| 2000 NHL expansion draft | |
| Date: | June 23, 2000 |
| Location: | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| League: | National Hockey League |
| Expansion Teams: | Columbus Blue Jackets Minnesota Wild |
| Expansion Season: | 2000–01 |
| Prev: | 1999 |
| Next: | 2017 |
The 2000 NHL expansion draft was held on June 23, 2000, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The draft took place to fill the rosters of the league's two expansion teams for the 2000–01 season, the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Minnesota Wild.
26 of the 28 teams existing in the league at the time of the draft were each allowed to protect either one goaltender, five defensemen, and nine forwards or two goaltenders, three defensemen, and seven forwards. The Atlanta Thrashers and Nashville Predators had their entire rosters protected, as they were the two newest franchises in the league, only being in existence for one and two years respectively.
For teams protecting only one goaltender, there was no experience requirement for those left unprotected. For teams protecting two goaltenders, each goaltender left unprotected must have appeared in either 10 NHL games in the 1999–2000 season or 25 games in the 1998–99 season and 1999–2000 seasons combined. A goaltender had to be in net for at least 31 minutes in each game for the game to be counted against these totals.
At least one defenseman left unprotected by each team had to have appeared in at least 40 games in the 1999–2000 season or 70 games in the 1998–99 season and 1999–2000 seasons combined. At least two forwards left unprotected by each team had to have met the same requirements.
Fifty-two players were chosen in the draft; each previously existing team lost two players, and both expansion teams filled a roster of twenty-six players. Only one goaltender or one defenseman could be selected from each franchise. Both the Blue Jackets and the Wild were to use their first 24 selections on three goaltenders, eight defensemen, and thirteen forwards. The final two picks for each team could be any position.
| Player | Drafted from | Drafted by | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rick Tabaracci (G) | Columbus Blue Jackets | ||
| 2 | Jamie McLennan (G) | Minnesota Wild | ||
| 3 | Mike Vernon (G) | |||
| 4 | Frederic Chabot (G) | Columbus Blue Jackets | ||
| 5 | Dwayne Roloson (G) | |||
| 6 | Chris Terreri (G) | Minnesota Wild | ||
| 7 | Sean O'Donnell (D) | |||
| 8 | Mattias Timander (D) | Columbus Blue Jackets | ||
| 9 | Bert Robertsson (D) | |||
| 10 | Curtis Leschyshyn (D) | Minnesota Wild | ||
| 11 | Tommi Rajamaki (D) | Columbus Blue Jackets | ||
| 12 | Ladislav Benysek (D) | Minnesota Wild | ||
| 13 | Chris Armstrong (D) | |||
| 14 | Jamie Pushor (D) | Columbus Blue Jackets | ||
| 15 | Filip Kuba (D) | Minnesota Wild | ||
| 16 | Lyle Odelein (D) | Columbus Blue Jackets | ||
| 17 | Radim Bicanek (D) | |||
| 18 | Oleg Orekhovsky (D) | Minnesota Wild | ||
| 19 | Mathieu Schneider (D) | Columbus Blue Jackets | ||
| 20 | Ian Herbers (D) | Minnesota Wild | ||
| 21 | Artem Anisimov (D) | |||
| 22 | Jonas Junkka (D) | Columbus Blue Jackets | ||
| 23 | Geoff Sanderson (LW) | Buffalo Sabres | ||
| 24 | Stacy Roest (C) | Minnesota Wild | ||
| 25 | Darryl Laplante (C) | |||
| 26 | Turner Stevenson (RW) | Montreal Canadiens | Columbus Blue Jackets | |
| 27 | Scott Pellerin (LW) | St. Louis Blues | Minnesota Wild | |
| 28 | Robert Kron (C) | Carolina Hurricanes | Columbus Blue Jackets | |
| 29 | Steve Heinze (RW) | Boston Bruins | ||
| 30 | Jim Dowd (C) | Edmonton Oilers | Minnesota Wild | |
| 31 | Tyler Wright (C) | Pittsburgh Penguins | Columbus Blue Jackets | |
| 32 | Sergei Krivokrasov (RW) | Calgary Flames | Minnesota Wild | |
| 33 | Jeff Nielsen (RW) | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | ||
| 34 | Kevyn Adams (C) | Toronto Maple Leafs | Columbus Blue Jackets | |
| 35 | Jeff Odgers (RW) | Colorado Avalanche | Minnesota Wild | |
| 36 | Dmitri Subbotin (F) | New York Rangers | Columbus Blue Jackets | |
| 37 | Steve McKenna (F) | Los Angeles Kings | Minnesota Wild | |
| 38 | Dallas Drake (RW) | Phoenix Coyotes | Columbus Blue Jackets | |
| 39 | Bruce Gardiner (C) | |||
| 40 | Michal Bros (F) | San Jose Sharks | Minnesota Wild | |
| 41 | Joe Juneau (C) | |||
| 42 | Barrie Moore (LW) | Washington Capitals | Columbus Blue Jackets | |
| 43 | Darby Hendrickson (C) | Minnesota Wild | ||
| 44 | Martin Streit (F) | Philadelphia Flyers | Columbus Blue Jackets | |
| 45 | Kevin Dineen (RW) | Ottawa Senators | ||
| 46 | Jeff Daw (C) | Chicago Blackhawks | Minnesota Wild | |
| 47 | Jeff Williams (LW) | New Jersey Devils | Columbus Blue Jackets | |
| 48 | Stefan Nilsson (F) | Vancouver Canucks | Minnesota Wild | |
| 49 | Zac Bierk (G) | Tampa Bay Lightning | ||
| 50 | Sergei Luchinkin (RW) | Dallas Stars | Columbus Blue Jackets | |
| 51 | Cam Stewart (LW) | Florida Panthers | Minnesota Wild | |
| 52 | Ted Drury (C) | New York Islanders | Columbus Blue Jackets |
In return for agreeing not to select certain unprotected players, the Blue Jackets and Wild were granted concessions by other franchises. The trades not involving Blue Jacket or Wild draft picks were booked as being for "future considerations":
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Several of the players selected by the Blue Jackets and Wild in the Expansion Draft did not stay with the teams long after the draft. In fact, several players were traded later in the same day:
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Minnesota
Other players who were no longer on the rosters of the teams which drafted them for the 1999–2000 season include the following:
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