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1998 - Round: 3
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| Round | Pick | Overall | Team | Player | Pos | Country | Ht | Wt | Amateur League | Amateur Team |
| 3 | 1 | 59 | WSH | Todd Hornung | C | CAN | 6' 2" | 220 | WHL | Portland Winter Hawks |
| 3 | 2 | 60 | NSH | Denis Arkhipov | C | RUS | 6' 3" | 215 | Russia | Kazan Ak-Bars |
| 3 | 3 | 61 | FLA | Joe Dipenta | D | CAN | 6' 2" | 220 | NCAA | Boston University |
| 3 | 4 | 62 | CGY | Paul Manning | D | CAN | 6' 4" | 208 | NCAA | Colorado College |
| 3 | 5 | 63 | FLA | Lance Ward | R | CAN | 6' 3" | 214 | WHL | Red Deer Rebels |
| 3 | 6 | 64 | TBL | Brad Richards | C | CAN | 6' 0" | 195 | QMJHL | Rimouski Oceanic |
| 3 | 7 | 65 | SJS | Eric Laplante | L | CAN | 6' 0" | 185 | QMJHL | Halifax Mooseheads |
| 3 | 8 | 66 | NYR | Jason LaBarbera | G | CAN | 6' 3" | 230 | WHL | Portland Winter Hawks |
| 3 | 9 | 67 | EDM | Alex Henry | D | CAN | 6' 6" | 231 | OHL | London Knights |
| 3 | 10 | 68 | VAN | Jarkko Ruutu | L | FIN | 6' 1" | 204 | FNL | HIFK Helsinki |
| 3 | 11 | 69 | TOR | Jamie Hodson | G | CAN | 6' 2" | 205 | WHL | Brandon Wheat Kings |
| 3 | 12 | 70 | CAR | Kevin Holdridge | D | USA | 6' 2" | 202 | OHL | Plymouth Whalers |
| 3 | 13 | 71 | CAR | Erik Cole | L | USA | 6' 2" | 205 | NCAA | Clarkson University |
| 3 | 14 | 72 | TBL | Dimitri Afanasenkov | L | RUS | 6' 2" | 209 | Russia | Torpedo-2 Yaroslavl |
| 3 | 15 | 73 | PHX | Pat O'Leary | C | USA | 6' 2" | 190 | Minn. | Armstrong H.S. |
| 3 | 16 | 74 | OTT | Julien Vauclair | D | CHE | 6' 0" | 200 | SwissA | Lugano |
| 3 | 17 | 75 | MTL | Francois Beauchemin | D | CAN | 6' 0" | 213 | QMJHL | Laval Titan College Francais |
| 3 | 18 | 76 | LAK | Alexey Volkov | G | RUS | 6' 1" | 185 | Russia | Krylja-2 Sovetov |
| 3 | 19 | 77 | BUF | Mike Pandolfo | L | USA | 6' 3" | 218 | Mass. H.S. | St. Sebastian's |
| 3 | 20 | 78 | BOS | Peter Nordstrom | R | SWE | 6' 1" | 200 | SEL | Farjestads BK Karlstad |
| 3 | 21 | 79 | COL | Evgeny Lazarev | L | UKR | 6' 2" | 216 | OHL | Kitchener Rangers |
| 3 | 22 | 80 | PIT | David Cameron | C | CAN | 6' 1" | 180 | WHL | Prince Albert Raiders |
| 3 | 23 | 81 | VAN | Justin Morrison | R | USA | 6' 3" | 205 | NCAA | Colorado College |
| 3 | 24 | 82 | NJD | Brian Gionta | R | USA | 5' 7" | 173 | NCAA | Boston College |
| 3 | 25 | 83 | STL | Matt Walker | D | CAN | 6' 4" | 215 | WHL | Portland Winter Hawks |
| 3 | 26 | 84 | DET | Jake McCracken | G | CAN | 5' 10" | 180 | OHL | Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds |
| 3 | 27 | 85 | NSH | Geoff Koch | L | USA | 6' 1" | 190 | NCAA | U. of Michigan |
| 3 | 28 | 86 | DAL | Gabriel Karlsson | C | SWE | 6' 1" | 189 | SEL | HV71 Jonkoping |