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1998 NHL expansion draft
General information
Date(s)June 26, 1998
LocationBuffalo, New York, US
Overview
26 total selections
LeagueNational Hockey League
Expansion teamNashville Predators
Expansion season1998–99
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The 1998 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 1998–99 season, the Nashville Predators. The draft took place on June 26, 1998, in Buffalo, New York, U.S.

Rules

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The Predators were to select 26 players, one from each of the 26 existing franchises at the time of the draft.

First- and second-year pros were exempt from being selected in the draft. Each of the 26 franchises in the league were allowed to protect either one goaltender, five defensemen and nine forwards or two goaltenders, three defensemen and seven forwards.

Of the unprotected players, each franchise had to include at least one forward and one defenseman who appeared in 40 games in the 1997–98 season. Each franchise also had to include at least one goaltender who appeared in 10 games in the 1997–98 season, and a minimum of 25 games since the 1995–96 season. These minimums for goaltenders were put into place in order to avoid manipulation of rosters, such as what occurred before the 1992 NHL Expansion Draft, which weakened the talent pool available in the draft.

This draft was interesting in that some of the players the Predators chose (e.g. Mike Richter and Uwe Krupp) were set to become unrestricted free agents on July 1, just days after the draft. The Predators knew they would have little chance to sign these players; however, they received a compensatory pick in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft for each player they "lost".

Protected players

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Atlantic Division
Position New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh
Forwards Sergei Brylin Mariusz Czerkawski Adam Graves Rod Brind'Amour Stu Barnes
Patrik Elias Jason Dawe Wayne Gretzky Alexandre Daigle Ron Francis
Bobby Holik Trevor Linden Todd Harvey Chris Gratton Jaromir Jagr
Randy McKay Sergei Nemchinov Alexei Kovalev Trent Klatt Robert Lang
Krzysztof Oliwa Gino Odjick Pat LaFontaine John LeClair Mario Lemieux
Denis Pederson Zigmund Palffy Darren Langdon Eric Lindros Ian Moran
Brian Rolston Robert Reichel Kevin Stevens Mike Maneluk Petr Nedved
Vadim Sharifijanov Joe Sacco Niklas Sundstrom Shjon Podein Martin Straka
Petr Sykora Bryan Smolinski Mike Sillinger German Titov
Tyler Wright
Defencemen Brad Bombardir Bryan Berard Jeff Beukeboom Dave Babych Kevin Hatcher
Ken Daneyko Zdeno Chara Eric Cairns Eric Desjardins Darius Kasparaitis
Scott Niedermayer Kenny Jonsson Maxim Galanov Jeff Lank Jiri Slegr
Lyle Odelein Scott Lachance Alexander Karpovtsev Luke Richardson Chris Tamer
Scott Stevens Rich Pilon Brian Leetch Petr Svoboda Brad Werenka
Ulf Samuelsson Chris Therien
Goaltender Martin Brodeur Tommy Salo Robb Stauber Ron Hextall Tom Barrasso
Northeast Division
Position Boston Buffalo Montreal Ottawa Toronto
Forwards Jason Allison Donald Audette Shayne Corson Daniel Alfredsson Lonny Bohonos
Rob DiMaio Matthew Barnaby Vincent Damphousse Radek Bonk Nathan Dempsey
Ted Donato Curtis Brown Saku Koivu Phil Crowe Tie Domi
Steve Heinze Michal Grosek Mark Recchi Bruce Gardiner Darby Hendrickson
Dmitri Khristich Brian Holzinger Martin Rucinsky Shawn McEachern Kris King
Tim Taylor Michael Peca Brian Savage Chris Murray Igor Korolev
Landon Wilson Derek Plante Turner Stevenson Vaclav Prospal Steve Sullivan
Wayne Primeau Scott Thornton Shaun Van Allen Mats Sundin
Geoff Sanderson Alexei Yashin Todd Warriner
Miroslav Satan
Defencemen Ray Bourque Darryl Shannon Patrice Brisebois Radim Bicanek David Cooper
Kyle McLaren Richard Smehlik Vladimir Malakhov Igor Kravchuk Sylvain Cote
Don Sweeney Mike Wilson Dave Manson Janne Laukkanen Mathieu Schneider
Darren Van Impe Jason Woolley Stephane Quintal Stanislav Neckar Jason Smith
Alexei Zhitnik Craig Rivet Lance Pitlick Yannick Tremblay
Igor Ulanov Jason York Dmitri Yushkevich
Goaltender Byron Dafoe Dominik Hasek Jocelyn Thibault Damian Rhodes Felix Potvin
Robbie Tallas
Southeast Division
Position Carolina Florida Tampa Bay Washington
Forwards Nelson Emerson Dino Ciccarelli Mikael Andersson Craig Berube
Martin Gelinas Radek Dvorak Craig Janney Peter Bondra
Stu Grimson Viktor Kozlov Sandy McCarthy Joe Juneau
Sami Kapanen Bill Lindsay Andrei Nazarov Steve Konowalchuk
Robert Kron Scott Mellanby Brent Peterson Andrei Nikolishin
Jeff O'Neill David Nemirovsky Mikael Renberg Adam Oates
Keith Primeau Rob Niedermayer Stephane Richer Michal Pivonka
Gary Roberts Steve Washburn Alex Selivanov Chris Simon
Ray Sheppard Chris Wells Darcy Tucker Richard Zednik
Ray Whitney Rob Zamuner
Defencemen Adam Burt Ed Jovanovski Enrico Ciccone Sergei Gonchar
Steve Chiasson Paul Laus Cory Cross Calle Johansson
Kevin Haller Gord Murphy Jassen Cullimore Ken Klee
Curtis Leschyshyn Robert Svehla Karl Dykhuis Joe Reekie
Nolan Pratt Rhett Warrener David Wilkie Mark Tinordi
Glen Wesley Brendan Witt
Goaltender Trevor Kidd Kevin Weekes Bill Ranford Olaf Kolzig
Central Division
Position Chicago Detroit St. Louis
Forwards Tony Amonte Mathieu Dandenault Jim Campbell
Eric Daze Kris Draper Kelly Chase
Steve Dubinsky Sergei Fedorov Craig Conroy
Chad Kilger Vyacheslav Kozlov Pavol Demitra
Sergei Krivokrasov Martin Lapointe Scott Pellerin
Ethan Moreau Igor Larionov Pascal Rheaume
Bob Probert Kirk Maltby Pierre Turgeon
Jeff Shantz Darren McCarty Tony Twist
Alexei Zhamnov Brendan Shanahan
Steve Yzerman
Defencemen Chris Chelios Anders Eriksson Marc Bergevin
Cam Russell Yan Golubovsky Al MacInnis
Gary Suter Nicklas Lidstrom Chris McAlpine
Michal Sykora Larry Murphy Rudy Poeschek
Eric Weinrich Aaron Ward Chris Pronger
Jamie Rivers
Goaltender Jeff Hackett Chris Osgood Grant Fuhr
Northwest Division
Position Calgary Colorado Edmonton Vancouver
Forwards Valeri Bure Rene Corbet Josef Beranek Todd Bertuzzi
Andrew Cassels Adam Deadmarsh Kelly Buchberger Donald Brashear
Nils Ekman Shean Donovan Bill Guerin Pavel Bure
Theoren Fleury Peter Forsberg Mats Lindgren Brad May
Ladislav Kohn Keith Jones Todd Marchant Mark Messier
Marty McInnis Valeri Kamensky Dean McAmmond Alexander Mogilny
Michael Nylander Eric Lacroix Rem Murray Markus Naslund
Dave Roche Claude Lemieux Ryan Smyth Dave Scatchard
Cory Stillman Joe Sakic Doug Weight Peter Zezel
Jason Wiemer Stephane Yelle Valeri Zelepukin
Defencemen Tommy Albelin Adam Foote Drake Berehowsky Bret Hedican
Jamie Allison Jon Klemm Greg de Vries Jamie Huscroft
Sami Helenius Sylvain Lefebvre Roman Hamrlik Jyrki Lumme
Cale Hulse Aaron Miller Boris Mironov Chris McAllister
Todd Simpson Sandis Ozolinsh Reijo Ruotsalainen Bryan McCabe
Jason Strudwick
Goaltender Ken Wregget Patrick Roy Eric Fichaud Corey Hirsch
Pacific Division
Position Anaheim Dallas Los Angeles Phoenix San Jose
Forwards Travis Green Bob Bassen Matt Johnson Bob Corkum Shawn Burr
Paul Kariya Mike Keane Ian Laperriere Jim Cummins Jeff Friesen
Josef Marha Jamie Langenbrunner Glen Murray Shane Doan John MacLean
Jim McKenzie Jere Lehtinen Yanic Perreault Dallas Drake Stephane Matteau
Jeff Nielsen Grant Marshall Luc Robitaille Jean-Francois Jomphe Joe Murphy
Steve Rucchin Mike Modano Jozef Stumpel Jeremy Roenick Owen Nolan
Teemu Selanne Joe Nieuwendyk Vladimir Tsyplakov Cliff Ronning Mike Ricci
Brian Skrudland Keith Tkachuk
Pat Verbeek Rick Tocchet
Defencemen Dave Karpa Shawn Chambers Aki Berg Keith Carney Bill Houlder
Jason Marshall Sergey Gusev Rob Blake Gerald Diduck Bryan Marchment
Jamie Pushor Derian Hatcher Mattias Norstrom Jason Doig Marcus Ragnarsson
Pavel Trnka Richard Matvichuk Sean O'Donnell Teppo Numminen Mike Rathje
Darryl Sydor Deron Quint
Sergei Zubov Oleg Tverdovsky
Goaltender Guy Hebert Ed Belfour Stephane Fiset Nikolai Khabibulin Steve Shields
Patrick Lalime Jamie Storr Mike Vernon

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 Predators were the only team participating in the draft, the order is inconsequential.

# Player Drafted from
1. Frederic Chabot (G) Los Angeles Kings
2. Mike Dunham (G) New Jersey Devils
3. Mike Richter (G) New York Rangers
4. Mikhail Shtalenkov (G) Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
5. Tomas Vokoun (G) Montreal Canadiens
6. Joel Bouchard (D) Calgary Flames
7. Bob Boughner (D) Buffalo Sabres
8. J. J. Daigneault (D) New York Islanders
9. Al Iafrate (D) San Jose Sharks
10. Uwe Krupp (D) Colorado Avalanche
11. John Slaney (D) Phoenix Coyotes
12. Rob Zettler (D) Toronto Maple Leafs
13. Chris Armstrong (D) Florida Panthers
14. Blair Atcheynum (RW) St. Louis Blues
15. Paul Brousseau (F) Tampa Bay Lightning
16. Doug Brown (RW) Detroit Red Wings
17. Andrew Brunette (LW) Washington Capitals
18. Patrick Cote (LW) Dallas Stars
19. Jeff Daniels (LW) Carolina Hurricanes
20. Craig Darby (C) Philadelphia Flyers
21. Doug Friedman (LW) Edmonton Oilers
22. Tony Hrkac (C) Pittsburgh Penguins
23. Greg Johnson (C) Chicago Blackhawks
24. Denny Lambert (LW) Ottawa Senators
25. Mike Sullivan (C) Boston Bruins
26. Scott Walker (RW) Vancouver Canucks

Deals

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

Post-draft

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Several of the players selected by the Predators in the Expansion Draft did not stay with the team long after the draft. Among those moved before the start of the 1998–99 season were the following:

  • Mike Sullivan (traded to Phoenix for a pick in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft on June 30, 1998)
  • Uwe Krupp (signed by Detroit on July 7, 1998)
  • Tony Hrkac (traded to Dallas for future considerations on July 9, 1998)
  • Doug Brown (traded to Detroit for Petr Sykora, a pick in the 1999 draft, and future considerations on July 14, 1998)
  • Mike Richter (signed by the New York Rangers on July 15, 1998)
  • Frederic Chabot (claimed off waivers by Montreal on July 20, 1998)
  • Mikhail Shtalenkov (traded along with Jim Dowd to Edmonton for Eric Fichaud, Drake Berehowsky and Greg de Vries on October 1, 1998)
  • Al Iafrate (retired before the season began)

See also

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References

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