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1979 TRADED DRAFT PICKS
Round 1
No. Team Player From Trade Description
8. Boston Ray Bourque Los Angeles LA got Ron Grahame. (Oct. 9, 1978)
10. Minnesota Tom McCarthy Pittsburgh
via Washington
PIT got Hartland Monahan. (Oct. 17, 1977). WAS got Dennis Maruk. (Oct. 18, 1978)
16. Los Angeles Jay Wells Montreal MTL got 1981 No. 1 (Gilbert Delorme). LA also got Murray Wilson. (Oct. 5, 1978)
Round 2
22. Philadelphia Blake Wesley Colorado COL got 1978 No. 2 (Merlin Malinowksi). (June 15, 1978)
23. Atlanta Mike Perovich St. Louis STL got Curt Bennett, Phil Myre and Barry Gibbs. ATL also got Yves Belanger, Dick Redmond and Bob MacMillan. (Dec. 12, 1977)
24. Washington Errol Rausse Detroit DET got right to sign otherwise restricted free agent Ron Low and 1979 No. 3 (Boris Fistric). WAS also got Walt McKechnie & 1978 No. 3 (Jay Johnston). (Aug. 17, 1977)
25. N.Y. Islanders Tomas Jonsson Washington WAS got Michel Bergeron. (Oct. 19, 1978)
27. Montreal Gaston Gingras Minnesota MIN got Bill Nyrop. MTL also got 1982 No. 2 (Vancouver) (Kent Carlson). (Aug. 9, 1979)
30. Los Angeles Mark Hardy Toronto TOR got Dave Hutchison and Lorne Stamler. LA also got Brian Glennie, Kurt Walker and Scott Garland. (June 14, 1978)
42. Minnesota Neal Broten Edmonton EDM got Dave Semenko and 1979 No. 3 (Mark Messier). MIN also got 1979 No. 3 (Kevin Maxwell). (Aug. 9, 1979)
Round 3
43. Montreal Craig Levie Colorado COL got John Van Boxmeer. (Nov. 24, 1976)
44. Montreal Guy Carbonneau St. Louis STL got Jimmy Roberts. (Aug. 18, 1977)
46. Detroit Boris Fistric Washington WAS got Walt McKechnie, 1978 No. 3 (Jay Johnston) and 1979 No. 2 (Errol Rausse). DET also got rights to sign otherwise restricted free agent Ron Low. (Aug. 17, 1977)
48. Edmonton Mark Messier Minnesota MIN got 1979 No. 2 (Neal Broten) and 1979 No. 3 (Kevin Maxwell). EDM also got Dave Semenko. (Aug. 9, 1979)
55. Buffalo Jacques Cloutier N.Y. Rangers NYR got Jocelyn Guevremont. BUF also got 1980 No. 3 (Sean McKenna). (March 12, 1979)
63. Minnesota Kevin Maxwell Edmonton EDM got Dave Semenko and 1979 No. 3 (Mark Messier). MIN also got 1979 No. 2 (Neal Broten). (Aug. 9, 1979)
Round 4
69. Edmonton Glenn Anderson Minnesota MIN got EDM's promise that it would not make Paul Shmyr one of its priority selections for the 1979 NHL Expansion Draft, thereby preventing MIN from reclaiming him. (June 9, 1979)

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SNAPSHOT '79
Total Selected: 126
Forwards: 74
Defense: 41
Goaltenders: 11
Major Junior: 97
College Players: 15
Canadian: 109
Euro-Canadian: 1
USA Citizens: 10
U.S.-Born: 10
European: 6
Reached NHL: 103
Won Stanley Cup: 23
Hall of Fame: 3
All-Star Game: 23
Year-end All-Star: 10
Olympians: 15
Picks Traded: 17
 
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