| 2008 NHL DRAFT | |||||||
| ROUND | OVERALL | TEAM | PLAYER NAME | POSITION | YL | SALARY | $/YR |
| 1st | 1st | Portland | Doughty, Drew | Defense | 5 | $ 26,098,977 | $5.22 |
| 1st | 2nd | Quebec | Stamkos, Steven | Center | 5 | $ 24,095,495 | $4.82 |
| 1st | 3rd | Fort Wayne | Quick, Jonathan | Goalie | 5 | $ 22,472,445 | $4.49 |
| 1st | 4th | Detroit | Giroux, Claude | Center | 5 | $ 17,432,464 | $3.49 |
| 1st | 5th | Nunavut | Oshie, T.J. | Center | 5 | $ 14,452,243 | $2.89 |
| 1st | 6th | Cleveland | Rinne, Pekka | Goalie | 5 | $ 25,934,437 | $5.19 |
| 1st | 7th | Alberta | Hjalmarsson, Niklas | Defense | 5 | $ 16,517,830 | $3.30 |
| 1st | 8th | Chicago | Neal, James | Left Wing | 5 | $ 16,922,851 | $3.38 |
| 1st | 9th | Pittsburgh | Halak, Jaroslav | Goalie | 4 | $ 14,759,866 | $3.69 |
| 1st | 10th | New Jersey | Wheeler, Blake | Right Wing | 5 | $ 17,522,146 | $3.50 |
| 1st | 11th | Calgary | Corvo, Joe | Defense | 5 | $ 16,754,330 | $3.35 |
| 1st | 12th | Miami | Ladd, Andrew | Left Wing | 5 | $ 17,499,881 | $3.50 |
| 1st | 13th | Fort Ticonderoga | Goligoski, Alex | Defense | 5 | $ 20,728,409 | $4.15 |
| 1st | 14th | Philadelphia | Stewart, Chris | Right Wing | 5 | $ 13,866,061 | $2.77 |
| 1st | 15th | Vancouver | Versteeg, Kris | Left Wing | 4 | $ 13,500,704 | $3.38 |
| 1st | 16th | Atlanta | Berglund, Patrik | Center | 5 | $ 19,802,583 | $3.96 |
| 1st | 17th | Vatican City | Quincey, Kyle | Defense | 5 | $ 11,592,177 | $2.32 |
| 1st | 18th | Hartford | Polak, Roman | Defense | 5 | $ 12,615,222 | $2.52 |
| 1st | 19th | Edmonton | Pacioretty, Max | Left Wing | 5 | $ 9,657,926 | $1.93 |
| 1st | 20th | St. Catharines | Elliott, Brian | Goalie | 5 | $ 14,341,292 | $2.87 |
| 1st | 21st | Uniondale | Voracek, Jakub | Right Wing | 5 | $ 13,753,274 | $2.75 |
| 1st | 22nd | Spokane | Mason, Steve | Goalie | 5 | $ 14,164,522 | $2.83 |
| 1st | 23rd | Seattle | Simmonds, Wayne | Right Wing | 5 | $ 10,687,763 | $2.14 |
| 1st | 24th | Oakland | Clemmensen, Scott | Goalie | 4 | $ 8,721,221 | $2.18 |
| 2nd | 25th | Quebec | Brouwer, Troy | Right Wing | 5 | $ 15,159,870 | $3.03 |
| 2nd | 26th | Fort Wayne | Hornqvist, Patric | Right Wing | 5 | $ 13,471,530 | $2.69 |
| 2nd | 27th | Detroit | Klein, Kevin | Defense | 5 | $ 13,901,035 | $2.78 |
| 2nd | 28th | Cleveland | Schenn, Luke | Defense | 5 | $ 8,924,445 | $1.78 |
| 2nd | 29th | Nunavut | Brookbank, Sheldon | Defense | 5 | $ 5,742,197 | $1.15 |
| 2nd | 30th | Portland | Frolik, Michael | Center | 5 | $ 10,658,135 | $2.13 |
| 2nd | 31st | Chicago | Sobotka, Vladimir | Center | 5 | $ 5,783,516 | $1.16 |
| 2nd | 32nd | Pittsburgh | Ward, Joel | Right Wing | 5 | $ 11,042,868 | $2.21 |
| 2nd | 33rd | New Jersey | Legace, Manny | Goalie | 2 | $ 2,355,798 | $1.18 |
| 2nd | 34th | Calgary | Alzner, Karl | Defense | 5 | $ 11,668,237 | $2.33 |
| 2nd | 35th | Miami | Modano, Mike | Center | 3 | $ 3,811,368 | $1.27 |
| 2nd | 36th | Fort Ticonderoga | Okposo, Kyle | Right Wing | 5 | $ 7,501,190 | $1.50 |
| 2nd | 37th | Philadelphia | Purcell, Teddy | Right Wing | 5 | $ 10,924,723 | $2.18 |
| 2nd | 38th | Vancouver | Kreps, Kamil | Center | 2 | $ 1,571,225 | $0.79 |
| 2nd | 39th | Atlanta | Boucher, Brian | Goalie | 3 | $ 5,715,858 | $1.91 |
| 2nd | 40th | Vatican City | Kulemin, Nikolai | Left Wing | 5 | $ 11,392,590 | $2.28 |
| 2nd | 41st | Pittsburgh (via Atlanta/Hartford) | Brassard, Derick | Center | 5 | $ 9,200,020 | $1.84 |
| 2nd | 42nd | Edmonton | Boedker, Mikkel | Left Wing | 4 | $ 7,395,303 | $1.85 |
| 2nd | 43rd | Quebec (via St. Catharines) | Hunwick, Matt | Defense | 5 | $ 9,237,596 | $1.85 |
| 2nd | 44th | Uniondale | Sutter, Brandon | Center | 5 | $ 11,054,786 | $2.21 |
| 2nd | 45th | Spokane | Pouliot, Benoit | Left Wing | 5 | $ 10,563,552 | $2.11 |
| 2nd | 46th | Seattle | Ersberg, Erik | Goalie | 1 | $ 1,284,042 | $1.28 |
| 2nd | 47th | Oakland | Eaves, Patrick | Right Wing | 4 | $ 5,321,446 | $1.33 |
| 3rd | 48th | Fort Wayne | Fistric, Mark | Defense | 5 | $ 5,506,759 | $1.10 |
| 3rd | 49th | Detroit | Bailey, Josh | Center | 5 | $ 8,758,710 | $1.75 |
| 3rd | 50th | Cleveland | Moen, Travis | Left Wing | 5 | $ 3,958,110 | $0.79 |
| 3rd | 51st | Nunavut | Boyle, Brian | Center | 5 | $ 5,893,024 | $1.18 |
| 3rd | 52nd | Portland | Turris, Kyle | Center | 4 | $ 7,302,798 | $1.83 |
| 3rd | 53rd | Chicago | Thornton, Shawn | Left Wing | 5 | $ 2,363,666 | $0.47 |
| 3rd | 54th | Pittsburgh | Nielsen, Frans | Center | 5 | $ 9,755,780 | $1.95 |
| 3rd | 55th | Calgary | Tikhonov, Viktor | Right Wing | 1 | $ 1,172,840 | $1.17 |
| 3rd | 56th | Fort Ticonderoga | Numminen, Teppo | Defense | 1 | $ 2,851,017 | $2.85 |
| 3rd | 57th | Philadelphia | Burish, Chris | Right Wing | 4 | $ 1,638,395 | $0.41 |
| 3rd | 58th | Vancouver | Mara, Paul | Defense | 3 | $ 3,497,611 | $1.17 |
| 3rd | 59th | Vatican City | Butler, Chris | Defense | 5 | $ 7,385,185 | $1.48 |
| 3rd | 60th | Pittsburgh (via Atlanta) | Kozlov, Slava | Left Wing | 2 | $ 3,793,265 | $1.90 |
| 3rd | 61st | Edmonton | Methot, Marc | Defense | 5 | $ 9,091,456 | $1.82 |
| 3rd | 62nd | St. Catharines | Clarkson, David | Right Wing | 5 | $ 6,890,504 | $1.38 |
| 3rd | 63rd | Uniondale | Hansen, Jannik | Right Wing | 5 | $ 12,347,319 | $2.47 |
| 3rd | 64th | Spokane | Jurcina, Milan | Defense | 4 | $ 4,493,423 | $1.12 |
| 3rd | 65th | Seattle | Bogosian, Zach | Defense | 5 | $ 6,530,922 | $1.31 |
| 3rd | 66th | Oakland | Bayda, Ryan | Left Wing | 1 | $ 942,896 | $0.94 |
| 4th | 67th | Fort Wayne | Winchester, Brad | Left Wing | 4 | $ 1,770,696 | $0.44 |
| 4th | 68th | Cleveland | Winnik, Daniel | Center | 5 | $ 5,000,676 | $1.00 |
| 4th | 69th | Nunavut | Christensen, Erik | Center | 4 | $ 6,011,070 | $1.50 |
| 4th | 70th | Portland | Fiddler, Vernon | Left Wing | 5 | $ 5,280,810 | $1.06 |
| 4th | 71st | Chicago | Cullimore, Jassen | Defense | 2 | $ 3,258,499 | $1.63 |
| 4th | 72nd | Pittsburgh | Bergenheim, Sean | Left Wing | 4 | $ 5,221,166 | $1.31 |
| 4th | 73rd | Calgary | Nodl, Andreas | Left Wing | 3 | $ 2,589,527 | $0.86 |
| 4th | 74th | Fort Ticonderoga | Ebbett, Andrew | Center | 4 | $ 3,444,106 | $0.86 |
| 4th | 75th | Vancouver | Pardy, Adam | Defense | 4 | $ 3,810,408 | $0.95 |
| 4th | 76th | Hartford | Park, Richard | Right Wing | 3 | $ 3,933,856 | $1.31 |
| 4th | 77th | St. Catharines | Woywitka, Jeff | Defense | 4 | $ 6,702,245 | $1.68 |
| 4th | 78th | Uniondale | Jones, Ryan | Left Wing | 5 | $ 6,875,753 | $1.38 |
| 4th | 79th | Oakland | Fraser, Colin | Center | 5 | $ 3,335,919 | $0.67 |
| 4th | 80th | Detroit | Bonk, Radek | Center | 1 | $ 870,096 | $0.87 |
| 5th | 81st | Cleveland | Prust, Brandon | Right Wing | 5 | $ 4,219,964 | $0.84 |
| 5th | 82nd | Calgary | MacDonald, Joey | Goalie | 2 | $ 4,085,849 | $2.04 |
| 5th | 83rd | Fort Ticonderoga | Modin, Frederik | Left Wing | 3 | $ 2,297,527 | $0.77 |
| 5th | 84th | Vancouver | Tellqvist, Michael | Goalie | 1 | $ 1,408,115 | $1.41 |
| 5th | 85th | Hartford | D'Agostini, Matt | Right Wing | 5 | $ 6,989,945 | $1.40 |
| 5th | 86th | St. Catharines | Mitchell, John | Center | 5 | $ 5,337,816 | $1.07 |
| 5th | 87th | Uniondale | Sundin, Mats | Center | 1 | $ 1,205,561 | $1.21 |
| 5th | 88th | Oakland | Boyd, Dustin | Center | 2 | $ 3,880,391 | $1.94 |
| 5th | 89th | Detroit | Clutterbuck, Cal | Right Wing | 5 | $ 5,648,429 | $1.13 |
| 6th | 90th | Calgary | Artyukhin, Evgeny | Right Wing | 2 | $ 1,730,755 | $0.87 |
| 6th | 91st | Cleveland | Erskine, John | Defense | 5 | $ 6,087,099 | $1.22 |
| 6th | 92nd | St. Catharines | Parrish, Mark | Right Wing | 1 | $ 1,323,651 | $1.32 |
| 6th | 93rd | Uniondale | Danis, Yann | Goalie | 1 | $ 1,959,320 | $1.96 |
| 6th | 94th | Oakland | Sauer, Kurt | Defense | 1 | $ 2,347,758 | $2.35 |
| 6th | 95th | Detroit | Prucha, Petr | Left Wing | 2 | $ 3,412,427 | $1.71 |
| 7th | 96th | Calgary | Sbisa, Luca | Defense | 4 | $ 5,768,335 | $1.44 |
| 7th | 97th | Cleveland | Martinek, Radak | Defense | 2 | $ 2,806,645 | $1.40 |
| 7th | 98th | Oakland | Walker, Matt | Defense | 2 | $ 2,507,348 | $1.25 |
| 7th | 99th | Detroit | Raycroft, Andrew | Goalie | 2 | $ 2,427,566 | $1.21 |
| 8th | 100th | Oakland | Ramo, Karri | Goalie | 1 | $ 886,426 | $0.89 |
| Atlanta acquires '08-09 2nd round pick from Pittsburgh for '08-'09 2nd round pick (C - Derick Brassard), '08-09 3rd round pick (LW - Slava Kozlov), '08-09 3rd round pick | |||||||
| Nunavut acquires D - Brad Stuart from Fort Wayne for F - T.J. Oshie & F - Gregory Campbell | |||||||
| Cleveland acquires '08-09 3rd round pick, '09-10 2st round pick, '10-11 1st round pick from New Jersey for G - Niklas Backstrom | |||||||