| ROUND: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||||
| Round 1 | ||||||
| No. | Team | Player | Pos. | Last team | League | Nationality |
| 1. | Ottawa | Alexandre Daigle | C | Victoriaville | QMJHL | Canada |
| 2. | Hartford | Chris Pronger | D | Peterborough | OHL | Canada |
| 3. | Tampa Bay | Chris Gratton | C | Kingston | OHL | Canada |
| 4. | Anaheim | Paul Kariya | LW | Maine | Hockey East | Canada |
| 5. | Florida | Rob Niedermayer | C | Medicine Hat | WHL | Canada |
| 6. | San Jose | Viktor Kozlov | RW | Moscow Dynamo | IHL (CIS) | Russia |
| 7. | Edmonton | Jason Arnott | C | Oshawa | OHL | Canada |
| 8. | N.Y. Rangers | Niklas Sundstrom | C | Ornskoldsvik | Elitserien | Sweden |
| 9. | Dallas | Todd Harvey | C | Detroit | OHL | Canada |
| 10. | Quebec | Jocelyn Thibault | G | Sherbrooke | QMJHL | Canada |
| 11. | Washington | Brendan Witt | D | Seattle | WHL | Canada |
| 12. | Toronto | Kenny Jonsson | D | Angelholm | Elitserien | Sweden |
| 13. | New Jersey | Denis Pederson | C | Prince Albert | WHL | Canada |
| 14. | Quebec | Adam Deadmarsh | RW | Portland | WHL | USA |
| 15. | Winnipeg | Mats Lindgren | C | Skelleftea | Swe. Div. 1 | Sweden |
| 16. | Edmonton | Nick Stajduhar | D | London | OHL | Canada |
| 17. | Washington | Jason Allison | C | London | OHL | Canada |
| 18. | Calgary | Jesper Mattsson | RW | Malmo | Elitserien | Sweden |
| 19. | Toronto | Landon Wilson | RW | Dubuque | USHL | USA |
| 20. | Vancouver | Mike Wilson | D | Sudbury | OHL | Canada |
| 21. | Montreal | Saku Koivu | C | Turku | SM-Liiga | Finland |
| 22. | Detroit | Anders Eriksson | D | Ornskoldsvik | Elitserien | Sweden |
| 23. | N.Y. Islanders | Todd Bertuzzi | LW | Guelph | OHL | Canada |
| 24. | Chicago | Eric Lecompte | LW | Hull | QMJHL | Canada |
| 25. | Boston | Kevyn Adams | C | Miami | CCHA | USA |
| 26. | Pittsburgh | Stefan Bergkvist | D | Leksand | Elitserien | Sweden |
