW | Clarkson | ECAC | Canada | |
| 4. | Philadelphia | Steve Beadle | D | Michigan State | CCHA | USA | |
| 5. | Pittsburgh | Joe Dragon | C | Cornell | ECAC | Canada | |
| NOTE: First round limited to the five teams that had not qualified for 1990 playoffs. | |||||||
