1978 NHL Amateur Draft Pick Transactions
yellow = data that is incomplete or uncertain
| Overall # | Round # | Team | Transactions | Player Drafted | |
| Round 1 | |||||
| 1 | 1-1 | North Stars | Bobby Smith | ||
| 2 | 1-2 | Capitals | Ryan Walter | ||
| 3 | 1-3 | Blues | Wayne Babych | ||
| 4 | 1-4 | Canucks | Bill Derlago | ||
| 5 | 1-5 | Rockies | Mike Gillis | ||
| 6 | 1-6 | Penguins | > Flyers — Traded Tom Bladon, Ross Lonsberry, Orest Kindrachuk to Penguins for 1978 first round pick (#6-Behn Wilson), future considerations (1978 eighth round pick (#126-Jerry Price)) on 1978-06-14 | Behn Wilson | |
| 7 | 1-7 | Rangers | > Flyers — Received 1978 first round pick (#7-Ken Linseman) from Rangers on 1978-06-02 in exchange for Rangers right to hire head coach Fred Shero | Ken Linseman | |
| 8 | 1-8 | Kings | > Canadiens — Traded Glenn Goldup, 1978 third round pick (#53-Doug Derkson) to Kings for 1977 third round pick (#49-Moe Robinson), 1978 first round pick (#8-Danny Geoffrion) on 1976-06-12 | Danny Geoffrion | |
| 9 | 1-9 | Red Wings | Willie Huber | ||
| 10 | 1-10 | Blackhawks | Tim Higgins | ||
| 11 | 1-11 | Flames | Brad Marsh | ||
| 12 | 1-12 | Maple Leafs | > Red Wings — Traded Dan Maloney, 1980 second round pick (#25-Craig Muni) to Maple Leafs for Errol Thompson, 1978 first round pick (#12-Brent Peterson), 1978 second round pick (#31-Al Jensen), 1980 first round pick (#11-Mike Blaisdell) on 1978-03-13 | Brent Peterson | |
| 13 | 1-13 | Sabres | Larry Playfair | ||
| 14 | 1-14 | Flyers | Danny Lucas | ||
| 15 | 1-15 | Islanders | Steve Tambellini | ||
| 16 | 1-16 | Bruins | Al Secord | ||
| 17 | 1-17 | Canadiens | Dave Hunter | ||
| 18 | 1-18 | Capitals | Tim Coulis | ||
| Round 2 | |||||
| 19 | 2-1 | North Stars | Steve Payne | ||
| 20 | 2-2 | Capitals | Paul Mulvey | ||
| 21 | 2-3 | Blues | > Maple Leafs — Received from Blues on 1976-09-09 as compensation for restricted free agent Rod Seiling | Joel Quenneville | |
| 22 | 2-4 | Canucks | Curt Fraser | ||
| 23 | 2-5 | Barons | > Capitals — Traded Walt McKechnie to Barons for Bob Girard, 1978 second round pick (#23-Paul McKinnon) on 1977-12-09 | Paul MacKinnon | |
| 24 | 2-6 | Rockies | > North Stars — Traded rights to Henry Boucha to Scouts (who later became Rockies) for 1978 second round pick (#24-Steve Christoff) on 1975-12-09 | Steve Christoff | |
| 25 | 2-7 | Penguins | Mike Meeker | ||
| 26 | 2-8 | Rangers | Don Maloney | ||
| 27 | 2-9 | Kings | > Flyers — Traded Dave Schultz to Kings for 1977 fourth round pick (#67-Yves Guillemette), 1978 second round pick (#27-Merlin Malinowski) on 1976-09-29 | > Rockies — Traded 1979 second round pick (Blake Wesley) to Flyers for 1978 second round pick (#27-Merlin Malinowski) on 1978-06-15 | Merlin Malinowski |
| 28 | 2-10 | Red Wings | Glenn Hicks | ||
| 29 | 2-11 | Blackhawks | Doug Lecuyer | ||
| 30 | 2-12 | Flames | > Canadiens — Traded 1973 first round pick (#2-Tom Lysiak), 1973 first round pick (#16-Vic Mercredi), 1973 second round pick (#21-Eric Vail) to Flames for 1973 first round pick (#5-John Davidson), 1977 first round pick (#10-Mark Napier), 1978 second round pick (#30-Dale Yakiwchuk) on 1973-05-15 | Dale Yakiwchuk | |
| 31 | 2-13 | Maple Leafs | > Red Wings — Traded Dan Maloney, 1980 second round pick (#25-Craig Muni) to Maple Leafs for Errol Thompson, 1978 first round pick (#12-Brent Peterson), 1978 second round pick (#31-Al Jensen), 1980 first round pick (#11-Mike Blaisdell) on 1978-03-13 | Al Jensen | |
| 32 | 2-14 | Sabres | Tony McKegney | ||
| 33 | 2-15 | Flyers | Mike Simurda | ||
| 34 | 2-16 | Islanders | Randy Johnston | ||
| 35 | 2-17 | Bruins | Graeme Nicolson | ||
| 36 | 2-18 | Canadiens | Ron Carter | ||
| Round 3 | |||||
| 37 | 3-1 | North Stars | > Flyers — Traded Harvey Bennett to North Stars for Blake Dunlop, 1978 third round pick (#37-Gord Salt) on 1977-10-28 | Gord Salt | |
| 38 | 3-2 | Capitals | Glen Currie | ||
| 39 | 3-3 | Blues | Steve Harrison | ||
| 40 | 3-4 | Canucks | Stan Smyl | ||
| 41 | 3-5 | Rockies | Paul Messier | ||
| 42 | 3-6 | Penguins | > Canadiens — Traded Don Awrey to Penguins for 1978 third round pick (#42-Richard David), future considerations (?) on 1976-08-11 | Richard David | |
| 43 | 3-7 | Rangers | Ray Markham | ||
| 44 | 3-8 | Kings | > Rangers — Traded right to restricted free agent Pete Stemkowski to Kings for future considerations (1978 third round pick (#44-Dean Turner)) on 1977-08-31 | Dean Turner | |
| 45 | 3-9 | Red Wings | > Capitals — Traded right to sign restricted free agent Ron Low, 1979 third round pick (#46-Boris Fistric) to Red Wings for Walt McKechnie, 1978 third round pick (#45-Jay Johnston), 1979 second round pick (#24-Errol Rausse) on 1977-08-17 | Jay Johnston | |
| 46 | 3-10 | Blackhawks | Rick Paterson | ||
| 47 | 3-11 | Flames | Tim Bernhardt | ||
| 48 | 3-12 | Maple Leafs | Mark Kirton | ||
| 49 | 3-13 | Sabres | Rob McClanahan | ||
| 50 | 3-14 | Flyers | Glen Cochrane | ||
| 51 | 3-15 | Islanders | Dwayne Lowdermilk | ||
| 52 | 3-16 | Bruins | Brad Knelson | ||
| 53 | 3-17 | Canadiens | > Kings — Traded 1977 third round pick (#49-Moe Robinson), 1978 first round pick (#8-Danny Geoffrion) to Canadiens for Glenn Goldup, 1978 third round pick (#53-Doug Derkson) on 1976-06-12 | > Red Wings — Traded Danny Grant to Kings for rights to Barry Long, 1978 third round pick (#53-Doug Derkson) on 1978-01-09 | Doug Derkson |
| Round 4 | |||||
| 54 | 4-1 | North Stars | Curt Giles | ||
| 55 | 4-2 | Capitals | Bengt Gustafsson | ||
| 56 | 4-3 | Blues | > Canucks — Traded Mike Walton to Blues for 1978 fourth round pick (#56-Harald Luckner) on 1978-06-12 | Harald Luckner | |
| 57 | 4-4 | Canucks | Brad Smith | ||
| 58 | 4-5 | Rockies | Dave Watson | ||
| 59 | 4-6 | Penguins | > Rangers — Traded Dunc Wilson to Penguins for 1978 fourth round pick (#59-Dave Silk) on 1976-10-08 | Dave Silk | |
| 60 | 4-7 | Rangers | Andre Dore | ||
| 61 | 4-8 | Kings | > Penguins — Traded Syl Apps, Hartland Monahan to Kings for Dave Schultz, Gene Carr, 1978 fourth round pick (#61-Shane Pearsall) on 1977-11-02 | Shane Pearsall | |
| 62 | 4-9 | Red Wings | Bjorn Skaare | ||
| 63 | 4-10 | Blackhawks | Brian Young | ||
| 64 | 4-11 | Flames | Jim MacRae | ||
| 65 | 4-12 | Maple Leafs | Bob Parent | ||
| 66 | 4-13 | Sabres | Mike Gazdic | ||
| 67 | 4-14 | Flyers | Russ Wilderman | ||
| 68 | 4-15 | Bruins | George Buat | ||
| 69 | 4-16 | Canadiens | Kevin Reeves | ||
| Round 5 | |||||
| 70 | 5-1 | North Stars | Roy Kerling | ||
| 71 | 5-2 | Capitals | Lou Franceschetti | ||
| 72 | 5-3 | Blues | Kevin Willison | ||
| 73 | 5-4 | Canucks | > Rockies — Sent 1977 fourth round pick (#56-Dave Morrow) to Canucks and received 1978 fifth round pick (#73-Tim Thomlison) on 1976-09-12 as compensation for Rockies signing of Canucks restricted free agent Tracy Pratt | Tim Thomlison | |
| 74 | 5-5 | Rockies | Rod Guimont | ||
| 75 | 5-6 | Penguins | Rob Garner | ||
| 76 | 5-7 | Rangers | Mike McDougal | ||
| 77 | 5-8 | Kings | Paul Mancini | ||
| 78 | 5-9 | Red Wings | Ted Nolan | ||
| 79 | 5-10 | Blackhawks | Mark Murphy | ||
| 80 | 5-11 | Flames | Gord Wappel | ||
| 81 | 5-12 | Maple Leafs | Jordy Douglas | ||
| 82 | 5-13 | Sabres | Randy Ireland | ||
| 83 | 5-14 | Flyers | Brad Tamblyn | ||
| 84 | 5-15 | Islanders | Greg Hay | ||
| 85 | 5-16 | Bruins | Daryl MacLeod | ||
| 86 | 5-17 | Canadiens | Mike Boyd | ||
| Round 6 | |||||
| 87 | 6-1 | North Stars | Bob Bergloff | ||
| 88 | 6-2 | Capitals | Vince Magnan | ||
| 89 | 6-3 | Blues | Jim Nill | ||
| 90 | 6-4 | Canucks | Gerry Minor | ||
| 91 | 6-5 | Rockies | John Hynes | ||
| 92 | 6-6 | Penguins | > Maple Leafs — Traded Randy Carlyle, George Ferguson to Penguins for Dave Burrows, 1978 sixth round pick (#92-Mel Hewitt) on 1978-06-14 | Mel Hewitt | |
| 93 | 6-7 | Rangers | Tom Laidlaw | ||
| 94 | 6-8 | Kings | Doug Keans | ||
| 95 | 6-9 | Red Wings | Sylvain Locas | ||
| 96 | 6-10 | Blackhawks | Dave Feamster | ||
| 97 | 6-11 | Flames | Greg Meredith | ||
| 98 | 6-12 | Maple Leafs | Normand Lefebvre | ||
| 99 | 6-13 | Sabres | Cam MacGregor | ||
| 100 | 6-14 | Flyers | Mark Taylor | ||
| 101 | 6-15 | Islanders | Kelly Davis | ||
| 102 | 6-16 | Bruins | Jeff Brubaker | ||
| 103 | 6-17 | Canadiens | Keith Acton | ||
| Round 7 | |||||
| 104 | 7-1 | North Stars | Kim Spencer | ||
| 105 | 7-2 | Capitals | Mats Hallin | ||
| 106 | 7-3 | Blues | Steve Stockman | ||
| 107 | 7-4 | Canucks | Dave Ross | ||
| 108 | 7-5 | Rockies | Andy Clark | ||
| 109 | 7-6 | Penguins | > Blues — Traded cash to Penguins for 1978 seventh round pick (#109-Paul MacLean) on 1978-06-15 | Paul MacLean | |
| 110 | 7-7 | Rangers | Dan Clark | ||
| 111 | 7-8 | Kings | Don Waddell | ||
| 112 | 7-9 | Red Wings | Wes George | ||
| 113 | 7-10 | Blackhawks | Dave Mancuso | ||
| 114 | 7-11 | Flames | Dave Hindmarch | ||
| 115 | 7-12 | Maple Leafs | John Scammell | ||
| 116 | 7-13 | Sabres | Dan Eastman | ||
| 117 | 7-14 | Flyers | Mike Ewanouski | ||
| 118 | 7-15 | Islanders | Richard Pepin | ||
| 119 | 7-16 | Bruins | Murray Skinner | ||
| 120 | 7-17 | Canadiens | Jim Lawson | ||
| Round 8 | |||||
| 121 | 8-1 | North Stars | Mike Cotter | ||
| 122 | 8-2 | Capitals | Rich Sirois | ||
| 123 | 8-3 | Blues | Denis Houle | ||
| 124 | 8-4 | Canucks | Steve O'Neill | ||
| 125 | 8-5 | Rockies | John Olver | ||
| 126 | 8-6 | Penguins | > Flyers — Traded Tom Bladon, Ross Lonsberry, Orest Kindrachuk to Penguins for 1978 first round pick (#6-Behn Wilson), future considerations (1978 eighth round pick (#126-Jerry Price)) on 1978-06-14 | Jerry Price | |
| 127 | 8-7 | Rangers | Greg Kostenko | ||
| 128 | 8-8 | Kings | Rob Mierkalns | ||
| 129 | 8-9 | Red Wings | John Barrett | ||
| 130 | 8-10 | Blackhawks | Sandy Ross | ||
| 131 | 8-11 | Flames | Dave Morrison | ||
| 132 | 8-12 | Maple Leafs | Kevin Reinhart | ||
| 133 | 8-13 | Sabres | Eric Strobel | ||
| 134 | 8-14 | Flyers | Darre Switzer | ||
| 135 | 8-15 | Islanders | Dave Cameron | ||
| 136 | 8-16 | Bruins | Bobby Hehir | ||
| 137 | 8-17 | Canadiens | Larry Landon | ||
| Round 9 | |||||
| 138 | 9-1 | North Stars | Brent Gogol | ||
| 139 | 9-2 | Capitals | Denis Pomerleau | ||
| 140 | 9-3 | Blues | Tony Meagher | ||
| 141 | 9-4 | Canucks | Charlie Antetomaso | ||
| 142 | 9-5 | Rockies | Kevin Krook | ||
| 143 | 9-6 | Penguins | > Blues — Traded cash to Penguins for 1978 ninth round pick (#143-Rick Simpson) on 1978-06-15 | Rick Simpson | |
| 144 | 9-7 | Rangers | Brian McDavid | ||
| 145 | 9-8 | Kings | Rick Scully | ||
| 146 | 9-9 | Red Wings | Jim Malazdrewicz | ||
| 147 | 9-10 | Blackhawks | Mark Locken | ||
| 148 | 9-11 | Flames | Doug Todd | ||
| 149 | 9-12 | Maple Leafs | Mike Waghorne | ||
| 150 | 9-13 | Sabres | Eugene O'Sullivan | ||
| 151 | 9-14 | Flyers | Greg Francis | ||
| 152 | 9-15 | Islanders | Paul Joswiak | ||
| 153 | 9-16 | Bruins | Craig MacTavish | ||
| 154 | 9-17 | Canadiens | Kevin Constantine | ||
| Round 10 | |||||
| 155 | 10-1 | North Stars | Mike Seide | ||
| 156 | 10-2 | Capitals | Barry Heard | ||
| 157 | 10-3 | Blues | Jim Lockhurst | ||
| 158 | 10-4 | Canucks | Richard Martens | ||
| 159 | 10-5 | Rockies | Jeff Jensen | ||
| 160 | 10-6 | Penguins | > Blues — Traded cash to Penguins for 1978 tenth round pick (#160-Bob Froese) on 1978-06-15 | Bob Froese | |
| 161 | 10-7 | Rangers | Mark Rodrigues | ||
| 162 | 10-8 | Kings | Brad Thiessen | ||
| 163 | 10-9 | Red Wings | Geoff Shaw | ||
| 164 | 10-10 | Blackhawks | Glenn Van | ||
| 165 | 10-11 | Flames | Mark Green | ||
| 166 | 10-12 | Maple Leafs | Laurie Cuvelier | ||
| 167 | 10-13 | Sabres | > Flyers — Traded cash to Sabres for 1978 tenth round pick (#167-Rick Berard) on 1978-06-15 | Rick Berard | |
| 168 | 10-14 | Flyers | Don Lucia | ||
| 169 | 10-15 | Islanders | Scott Cameron | ||
| 170 | 10-16 | Bruins | > Blues — Traded cash to Bruins for 1978 tenth round pick (#170-Dan Lerg) on 1978-06-15 | Dan Lerg | |
| 171 | 10-17 | Canadiens | John Swan | ||
| Round 11 | |||||
| 172 | 11-1 | Capitals | Mark Toffolo | ||
| 173 | 11-2 | Blues | Risto Siltanen | ||
| 174 | 11-3 | Rockies | Bo Ericson | ||
| 175 | 11-4 | Penguins | > Blues — Traded cash to Penguins for 1978 eleventh round pick (#175-Dan Hermansson) on 1978-06-15 | Dan Hermansson | |
| 176 | 11-5 | Rangers | Steve Weeks | ||
| 177 | 11-6 | Kings | Jim Armstrong | ||
| 178 | 11-7 | Red Wings | Carl Van Harrewyn | ||
| 179 | 11-8 | Blackhawks | Darryl Sutter | ||
| 180 | 11-9 | Flames | Bob Sullivan | ||
| 181 | 11-10 | Maple Leafs | > Blues — Traded cash to Maple Leafs for 1978 eleventh round pick (#181-Jean-Francois Boutin) on 1978-06-15 | Jean-Francois Boutin | |
| 182 | 11-11 | Sabres | > Flyers — Traded cash to Sabres for 1978 eleventh round pick (#182-Mark Berge) on 1978-06-15 | Mark Berge | |
| 183 | 11-12 | Flyers | Ken Moore | ||
| 184 | 11-13 | Islanders | Christer Lowdahl | ||
| 185 | 11-14 | Bruins | > Blues — Traded cash to Bruins for 1978 eleventh round pick (#185-John Sullivan) on 1978-06-15 | John Sullivan | |
| 186 | 11-15 | Canadiens | Daniel Metivier | ||
| Round 12 | |||||
| 187 | 12-1 | Capitals | Paul Hogan | ||
| 188 | 12-2 | Blues | Serge Menard | ||
| 189 | 12-3 | Canucks | > Capitals — Traded cash to Canucks for 1978 twelfth round pick (#189-Steve Barger) on 1978-06-15 | Steve Barger | |
| 190 | 12-4 | Rockies | Jari Viitala | ||
| 191 | 12-5 | Penguins | > Blues — Traded cash to Penguins for 1978 twelfth round pick (#191-Don Boyd) on 1978-06-15 | Don Boyd | |
| 192 | 12-6 | Rangers | Pierre Daigneault | ||
| 193 | 12-7 | Kings | Claude Larochelle | ||
| 194 | 12-8 | Red Wings | Ladislav Svozil | ||
| 195 | 12-9 | Blackhawks | > Flyers — Traded cash to Blackhawks for 1978 twelfth round pick (#195-Jim Olson) on 1978-06-15 | Jim Olson | |
| 196 | 12-10 | Flames | Bernhard Englbrecht | ||
| 197 | 12-11 | Maple Leafs | > Blues — Traded cash to Maple Leafs for 1978 twelfth round pick (#197-Paul Stasiuk) on 1978-06-15 | Paul Stasiuk | |
| 198 | 12-12 | Flyers | Anton Stastny | ||
| 199 | 12-13 | Islanders | Gunnar Persson | ||
| 200 | 12-14 | Bruins | > Blues — Traded cash to Bruins for 1978 twelfth round pick (#200-Gerd Truntschka) on 1978-06-15 | Gerd Truntschka | |
| 201 | 12-15 | Canadiens | Viacheslav Fetisov | ||
| Round 13 | |||||
| 202 | 13-1 | Capitals | Rod Pacholzuk | ||
| 203 | 13-2 | Blues | Viktor Shkurdyuk | ||
| 204 | 13-3 | Rockies | Ulf Zetterstrom | ||
| 205 | 13-4 | Penguins | > Blues — Traded cash to Penguins for 1978 thirteenth round pick (#205-Carl Bloomberg) on 1978-06-15 | Carl Bloomberg | |
| 206 | 13-5 | Rangers | Chris McLaughlin | ||
| 207 | 13-6 | Kings | > Blues — Traded cash to Kings for 1978 thirteenth round pick (#207-Terry Kitching) on 1978-06-15 | Terry Kitching | |
| 208 | 13-7 | Red Wings | Tom Bailey | ||
| 209 | 13-8 | Flames | > Blues — Traded cash to Flames for 1978 thirteenth round pick (#209-Brian O'Connor) on 1978-06-15 | Brian O'Connor | |
| 210 | 13-9 | Maple Leafs | > Blues — Traded cash to Maple Leafs for 1978 thirteenth round pick (#210-Brian Crombeen) on 1978-06-15 | Brian Crombeen | |
| 211 | 13-10 | Bruins | > Blues — Traded cash to Bruins for 1978 thirteenth round pick (#211-Mike Pidgeon) on 1978-06-15 | Mike Pidgeon | |
| 212 | 13-11 | Canadiens | Jeff Mars | ||
| Round 14 | |||||
| 213 | 14-1 | Capitals | Wes Jarvis | ||
| 214 | 14-2 | Blues | John Cochrane | ||
| 215 | 14-3 | Rockies | > Capitals — Traded cash to Rockies for 1978 fourteenth round pick (#215-Ray Irwin) on 1978-06-15 | Ray Irwin | |
| 216 | 14-4 | Penguins | > Blues — Traded cash to Penguins for 1978 fourteenth round pick (#216-Joe Casey) on 1978-06-15 | Joe Casey | |
| 217 | 14-5 | Rangers | Todd Johnson | ||
| 218 | 14-6 | Kings | > Blues — Traded cash to Kings for 1978 fourteenth round pick (#218-Jim Farrell) on 1978-06-15 | Jim Farrell | |
| 219 | 14-7 | Red Wings | Larry Lozinski | ||
| 220 | 14-8 | Flames | > Blues — Traded cash to Flames for 1978 fourteenth round pick (#220-Frank Johnson) on 1978-06-15 | Frank Johnson | |
| 221 | 14-9 | Maple Leafs | > Blues — Traded cash to Maple Leafs for 1978 fourteenth round pick (#221-Blair Wheeler) on 1978-06-15 | Blair Wheeler | |
| 222 | 14-10 | Canadiens | Greg Tignanelli | ||
| Round 15 | |||||
| 223 | 15-1 | Rangers | Dan McCarthy | ||
| 224 | 15-2 | Red Wings | Randy Betty | ||
| 225 | 15-3 | Canadiens | George Goulakos | ||
| Round 16 | |||||
| 226 | 16-1 | Red Wings | Brian Crawley | ||
| 227 | 16-2 | Canadiens | Ken Moodie | ||
| Round 17 | |||||
| 228 | 17-1 | Red Wings | Doug Feasby | ||
| 229 | 17-2 | Canadiens | Serge Leblanc | ||
| Round 18 | |||||
| 230 | 18-1 | Canadiens | Bob Magnuson | ||
| Round 19 | |||||
| 231 | 19-1 | Canadiens | Chris Nilan | ||
| Round 20 | |||||
| 232 | 20-1 | Canadiens | Rick Wilson | ||
| Round 21 | |||||
| 233 | 21-1 | Canadiens | Louis Sleigher | ||
| Round 22 | |||||
| 234 | 22-1 | Canadiens | Doug Robb | ||