1992 NHL expansion draft | |
Date: | June 18, 1992 |
Location: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
League: | National Hockey League |
Expansion Teams: | Ottawa Senators Tampa Bay Lightning |
Expansion Season: | 1992–93 |
Prev: | 1991 |
Next: | 1993 |
The 1992 NHL expansion draft was an expansion draft held by the National Hockey League (NHL) to fill the rosters of the league's two expansion teams for the 1992–93 season, the Ottawa Senators and the Tampa Bay Lightning. The draft was held on June 18, 1992, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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 from 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 NHL game.[1]
This clause (known to the league teams far in advance) led to several trades so that teams could fulfill the requirement without exposing their lead goaltenders. It also led to anomalies such as Ray LeBlanc (the star of the 1992 United States Olympic team) being put into the only NHL game of his career so that the Chicago Blackhawks could expose him and not Ed Belfour, Dominik Hasek or Jimmy Waite. To avoid exposing any of their three goaltenders, the Washington Capitals re-signed former goalie Bernie Wolfe, who was 40 years old and last played an NHL game in 1979. League president John Ziegler held up approval of the contract and summoned Capitals general manager David Poile to Toronto to explain himself; not willing to risk being sanctioned, the team signed Steve Weeks instead.
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.
Player | Drafted from | Drafted by | ||
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1. | Peter Sidorkiewicz (G) | Ottawa Senators | ||
2. | Wendell Young (G) | Tampa Bay Lightning | ||
3. | Mark Laforest (G) | Ottawa Senators | ||
4. | Frederic Chabot (G) | Tampa Bay Lightning | ||
5. | Brad Shaw (D) | Ottawa Senators | ||
6. | Joe Reekie (D) | Tampa Bay Lightning | ||
7. | Shawn Chambers (D) | |||
8. | Darren Rumble (D) | Ottawa Senators | ||
9. | Peter Taglianetti (D) | Tampa Bay Lightning | ||
10. | Dominic Lavoie (D) | Ottawa Senators | ||
11. | Brad Miller (D) | |||
12. | Bob McGill (D) | Tampa Bay Lightning | ||
13. | Ken Hammond (D) | Ottawa Senators | ||
14. | Jeff Bloemberg (D) | New York Rangers | Tampa Bay Lightning | |
15. | Doug Crossman (D) | |||
16. | Kent Paynter (D) | Ottawa Senators | ||
17. | Rob Ramage (D) | Tampa Bay Lightning | ||
18. | John Van Kessel (D) | Ottawa Senators | ||
19. | Michel Mongeau (C) | St. Louis Blues | Tampa Bay Lightning | |
20. | Sylvain Turgeon (LW) | Montreal Canadiens | Ottawa Senators | |
21. | Mike Peluso (F) | Chicago Blackhawks | ||
22. | Anatoli Semenov (C) | Tampa Bay Lightning | ||
23. | Rob Murphy (C) | Vancouver Canucks | Ottawa Senators | |
24. | Mike Hartman (LW) | Winnipeg Jets | Tampa Bay Lightning | |
25. | Mark Lamb (C) | Edmonton Oilers | Ottawa Senators | |
26. | Basil McRae (LW) | Minnesota North Stars | Tampa Bay Lightning | |
27. | Laurie Boschman (F) | New Jersey Devils | Ottawa Senators | |
28. | Rob DiMaio (RW) | New York Islanders | Tampa Bay Lightning | |
29. | Jim Thomson (RW) | Los Angeles Kings | Ottawa Senators | |
30. | Steve Maltais (W) | Quebec Nordiques | Tampa Bay Lightning | |
31. | Lonnie Loach (LW) | Detroit Red Wings | Ottawa Senators | |
32. | Dan Vincelette (LW) | Chicago Blackhawks | Tampa Bay Lightning | |
33. | Mark Freer (C) | Philadelphia Flyers | Ottawa Senators | |
34. | Tim Bergland (RW) | Washington Capitals | Tampa Bay Lightning | |
35. | Chris Lindberg (LW) | Ottawa Senators | ||
36. | Brian Bradley (C) | Tampa Bay Lightning | ||
37. | Jeff Lazaro (RW) | Ottawa Senators | ||
38. | Keith Osborne (RW) | Toronto Maple Leafs | Tampa Bay Lightning | |
39. | Darcy Loewen (LW) | Buffalo Sabres | Ottawa Senators | |
40. | Shayne Stevenson (C) | Boston Bruins | Tampa Bay Lightning | |
41. | Blair Atcheynum (RW) | Hartford Whalers | Ottawa Senators | |
42. | Tim Hunter (F) | Calgary Flames | Tampa Bay Lightning |
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: