1970 NHL Intra-League Draft

The 1970 NHL Intra-League Draft was held the morning of June 9, 1970, a day before the expansion draft.

Overall	Player Chosen	By	From	Player Removed From Protected List	Claim player or cash
Round 1
1	Paul Curtis	Los Angeles Kings	Montreal Canadiens	Bill Inglis	claim
2	Guy Trottier	Toronto Maple Leafs	New York Rangers		cash
3	Bill Lesuk	Philadelphia Flyers	Boston Bruins	Dick Cherry	claim
4	Bob McCord	Montreal Canadiens	Minnesota North Stars	Ted Harris	claim
5	Gary Croteau	Oakland Seals	Detroit Red Wings		cash
6	John Gofton	Minnesota North Stars	Rochester Americans (AHL)		cash
7	Lowell MacDonald	Pittsburgh Penguins	Los Angeles Kings	Craig Cameron	claim
8	Steve Atkinson	St. Louis Blues	Hershey Bears (AHL)		cash
9	Gerry Lemire	New York Rangers	St. Louis Blues		cash
10	Tom Martin	Detroit Red Wings	Phoenix Roadrunners (WHL)		cash
Round 2
11	Paul Andrea	Oakland Seals	Vancouver Canucks (WHL)		cash
12	Jean-Guy Lagace	Minnesota North Stars	Pittsburgh Penguins		cash
13	Chris Evans	St. Louis Blues	Phoenix Roadrunners (WHL)		cash

You'll notice several of the players were nominally taken from minor league teams. These players were still eligible to be chosen, even though they'd been traded to minor league teams, because of arcane rules about how many games they'd played in the NHL.

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