Expansion Draft History

1998 Expansion Draft - Nashville Predators - June 26, 1998

Protected	Unprotected Requirements
9 forwards	1 forward with 40+ GP (since 97)
5 defensemen	1 defenseman with 40+ GP (since 97)
1 goaltender	1 goaltender with 10+ GP (since 97) AND 25+ GP (since 96)

Protected	Unprotected Requirements
7 forwards	1 forward with 40+ GP (since 97)
3 defensemen	1 defenseman with 40+ GP (since 97)
2 goaltenders	1 goaltender with 10+ GP (since 97) AND 25+ GP (since 96)

UNPROTECTED PLAYERS

Pick	Player	Pos	GPs97	GPs96
	Yves Sarault	F	2	35
	Alexei Gusarov	D	79	154
	Christian Matte	F	5	10
	Craig Billington	G	18	38
	Warren Rychel	F	77	158
	Eric Messier	F	62	89
	Francois Leroux	F	50	112
	Jari Kurri	F	74	167
	Mikael Johansson *	F	0	0
	Milan Hejduk *	F	0	0
	Petr Franek	G	0	0
	Jason Simon	F	0	1
	Tom Fitzgerald	F	87	163
	Pascal Trepanier	D	15	15
	Martin Lamarche	F	0	0
	Jeff Odgers	F	74	154
NSH	Uwe Krupp	D	85	145

* = European draft pick unsigned after 4 years

PROTECTED PLAYERS

Player	Pos	GPs97	GPs96
Valeri Kamensky	F	82	167
Joe Sakic	F	70	152
Jon Klemm	D	71	168
Aaron Miller	D	62	135
Adam Deadmarsh	F	80	175
Claude Lemieux	F	85	147
Eric Lacroix	F	89	187
Adam Foote	D	84	179
Keith Jones	F	30	114
Patrick Roy	G	71	149
Peter Forsberg	F	79	158
Rene Corbet	F	70	163
Sandis Ozolinsh	D	73	170
Shean Donovan	F	67	140
Stephane Yelle	F	88	179
Sylvain Lefebvre	D	88	176

EXEMPT PLAYERS

1st & 2nd Year		Unsigned
David Aebischer	G	Vincent Auger	F
Nic Beaudoin	F	Yuri Babenko	F
Wade Belak	D	Graham Belak	F
Marc Denis	G	Rick Berry	D
Dan Hinote	F	Justin Clark	F
Brad Larsen	F	Chris Drury	F
Ville Nieminen	F	Calvin Elfring	D
Rob Shearer	F	Kai Fischer	G
Dan Smith	D	Kevin Grimes	D
		Tomi Hirvonen	F
		Tomi Kallio	F
		Jeff Kealty	D
		Kyle Kidney	F
		Steve Lafleur	D
		Aaron Miskovich	F
		Samuel Pahlsson	F
		Doug Schmidt	D
		Matt Scorsune	D
		Ben Storey	D
		Brian Willsie	F
		Nicholas Windsor	D

Notes:
The Colorado Avalanche traded a 5th round pick in 1998 (Martin Beauchesne) to the Nashville Predators as part of an agreement to not select certain player(s) in the 1998 expansion draft.

1999 Expansion Draft - Atlanta Thrashers - June 25, 1999

Protected	Unprotected Requirements
9 forwards	1 forward with 40+ GP (since 98)
5 defensemen	1 defenseman with 40+ GP (since 98)
1 goaltender	1 goaltender with 10+ GP (since 98) AND 25+ GP (since 97)

Protected	Unprotected Requirements
7 forwards	1 forward with 40+ GP (since 98)
3 defensemen	1 defenseman with 40+ GP (since 98)
2 goaltenders	1 goaltender with 10+ GP (since 98) AND 25+ GP (since 97)

UNPROTECTED PLAYERS

Pick	Player	Pos	GPs98	GPs97
	Alexei Gusarov	D	59	138
	Warren Rychel	F	40	117
	Cam Russell	D	42	83
	Chris Dingman	F	3	73
	Christian Matte	F	7	12
	Craig Billington	G	17	35
	Dale Hunter	F	81	184
	Martin Lamarche	F	0	0
	Eric Messier	F	34	96
	Mikael Johansson *	F	0	0
	Petr Franek	G	0	0
	Rob Shearer	F	0	0
	Serge Aubin	F	1	1
	Sami Helenius	D	8	8
	Sylvain Lefebvre	D	95	183
	Tomi Hirvonen *	F	0	0
ATL	Tomi Kallio *	F	0	0
	Mike Gaul	D	1	1
	Jeff Buchanan	D	6	6
	Jeff Odgers	F	90	164

* = European draft pick unsigned after 4 years

PROTECTED PLAYERS

Player	Pos	GPs98	GPs97
Joe Sakic	F	92	162
Aaron Miller	D	95	157
Claude Lemieux	F	101	186
Adam Deadmarsh	D	85	165
Adam Foote	D	83	167
Greg De Vries	D	92	164
Jon Klemm	D	58	129
Patrick Roy	G	80	151
Peter Forsberg	F	97	176
Sandis Ozolinsh	D	58	131
Shean Donovan	F	73	140
Shjon Podein	F	74	161
Stephane Yelle	F	82	170
Theo Fleury	F	93	175
Valeri Kamensky	F	75	157

EXEMPT PLAYERS

1st & 2nd Year		Unsigned
David Aebischer	G	Ramzi Abid	F
Yuri Babenko	F	Justin Clark	F
Rick Berry	D	Kai Fischer	G
Nick Bootland	F	Kyle Kidney	F
Marc Denis	G	Aaron Miskovich	F
Chris Drury	F	Steve Moore	F
Milan Hejduk	F	Samuel Pahlsson	F
Dan Hinote	F	Alex Riazantsev	D
Brad Larsen	F	Philippe Sauve	G
Evgeny Lazarev	F	Matt Scorsune	D
Ville Nieminen	F	Martin Skoula	D
Scott Parker	F	Ben Storey	D
Dan Smith	D	Alex Tanguay	F
Brian White	D	KC Timmons	F
Brian Willsie	F

2000 Expansion Draft - Columbus Blue Jackets & Minnesota Wild - June 23, 2000

Protected	Unprotected Requirements
9 forwards	2 forwards with 40+ GP (since 99) OR 70+ GP (since 98)
5 defensemen	1 defenseman with 40+ GP (since 99) OR 70+ GP (since 98)
1 goaltender	No Requirements

Protected	Unprotected Requirements
7 forwards	2 forwards with 40+ GP (since 99) OR 70+ GP (since 98)
3 defensemen	1 defenseman with 40+ GP (since 99) OR 70+ GP (since 98)
2 goaltenders	All goaltenders with 10+ GP (since 99) OR 25+ GP (since 98)

UNPROTECTED PLAYERS

Pick	Player	Pos	GPs99	GPs98
	Alexei Gusarov	D	34	93
	Christian Matte	F	5	12
	Dan Smith	D	3	15
	Dave Andreychuk	F	94	150
	Dave Reid	F	82	178
	David Aebischer	G	0	0
	Eric Messier	F	75	109
	Frederic Cassivi	G	0	0
	Greg De Vries	D	74	166
	Jason Bowen	D	0	0
MIN	Jeff Odgers	F	66	156
	Mike Gaul	D	0	1
CBJ	Rick Tabaracci	G	2	22
	Serge Aubin	F	32	33
	Rob Shearer	F	0	0
	Tomi Hirvonen *	F	0	0
	Sami Helenius	D	33	41
	Petr Franek	G	0	0
	Kai Fischer *	G	0	0
	Mikael Johansson *	F	0	0

* = European draft pick unsigned after 4 years

PROTECTED PLAYERS

Player	Pos	GPs99	GPs98
Joe Sakic	F	77	169
Adam Deadmarsh	F	88	173
Adam Foote	D	75	158
Aaron Miller	D	70	165
Jon Klemm	D	90	148
Dan Hinote	F	27	27
Brad Larsen	F	0	0
Chris Dingman	F	68	71
Patrick Roy	G	79	159
Peter Forsberg	F	65	162
Ray Bourque	D	92	185
Sandis Ozolinsh	D	99	157
Shjon Podein	F	92	166
Stephane Yelle	F	96	178
Ville Nieminen	F	1	1

EXEMPT PLAYERS

1st & 2nd Year		Unsigned
Yuri Babenko	F	Jeff Finger	D
Rick Berry	D	Riku Hahl	F
Nick Bootland	F	Kyle Kidney	F
Chris Drury	F	Kristian Kovac	F
Milan Hejduk	F	Jordan Krestanovich	F
Evgeny Lazarev	F	Mikhail Kuleshov	F
Sanny Lindstrom	D	Anders Lovdahl	F
Scott Parker	F	Will Magnuson	D
Martin Skoula	D	Aaron Miskovich	F
Ben Storey	D	Steve Moore	F
Alex Tanguay	F	Branko Radivojevic	F
Brian White	D	Alex Riazantsev	D
Brian Willsie	F	Philippe Sauve	G
		Matt Scorsune	D
		KC Timmons	F
		Radim Vrbata	F

Notes:
The Colorado Avalanche traded Marc Denis to the Columbus Blue Jackets for a 2nd round pick in 2000 (Tomas Kurka) and the guarantee that Columbus would select any Colorado goaltender first overall (except David Aebischer), in the 2000 expansion draft.

2017 Expansion Draft - Vegas Golden Knights - June 21, 2017

Protected	Unprotected Requirements
7 forwards	2 forwards with 40+ GP (since 2016) OR 70+ GP (since 2015)
3 defensemen	1 defenseman with 40+ GP (since 2016) OR 70+ GP (since 2015)
1 goaltender	1 goaltender under contract in 2017-18 or qualified RFA

Protected	Unprotected Requirements
8 skaters	2 forwards and 1 defenseman with 40+ GP (since 2016) OR 70+ GP (since 2015)
1 goaltender	1 goaltender under contract in 2017-18 or qualified RFA

UNPROTECTED PLAYERS

Pick	Player	Pos	GPs15	GPs16
	Mark Barberio	D	90	60
	Troy Bourke	F	0	0
	Gabriel Bourque	F	28	6
	Rene Bourque	F	114	65
	Joe Cannata	G	0	0
	Mat Clark	D	0	0
	Joe Colborne	F	135	62
	Turner Elson	F	1	0
	Eric Gelinas	D	67	27
	Felix Girard	F	0	0
	Cody Goloubef	D	76	33
	Mikhail Grigorenko	F	149	75
	Samuel Henley	F	1	1
	John Mitchell	F	136	65
	Jim O'Brien	F	4	0
VGK	Calvin Pickard	G	70	50
	Brendan Ranford	F	0	0
	Duncan Siemens	D	3	3
	Mike Sislo	F	18	0
	Jeremy Smith	G	10	10
	Carl Soderberg	F	162	80
	Fedor Tyutin	D	130	69
	Patrick Wiercioch	D	109	57

PROTECTED PLAYERS

Player	Pos	GPs15	GPs16
Sven Andrighetto	F	90	46
Erik Johnson	D	119	46
Tyson Barrie	D	152	74
Blake Comeau	F	158	77
Matt Duchene	F	153	77
Rocco Grimaldi	F	24	4
Gabriel Landeskog	F	147	72
Nathan MacKinnon	F	154	82
Matt Nieto	F	126	59
Semyon Varlamov	G	81	24
Nikita Zadorov	D	78	56

EXEMPT PLAYERS

1st & 2nd Year		Unsigned
JC Beaudin	F	Josh Anderson	D
Chris Bigras	D	Travis Barron	F
Sergei Boikov	D	Will Butcher	D
JT Compher	F	Nate Clurman	D
Mason Geertsen	D	Cam Morrison	F
AJ Greer	F	Gustav Olhaver	F
Tyson Jost	F	Maximilian Pajpach	G
Anton Lindholm	D	Ben Storm	F
Spencer Martin	G	Adam Werner	G
Nicolas Meloche	D	Wilhelm Westlund	D
Andrei Mironov	D
Julien Nantel	F
Reid Petryk	F
Mikko Rantanen	F
Trent Vogelhuber	F