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1997 - Round: 8
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| Round | Pick | Overall | Team | Player | Pos | Country | Ht | Wt | Amateur League | Amateur Team |
| 8 | 1 | 191 | BOS | Antti Laaksonen | L | FIN | 6' 0" | 180 | NCAA | U. of Denver |
| 8 | 2 | 192 | SJS | Cam Severson | L | CAN | 6' 2" | 220 | WHL | Prince Albert Raiders |
| 8 | 3 | 193 | LAK | Jay Kopischke | L | USA | 6' 3" | 210 | USHL | North Iowa Huskies |
| 8 | 4 | 194 | TOR | Russ Bartlett | C | USA | 6' 1" | 182 | N.H. | Phillips-Exeter Academy |
| 8 | 5 | 195 | CAR | Niklas Nordgren | L | SWE | 6' 0" | 185 | Sweden | Modo Jrs. |
| 8 | 6 | 196 | NYI | Jeremy Symington | G | CAN | 6' 2" | 185 | Ontario | Petrolia Jr. B |
| 8 | 7 | 197 | MTL | Petr Kubos | D | CZE | 6' 2" | 189 | Czech | Vsetin HC |
| 8 | 8 | 198 | TBL | Shawn Skolney | D | CAN | 6' 2" | 185 | WHL | Seattle Thunderbirds |
| 8 | 9 | 199 | CAR | Randy Fitzgerald | L | CAN | 5' 9" | 170 | OHL | Detroit Whalers |
| 8 | 10 | 200 | WSH | Pierre-Luc Therrien | G | CAN | 5' 11" | 170 | QMJHL | Drummondville Voltigeurs |
| 8 | 11 | 201 | VAN | Denis Martynyuk | L | RUS | 6' 3" | 187 | Russia | CSKA Moscow |
| 8 | 12 | 202 | MTL | Andrei Sidyakin | R | RUS | 5' 11" | 169 | CIS | Salavat Yulaev |
| 8 | 13 | 203 | OTT | Nick Gillis | R | USA | 6' 0" | 188 | Mass H.S. | Cushing Academy |
| 8 | 14 | 204 | CHI | Sergei Shikhanov | R | RUS | 6' 2" | 190 | Russia | Tolyatti Lada |
| 8 | 15 | 205 | EDM | Chris Kerr | D | CAN | 6' 2" | 185 | OHL | Sudbury Wolves |
| 8 | 16 | 206 | STL | Bobby Haglund | L | USA | 5' 11" | 195 | USHL | Des Moines Buccaneers |
| 8 | 17 | 207 | PHX | Alex Andreyev | D | LVA | 6' 4" | 230 | SJHL | Weyburn Red Wings |
| 8 | 18 | 208 | PIT | Andrew Ference | D | CAN | 5' 11" | 189 | WHL | Portland Winter Hawks |
| 8 | 19 | 209 | ANA | Rene Stussi | C | CHE | 5' 11" | 183 | SwissB | Thurgau |
| 8 | 20 | 210 | NYR | Andrew Proskurnicki | L | CAN | 6' 3" | 201 | OHL | Sarnia Sting |
| 8 | 21 | 211 | FLA | Doug Schueller | D | USA | 6' 1" | 200 | USHL | Twin City Vulcans |
| 8 | 22 | 212 | BUF | Kamil Piros | R | CZE | 6' 0" | 195 | Czech. | Litvinov Jr. |
| 8 | 23 | 213 | DET | Steve Wilejto | C | CAN | 5' 11" | 178 | WHL | Prince Albert Raiders |
| 8 | 24 | 214 | PHI | Marko Kauppinen | D | FIN | 6' 0" | 178 | JyP HT Juniors | |
| 8 | 25 | 215 | NJD | Scott Clemmensen | G | USA | 6' 3" | 205 | USHL | Des Moines Buccaneers |
| 8 | 26 | 216 | DAL | Alexei Komarov | D | RUS | 6' 8" | 194 | Russia | Yaroslavl Torpedo |
| 8 | 27 | 217 | COL | Doug Schmidt | D | USA | 5' 10" | 205 | USHL | Waterloo Black Hawks |
