- 1992 NHL Expansion Draft
The 1992 NHL Expansion Draft was held on
June 18 ,1992 . The draft took place to fill the rosters of the league's two expansion teams for the 1992–93 season, theOttawa Senators and theTampa Bay Lightning .Rules
21 of the 22 franchises in the league at the time of the draft were allowed to protect two goaltenders and fourteen position players (The
San Jose Sharks were the only team exempt of protection restrictions as they were an expansion team the previous season.). Beyond that, every team had to make available at least one goaltender who had played at least one game in the1991–92 NHL season . This clause (known to the league teams far in advance) led to several trades so that teams could fulfill the requirement without exposing their two lead goaltenders. It also led to anomalies such asRay LeBlanc (the star of the 1992 United States Olympic team) being put into the only NHL game of his career so that theChicago Blackhawks could expose him, and therefore would not have to exposeEd Belfour , Dominik Hasek orJimmy Waite .There were 42 players selected in the draft, two from each participating franchise. The Lightning and Senators were each to pick two goaltenders, seven defensemen and twelve forwards.
Draft results
Post-draft
Among players selected in the 1992 NHL Expansion Draft and then moved before the start of the 1992–93 season were the following:
Tampa Bay:
*Frederic Chabot (traded to Montreal forJean-Claude Bergeron onJune 18 ,1992 )
*Tim Hunter (traded to Quebec for future considerations onJune 19 ,1992 )
*Jeff Bloemberg (traded to Edmonton for future considerations onSeptember 25 ,1992 )ee also
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1992 NHL Entry Draft
*1992 NHL Supplemental Draft
*1992–93 NHL season References
[http://www.sensnetwork.com/history/draft/expansiondraft1992.html SensNetwork.com: Ottawa Senators 1992 NHL Expansion Draft Selections]
[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.sport.hockey/browse_thread/thread/48b6ae5f35a192e4/3d00a0a18f3cf747?lnk=gst&q=1992+NHL+Expansion+Draft&rnum=78#3d00a0a18f3cf747 Usenet post on draft order (copied from "The Hockey News")]
[http://www.tampabaylightning.com/files/boltshistory.pdf Tampa Bay Lightning Media Guide] (page 44, requires Adobe Reader)
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