The 1993 NHL entry draft was the 31st draft for the National Hockey League. It took place on June 26, 1993, at the Colisée de Québec in Quebec City.
Alexandre Daigle, the first overall pick, is widely regarded as one of the all-time greatest draft busts in NHL history. Regarding his draft position, Daigle uttered the now infamous comment, "I'm glad I got drafted first, because no one remembers number two". Chris Pronger, selected after Daigle with the second overall pick by the Hartford Whalers, was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2015.
The last active player in the NHL from the 1993 NHL entry draft was Kimmo Timonen, who retired after the 2014–15 season.
Selections by round
Round one
# Player Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team 1 Alexandre Daigle (C) Ottawa Senators Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL) 2Chris Pronger (D) Hartford Whalers (from San Jose)1 Peterborough Petes (OHL) 3 Chris Gratton (C) Tampa Bay Lightning Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) 4Paul Kariya (LW) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim University of Maine (Hockey East) 5 Rob Niedermayer (C) Florida Panthers Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) 6Viktor Kozlov (C) San Jose Sharks (from Hartford)2 Dynamo Moscow (Russia) 7Jason Arnott (C) Edmonton Oilers Oshawa Generals (OHL) 8 Niklas Sundstrom (RW) New York Rangers MODO (Sweden) 9 Todd Harvey (RW) Dallas Stars Detroit Junior Red Wings (OHL) 10Jocelyn Thibault (G) Quebec Nordiques (from Philadelphia)3 Sherbrooke Faucons (QMJHL) 11 Brendan Witt (D) Washington Capitals (from St. Louis)4 Seattle Thunderbirds (WHL) 12Kenny Jönsson (D) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Buffalo)5 Rögle BK (Sweden) 13 Denis Pederson (C) New Jersey Devils Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) 14Adam Deadmarsh (RW) Quebec Nordiques (from NY Islanders)6 Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) 15 Mats Lindgren (C) Winnipeg Jets Skellefteå AIK (Sweden) 16 Nick Stajduhar (D) Edmonton Oilers (from Los Angeles)7 London Knights (OHL) 17Jason Allison (C) Washington Capitals London Knights (OHL) 18 Jesper Mattsson (RW) Calgary Flames Malmö IF (Sweden) 19 Landon Wilson (RW) Toronto Maple Leafs Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) 20 Mike Wilson (D) Vancouver Canucks Sudbury Wolves (OHL) 21Saku Koivu (C) Montreal Canadiens TPS (Finland) 22 Anders Eriksson (D) Detroit Red Wings MODO (Sweden) 23Todd Bertuzzi (RW) New York Islanders (from Quebec)8 Guelph Storm (OHL) 24 Eric Lecompte (LW) Chicago Blackhawks Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) 25 Kevyn Adams (C) Boston Bruins Miami University (CCHA) 26 Stefan Bergkvist (D) Pittsburgh Penguins Leksands IF (Sweden) Notes The San Jose Sharks' first-round pick went to the Hartford Whalers as the result of a trade on June 26 that sent Sergei Makarov, first and third-round pick both in 1993 (6th and 58th overall) and Toronto's second-round pick (45th overall) in 1993 to San Jose in exchange for this pick. The Hartford Whalers' first-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 26 that sent the second overall pick in 1993 to Hartford in exchange for Sergei Makarov, Toronto's second-round pick (45th overall) and a third-round pick (58th overall) both in 1993 and this pick. The Philadelphia Flyers' first-round pick went to the Quebec Nordiques as the result of a trade on June 30, 1992, that sent the Eric Lindros to Philadelphia in exchange for Ron Hextall, Peter Forsberg, Steve Duchesne, Kerry Huffman, Mike Ricci, future considerations (Chris Simon and a first-round pick in 1994 on July 21, 1992), $15 million in cash and this pick. The St. Louis Blues' first-round pick went to the Washington Capitals as compensation for not matching an offer sheet from St. Louis to restricted free agent Scott Stevens on July 16, 1990. The Buffalo Sabres' first-round pick went to the Toronto Maple Leafs as the result of a trade on February 2 that sent Grant Fuhr and a fifth-round pick in 1995 to Buffalo in exchange for Dave Andreychuk, Darren Puppa and this pick. The New York Islanders' first-round pick went to the Quebec Nordiques as the result of a trade on June 20 that sent Ron Hextall and a first-round pick in 1993 (23rd overall) to New York in exchange for Mark Fitzpatrick and this pick. The Los Angeles Kings' first-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a trade on August 9, 1988, that sent Wayne Gretzky, Mike Krushelnyski and Marty McSorley to Los Angeles in exchange for Jimmy Carson, Martin Gelinas, $15 million in cash and first-round picks in 1989, 1991 and this pick. The Quebec Nordiques' first-round pick went to the New York Islanders as the result of a trade on June 20 that sent Mark Fitzpatrick and a first-round pick in 1993 (14th overall) to Quebec in exchange for Ron Hextall and this pick.
Round two # Player Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team 27 Radim Bicanek (D) Ottawa Senators Dukla Jihlava (Czech Republic) 28 Shean Donovan (RW) San Jose Sharks Ottawa 67's (OHL) 29 Tyler Moss (G) Tampa Bay Lightning Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) 30 Nikolai Tsulygin (D) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Salavat Yulaev Ufa (Russia) 31 Scott Langkow (G) Winnipeg Jets (from Florida)1 Portland Winter Hawks (WHL) 32 Jay Pandolfo (LW) New Jersey Devils (from Hartford)2 Boston University (Hockey East) 33 David Vyborny (RW) Edmonton Oilers Sparta Prague (Czech Republic) 34 Lee Sorochan (D) New York Rangers Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) 35 Jamie Langenbrunner (RW) Dallas Stars Cloquet High School (USHS–MN) 36 Janne Niinimaa (D) Philadelphia Flyers Karpat (Finland) 37 Maxim Bets (LW) St. Louis Blues Spokane Chiefs (WHL) 38 Denis Tsygurov (D) Buffalo Sabres Lada Togliatti (Russia) 39 Brendan Morrison (C) New Jersey Devils University of Michigan (CCHA) 40 Bryan McCabe (D) New York Islanders Spokane Chiefs (WHL) 41 Kevin Weekes (G) Florida Panthers (from Winnipeg)3 Owen Sound Platers (OHL) 42 Shayne Toporowski (RW) Los Angeles Kings Prince Albert Raiders (WHL) 43 Alexei Budayev (RW) Winnipeg Jets (from Washington)4 Kristall Elektrostal (Russia) 44 Jamie Allison (D) Calgary Flames Detroit Junior Red Wings (OHL) 45 Vlastimil Kroupa (D) San Jose Sharks (from Toronto via Hartford)5 Chemopetrol Litvinov (Czech Republic) 46 Rick Girard (C) Vancouver Canucks Swift Current Broncos (WHL) 47 Rory Fitzpatrick (D) Montreal Canadiens Sudbury Wolves (OHL) 48 Jon Coleman (D) Detroit Red Wings Andover Academy (USHS–MA) 49 Ashley Buckberger (RW) Quebec Nordiques Swift Current Broncos (WHL) 50 Eric Manlow (C) Chicago Blackhawks Kitchener Rangers (OHL) 51 Matt Alvey (RW) Boston Bruins Springfield Olympics (NEJHL) 52 Domenic Pittis (C) Pittsburgh Penguins Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL) Notes The Florida Panthers' second-round pick went to the Winnipeg Jets as the result of a trade on June 26 that sent a second and third-round pick both in 1993 (41st and 67th overall) to Florida in exchange for this pick. The Hartford Whalers' second-round pick went to the New Jersey Devils as the result of a trade on August 28, 1992, that sent Sean Burke and Eric Weinrich to Hartford in exchange for Bobby Holik, a conditional pick in 1994 and this pick. The Winnipeg Jets' second-round pick went to the Florida Panthers as the result of a trade on June 26 that sent a second-round pick in 1993 (31st overall) to Winnipeg in exchange for a third-round pick in 1993 (67th overall) and this pick. The Washington Capitals' second-round pick went to the Winnipeg Jets as the result of a trade on March 22 that sent Rick Tabaracci to Washington in exchange for Jim Hrivnak and this pick. The Toronto Maple Leafs' second-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 26 that sent the second overall pick in 1993 to Hartford in exchange for Sergei Makarov, a first and third-round pick both in 1993 (6th and 58th overall) and this pick. Hartford previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on November 24, 1992, that sent John Cullen to Toronto in exchange for this pick.
Round three # Player Nationality NHL team College/junior/club team 53 Patrick Charbonneau (G) Ottawa Senators Victoriaville Tigres (QMJHL) 54 Bogdan Savenko (RW) Chicago Blackhawks (from San Jose)1 Niagara Falls Thunder (OHL) 55 Allan Egeland (C) Tampa Bay Lightning (from Tampa Bay via NY Rangers)2 Tacoma Rockets (WHL) 56 Valeri Karpov (RW) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim Traktor Chelyabinsk (Russia) 57 Chris Armstrong (D) Florida Panthers Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL) 58 Ville Peltonen (LW) San Jose Sharks (from Hartford)3 HIFK (Finland) 59 Kevin Paden (C) Edmonton Oilers Detroit Junior Red Wings (OHL) 60 Alexander Kerch (RW) Edmonton Oilers (from NY Rangers)4 Pardaugava Riga (Latvia) 61 Maxim Galanov (D) New York Rangers (from Dallas)5 Lada Togliatti (Russia) 62 Dave Roche (LW) Pittsburgh Penguins (from Philadelphia via Winnipeg and Philadelphia)6 Peterborough Petes (OHL) 63 Jamie Rivers (D) St. Louis Blues Sudbury Wolves (OHL) 64 Ethan Philpott (RW) Buffalo Sabres Andover Academy (USHS–MA) 65 Krzysztof Oliwa (LW) New Jersey Devils Welland Flames (GHJHL) 66 Vladimir Chebaturkin (D) New York Islanders Kristall Elektrostal (Russia) 67 Mikael Tjallden (D) Florida Panthers (from Winnipeg)7 MODO (Sweden) 68 Jeff Mitchell (RW) Los Angeles Kings Detroit Junior Red Wings (OHL) 69 Patrick Boileau (D) Washington Capitals Laval Titan (QMJHL) 70 Dan Tompkins (LW) Calgary Flames Omaha Lancers (USHL) 71 Vaclav Prospal (LW) Philadelphia Flyers (from Toronto)8 HC Ceske Budejovice (Czech Republic) 72 Marek Malik (D) Hartford Whalers (from Vancouver)9 TJ Vitkovice Jr. (Czech Republic) 73 Sebastien Bordeleau (C) Montreal Canadiens Hull Olympiques (QMJHL) 74 Kevin Hilton (C) Detroit Red Wings University of Michigan (CCHA) 75 Bill Pierce (C) Quebec Nordiques Lawrence Academy (USHS–MA) 76 Ryan Huska (LW) Chicago Blackhawks Kamloops Blazers (WHL) 77 Milos Holan (D) Philadelphia Flyers (from Boston)10 TJ Vitkovice (Czech Republic) 78 Steve Washburn (C) Florida Panthers (from Pittsburgh via Tampa Bay)11 Ottawa 67's (OHL) Notes The San Jose Sharks' third-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on September 20, 1991, that sent Wayne Presley to San Jose in exchange for this pick. The Tampa Bay Lightning's third-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on June 25 that sent Glenn Healy to New York in exchange for this pick. The New York Rangers previously acquired this pick as compensation for not matching an offer sheet from Tampa Bay to restricted free agent Rob Zamuner on July 13, 1992. The Hartford Whalers' third-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on June 26 that sent the second overall pick in 1993 to Hartford in exchange for Sergei Makarov, a first-round pick and Toronto's second-round pick both in 1993 (6th and 45th overall) and this pick. The New York Rangers' third-round pick went to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a trade on December 11, 1992, that sent Kevin Lowe to New York in exchange for Roman Oksiuta and this pick. The Dallas Stars' third-round pick went to the New York Rangers as the result of a trade on March 10, 1992, that sent Mark Janssens to Minnesota in exchange for Mario Thyer and this pick. The Philadelphia Flyers' third-round pick went to the Pittsburgh Penguins as the result of a trade on February 19, 1992, that sent Mark Recchi, Brian Benning and a first-round pick in 1992 to Philadelphia in exchange for Kjell Samuelsson, Rick Tocchet, Ken Wregget and this pick. Philadelphia's fourth-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on June 11 that sent Stephane Beauregard to Winnipeg in exchange for a fifth-round pick in the 1994 entry draft and this pick. The Philadelphia Flyers' third-round pick went to the Winnipeg Jets as the result of a trade on October 1, 1992, that sent Stephane Beauregard to Philadelphia in exchange for a fifth-round pick in the 1994 entry draft and this pick.