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Thursday 31 August 2017
1992 Expansion Draft Revisited
On June 18 1992, the NHL held an expansion draft for their two newest franchises, the Ottawa Senators and Tampa Bay Lightning. The rules for expansion were more lax back then so 21 of the 22 teams (the Sharks were exempted having come into the league the previous season) were allowed to protect 2 goaltenders and 14 skaters. This allowed such potential franchise players such as Wendell Young, Brad Shaw, Sylvain Turgeon and others to be available as building blocks for the two franchises. Here are the selections they made:
Not the greatest line-ups, eh? I always wondered, what if the expansion draft was like the one for Vegas? What kind of players would be available? Well, wonder no more! I used the same rules (1 Goalie, 3 Defensemen, 7 Forwards or 1 Goalie and 8 skaters). Also, teams were only allowed to pick once from each team, meaning both Tampa and Ottawa had to pick one player from each team. Ottawa would once again pick first, then Tampa would get the next 2 picks, then Ottawa would pick twice, and so on.
I did this totally from memory and available lists so there are more than likely a few errors. Unlike Mel Bridgeman, I can't blame my laptop. Also, I didn't workout any side deals or anything either to keep it somewhat simple.
1992-1993 OTTAWA
SENATORS
Craig
Billington (G) New Jersey Devils
John
Vanbiesbrouck (G) New York Rangers
Brian
Benning (D) Philadelphia Flyers
Doug
Crossman (D) Quebec Nordiques
Gerald
Diduck (D) Vancouver Canucks
Igor
Kravchuk (D) Chicago Blackhawks
Norm
Maciver (D) Edmonton Oilers
Mario
Marois (D) Winnipeg Jets
Stephane
Quintal (D) St. Louis Blues
Brent
Ashton (F) Boston Bruins
James
Black (F) Hartford Whalers
Todd
Elik (F) Minnesota North Stars
Bob
Errey (F) Pittsburgh Penguins
Tom
Fitzgerald (F) New York Islanders
Mike
Keane (F) Montreal Canadiens
Mike
Krushelnyski (F) Toronto Maple Leafs
Bob
Kudelski (F) Los Angeles Kings
Kelly
Miller (F) Washington Capitals
Bob
Probert (F) Detroit Red Wings
Paul
Ranheim (F) Calgary Flames
Randy
Wood (F) Buffalo Sabres
Now I think this team would've won more than 10 games. Or at least more than one road game anyway.
1992-93 TAMPA
BAY LIGHTNING
Dominik Hasek (G) Chicago
Blackhawks
Ken Wregget (G) Pittsburgh
Penguins
Slava Fetisov (D) New
Jersey Devils
Charlie Huddy (D) Los
Angeles Kings
Randy Ladoucer (D) Hartford
Whalers
Gord Murphy (D) Boston
Bruins
Lyle Odelein (D) Montreal
Canadiens
Michel Petit (D) Calgary
Flames
Joe Reekie (D) New
York Islanders
Brian Bradley (F) Toronto
Maple Leafs
Randy Burridge (F) Washington
Capitals
Mike Craig (F) Minnesota
North Stars
Gerard Gallant (F) Detroit
Red Wings
Steve Kasper (F) Philadelphia
Flyers
Scott Mellanby (F) Edmonton
Oilers
Sergio Momesso (F) Vancouver
Canucks
Troy Murray (F) Winnipeg
Jets
John Ogrodnick (F) New York
Rangers
Greg Paslawski (F) Quebec
Nordiques
Wayne Presley (F) Buffalo
Sabres
Rich Sutter (F) St.
Louis Blues
I think these teams would've been put on a better path. Or at the very least provide some decent return if they make trades.
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