1968 NHL Amateur Draft -- Traded Picks
Round 1
No.Team PlayerFromTrade Description
3. Montreal Jim Pritchard Oakland Oakland got Norm Ferguson, Stan Fuller, and future considerations (Michel Jacques and Francois Lacombe pending June 11 trade that would send Bryan Watson to Oakland in exchange for cash, 1972 first-round pick, and future considerations, Tom Thurlby). Montreal got Wally Boyer, Alain Caron, future considerations (Lyle Bradley, this 1968 first-round pick,1970 first-round pick -- Ray Martyniuk -- and the promise that Oakland would choose Carol Vadnais over Claude Provost in NHL's 1968 Intra-league Draft, pending the June 11 trade involving Bryan Watson) (May 24, 1968)
SNAPSHOT '68
Total Selected:24
Forwards: 13
Defense: 8
Goaltenders: 3
Major Junior: 16
College Players: 4
Canadian: 22
USA Citizens: 2
U.S.-Born: 1
European: 0
Reached NHL: 10
Won Stanley Cup: 2
Hall of Fame: 0
All-Star Game: 2
Year-end All-Star: 0
Olympians: 0
Picks Traded: 1