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1997 - Round: 3
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| Round | Pick | Overall | Team | Player | Pos | Country | Ht | Wt | Amateur League | Amateur Team |
| 3 | 1 | 54 | BOS | Mattias Karlin | C | SWE | 5' 11" | 183 | SEL | Modo Hockey Ornskoldsvik |
| 3 | 2 | 55 | COL | Rick Berry | D | CAN | 6' 2" | 213 | WHL | Seattle Thunderbirds |
| 3 | 3 | 56 | FLA | Vratislav Cech | D | CZE | 6' 3" | 196 | OHL | Kitchener Rangers |
| 3 | 4 | 57 | TOR | Jeff Farkas | C | USA | 6' 0" | 174 | NCAA | Boston College |
| 3 | 5 | 58 | OTT | Jani Hurme | G | FIN | 6' 0" | 195 | FNL | TPS Turku |
| 3 | 6 | 59 | NYI | Jarrett Smith | C | CAN | 6' 1" | 190 | WHL | Prince George Cougars |
| 3 | 7 | 60 | CGY | Derek Schutz | C | CAN | 6' 2" | 185 | WHL | Spokane Chiefs |
| 3 | 8 | 61 | TBL | Matt Elich | R | USA | 6' 2" | 200 | OHL | Windsor Spitfires |
| 3 | 9 | 62 | PHI | Kris Mallette | D | CAN | 6' 3" | 220 | WHL | Kelowna Rockets |
| 3 | 10 | 63 | BOS | Lee Goren | R | CAN | 6' 3" | 215 | NCAA | U. of North Dakota |
| 3 | 11 | 64 | VAN | Kyle Freadrich | L | CAN | 6' 7" | 260 | WHL | Regina Pats |
| 3 | 12 | 65 | MTL | Ilkka Mikkola | D | FIN | 6' 0" | 189 | Finland | Karpat |
| 3 | 13 | 66 | OTT | Josh Langfeld | R | USA | 6' 3" | 215 | USHL | Lincoln Stars |
| 3 | 14 | 67 | CHI | Mike Souza | L | USA | 6' 1" | 190 | NCAA | U. of New Hampshire |
| 3 | 15 | 68 | EDM | Sergei Yerkovich | D | RUS | 6' 0" | 210 | IHL | Las Vegas Thunder |
| 3 | 16 | 69 | BUF | Maxim Afinogenov | R | RUS | 6' 0" | 190 | Russia | Moscow Dynamo |
| 3 | 17 | 70 | CGY | Erik Andersson | R | SWE | 6' 3" | 210 | NCAA | U. of Denver |
| 3 | 18 | 71 | PIT | Josef Melichar | D | CZE | 6' 2" | 220 | Czech | Ceske Budejovice HC |
| 3 | 19 | 72 | ANA | Jay Legault | L | CAN | 6' 4" | 192 | OHL | London Knights |
| 3 | 20 | 73 | NYR | Larry (Burke) Henry | D | CAN | 6' 3" | 206 | WHL | Brandon Wheat Kings |
| 3 | 21 | 74 | FLA | Nick Smith | C | CAN | 6' 2" | 207 | OHL | Barrie Colts |
| 3 | 22 | 75 | BUF | Jeff Martin | C | CAN | 6' 1" | 177 | OHL | Windsor Spitfires |
| 3 | 23 | 76 | DET | Petr Sykora | C | CZE | 6' 3" | 206 | Czech | Pardubice HC |
| 3 | 24 | 77 | DAL | Steve Gainey | L | CAN | 6' 1" | 192 | WHL | Kamloops Blazers |
| 3 | 25 | 78 | COL | Ville Nieminen | L | FIN | 6' 1" | 211 | FNL | Tappara Tampere |
| 3 | 26 | 79 | NYI | Robert Schnabel | D | CZE | 6' 5" | 232 | Czech | Slavia Praha HC |
| 3 | 27 | 80 | CAR | Francis Lessard | R | CAN | 6' 2" | 235 | QMJHL | Val-d'Or Foreurs |
