| ROUND: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Traded Picks | Quick Facts | |||||
| Round 1 | ||||||
| No. | Team | Player | Pos. | Last team | League | Nationality |
| 1. | N.Y. Islanders | Billy Harris | RW | Toronto | OHA | Canada |
| 2. | Atlanta | Jacques Richard | C | Quebec | QMJHL | Canada |
| 3. | Vancouver | Don Lever | C | Niagara Falls | OHA | Canada |
| 4. | Montreal | Steve Shutt | LW | Toronto | OHA | Canada |
| 5. | Buffalo | Jim Schoenfeld | D | Niagara Falls | OHA | Canada |
| 6. | Montreal | Michel Larocque | G | Ottawa | OHA | Canada |
| 7. | Philadelphia | Bill Barber | C | Kitchener | OHA | Canada |
| 8. | Montreal | Dave Gardner | C | Toronto | OHA | Canada |
| 9. | St. Louis | Wayne Merrick | C | Ottawa | OHA | Canada |
| 10. | N.Y. Rangers | Al Blanchard | LW | Kitchener | OHA | Canada |
| 11. | Toronto | George Ferguson | C | Toronto | OHA | Canada |
| 12. | Minnesota | Jerry Byers | RW | Kitchener | OHA | Canada |
| 13. | Chicago | Phil Russell | D | Edmonton | WCHL | Canada |
| 14. | Montreal | John Van Boxmeer | D | Guelph | SOJHL | Canada |
| 15. | N.Y. Rangers | Bob MacMillan | C | St. Catharines | OHA | Canada |
| 16. | Detroit | Mike Bloom | D | St. Catharines | OHA | Canada |
| SNAPSHOT '72 | |
| Total Selected: | 152 |
| Forwards: | 88 |
| Defense: | 47 |
| Goaltenders: | 17 |
| Major Junior: | 121 |
| College Players: | 25 |
| Canadian: | 139 |
| Euro-Canadian: | 2 |
| American: | 11 |
| Born in USA: | 10 |
| Reached NHL: | 67 |
| Won Stanley Cup: | 11 |
| Hall of Fame: | 2 |
| All-Star Game: | 13 |
| Year-end All-Star: | 3 |
| Olympians: | 1 |
| Picks Traded: | 24 |