| ROUND: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Traded Picks | Quick Facts | |||||
| Round 4 | ||||||
| No. | Team | Player | Pos. | Last team | League | Nationality |
| 49. | N.Y. Islanders | Ron Smith | D | Cornwall | QMJHL | Canada |
| 50. | Atlanta | Don Martineau | RW | New Westminster | WCHL | Canada |
| 51. | Vancouver | Ron Homenuke | RW | Calgary | WCHL | Canada |
| 52. | Los Angeles | John Dobie | D | Regina | WCHL | Canada |
| 53. | Buffalo | Rychard Campeau | D | Sorel | QMJHL | Canada |
| 54. | California | Claude St. Sauveur | LW | Sherbrooke | QMJHL | Canada |
| 55. | Philadelphia | Al MacAdam | RW | Charlottetown | MJAHL | Canada |
| 56. | Pittsburgh | Ron Lalonde | C | Peterborough | OHA | Canada |
| 57. | St. Louis | Murray Myers | RW | Saskatoon | WCHL | Canada |
| 58. | Detroit | Danny Gruen | LW | Thunder Bay | TBJHL | Canada |
| 59. | Toronto | Brian Bowles | D | Cornwall | QMJHL | Canada |
| 60. | Minnesota | Tom Thomson | D | Toronto | OHA | Canada |
| 61. | Chicago | Tom Peluso | LW | Denver | WCHA | USA |
| 62. | Montreal | Dave Elenbaas | G | Cornell | ECAC | Canada |
| 63. | N.Y. Rangers | Doug Horbul | LW | Calgary | WCHL | Canada |
| 64. | Boston | Les Jackson | LW | New Westminster | WCHL | 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 |