Fansided · Aug 16, 2025
Re-drafting the 1995 NHL Draft lottery
Shane Doan and Jarome Iginla highlight the top players from the 1995 NHL Entry Draft in this first-round redraft.
Jarome Iginla, Shane Doan | Dave Sandford/GettyImagesThe Los Angeles Kings won the first-ever NHL Draft lottery in 1995, allowing them to move up a few spots to draft third overall. This early-first-round draft pick for the Kings came at a time when LA had a three-year-long playoff drought in the Western Conference in the mid-1990s.
Moving up four spots, the Los Angeles Kings picked third overall in the first round of the 1995 NHL Draft as the winner of the league's first-ever lottery process results