1970 NHL Amateur Draft Pick Transactions
| Overall # | Round # | Team | Transactions | Player Drafted | |
| Round 1 | |||||
| 1 | 1-1 | Sabres | Gil Perreault | ||
| 2 | 1-2 | Canucks | Dale Tallon | ||
| 3 | 1-3 | Kings | > Bruins — Traded Skip Krake to Kings for 1970 first round pick (#3-Reggie Leach) on 1968-05-20 |
Reggie Leach | |
| 4 | 1-4 | Flyers | > Bruins — Traded Rosaire Paiement to Flyers for 1970 first round pick (#4-Rick MacLeish) on 1967-10-18 |
Rick MacLeish | |
| 5 | 1-5 | Seals | > Canadiens — Traded Norm Ferguson, Stan Fuller to Seals for Wally Boyer, Alain Caron, 1968 first round pick (#3-Jim Pritchard), 1970 first round pick (#5-Ray Martyniuk) on 1968-05-21 |
Ray Martyniuk | |
| 6 | 1-6 | North Stars | > Canadiens — Traded Bobby Rousseau, 1970 second round pick (#17-Buster Harvey) to North Stars for Claude Larose, 1970 first round pick (#6-Chuck Lefley) on 1970-06-10 |
Chuck Lefley | |
| 7 | 1-7 | Penguins | Greg Polis | ||
| 8 | 1-8 | Maple Leafs | Darryl Sittler | ||
| 9 | 1-9 | Blues | > Bruins — Traded Jim Lorentz to Blues for 1970 first round pick (#9-Ron Plumb) on 1970-05-26 | Ron Plumb | |
| 10 | 1-10 | Canadiens | > Seals — Traded Francois Lacombe, 1971 first round pick (#1-Guy Lafleur) to Canadiens for Ernie Hicke, 1970 first round pick (#10-Chris Oddleifson) on 1970-05-22 |
Chris Oddleifson | |
| 11 | 1-11 | Rangers |
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Norm Gratton | |
| 12 | 1-12 | Red Wings | Serge Lajeunesse | ||
| 13 | 1-13 | Bruins | Bob Stewart | ||
| 14 | 1-14 | Blackhawks | Dan Maloney | ||
| Round 2 | |||||
| 15 | 2-1 | Sabres | Butch Deadmarsh | ||
| 16 | 2-2 | Canucks | Jim Hargreaves | ||
| 17 | 2-3 | Kings | > Canadiens — Traded rights to Jean Potvin, 1970 second round pick (#24-Al McDonough), 1970 third round pick (#38-Terry Holbrook) to Kings for 1970 second round pick (#17-Fred "Buster" Harvey), 1970 third round pick (#31-Steve Carlyle), 1970 fourth round pick (#45-Cal Hammond) on 1969-11-17 | > North Stars — Traded Claude Larose, 1970 first round pick (#6-Chuck Lefley) to Canadiens for Bobby Rousseau, 1970 second round pick (#17-Fred "Buster" Harvey) on 1970-06-10 | Fred "Buster" Harvey |
| 18 | 2-4 | Flyers | Bill Clement | ||
| 19 | 2-5 | Seals | Pete Laframboise | ||
| 20 | 2-6 | North Stars | Fred Barrett | ||
| 21 | 2-7 | Penguins | John Stewart | ||
| 22 | 2-8 | Maple Leafs | Errol Thompson | ||
| 23 | 2-9 | Blues | Murray Keogan | ||
| 24 | 2-10 | Canadiens | > Kings — Traded 1970 second round pick (#17-Buster Harvey), 1970 third round pick (#31-Steve Carlyle), 1970 fourth round pick (#45-Cal Hammond) to Canadiens for rights to Jean Potvin, 1970 second round pick (#24-Al McDonough), 1970 third round pick (#38-Terry Holbrook) on 1969-11-17 | Al McDonough | |
| 25 | 2-11 | Rangers | Mike Murphy | ||
| 26 | 2-12 | Red Wings | Bob Guindon | ||
| 27 | 2-13 | Bruins | Dan Bouchard | ||
| 28 | 2-14 | Blackhawks | Michel Archambault | ||
| Round 3 | |||||
| 29 | 3-1 | Sabres | Steve Cuddie | ||
| 30 | 3-2 | Canucks | Ed Dyck | ||
| 31 | 3-3 | Kings | > Canadiens — Traded rights to Jean Potvin, 1970 second round pick (#24-Al McDonough), 1970 third round pick (#38-Terry Holbrook) to Kings for 1970 second round pick (#17-Buster Harvey), 1970 third round pick (#31-Steve Carlyle), 1970 fourth round pick (#45-Cal Hammond) on 1969-11-17 | Steve Carlyle | |
| 32 | 3-4 | Flyers | Bob Kelly | ||
| 33 | 3-5 | Seals | Randy Rota | ||
| 34 | 3-6 | North Stars | Dennis Patterson | ||
| 35 | 3-7 | Penguins | Larry Bignell | ||
| 36 | 3-8 | Maple Leafs | Gerry O'Flaherty | ||
| 37 | 3-9 | Blues | Ron Climie | ||
| 38 | 3-10 | Canadiens | > Kings — Traded 1970 second round pick (#17-Buster Harvey), 1970 third round pick (#31-Steve Carlyle), 1970 fourth round pick (#45-Cal Hammond) to Canadiens for rights to Jean Potvin, 1970 second round pick (#24-Al McDonough), 1970 third round pick (#38-Terry Holbrook) on 1969-11-17 | Terry Holbrook | |
| 39 | 3-11 | Rangers | Wendell Bennett | ||
| 40 | 3-12 | Red Wings | Yvon Lambert | ||
| 41 | 3-13 | Bruins | Ray Brownlee | ||
| 42 | 3-14 | Blackhawks | Len Frig | ||
| Round 4 | |||||
| 43 | 4-1 | Sabres | Randy Wyrozub | ||
| 44 | 4-2 | Canucks | Brent Taylor | ||
| 45 | 4-3 | Kings | > Canadiens — Traded rights to Jean Potvin, 1970 second round pick (#24-Al McDonough), 1970 third round pick (#38-Terry Holbrook) to Kings for 1970 second round pick (#17-Buster Harvey), 1970 third round pick (#31-Steve Carlyle), 1970 fourth round pick (#45-Cal Hammond) on 1969-11-17 | Cal Hammond | |
| 46 | 4-4 | Flyers | Jacques Lapierre | ||
| 47 | 4-5 | Seals | Ted McAneeley | ||
| 48 | 4-6 | North Stars | Dave Cressman | ||
| 49 | 4-7 | Penguins | Connie Forey | ||
| 50 | 4-8 | Maple Leafs | Bob Gryp | ||
| 51 | 4-9 | Blues | Gord Brooks | ||
| 52 | 4-10 | Canadiens | John French | ||
| 53 | 4-11 | Rangers | Andre St. Pierre | ||
| 54 | 4-12 | Red Wings | Tom Johnston | ||
| 55 | 4-13 | Bruins | Gord Davies | ||
| 56 | 4-14 | Blackhawks | Walt Ledingham | ||
| Round 5 | |||||
| 57 | 5-1 | Sabres | Mike Morton | ||
| 58 | 5-2 | Canucks | Bill McFadden | ||
| 59 | 5-3 | Kings | Billy Smith | ||
| 60 | 5-4 | Flyers | Doug Kerslake | ||
| 61 | 5-5 | Seals | Ray Gibbs | ||
| 62 | 5-6 | North Stars | Hank Lehvonen | ||
| 63 | 5-7 | Penguins | Steve Cardwell | ||
| 64 | 5-8 | Penguins | Luc Simard | ||
| 65 | 5-9 | Blues | Mike Stevens | ||
| 66 | 5-10 | Canadiens | Rick Wilson | ||
| 67 | 5-11 | Rangers | Gary Coalter | ||
| 68 | 5-12 | Red Wings | Tom Mellor | ||
| 69 | 5-13 | Bruins | Bob Roselle | ||
| 70 | 5-14 | Blackhawks | Gilles Meloche | ||
| Round 6 | |||||
| 71 | 6-1 | Sabres | Mike Keeler | ||
| 72 | 6-2 | Canucks | Dave Gilmour | ||
| 73 | 6-3 | Kings | Gerry Bradbury | ||
| 74 | 6-4 | Flyers | Dennis Giannini | ||
| 75 | 6-5 | Seals | Doug Moyes | ||
| 76 | 6-6 | North Stars | Murray McNeil | ||
| 77 | 6-7 | Penguins | Bob Fitchner | ||
| 78 | 6-8 | Maple Leafs | Cal Booth | ||
| 79 | 6-9 | Blues | Claude Moreau | ||
| 80 | 6-10 | Canadiens | Bob Brown | ||
| 81 | 6-11 | Rangers | Duane Wylie | ||
| 82 | 6-12 | Red Wings | Bernie MacNeil | ||
| 83 | 6-13 | Bruins | Murray Wing | ||
| Round 7 | |||||
| 84 | 7-1 | Sabres | Tim Regan | ||
| 85 | 7-2 | Canucks | > Blues — Traded Andre Boudrias to Canucks for 1970 seventh round pick (#85-Jack Taggart), 1970 ninth round pick (#108-Bob Winograd), cash on 1970-06-10 | Jack Taggart | |
| 86 | 7-3 | Kings | Brian Carlin | ||
| 87 | 7-4 | Flyers | Hank Nowak | ||
| 88 | 7-5 | Seals | Terry Murray | ||
| 89 | 7-6 | North Stars | Gary Geldart | ||
| 90 | 7-7 | Penguins | Jim Pearson | ||
| 91 | 7-8 | Maple Leafs | Paul Larose | ||
| 92 | 7-9 | Blues | Terry Marshall | ||
| 93 | 7-10 | Canadiens | Bob Fowler | ||
| 94 | 7-11 | Rangers | Wayne Bell | ||
| 95 | 7-12 | Red Wings | Ed Hays | ||
| 96 | 7-13 | Bruins | Glen Siddall | ||
| Round 8 | |||||
| 97 | 8-1 | Sabres | Doug Rombough | ||
| 98 | 8-2 | Kings | Brian Chinnick | ||
| 99 | 8-3 | Flyers | Gary Cunningham | ||
| 100 | 8-4 | Seals | Al Henry | ||
| 101 | 8-5 | North Stars | Mickey Donaldson | ||
| 102 | 8-6 | Penguins | Cam Newton | ||
| 103 | 8-7 | Maple Leafs | Ron Low | ||
| 104 | 8-8 | Blues | Dave Tataryn | ||
| 105 | 8-9 | Canadiens | Ric Jordan | ||
| 106 | 8-10 | Rangers | Pierre Brind'Amour | ||
| Round 9 | |||||
| 107 | 9-1 | Sabres | Luc Nadeau | ||
| 108 | 9-2 | Canucks | > Blues — Traded Andre Boudrias to Canucks for 1970 seventh round pick (#85-Jack Taggart), 1970 ninth round pick (#108-Bob Winograd), cash on 1970-06-10 | Bob Winograd | |
| 109 | 9-3 | Flyers | Jean Daigle | ||
| 110 | 9-4 | Penguins | Ron Lemieux | ||
| 111 | 9-5 | Blues | Mike Lampman | ||
| Round 10 | |||||
| 112 | 10-1 | Blues | Jeff Rotsch | ||
| Round 11 | |||||
| 113 | 11-1 | Blues | Al Calver | ||
| Round 12 | |||||
| 114 | 12-1 | Blues | Gerry MacDonald | ||
| Round 13 | |||||
| 115 | 13-1 | Blues | Gerald Haines | ||