1999 NHL expansion draft

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The 1999 NHL expansion draft was an expansion draft held by the National Hockey League (NHL) to fill the roster of the league's expansion team for the 1999–2000 season, the Atlanta Thrashers. The draft took place on June 25, 1999 in Boston, Massachusetts.

1999 NHL expansion draft
General information
Date(s)June 25, 1999
LocationBoston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Overview
LeagueNational Hockey League
Expansion teamsAtlanta Thrashers
Expansion season1999–2000
← 1998
2000 →

Rules

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The Thrashers were to select 26 players, one from each existing franchise (except for the Nashville Predators) at the time of the draft. Each franchise was allowed to protect either one goaltender, five defensemen, and nine forwards or two goaltenders, three defensemen, and seven forwards. Teams which lost goaltenders in the 1998 NHL Expansion Draft (Anaheim, Los Angeles, Montreal, New Jersey and the New York Rangers) could not lose a goaltender in the 1999 Draft.[1]

The Thrashers were to choose at least three goaltenders, eight defensemen, and thirteen forwards. Their final two choices could be from any position.

Protected players

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Eastern Conference

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Atlantic Division
Position New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh
Forwards Jason Arnott Mariusz Czerkawski Adam Graves Rod Brind'Amour Matthew Barnaby
Patrik Elias Sean Haggerty Todd Harvey Keith Jones Jan Hrdina
Bobby Holik Brad Isbister Mike Knuble Daymond Langkow Alexei Kovalev
Randy McKay Olli Jokinen Eric Lacroix John LeClair Jaromir Jagr
Krzysztof Oliwa Jorgen Jonsson Darren Langdon Eric Lindros Robert Lang
Jay Pandolfo Claude Lapointe John MacLean Sandy McCarthy Kip Miller
Denis Pederson Mark Lawrence Petr Nedved Mark Recchi Ian Moran
Brian Rolston Mats Lindgren Kevin Stevens Mikael Renberg Martin Straka
Petr Sykora Vladimir Orszagh Niklas Sundstrom Valeri Zelepukin German Titov
Defencemen Ken Daneyko Eric Cairns Jason Doig Adam Burt Sven Butenschon
Scott Niedermayer Zdeno Chara Brian Leetch Eric Desjardins Kevin Hatcher
Lyle Odelein Kenny Jonsson Rumun Ndur Karl Dykhuis Darius Kasparaitis
Sheldon Souray Rich Pilon Peter Popovic Dan McGillis Jiri Slegr
Scott Stevens Barry Richter Mathieu Schneider Chris Therien Brad Werenka
Goaltender Felix Potvin John Vanbiesbrouck Tom Barrasso
Northeast Division
Position Boston Buffalo Montreal Ottawa Toronto
Forwards Jason Allison Stu Barnes Benoit Brunet Daniel Alfredsson Sergei Berezin
Ken Belanger Curtis Brown Shayne Corson Radek Bonk Mike Johnson
Anson Carter Michal Grosek Saku Koivu Vyacheslav Butsayev Igor Korolev
Rob DiMaio Brian Holzinger Trevor Linden Andreas Dackell Fredrik Modin
Steve Heinze Michael Peca Martin Rucinsky Bruce Gardiner Yanic Perreault
Dmitri Khristich Wayne Primeau Brian Savage Steve Martins Steve Sullivan
Randy Robitaille Miroslav Satan Turner Stevenson Shawn McEachern Mats Sundin
Tim Taylor Vaclav Varada Scott Thornton Vaclav Prospal Steve Thomas
Landon Wilson Dixon Ward Dainius Zubrus Alexei Yashin Todd Warriner
Defencemen Ray Bourque Jay McKee Patrice Brisebois Igor Kravchuk Bryan Berard
Kyle McLaren Richard Smehlik Vladimir Malakhov Janne Laukkanen Sylvain Cote
Don Sweeney Rhett Warrener Craig Rivet Lance Pitlick Alexander Karpovtsev
Mattias Timander Jason Woolley Igor Ulanov Wade Redden Chris McAllister
Darren Van Impe Alexei Zhitnik Eric Weinrich Jason York Dmitri Yushkevich
Goaltender Byron Dafoe Dominik Hasek Patrick Lalime Curtis Joseph
Southeast Division
Position Carolina Florida Tampa Bay Washington
Forwards Bates Battaglia Pavel Bure Colin Forbes James Black
Ron Francis Radek Dvorak Chris Gratton Peter Bondra
Martin Gelinas Viktor Kozlov Steve Kelly Benoit Gratton
Sami Kapanen Ryan Johnson Michael Nylander Steve Konowalchuk
Andrei Kovalenko Bill Lindsay Robert Petrovicky Andrei Nikolishin
Kent Manderville Scott Mellanby Mike Sillinger Adam Oates
Jeff O'Neill Rob Niedermayer Corey Spring Chris Simon
Keith Primeau Chris Wells Darcy Tucker Jaroslav Svejkovsky
Gary Roberts Ray Whitney Rob Zamuner Richard Zednik
Defencemen Steven Halko Bret Hedican Drew Bannister Sergei Gonchar
Sean Hill Filip Kuba Cory Cross Calle Johansson
Marek Malik Paul Laus Sergey Gusev Ken Klee
Nolan Pratt Robert Svehla Petr Svoboda Joe Reekie
Glen Wesley Mike Wilson Brendan Witt
Goaltender Arturs Irbe Sean Burke Kevin Hodson Olaf Kolzig

Western Conference

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Central Division
Position Chicago Detroit St. Louis
Forwards Tony Amonte Kris Draper Jim Campbell
Eric Daze Sergei Fedorov Craig Conroy
Doug Gilmour Tomas Holmstrom Pavol Demitra
Jean-Yves Leroux Vyacheslav Kozlov Mike Eastwood
Josef Marha Martin Lapointe Jamal Mayers
Dean McAmmond Kirk Maltby Scott Pellerin
Chris Murray Darren McCarty Pascal Rheaume
Reid Simpson Brendan Shanahan Pierre Turgeon
Alexei Zhamnov Steve Yzerman Scott Young
Defencemen Jamie Allison Chris Chelios Jeff Finley
Brad Brown Mathieu Dandenault Al MacInnis
Anders Eriksson Nicklas Lidstrom Ricard Persson
Boris Mironov Larry Murphy Libor Prochazka
Bryan Muir Aaron Ward Chris Pronger
Goaltender Jeff Hackett Chris Osgood Roman Turek
Northwest Division
Position Calgary Colorado Edmonton Vancouver
Forwards Valeri Bure Adam Deadmarsh Josef Beranek Todd Bertuzzi
Rene Corbet Shean Donovan Mike Grier Donald Brashear
Hnat Domenichelli Theoren Fleury Bill Guerin Darby Hendrickson
Jarome Iginla Peter Forsberg Chad Kilger Brad May
Andrei Nazarov Valeri Kamensky Georges Laraque Mark Messier
Jeff Shantz Claude Lemieux Todd Marchant Alexander Mogilny
Cory Stillman Shjon Podein Ethan Moreau Markus Naslund
Jason Wiemer Joe Sakic Ryan Smyth Dave Scatchard
Clarke Wilm Stephane Yelle Doug Weight Harry York
Defencemen Tommy Albelin Greg de Vries Sean Brown Chad Allan
Sami Helenius Adam Foote Roman Hamrlik Adrian Aucoin
Cale Hulse Jon Klemm Christian Laflamme Ed Jovanovski
Todd Simpson Aaron Miller Janne Niinimaa Bryan McCabe
Sandis Ozolinsh Jason Smith Jason Strudwick
Goaltender Fred Brathwaite Patrick Roy Tommy Salo Kevin Weekes
Pacific Division
Position Anaheim Dallas Los Angeles Phoenix San Jose
Forwards Frank Banham Brett Hull Donald Audette Greg Adams Michal Bros
Ted Donato Mike Keane Craig Johnson Shane Doan Vincent Damphousse
Travis Green Jamie Langenbrunner Ian Laperriere Dallas Drake Jeff Friesen
Paul Kariya Jere Lehtinen Glen Murray Tavis Hansen Steve Guolla
Mike Leclerc Grant Marshall Luc Robitaille Robert Reichel Stephane Matteau
Marty McInnis Mike Modano Zigmund Palffy Jeremy Roenick Brantt Myhres
Steve Rucchin Joe Nieuwendyk Bryan Smolinski Keith Tkachuk Owen Nolan
Teemu Selanne Derek Plante Jozef Stumpel Rick Tocchet Mike Ricci
Jeremy Stevenson Jamie Wright Marko Tuomainen Juha Ylonen Ron Stern
Defencemen Kevin Haller Derian Hatcher Aki Berg Keith Carney Bryan Marchment
Jason Marshall Brad Lukowich Rob Blake Jyrki Lumme Jeff Norton
Fredrik Olausson Richard Matvichuk Mattias Norstrom Teppo Numminen Marcus Ragnarsson
Ruslan Salei Darryl Sydor Jaroslav Modry Deron Quint Mike Rathje
Pavel Trnka Sergei Zubov Sean O'Donnell Oleg Tverdovsky Gary Suter
Goaltender Ed Belfour Nikolai Khabibulin Steve Shields

Draft results

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These results are numbered 1–26 for aesthetic purposes, but the players were not necessarily chosen in this order. As the Thrashers were the only team participating in the draft, the order is inconsequential.

# Player Drafted from
1. Trevor Kidd (G) Carolina Hurricanes
2. Norm Maracle (G) Detroit Red Wings
3. Corey Schwab (G) Tampa Bay Lightning
4. Petr Buzek (D) Dallas Stars
5. Brett Clark (D) Montreal Canadiens
6. Kevin Dean (D) New Jersey Devils
7. Maxim Galanov (D) Pittsburgh Penguins
8. David Harlock (D) New York Islanders
9. Jamie Pushor (D) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
10. Darryl Shannon (D) Buffalo Sabres
11. Chris Tamer (D) New York Rangers
12. Mark Tinordi (D) Washington Capitals
13. Yannick Tremblay (D) Toronto Maple Leafs
14. Kelly Buchberger (RW) Edmonton Oilers
15. Sylvain Cloutier (C) Chicago Blackhawks
16. Phil Crowe (RW) Ottawa Senators
17. Peter Ferraro (RW) Boston Bruins
18. Johan Garpenlov (LW) Florida Panthers
19. Jody Hull (RW) Philadelphia Flyers
20. Matt Johnson (LW) Los Angeles Kings
21. Tomi Kallio (LW) Colorado Avalanche
22. Steve Staios (RW/D) Vancouver Canucks
23. Mike Stapleton (C) Phoenix Coyotes
24. Ed Ward (RW) Calgary Flames
25. Terry Yake (C) St. Louis Blues
26. Alexei Yegorov (RW) San Jose Sharks

Deals

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In return for agreeing not to select certain unprotected players, the Thrashers were granted concessions by other franchises. The trades were officially booked as being for "future considerations":

Post-draft

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Several of the players selected by the Thrashers in the Expansion Draft did not stay with the team long after the draft. In fact, the Thrashers traded two players later in the same day:

Other players who were no longer on the Thrashers' roster at the start of the 1999–2000 season include the following:

  • Phil Crowe (traded to Nashville for future considerations on June 26, 1999)
  • Jamie Pushor (traded to Dallas for Jason Botterill and cash and 7th round draft pick on July 15, 1999)
  • Terry Yake (claimed off waivers by St. Louis on September 30, 1999)
  • Alexei Yegorov (released before the season began)
  • Mark Tinordi (retired before the season began)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Blue Jackets Only One Year Away From 2000 NHL Expansion And Entry Drafts". June 25, 1999. Archived from the original on October 29, 2004. Retrieved July 21, 2006.
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