1979 NHL Entry Draft Pick Transactions
yellow = data that is incomplete or uncertain
| Overall # | Round # | Team | Transactions | Player Drafted | |
| Round 1 | |||||
| 1 | 1-1 | Rockies | Rob Ramage | ||
| 2 | 1-2 | Blues | Perry Turnbull | ||
| 3 | 1-3 | Red Wings | Mike Foligno | ||
| 4 | 1-4 | Capitals | Mike Gartner | ||
| 5 | 1-5 | Canucks | Rick Vaive | ||
| 6 | 1-6 | North Stars | Craig Hartsburg | ||
| 7 | 1-7 | Blackhawks | Keith Brown | ||
| 8 | 1-8 | Kings | > Bruins — Traded Ron Grahame to Kings for 1979 first round pick (#8-Ray Bourque) on 1978-10-09 | Ray Bourque | |
| 9 | 1-9 | Maple Leafs | Laurie Boschman | ||
| 10 | 1-10 | Penguins | > Capitals — Traded Hartland Monahan to Penguins for 1979 first round pick (#10-Tom McCarthy) on 1977-10-16 | > North Stars — Traded Dennis Maruk to Capitals for 1979 first round pick (#10-Tom McCarthy) on 1978-10-18 | Tom McCarthy |
| 11 | 1-11 | Sabres | Mike Ramsey | ||
| 12 | 1-12 | Flames | Paul Reinhart | ||
| 13 | 1-13 | Rangers | Doug Sulliman | ||
| 14 | 1-14 | Flyers | Brian Propp | ||
| 15 | 1-15 | Bruins | Brad McCrimmon | ||
| 16 | 1-16 | Canadiens | > Kings — Traded 1981 first round pick (#18-Gilbert Delorme) to Canadiens for Murray Wilson, 1979 first round pick (#16-Jay Wells) on 1978-10-05 | Jay Wells | |
| 17 | 1-17 | Islanders | Duane Sutter | ||
| 18 | 1-18 | Whalers | Ray Allison | ||
| 19 | 1-19 | Jets | Jimmy Mann | ||
| 20 | 1-20 | Nordiques | Michel Goulet | ||
| 21 | 1-21 | Oilers | Kevin Lowe | ||
| Round 2 | |||||
| 22 | 2-1 | Rockies | > Flyers
Traded 1978 second round pick (#27-Merlin Malinowski) to Rockies for 1979 second round pick (#22-Blake Wesley) on 1978-06-15
Traded Don Saleski to Rockies for future considerations (1979 second round pick (#22-Blake Wesley)) on 1979-03-03 per flyershistory.com |
Blake Wesley | |
| 23 | 2-2 | Blues | > Flames — Traded Curt Bennett, Phil Myre, Barry Gibbs to Blues for Yves Belanger, Dick Redmond, Bob MacMillan, 1978 second round pick (#23-Mike Perovich) on 1977-12-12 | Mike Perovich | |
| 24 | 2-3 | 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 | Errol Rausse | |
| 25 | 2-4 | Capitals | > Islanders — Traded Michel Bergeron to Capitals for 1979 second round pick (#25-Tomas Jonsson) on 1978-10-19 | Tomas Jonsson | |
| 26 | 2-5 | Canucks | Brent Ashton | ||
| 27 | 2-6 | North Stars | > Canadiens — Traded Bill Nyrop to North Stars for 1979 second round pick (#27-Gaston Gingras), 1980 second round pick (changed to 1982 second round pick on 1980-06-11) (#32-Kent Carlson) on 1979-08-08 | Gaston Gingras | |
| 28 | 2-7 | Blackhawks | Tim Trimper | ||
| 29 | 2-8 | Kings | Dean Hopkins | ||
| 30 | 2-9 | Maple Leafs | > Kings — Traded Dave Hutchison, Lorne Stamler to Maple Leafs for Brian Glennie, Kurt Walker, Scott Garland, 1979 second round pick (#30-Mark Hardy) on 1978-06-14 | Mark Hardy | |
| 31 | 2-10 | Penguins | Paul Marshall | ||
| 32 | 2-11 | Sabres | Lindy Ruff | ||
| 33 | 2-12 | Flames | Pat Riggin | ||
| 34 | 2-13 | Rangers | Ed Hospodar | ||
| 35 | 2-14 | Flyers | Pelle Lindbergh | ||
| 36 | 2-15 | Bruins | Doug Morrison | ||
| 37 | 2-16 | Canadiens | Mats Naslund | ||
| 38 | 2-17 | Islanders | Billy Carroll | ||
| 39 | 2-18 | Whalers | Stuart Smith | ||
| 40 | 2-19 | Jets | Dave Christian | ||
| 41 | 2-20 | Nordiques | Dale Hunter | ||
| 42 | 2-21 | Oilers | > North Stars — Traded Dave Semenko, 1979 third round pick (#48-Mark Messier) to Oilers for 1979 second round pick (#42-Neal Broten), 1979 third round pick (#63-Kevin Maxwell) on 1979-08-09 | Neal Broten | |
| Round 3 | |||||
| 43 | 3-1 | Rockies | > Canadiens — Traded John Van Boxmeer to Rockies for 1979 third round pick (#43-Craig Levie) on 1976-11-24 | Craig Levie | |
| 44 | 3-2 | Blues | > Canadiens — Traded Jimmy Roberts to Blues for 1979 third round pick (#44-Guy Carbonneau) on 1977-08-18 | Guy Carbonneau | |
| 45 | 3-3 | Red Wings | Jody Gage | ||
| 46 | 3-4 | Capitals | > Red Wings — Traded Walt McKechnie, 1978 third round pick (#45-Jay Johnston), 1979 second round pick (#24-Errol Rausse) to Capitals for right to sign restricted free agent Ron Low, 1979 third round pick (#46-Boris Fistric) on 1977-08-17 | Boris Fistric | |
| 47 | 3-5 | Canucks | Ken Ellacott | ||
| 48 | 3-6 | North Stars | > Oilers — Traded 1979 second round pick (#42-Neal Broten), 1979 third round pick (#63-Kevin Maxwell) to North Stars for Dave Semenko, 1979 third round pick (#48-Mark Messier) on 1979-08-09 | Mark Messier | |
| 49 | 3-7 | Blackhawks | Bill Gardner | ||
| 50 | 3-8 | Kings | John Paul Kelly | ||
| 51 | 3-9 | Maple Leafs | Norm Aubin | ||
| 52 | 3-10 | Penguins | Bennett Wolf | ||
| 53 | 3-11 | Sabres | Mark Robinson | ||
| 54 | 3-12 | Flames | Tim Hunter | ||
| 55 | 3-13 | Rangers | > Sabres — Traded Jocelyn Guevremont to Rangers for 1979 third round pick (#55-Jacques Cloutier), 1980 third round pick (#56-Sean McKenna) on 1979-03-12 | Jacques Cloutier | |
| 56 | 3-14 | Flyers | Lindsay Carson | ||
| 57 | 3-15 | Bruins | Keith Crowder | ||
| 58 | 3-16 | Canadiens | Rick Wamsley | ||
| 59 | 3-17 | Islanders | Roland Melanson | ||
| 60 | 3-18 | Whalers | Don Nachbaur | ||
| 61 | 3-19 | Jets | Bill Whelton | ||
| 62 | 3-20 | Nordiques | Lee Norwood | ||
| 63 | 3-21 | Oilers | > North Stars — Traded Dave Semenko, 1979 third round pick (#48-Mark Messier) to Oilers for 1979 second round pick (#42-Neal Broten), 1979 third round pick (#63-Kevin Maxwell) on 1979-08-09 | Kevin Maxwell | |
| Round 4 | |||||
| 64 | 4-1 | Rockies | Steve Peters | ||
| 65 | 4-2 | Blues | Bob Crawford | ||
| 66 | 4-3 | Red Wings | John Ogrodnick | ||
| 67 | 4-4 | Capitals | Harvie Pocza | ||
| 68 | 4-5 | Canucks | Arthur Rutland | ||
| 69 | 4-6 | North Stars | > Oilers — Oilers promised to not make Paul Shmyr one of its priority selections in the 1979 NHL expansion draft in exchange for 1979 fourth round pick (#69-Glenn Anderson) on 1979-06-09 | Glenn Anderson | |
| 70 | 4-7 | Blackhawks | Louis Begin | ||
| 71 | 4-8 | Kings | John Gibson | ||
| 72 | 4-9 | Maple Leafs | Vincent Tremblay | ||
| 73 | 4-10 | Penguins | Brian Cross | ||
| 74 | 4-11 | Sabres | Gilles Hamel | ||
| 75 | 4-12 | Flames | Jim Peplinski | ||
| 76 | 4-13 | Rangers | Pat Conacher | ||
| 77 | 4-14 | Flyers | Don Gillen | ||
| 78 | 4-15 | Bruins | Larry Melnyk | ||
| 79 | 4-16 | Canadiens | Dave Orleski | ||
| 80 | 4-17 | Islanders | Tim Lockridge | ||
| 81 | 4-18 | Whalers | Ray Neufeld | ||
| 82 | 4-19 | Jets | Pat Daley | ||
| 83 | 4-20 | Nordiques | Anton Stastny | ||
| 84 | 4-21 | Oilers | Max Kostovich | ||
| Round 5 | |||||
| 85 | 5-1 | Rockies | Gary Dillon | ||
| 86 | 5-2 | Blues | Mark Reeds | ||
| 87 | 5-3 | Red Wings | Joe Paterson | ||
| 88 | 5-4 | Capitals | Tim Tookey | ||
| 89 | 5-5 | Canucks | Dirk Graham | ||
| 90 | 5-6 | North Stars | Jim Dobson | ||
| 91 | 5-7 | Blackhawks | Lowell Loveday | ||
| 92 | 5-8 | Kings | Jim Brown | ||
| 93 | 5-9 | Maple Leafs | Frank Nigro | ||
| 94 | 5-10 | Penguins | Nick Ricci | ||
| 95 | 5-11 | Sabres | Alan Haworth | ||
| 96 | 5-12 | Flames | Brad Kempthorne | ||
| 97 | 5-13 | Rangers | Dan Makuch | ||
| 98 | 5-14 | Flyers | Thomas Eriksson | ||
| 99 | 5-15 | Bruins | Marco Baron | ||
| 100 | 5-16 | Canadiens | Yvan Joly | ||
| 101 | 5-17 | Islanders | Glen Duncan | ||
| 102 | 5-18 | Whalers | Mark Renaud | ||
| 103 | 5-19 | Jets | Thomas Steen | ||
| 104 | 5-20 | Nordiques | Pierre Lacroix | ||
| 105 | 5-21 | Oilers | Mike Toal | ||
| Round 6 | |||||
| 106 | 6-1 | Rockies | Bob Attwell | ||
| 107 | 6-2 | Blues | Gilles Leduc | ||
| 108 | 6-3 | Red Wings | Carmine Cirella | ||
| 109 | 6-4 | Capitals | Greg Theberge | ||
| 110 | 6-5 | Canucks | Shane Swan | ||
| 111 | 6-6 | North Stars | Brian Gualazzi | ||
| 112 | 6-7 | Blackhawks | Doug Crossman | ||
| 113 | 6-8 | Kings | Jay McFarlane | ||
| 114 | 6-9 | Maple Leafs | Bill McCreary Jr. | ||
| 115 | 6-10 | Penguins | Marc Chorney | ||
| 116 | 6-11 | Sabres | Rick Knickle | ||
| 117 | 6-12 | Flames | Glenn Johnson | ||
| 118 | 6-13 | Rangers | Stan Adams | ||
| 119 | 6-14 | Flyers | Gord Williams | ||
| 120 | 6-15 | Bruins | Mike Krushelnyski | ||
| 121 | 6-16 | Canadiens | Greg Moffett | ||
| 122 | 6-17 | Islanders | John Gibb | ||
| 123 | 6-18 | Whalers | Dave McDonald | ||
| 124 | 6-19 | Jets | Tim Watters | ||
| 125 | 6-20 | Nordiques | Scott McGeown | ||
| 126 | 6-21 | Oilers | Blair Barnes | ||