The protected lists were 18 skaters, two goaltenders, and up to three other players with no more than two years of pro experience. First-year pros were exempt.
This new waiver draft was supposed to spur player movement however only three players—one more than the pair taken in the '75 Intra-League Draft—were chosen. The Toronto Star attributed this lack of movement to too many players being protected so too few of any interest to other teams being on offer.
Protected Lists
| Atlanta Flames | Boston Bruins | Buffalo Sabres | Chicago Black Hawks | Cleveland Barons | Colorado Rockies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goaltenders | |||||
| Dan Bouchard | Gerry Cheevers | Gerry Desjardins | Tony Esposito | Gary Edwards | Michel Plasse |
| Phil Myre | Gilles Gilbert | Don Edwards | Mike Veisor | Gilles Meloche | Doug Favell |
| Skaters | |||||
| Curt Bennett | John Bucyk | Lee Fogolin | Ivan Boldirev | Fred Ahern | Ron Andruff |
| Guy Chouinard | Wayne Cashman | Danny Gare | J. P. Bordeleau | Mike Christie | Chuck Arnason |
| Bill Clement | Gary Doak | Jocelyn Guevremont | Alain Daigle | Mike Fidler | Gary Croteau |
| Rey Comeau | Dwight Foster | Bill Hajt | Jim Harrison | Dave Gardner | Ron Delorme |
| Tim Ecclestone | Doug Halward | Jerry Korab | Randy Holt | Bob Girard | Denis Dupéré |
| Barry Gibbs | Stan Jonathan | Jim Lorentz | Bob Kelly | Rick Hampton | Tom Edur |
| John Gould | Don Marcotte | Don Luce | Cliff Koroll | Bjorn Johansson | Paul Gardner |
| Ken Houston | Pete McNab | Rick Martin | Dave Logan | Ralph Klassen | Dave Hudson |
| Ed Kea | Rick Middleton | Gilbert Perreault | Keith Magnuson | Al McAdam | Rick Jodzio |
| Bobby Lalonde | Mike Milbury | Craig Ramsay | John Marks | Jim McCabe | Mike Kitchen |
| Tom Lysiak | Terry O'Reilly | Jacques Richard | Stan Mikita | Dennis Maruk | Bryan Lefley |
| Richard Mulhern | Brad Park | Rene Robert | Grant Mulvey | Wayne Merrick | Roger Lemelin |
| Harold Phillipoff | Jean Ratelle | Andre Savard | Bob Murray | Bob Murdoch | Jim McElmury |
| Willi Plett | Bobby Schmautz | Ron Schock | Mike O'Connell | Jim Neilson | Wilf Paiement |
| Pat Ribble | Gregg Sheppard | Jim Schoenfeld | Pierre Plante | Gary Sabourin | Nelson Pyatt |
| Dave Shand | Al Sims | Derek Smith | Darcy Rota | Greg Smith | Andy Spruce |
| Bobby Simpson | Rick Smith | Fred Stanfield | Phil Russell | Bob Stewart | Mark Suzor |
| Eric Vail | John Wensink | Alex Tidey | Dale Tallon | Paul Tantardini | John Van Boxmeer |
| Second-year pros | |||||
| Terry Martin | |||||
| Gary McAdam | |||||
| Ken Breitenbach | |||||
| Detroit Red Wings | Los Angeles Kings | Minnesota North Stars | Montreal Canadiens | New York Islanders | New York Rangers |
| Goaltenders | |||||
| Ron Low | Gary Simmons | Paul Harrison | Ken Dryden | Chico Resch | John Davidson |
| Jim Rutherford | Rogie Vachon | Pete LoPresti | Michel Larocque | Billy Smith | Gilles Gratton |
| Skaters | |||||
| Michel Bergeron | Larry Brown | Kent-Erik Andersson | Pierre Bouchard | Bob Bourne | Don Awrey |
| Mike Bloom | Gene Carr | Fred Barrett | Rick Chartraw | Jude Drouin | John Bednarski |
| Steve Durbano | Marcel Dionne | Nick Beverley | Yvan Cournoyer | Clark Gillies | Wayne Dillon |
| Larry Giroux | Glenn Goldup | Per-Olov Brasar | Bob Gainey | Billy Harris | Phil Esposito |
| Danny Grant | Butch Goring | Jerry Engele | Rejean Houle | Gerry Hart | Nick Fotiu |
| Danny Gruen | Dave Hutchison | Roland Eriksson | Guy Lafleur | Lorne Henning | Rod Gilbert |
| Jean Hamel | Neil Komadoski | Bill Fairbairn | Yvon Lambert | Gary Howatt | Ron Greschner |
| Dave Hanson | Don Kozak | Doug Hicks | Guy Lapointe | Dave Lewis | Bill Goldsworthy |
| Dennis Hextall | Randy Manery | Steve Jensen | Jacques Lemaire | Bill MacMillan | Pat Hickey |
| Greg Joly | Bob Murdoch | Lou Nanne | Gilles Lupien | Bert Marshall | Ken Hodge |
| J. P. Leblanc | Mike Murphy | Dennis O'Brien | Pete Mahovlich | Bob Nystrom | Greg Holst |
| Nick Libett | Gary Sargent | Alex Pirus | Bill Nyrop | J. P. Parisé | Ed Johnstone |
| Bill Lochead | Dave Schultz | Tom Reid | Doug Risebrough | Denis Potvin | Dave Maloney |
| Dan Maloney | Lorne Stamler | Jim Roberts | Larry Robinson | Jean Potvin | Greg Polis |
| Al McDonough | Vic Venasky | Glen Sharpley | Serge Savard | Pat Price | Larry Sacharuk |
| Perry Miller | Russ Walker | Dean Talafous | Steve Shutt | Andre St. Laurent | Walt Tkaczuk |
| Jim Nahrgang | Tom Williams | Tim Young | Mario Tremblay | Bryan Trottier | Carol Vadnais |
| Dennis Polonich | Bert Wilson | Murray Wilson | Ed Westfall | Steve Vickers | |
| Second-year pros | |||||
| Rick Bowness | Brian Engblom | ||||
| Al Cameron | Doug Jarvis | ||||
| Bob Ritchie | Pierre Mondou | ||||
| Philadelphia Flyers | Pittsburgh Penguins | St. Louis Blues | Toronto Maple Leafs | Vancouver Canucks | Washington Capitals |
| Goaltenders | |||||
| Bernie Parent | Denis Herron | Yves Belanger | Gord McRae | Cesare Maniago | Dale Rideout |
| Wayne Stephenson | Dunc Wilson | Ed Staniowski | Mike Palmateer | Curt Ridley | Gary Smith |
| Skaters | |||||
| Bill Barber | Russ Anderson | Bruce Affleck | Don Ashby | Rick Blight | Garnet Bailey |
| Tom Bladon | Syl Apps, Jr. | Red Berenson | Bruce Boudreau | Larry Carriere | Guy Charron |
| Mel Bridgman | Wayne Bianchin | Rick Bourbonnais | Pat Boutette | Brad Gassoff | Bill Collins |
| Bobby Clarke | Dave Burrows | Jerry Butler | Randy Carlyle | Jere Gillis | Doug Gibson |
| Bob Dailey | Colin Campbell | Bernie Federko | Ron Ellis | Larry Goodenough | Rick Green |
| Paul Holmgren | Blair Chapman | Len Frig | George Ferguson | Hilliard Graves | Yvon Labre |
| Barry Dean | Mike Corrigan | Bob Hess | Brian Glennie | John Grisdale | Ron Lalonde |
| Gary Dornhoefer | Jacques Cossette | Claude Larose | Inge Hammarstrom | Dennis Kearns | Jack Lynch |
| Bob Kelly | Jim Hamilton | Chuck Lefley | Lanny McDonald | Don Lever | Mike Marson |
| Orest Kindrachuk | Rick Kehoe | Bob MacMillan | Jim McKenny | Jack McIlhargey | Walt McKechnie |
| Rick Lapointe | Pierre Larouche | Jamie Masters | Bob Neely | Garry Monahan | Gerry Meehan |
| Reggie Leach | Lowell MacDonald | Larry Patey | Borje Salming | Chris Oddleifson | Hartland Monahan |
| Ross Lonsberry | Greg Malone | Dick Redmond | Darryl Sittler | Gerry O'Flaherty | Craig Patrick |
| Rick MacLeish | Dennis Owchar | Jim Roberts | Errol Thompson | Ron Sedibauer | Bill Riley |
| Don Saleski | Bob Paradise | Rod Seiling | Ian Turnbull | Harold Snepsts | Peter Scamurra |
| Jim Watson | Jean Pronovost | John Sarke | Jack Valiquette | Ralph Stewart | Bob Sirois |
| Joe Watson | Brian Spencer | Brian Sutter | Kurt Walker | Dennis Ververgaert | Gord Smith |
| Ron Stackhouse | Garry Unger | Dave Williams | Mike Walton | Bryan Watson | |
The Draft
| Player | Picked by | Picked from | Player dropped from protected list | Claim player or cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Woods | Detroit Red Wings | Montreal Canadiens | Jim Nahrgang | $50,000 |
| Dave Forbes | Washington Capitals | Boston Bruins | Peter Scamurra | $12,500 |
| Wayne Thomas | New York Rangers | Toronto Maple Leafs | Gilles Gratton | $12,500 |
Located this on net... hope it helps Colin ...Wings snatch Woods from Montreal -- Forward Paul Woods of the Nova Scotia Voyagours, a member of the Montreal Canadiens organization, was the first player drafted today in the National Hockey League waiver draft. Woods, with 20 goals and 18 assists last year, was taken by the Detroit Red Wings, who had first choice for $90,000. The Red Wings were forced to remove Jim Nahrgang from their protected list and Montreal preferred to take the cash. After Colorado passed, the Washington Capitals took forward Dave Forbes from the Boston Bruins for the waiver price of $12,500. The Capitals were forced to drop Peter Scamurra but the Bruins took the cash. After passes by Vancouver, Cleveland, Chicago and Minnesota, the New York Rangers took Toronto goalie Wayne Thomas for $12,500, dropping netminder Giles Gratton. The Maple Leafs took the cash.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info Colin! With Scamurra and Gratton's names I also found a couple sources for the protected lists. I have updated the page accordingly.
DeleteI noticed a few players missing from the protected list. The ones that stand out are Pit Martin, Andre Dupont, Terry Harper, and Harvey Bennett.
ReplyDeleteAny elaboration will be appreciated.
Delete