The 1986 NHL Draft Was A MESS 

The Death of George Pelawa is tragic but he is the most 80's pick I have ever seen. The guy at 18 looked 30 which was the trend in all those 80's teen movies. Casting 30 year old's to play teenagers. Hopefully at this state, he is some GM of a Hockey team in heaven winning championships.

I'm disappointed that you didn't mention the top 2 picks, who both have interesting stories and were even traded for each other at one point. Jimmy Carson was supposed to be the big piece Edmonton got back from the infamous Gretzky trade, only for him to want out a year later. And while he did have a good career, I think it's safe to say that he was no Gretzky. While Joe Murphy is more of a tragic figure. Having a decent career after leaving the team that drafted him and even contributed to a Stanley Cup championship, only to suffer from concussions (as well as post-symptoms), substance abuse and even became homeless after he retired.

Feel bad for Joe Murphy. Brain injury ended his career and was/ is homeless living on the streets

No disrespect to Pelawa (R.I.P.) but damn he looked WAAAAAAAAY older than 18!! Looked mid 30's at least! :0

Lumme is "Loom-may" and Odelein is "Oh-dell-line." Sometimes I think we need some sort of "hockey player name pronunciation" channel on RU-vid.

No mention of Scott Young? He had a pretty solid and long career and even won the cup

The greatest player who was drafted but never played was Taro Tsujimoto. Hands down.

A Re-draft of the 1986 NHL Entry Draft would look like this: 1# Brian Leetch - Detroit Red Wings. 2# Adam Graves - LA Kings. 3# Vincent Damphousse - New Jersey Devils. 4# Teppo Numminen - Pittsburgh Penguins. 5# Jyrki Lumme - Buffalo Sabres. 6# Ron Tugnutt - Toronto Maple Leafs. 7# Joe Murphy - Vancouver Canucks. 8# Scott Young - Winnipeg Jets. 9# Darren Turcotte - New York Rangers. 10# Jimmy Carson - St. Louis Blues. 11# Rob Brown - Hartford Whalers. 12# Tim Cheveldae - Minnesota North Stars. 13# Craig Janney - Boston Bruins (he got the same pick!) 14# Zarley Zalapski - Chicago Blackhawks. 15# Bob Corkum - Montreal Canadiens. 16# Tom Fitzgerald - Calgary Flames. 17# Vladimir Krutov - New York Islanders. 18# Anders Carlsson - Quebec Nordiques. 19# Johan Garpenlov - Washington Capitals. 20# František Kučera - Philadelphia Flyers. 21# Tom Bissett - Edmonton Oilers. NOTES: The 1986 NHL Entry Draft was very weak. Only 6 players had a fine career in NHL and on international ice, with Brian Leetch the only HOF level player who should in retro perspective been the undisputed 1# selection. 17-21# are players that never had an impact in the NHL, BUT-BUT would non the less have solid hockey careers in Europe and in international championships with lots of gold medals, silver medals and European league's titles. Vladimir Krutov alone was a goal scoring machine in the USSR days of the "Big Red Machine", but due to alcoholism it ruined his career afterwards.

Neil Brady though not sticking around in the NHL for a long time, has his name in the books as the first goal in Sens history in their inaugural game of the 92-93 season. Sanipass was involved in the infamous "Punch Up in Piestany" and was from Big Cove New Brunswick Canada and was as tough as they come.

Jyrki lumme has a tricky name. I commend you for trying. his last name is pronounced Lu-may not loom. It's definitely part of the reason why I love the game of hockey all these crazy names

Joe Murphy ended up homeless near where I live.

theres a prominent rumour that tom cochranes song big league is about george. real shame for sure

George Pelawa is 18 in the pic? He looks 35! Neil Brady has one distinction to his name: first goal of the franchise Ottawa Senators in their NHL return.

George Pelawa looked too be a Dale Hunter type. Shame.

Yeerkay Loom - hilarious

Joe Murphy # 1 draft pick,excellent selection by Detroit Red Wings.

Ken mcrae was my hockey coach

Can we get like a northern British accent filter please

It will be nothing but right to do next whatever happened to Miikka Kiprusoff

Weird how you constantly show pics of Carson & Murphy yet don't acknowledge them at all verbally.

issel. 4 games better than none right?