| 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. | Montreal | Guy Lafleur | RW | Quebec | QMJHL | Canada |
| 2. | Detroit | Marcel Dionne | C | St. Catharines | OHA | Canada |
| 3. | Vancouver | Jocelyn Guevremont | D | Montreal | OHA | Canada |
| 4. | St. Louis | Gene Carr | C | Flin Flon | WCHL | Canada |
| 5. | Buffalo | Rick Martin | LW | Montreal | OHA | Canada |
| 6. | Boston | Ron Jones | D | Edmonton | WCHL | Canada |
| 7. | Montreal | Chuck Arnason | RW | Flin Flon | WCHL | Canada |
| 8. | Philadelphia | Larry Wright | C | Regina | WCHL | Canada |
| 9. | Philadelphia | Pierre Plante | RW | Drummondville | QMJHL | Canada |
| 10. | New York | Steve Vickers | RW | Toronto | OHA | Canada |
| 11. | Montreal | Murray Wilson | LW | Ottawa | OHA | Canada |
| 12. | Chicago | Dan Spring | C | Edmonton | WCHL | Canada |
| 13. | New York | Steve Durbano | D | Toronto | OHA | Canada |
| 14. | Boston | Terry O'Reilly | RW | Oshawa | OHA | Canada |
| SNAPSHOT '71 | |
| Total Selected: | 117 |
| Forwards: | 63 |
| Defense: | 45 |
| Goaltenders: | 9 |
| Major Junior: | 84 |
| College Players: | 19 |
| Canadian: | 107 |
| Euro-Canadian: | 2 |
| American: | 8 |
| European: | 0 |
| Reached NHL: | 50 |
| Won Stanley Cup: | 5 |
| Hall of Fame: | 3 |
| All-Star Game: | 10 |
| Year-end All-Star: | 5 |
| Olympians: | 4 |
| Picks Traded: | 18 |
| 1971 PICKS BY TEAM | ||
| Boston | Buffalo | Chicago |
| Detroit | Los Angeles | Minnesota |
| Montreal | New York | Oakland |
| Philadelphia | Pittsburgh | St. Louis |
| Toronto | Vancouver | |