1979 NHL Entry Draft
The NHL Entry Draft in 1979, the annual talent contraction of the National Hockey League, held on 9 August 1979 at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Canada in the province of Quebec instead. The former Amateur Draft was renamed Draft before performing in Entry, bringing the league wanted to reflect the fact that not only amateurs but also former player of the World Hockey Association, which had merged with the NHL to take in the draft articles, and increasingly players from Europe were interesting for the teams.
A total of 126 players were taken in six rounds. The Draft vintage is still regarded as the best in the NHL Draft history. All 21 first-round picks made it into the NHL and played at least 235 games. 19 players even managed more than 450 games in the NHL. Among them were later members of the Hockey Hall of Fame, Mike Gartner, Ray Bourque and Michel Goulet. In the other rounds were also well-skilled players available. How to Chose the Edmonton Oilers Mark Messier in the third and Glenn Anderson in the fourth round. For the high density of talent, there were two reasons, there could be drafted for a player from the WHA and the other is the age of the players to be selected was reduced by one year, which two vintages in the draft were available.