| 1998 NHL DRAFT | |||||||
| ROUND | OVERALL | PLAYER NAME | TEAM | POSITION | YL | SALARY | $/YR |
| 1st | 1st | Hossa, Marian | San Jose | Right Wing | 12 | $ 59,051,726 | $4.92 |
| 1st | 2nd | Thornton, Joe | Cleveland | Center | 12 | $ 55,992,536 | $4.67 |
| 1st | 3rd | Hejduk, Milan | Oregon (via Seattle) | Right Wing | 12 | $ 57,658,722 | $4.80 |
| 1st | 4th | Vokoun, Tomas | Hartford | Goalie | 12 | $ 48,775,497 | $4.06 |
| 1st | 5th | Boyle, Dan | Alberta | Defense | 11 | $ 55,751,380 | $5.07 |
| 1st | 6th | Kaberle, Tomas | Oregon (via Steel City) | Defense | 12 | $ 56,888,659 | $4.74 |
| 1st | 7th | Drury, Chris | Quebec | Center | 12 | $ 46,713,338 | $3.89 |
| 1st | 8th | Salo, Sami | New Jersey | Defense | 12 | $ 40,971,239 | $3.41 |
| 1st | 9th | Timonen, Kimmo | Seattle (via Oregon) | Defense | 12 | $ 46,046,078 | $3.84 |
| 1st | 10th | Jokinen, Olli | Miami | Center | 12 | $ 26,901,877 | $2.24 |
| 1st | 11th | Lecavalier, Vincent | Philadelphia | Center | 12 | $ 34,830,088 | $2.90 |
| 1st | 12th | Morrison, Brendan | Vancouver | Center | 12 | $ 42,501,959 | $3.54 |
| 1st | 13th | Dumont, J.P. | Chicago | Right Wing | 12 | $ 36,000,352 | $3.00 |
| 1st | 14th | Handzus, Michal | Oregon (via Calgary) | Center | 11 | $ 36,514,588 | $3.32 |
| 1st | 15th | Briere, Daniel | Oregon (via Florida) | Center | 11 | $ 35,212,693 | $3.20 |
| 1st | 16th | Parrish, Mark | Uniondale | Right Wing | 10 | $ 33,667,714 | $3.37 |
| 1st | 17th | Cleary, Daniel | Gloucester | Right Wing | 11 | $ 23,586,037 | $2.14 |
| 1st | 18th | Korolyuk, Alexander | Anaheim | Right Wing | 5 | $ 12,257,092 | $2.45 |
| 1st | 19th | Brewer, Eric | Fort Wayne | Defense | 12 | $ 27,772,623 | $2.31 |
| 1st | 20th | Tertyshny, Dmitri | Calgary (via Oregon/St. Catharines) | Defense | 1 | $ 1,689,673 | $1.69 |
| 1st | 21st | Poti, Tom | San Jose (via Detroit) | Defense | 12 | $ 33,362,965 | $2.78 |
| 1st | 22nd | Spacek, Jaroslav | Atlanta | Defense | 12 | $ 34,339,060 | $2.86 |
| 1st | 23rd | Traverse, Patrick | Quebec (via Montreal) | Defense | 5 | $ 9,418,607 | $1.88 |
| 1st | 24th | McCauley, Alyn | Nunavut | Center | 6 | $ 13,199,258 | $2.20 |
| 2nd | 25th | White, Todd | San Jose | Center | 9 | $ 26,099,083 | $2.90 |
| 2nd | 26th | Schaefer, Peter | Seattle | Left Wing | 8 | $ 22,791,059 | $2.85 |
| 2nd | 27th | Kubina, Pavel | Cleveland | Defense | 12 | $ 21,018,461 | $1.75 |
| 2nd | 28th | Finley, Jeff | Quebec (via Steel City) | Defense | 6 | $ 12,016,908 | $2.00 |
| 2nd | 29th | Cooke, Matt | Alberta | Left Wing | 12 | $ 25,134,292 | $2.09 |
| 2nd | 30th | Reasoner, Marty | Hartford | Center | 11 | $ 17,212,739 | $1.56 |
| 2nd | 31st | Shields, Steve | Quebec | Goalie | 5 | $ 12,246,877 | $2.45 |
| 2nd | 32nd | Cloutier, Dan | San Jose (via New Jersey) | Goalie | 7 | $ 15,019,658 | $2.15 |
| 2nd | 33rd | Hrdina, Jan | St. Catharines (via Oregon) | Center | 7 | $ 19,435,652 | $2.78 |
| 2nd | 34th | Storr, Jamie | Miami | Goalie | 4 | $ 8,706,896 | $2.18 |
| 2nd | 35th | Billington, Craig | Philadelphia | Goalie | 1 | $ 775,623 | $0.78 |
| 2nd | 36th | Miller, Kelly | Vancouver | Left Wing | 1 | $ 165,000 | $0.17 |
| 2nd | 37th | Essensa, Bob | Chicago | Goalie | 3 | $ 4,467,342 | $1.49 |
| 2nd | 38th | Ylonen, Juha | Calgary | Center | 4 | $ 5,942,708 | $1.49 |
| 2nd | 39th | Skudra, Peter | Florida | Goalie | 5 | $ 4,296,083 | $0.86 |
| 2nd | 40th | Bartecko, Lubos | Uniondale | Left Wing | 5 | $ 9,988,478 | $2.00 |
| 2nd | 41st | Wiemer, Jason | Gloucester | Center | 7 | $ 2,309,579 | $0.33 |
| 2nd | 42nd | Muckalt, Bill | Anaheim | Right Wing | 4 | $ 3,680,507 | $0.92 |
| 2nd | 43rd | Malhotra, Manny | Fort Wayne | Center | 12 | $ 17,992,457 | $1.50 |
| 2nd | 44th | Kvasha, Oleg | St. Catharines | Center | 7 | $ 10,763,590 | $1.54 |
| 2nd | 45th | Cross, Cory | Detroit | Defense | 7 | $ 10,910,756 | $1.56 |
| 2nd | 46th | Brathwaite, Fred | New Jersey (via Atlanta) | Goalie | 6 | $ 11,198,429 | $1.87 |
| 2nd | 47th | Trepanier, Pascal | Montreal | Defense | 4 | $ 4,425,859 | $1.11 |
| 2nd | 48th | Quintal, Stephane | Nunavut | Defense | 6 | $ 6,060,793 | $1.01 |
| 3rd | 49th | Kjellberg, Patric | San Jose | Right Wing | 5 | $ 9,394,320 | $1.88 |
| 3rd | 50th | Bates, Shawn | Seattle | Center | 8 | $ 10,655,924 | $1.33 |
| 3rd | 51st | Aalto, Antti | Steel City | Center | 2 | $ 605,608 | $0.30 |
| 3rd | 52nd | Laraque, Georges | Alberta | Right Wing | 11 | $ 13,394,666 | $1.22 |
| 3rd | 53rd | Poapst, Steve | Hartford | Defense | 6 | $ 5,496,962 | $0.92 |
| 3rd | 54th | Donato, Ted | Quebec | Left Wing | 5 | $ 8,184,266 | $1.64 |
| 3rd | 55th | Gusev, Sergey | New Jersey | Defense | 2 | $ 1,335,399 | $0.67 |
| 3rd | 56th | Sharifijanov, Vadim | Oregon | Right Wing | 2 | $ 3,470,724 | $1.74 |
| 3rd | 57th | Beranek, Josef | Miami | Left Wing | 3 | $ 5,106,414 | $1.70 |
| 3rd | 58th | Smith, Steve | Philadelphia | Defense | 2 | $ 1,307,012 | $0.65 |
| 3rd | 59th | Hogue, Benoit | Vancouver | Center | 4 | $ 3,690,298 | $0.92 |
| 3rd | 60th | Ferraro, Ray | Chicago | Center | 4 | $ 5,447,147 | $1.36 |
| 3rd | 61st | Bureau, Marc | Florida | Center | 2 | $ 1,747,511 | $0.87 |
| 3rd | 62nd | Bellows, Brian | Uniondale | Left Wing | 1 | $ 1,732,827 | $1.73 |
| 3rd | 63rd | Courtnall, Russ | Anaheim | Right Wing | 1 | $ 610,606 | $0.61 |
| 3rd | 64th | Heward, Jamie | Hartford (via Fort Wayne) | Defense | 6 | $ 7,554,351 | $1.26 |
| 3rd | 65th | Manderville, Kent | St. Catharines | Center | 5 | $ 3,135,062 | $0.63 |
| 3rd | 66th | Ranford, Bill | Atlanta | Goalie | 1 | $ 917,355 | $0.92 |
| 3rd | 67th | Courtnall, Geoff | Montreal | Left Wing | 1 | $ 655,986 | $0.66 |
| 4th | 68th | Boughner, Bob | San Jose | Defense | 7 | $ 3,652,361 | $0.52 |
| 4th | 69th | Martins, Steve | Seattle | Center | 5 | $ 2,917,232 | $0.58 |
| 4th | 70th | Ferraro, Peter | Cleveland | Right Wing | 1 | $ 1,466,856 | $1.47 |
| 4th | 71st | Eagles, Mike | Steel City | Center | 2 | $ 802,624 | $0.40 |
| 4th | 72nd | Pushor, Jamie | Quebec | Defense | 5 | $ 3,832,315 | $0.77 |
| 4th | 73rd | Watt, Mike | Miami | Left Wing | 2 | $ 1,728,988 | $0.86 |
| 4th | 74th | Strudwick, Jason | Vancouver | Defense | 11 | $ 6,787,197 | $0.62 |
| 4th | 75th | Mayers, Jamal | Chicago | Right Wing | 11 | $ 5,638,131 | $0.51 |
| 4th | 76th | Flaherty, Wade | Fort Wayne | Goalie | 2 | $ 1,088,583 | $0.54 |
| 4th | 77th | Nazarov, Andrei | St. Catharines | Left Wing | 6 | $ 2,290,335 | $0.38 |
| 4th | 78th | Schwab, Corey | Atlanta | Goalie | 2 | $ 2,423,128 | $1.21 |
| 4th | 79th | Granato, Tony | Montreal | Right Wing | 3 | $ 2,264,781 | $0.75 |
| 4th | 80th | Helmer, Bryan | Quebec | Defense | 3 | $ 2,675,321 | $0.89 |
| 5th | 81st | Krupp, Uwe | San Jose | Defense | 1 | $ 871,036 | $0.87 |
| 5th | 82nd | Baumgartner, Ken | Steel City | Left Wing | 1 | $ 165,000 | $0.17 |
| 5th | 83rd | Lawrence, Mark | Quebec | Right Wing | 3 | $ 2,037,408 | $0.68 |
| 5th | 84th | Rivers, Jamie | Miami | Defense | 7 | $ 7,731,364 | $1.10 |
| 5th | 85th | Bassen, Bob | Vancouver | Center | 2 | $ 398,055 | $0.20 |
| 5th | 86th | Hendrickson, Darby | Chicago | Center | 6 | $ 4,887,563 | $0.81 |
| 5th | 87th | Sutton, Andy | Montreal | Defense | 12 | $ 7,357,096 | $0.61 |
| 6th | 88th | Garpenlov, Johan | San Jose | Left Wing | 2 | $ 927,294 | $0.46 |
| 6th | 89th | Dawe, Jason | Steel City | Right Wing | 1 | $ 853,835 | $0.85 |
| 6th | 90th | Richter, Barry | Miami | Defense | 2 | $ 2,301,879 | $1.15 |
| 6th | 91st | Roest, Stacy | Quebec | Center | 4 | $ 5,156,397 | $1.29 |
| 6th | 92nd | Higgins, Matt | Chicago | Center | 2 | $ 351,148 | $0.18 |
| 7th | 93rd | Gauthier, Denis | San Jose | Defense | 9 | $ 7,875,249 | $0.88 |
| 7th | 94th | Tinordi, Mark | Steel City | Defense | 1 | $ 165,000 | $0.17 |
| 7th | 95th | Probert, Bob | Chicago | Left Wing | 4 | $ 1,779,265 | $0.44 |
| 8th | 96th | Cummins, Jim | San Jose | Right Wing | 4 | $ 687,951 | $0.17 |
| 9th | 97th | Odgers, Jeff | San Jose | Right Wing | 5 | $ 825,000 | $0.17 |
| 10th | 98th | Ray, Rob | San Jose | Right Wing | 5 | $ 1,075,127 | $0.22 |
| Oregon acquires '98-'99 1st round pick (C - Michal Handzus) from Calgary for RW Andrei Kovalenko & '98-'99 1st round pick D - Dmitri Tertyshny | |||||||
| Quebec acquires D - Darryl Sydor & '98-'99 1st round pick (D - Patrick Traverse) from Montreal for C - Chris Drury | |||||||
| Quebec acquires G - Garth Snow & '98-'99 2nd round pick (D- Jeff Finley) from Steel City for C - Saku Koivu | |||||||
| Uniondale acquires RW - Mariusz Czerkawski from Montreal for C - Sergei Zholtok | |||||||
| New Jersey acquires RW - Petr Bondra & '99-'00 3rd round pick from Montreal for '99-'00 1st round pick & '99-'00 2nd round pick | |||||||
| New Jersey acquires D - Chris Therien & D - Lance Pitlick from San Jose for RW - Mike Knuble | |||||||
| Oregon acquires LW - Sergei Berezin, RW - Grant Marshall & RW - Darren McCarty from San Jose for '99-'00 1st round pick & '99-'00 2nd round pick | |||||||
| Anaheim acquires C - Daniel Briere, RW - Darren McCarty, and C - Jeff Shantz from Oregon for D - Wade Redden & RW - Russ Courtnall | |||||||