Selections
| Round 1 | ||||
| Team | Original | Player | Notes | |
| 1 |
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- | Rob Ramage | - |
| 2 |
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- | Perry Turnbull | - |
| 3 |
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- | Mike Foligno | - |
| 4 |
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- | Mike Gartner | - |
| 5 |
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- | Rick Vaive | - |
| 6 |
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- | Craig Hartsburg | - |
| 7 |
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Keith Brown | - |
| 8 |
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- | Ray Bourque | - |
| 9 |
|
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Laurie Boschman | - |
| 10 |
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- | Tom McCarthy | - |
| 11 |
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- | Mike Ramsey | - |
| 12 |
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- | Paul Reinhart | - |
| 13 |
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- | Doug Sulliman | - |
| 14 |
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- | Brian Propp | - |
| 15 |
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- | Brad McCrimmon | - |
| 16 |
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Jay Wells | - |
| 17 |
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- | Duane Sutter | - |
| 18 |
|
- | Ray Allison |
As part of the NHL-WHA merger, WHA teams were placed at the bottom of the draft order The Whalers finished 4th in the WHA standings for the 1978-1979 season |
| 19 |
|
- | Jimmy Mann |
As part of the NHL-WHA merger, WHA teams were placed at the bottom of the draft order. The Jets finished 3rd in the WHA standings for the 1978-1979 season |
| 20 |
|
- | Michel Goulet |
As part of the NHL-WHA merger, WHA teams were placed at the bottom of the draft order. The Nordiques finished 2nd in the WHA standings for the 1978-1979 season |
| 21 |
|
- | Kevin Lowe |
The Oilers were allowed to keep Wayne Gretzky in exchange for being last in the draft order As part of the NHL-WHA merger, WHA teams were placed at the bottom of the draft order. The Oilers finished 1st in the WHA standings for the 1978-1979 season |
| Round 2 | ||||
| Team | Original | Position | Player | Notes |
| 22 |
|
- | Blake Wesley | - |
| 23 |
|
|
Michael Perovich | - |
| 24 |
|
|
Errol Rausse | - |
| 25 |
|
|
Tomas Jonsson | - |
| 26 |
|
- | Brent Ashton | - |
| 27 |
|
|
Gaston Gingras | - |
| 28 |
|
- | Tim Trimper | - |
| 29 |
|
- | Dean Hopkins | - |
| 30 |
|
- | Mark Hardy | - |
| 31 |
|
|
Paul Marshall | - |
| 32 |
|
- | Lindy Ruff | - |
| 33 |
|
- | Pat Riggin | - |
| 34 |
|
- | Ed Hospodar | - |
| 35 |
|
- | Pelle Lindbergh | - |
| 36 |
|
- | Douglas Morrison | - |
| 37 |
|
- | Mats Näslund | - |
| 38 |
|
- | Billy Carroll | - |
| 39 |
|
- | Stuart Smith | - |
| 40 |
|
- | Dave Christian | - |
| 41 |
|
- | Dale Hunter | - |
| 42 |
|
|
Neal Broten | - |
| Round 3 | ||||
| Team | Original | Position | Player | Notes |
| 43 |
|
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Craig Levie | - |
| 44 |
|
|
Guy Carbonneau | - |
| 45 |
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- | Jody Gage | - |
| 46 |
|
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Boris Fistric | - |
| 47 |
|
- | Ken Ellacott | - |
| 48 |
|
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Mark Messier | - |
| 49 |
|
- | Bill Gardner | - |
| 50 |
|
- | John Paul Kelly | - |
| 51 |
|
- | Norm Aubin | - |
| 52 |
|
- | Bennett Wolf | - |
| 53 |
|
- | Mark Robinson | - |
| 54 |
|
- | Tim Hunter | - |
| 55 |
|
|
Jacques Cloutier | - |
| 56 |
|
- | Lindsay Carson | - |
| 57 |
|
- | Keith Crowder | - |
| 58 |
|
- | Rick Wamsley | - |
| 59 |
|
- | Roland Melanson | - |
| 60 |
|
- | Don Nachbaur | - |
| 61 |
|
- | William Whelton | - |
| 62 |
|
- | Lee Norwood | - |
| 63 |
|
|
Kevin Maxwell | - |
| Round 4 | ||||
| Team | Original | Position | Player | Notes |
| 64 |
|
- | Steve Peters | - |
| 65 |
|
- | Bob Crawford | - |
| 66 |
|
- | John Ogrodnick | - |
| 67 |
|
- | Harvie Pocza | - |
| 68 |
|
- | Arthur Rutland | - |
| 69 |
|
|
Glenn Anderson | - |
| 70 |
|
- | Louis Bégin | - |
| 71 |
|
- | John Gibson | - |
| 72 |
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- | Vincent Tremblay | - |
| 73 |
|
- | Brian Cross | - |
| 74 |
|
- | Gilles Hamel | - |
| 75 |
|
- | Jim Peplinski | - |
| 76 |
|
- | Pat Conacher | - |
| 77 |
|
- | Don Gillen | - |
| 78 |
|
- | Larry Melnyk | - |
| 79 |
|
- | David Orleski | - |
| 80 |
|
- | Tim Lockridge | - |
| 81 |
|
- | Ray Neufeld | - |
| 82 |
|
- | Pat Daley | - |
| 83 |
|
- | Anton Stastny | - |
| 84 |
|
- | Maxwell Kostovich | - |
| Round 5 | ||||
| Team | Original | Position | Player | Notes |
| 85 |
|
- | Gary Dillon | - |
| 86 |
|
- | Mark Reeds | - |
| 87 |
|
- | Joe Paterson | - |
| 88 |
|
- | Tim Tookey | - |
| 89 |
|
- | Dirk Graham | - |
| 90 |
|
- | Jim Dobson | - |
| 91 |
|
- | Gordon Loveday | - |
| 92 |
|
- | Jim Brown | - |
| 93 |
|
- | Frank Nigro | - |
| 94 |
|
- | Nick Ricci | - |
| 95 |
|
- | Alan Haworth | - |
| 96 |
|
- | Brad Kempthorne | - |
| 97 |
|
- | Daniel Makuch | - |
| 98 |
|
- | Thomas Eriksson | - |
| 99 |
|
- | Marco Baron | - |
| 100 |
|
- | Yvan Joly | - |
| 101 |
|
- | Glen Duncan | - |
| 102 |
|
- | Mark Renaud | - |
| 103 |
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- | Thomas Steen | - |
| 104 |
|
- | Pierre Lacroix | - |
| 105 |
|
- | Michael Toal | - |
| Round 6 | ||||
| Team | Original | Position | Player | Notes |
| 106 |
|
- | Bob Attwell | - |
| 107 |
|
- | Gilles Leduc | - |
| 108 |
|
- | Carmine Cirella | - |
| 109 |
|
- | Greg Theberge | - |
| 110 |
|
- | Shane Swan | - |
| 111 |
|
- | Brian Gualazzi | - |
| 112 |
|
- | Doug Crossman | - |
| 113 |
|
- | Jay McFarlane | - |
| 114 |
|
- | William McCreary | - |
| 115 |
|
- | Marc Chorney | - |
| 116 |
|
- | Rick Knickle | - |
| 117 |
|
- | Glenn Johnson | - |
| 118 |
|
- | Stanley Adams | - |
| 119 |
|
- | Gord Williams | - |
| 120 |
|
- | Mike Krushelnyski | - |
| 121 |
|
- | Greg Moffett | - |
| 122 |
|
- | John Gibb | - |
| 123 |
|
- | David McDonald | - |
| 124 |
|
- | Tim Watters | - |
| 125 |
|
- | Scott McGeown | - |
| 126 |
|
- | Blair Barnes | - |