1968 NHL Intra-League Draft

By request here are the results of the 1968 NHL Intra-League Draft, held June 12. Each team protected 14 skaters and two goalies, and the draft price was $30,000.

The protected lists were as follows:

Boston Bruins	Chicago Black Hawks	Detroit Red Wings	Los Angeles Kings	Minnesota North Stars	Montreal Canadiens
Goaltenders
Gerry Cheevers	Denis DeJordy	Roger Crozier	Gerry Desjardins	Chuck Goddard	Rogie Vachon
Eddie Johnston	Dave Dryden	Roy Edwards	Wayne Rutledge	Cesare Maniago	Gump Worsley
Skaters
Don Awrey	Dennis Hull	Ron Anderson	Bryan Campbell	Dave Balon	Ralph Backstrom
Johnny Bucyk	Bobby Hull	Bobby Baun	Bill Flett	Andre Boudrias	Jean Beliveau
Wayne Cashman	Doug Jarrett	Gary Bergman	Brent Hughes	Wayne Connelly	Yvan Cournoyer
Gary Doak	Chico Maki	Alex Delvecchio	Ted Irvine	Ray Cullen	Dick Duff
Phil Esposito	Wayne Maki	Kent Douglas	Eddie Joyal	Bill Goldsworthy	John Ferguson
Ted Green	Gilles Marotte	Ron Harris	Skip Krake	Danny Grant	Terry Harper
Ken Hodge	Pit Martin	Gordie Howe	God Labossiere	Claude Larose	Ted Harris
John McKenzie	Stan Mikita	Nick Libett	Real Lemieux	Milan Marcetta	Jacques Laperriere
Glen Sather	Doug Mohns	Bruce MacGregor	Lowell MacDonald	Bob McCord	Jacques Lemaire
Eddie Shack	Eric Nesterenko	Frank Mahovlich	Poul Popiel	J.P. Parise	Henri Richard
Dallas Smith	Jim Pappin	Dean Prentice	Doug Robinson	Jim Pateron	Bobby Rousseau
Fred Stanfield	Bobby Schmautz	Pete Stemkowski	Dale Rolfe	Bill Plager	Serge Savard
Ed Westfall	Pat Stapleton	Jim Watson	Bill White	Bob Woytowich	Gilles Tremblay
Tom Williams	Ken Wharram		Bob Wall	Mike McMahon	J.C. Tremblay
New York Rangers	Oakland Seals	Philadelphia Flyers	Pittsburgh Penguins	St. Louis Blues	Toronto Maple Leafs
Goaltenders
Eddie Giacomin	Charlie Hodge	Doug Favell	Les Binkley	Glenn Hall	Johnny Bower
Gilles Villemure	Gary Smith	Bernie Parent	Joe Daley	Seth Martin	Bruce Gamble
Skaters
Arnie Brown	John Brenneman	Dick Cherry	Lou Angotti	Al Arbour	Ron Ellis
Reg Fleming	Larry Cahan	Gary Dornhoefer	John Arbour	Red Berenson	Paul Henderson
Rod Gilbert	Norm Ferguson	Jean Gauthier	Andy Bathgate	Craig Cameron	Bryan Hextall
Phil Goyette	Stan Fuller	Earl Heiskala	Leo Boivin	Terry Crisp	Larry Hillman
Vic Hadfield	Ted Hampson	Jim Johnson	Wally Boyer	Darryl Edestrand	Tim Horton
Wayne Hillman	Billy Harris	Forbes Kennedy	Val Fonteyne	Larry Keenan	Dave Keon
Harry Howell	Bill Hicke	Andre Lacroix	Earl Ingarfield	Ab McDonald	Murray Oliver
Orland Kurtenbach	Gary Jarrett	John Miszuk	George Konik	Noel Picard	Pierre Pilote
Don Marshall	Bert Marshall	Simon Nolet	Dunc McCallum	Barclay Plager	Marcel Pronovost
Jim Neilson	Tracy Pratt	Leon Rochefort	Keith McCreary	Bob Plager	Bob Pulford
Bob Nevin	Doug Roberts	Brit Selby	Noel Price	Rejean Richer	Duane Rupp
Jean Ratelle	George Swarbrick	Bill Sutherland	Jean Pronovost	Jim Roberts	Floyd Smith
Rod Seiling	Bryan Watson	Ed Van Impe	Ken Schinkel	Gary Sabourin	Norm Ullman
Ron Stewart	Howie Young	Joe Watson	Gene Ubriaco	Ron Schock	Mike Walton

The draft results:

Overall	Player Chosen	By	From	Player Removed From Protected List	Claim player or cash	Fill-in
Round 1
1	Carol Vadnais	Oakland Seals	Montreal Canadiens	Larry Cahan	claim	Claude Provost
2	Brian Conacher	Detroit Red Wings	Toronto Maple Leafs	Gary Marsh	claim	George Armstrong
3	Charlie Burns	Pittsburgh Penguins	Oakland Seals	George Konik	claim	Brian Perry
4	Larry Mickey	Toronto Maple Leafs	New York Rangers	Larry Hillman	claim	Larry Jeffrey
5	Larry Hillman	Minnesota North Stars	New York Rangers	Bill Plager	claim	Camille Henry
6	Jacques Plante	St. Louis Blues	New York Rangers	Seth Martin	cash	Bob Jones
	pass	Los Angeles
7	Ron Buchanan	Philadelphia Flyers	Boston Bruins	Jean Gauthier	claim	Ted Hodgson
	pass	Chicago Black Hawks
	pass	Boston Bruins
	pass	New York Rangers
	pass	Montreal Canadiens
Round 2
8	Fern Rivard	Minnesota North Stars	Philadelphia Flyers	Chuck Goddard	cash	Don Blackburn
9	Myron Stankewicz	St. Louis Blues	Los Angeles Kings	Rejean Richer	cash	Dave Amadio
Round 3
10	Larry Hale	Philadelphia Flyers	Minnesota North Stars	Bill Sutherland	claim	Bill Collins
Round 4
11	Bill Sutherland	Toronto Maple Leafs	Minnesota North Stars	Duane Rupp	claim	Parker MacDonald

The big news this year was Oakland's picking Carol Vadnais first overall. Supposedly Montreal 'gifted' Vadnais to Oakland by leaving him off the protected list in lieu of another player the Seals wouldn't have wanted. The price of this courtesy—again, supposedly—was that the Seals sent their first and second round picks in 1973's amateur draft to the Canadiens for the Canadiens' second round pick in '72 and the right to draft Vadnais. I can't find any period sources to substantiate this.

As you can see Larry Hillman and Bill Sutherland had busy days. Within the span of minutes Hillman was claimed by the Rangers from the Leafs when the Leafs dropped him from their protected list to make room for Larry Mickey, and then was picked by the North Stars from the Rangers. Sutherland was similarly dropped by the Flyers, claimed by the North Stars and picked by the Maple Leafs.

George Konik, the player claimed from the Penguins after the Penguins picked Burns, never played in the NHL again. He chose 'retirement' over playing for the Seals. He had a college degree (he played hockey at the University of Denver) and an off-season job in Minnesota, so he chose to pursue that career instead. He played in the 'amateur' USHL and for the U.S. national team, having become a naturalized citizen. His last pro hockey was played in the '72-'73 season for the WHA's Minnesota Fighting Saints.

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