In the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, the Los Angeles Kings selected goaltender Jamie Storr with the seventh overall pick in the first round. In over 30 years to the current day in the 2025 NHL offseason, the Kings have not since picked a goaltender in the top 10 picks of the first round of any NHL draft class.
The 1994 NHL Draft saw the Los Angeles Kings select a goaltender in the top 10
The NHL Draft in 1994 doesn't have as many headlining players from this class of forwards and goalies as others from the same 1990s decade, namely 1990 and 1997. This draft class was highlighted by multiple future potential Hall-of-Famers in Patrik Elias and Daniel Alfredsson.
Elias and Alfredsson both won at least one Stanley Cup ring and they both scored at least 1,000 points each in their respective NHL careers.
Top 10 picks in this draft class yielded a couple of All-Star selections and longtime veteran contributors around the league. But some of the best and most decorated players in this draft class from 1994 were picked much later in the rounds.
While the Florida Panthers' first-overall pick in the 1994 draft turned out to be very successful and probably the best defenseman in this class, Alfredsson had the most decorated career from this year in the draft in 1994. Alfredsson had more All-Star selections, goals, assists, and total points than any other player in this draft class.
The original Anaheim Ducks' first round draft pick in 1994, defenseman Oleg Tverdovsky, had a productive pro career in Southern California. But he didn't have the type of career that made him worth passing up Elias for with the second overall pick in the 1994 entry draft.
Elias helped lead the New Jersey Devils to multiple Stanley Cup rings in the early 2000s. And he was the Devils' captain for roughly a decade, following the retirement of longtime New Jersey defenseman Scott Stevens in 2007.
The Ottawa Senators originally picked center Radek Bonk with the third overall pick in the first round of the 1994 draft. Bonk was a really hyped up offensive prospect going into the 1994 draft. But Evgeni Nabokov was arguably the best goalie picked in the 1994 draft class.
Nabokov was the only goalie in this draft class to have 350 career regular season wins, and he nearly reached 60 career regular season shutouts. He won the Calder Trophy with the San Jose Sharks in the 1994-95 campaign in the West.