1993 NHL Expansion Draft

The Backgrounds

In 1992, only a couple months into the 1992-93 NHL season and fresh off the addition of the Ottawa Senators and Tampa Bay Lightning to the league, the NHL decided to expand again.

It came as a surprise to many. In stark contrast to the long, drawn-out process by which the Senators and Lightning were added—they were awarded new franchises almost two years before they began play—the new franchises conditionally awarded on December 10, 1992 involved no formal application process at all.

If you've read my post about the Senators and Lighting's expansion process you might stop now and ask yourself why the NHL would award the next two franchises so quickly and seemingly so easily. The answer, of course, is money.

In 1990 Jerry Buss, former owner of the Kings, applied for an expansion franchise to play out of a new arena being constructed in Anaheim, California. At the same time John W. Henry applied for a franchise in Miami. Neither Buss nor Henry had lease agreements with their prospective arenas, Buss's application was not even considered, and Henry's was rejected on the basis that he wouldn't pay the full $50 million expansion fee on schedule.

The NHL wouldn't consider Buss and Henry's applications for franchises but that did not mean that the league was not interested in expansion to Anaheim and Miami. Two years after the failed bids the NHL was approached by two businesspeople who wanted expansion franchises—one in Anaheim and one in Miami. Those two people were Michael Eisner, CEO of The Walt Disney Company, and Wayne Huizenga, chairman and CEO of Blockbuster Entertainment.

In a matter of weeks the idea of having a team in Anaheim owned by Disney and a team in Miami owned by Huizenga became a reality. The NHL announced that it would expand again, to Anaheim and Miami, and the teams would begin play as early as the 1993-94 season. The $50 million expansion fees were of little import; Disney and Huizenga cut the league cheques almost immediately.

To be ready for the 1993-94 season the ownership groups needed to establish firm lease agreements with their respective venues and hire front office personnel in less than half a year.

Coincidentally The Walt Disney Company released a movie about hockey in October, 1992 called The Mighty Ducks. It was the story of a Minneapolis lawyer played by Emilio Estevez who was caught drunk-driving and ordered by a court to coach a hapless pee-wee team as his "community service" punishment. It was a modest hit that had over $50 million in North American domestic box office receipts. Eisner attended the press conference announcing the franchise awarding wearing a Ducks jersey. He made no bones about his desire to name the team "Mighty Ducks", and they officially did so at a press conference on March 1, 1993. 'Anaheim' had to be included in the team's operating name as a condition of the lease agreement with the City of Anaheim so the team was officially christened the "Mighty Ducks of Anaheim". It was the first and only time an NHL club went by nickname first and city (or state) name last.

Huizenga never had any intention of naming his franchise after the city of Miami. Blockbuster was based in Fort Lauderdale, a Miami suburb, and Huizenga was particularly sensitive about being as inclusive in the naming of his team as possible. They held a "name the team" contest with no intention whatsoever of using 'Miami' in the name. 'Florida', "South Florida" or "Tri-County" (as in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties) perhaps, but definitely not 'Miami'. He had already secured the rights to the expansion baseball franchise in the area and named it the Florida Marlins. On April 19, just a couple months before the expansion draft, Huizenga announced that he had hired long-time New York Islanders GM Bill Torrey as his hockey club's new president and the club would be known as the Florida Panthers. (The Florida panther is a critically-endangered subspecies of cougar, and the official state animal.)

Torrey was not the first Panthers employee though. Bobby Clarke was hired as GM on March 1. The announcement was a little lost among the news that the other expansion club was going to be named Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.

The Ducks hired Jack Ferreira as their first general manager and Pierre Gauthier as his assistant on March 23.

Expansion Draft Rules

At the time of the Anaheim-Miami expansion announcement the Tampa Bay Lightning were 10-19-2 and the Senators—oh, the Senators… The Senators were 3-26-2. They were on pace to be the worst expansion team ever. The Sharks were a year older but they weren't much better at 5-23-1.

It was clear that the expansion plans in the previous two seasons were far too onerous on the new clubs, despite the measures put in place that would force the existing clubs to expose a minimum number of nominally 'experienced' players in the expansion drafts.

It was going to be different in 1993. In 1992 the new clubs were owned by a small group of Ottawa real estate developers and a mysterious group of Japanese businessmen who some questioned even existed. They had to scrounge to make their $50 million expansion fee payments. They had to fight to get their arenas built. '93 was completely different. '93 was "big money". Disney and the head of Blockbuster didn't need to scrounge to pay for anything, and they sure as hell wouldn't accept the sort of deal that the Senators and Lightning got.

In the 1992 Expansion Draft the established clubs could protect 14 skaters, regardless of position, and a pair of goalies, and the clubs that lost defencemen and goalies in the '91 Expansion Draft couldn't lose any in '92. In '93 the existing clubs (including the Sharks, Lightning and Senators) were allowed to protect the same number of skaters, but it was further specified to only nine forwards and five defencemen. They were also allowed to protect only one goalie. First-year pros on all teams were exempt but second-year pros were not, except on the Sharks', Senators' and Lightning's reserve lists.

Each existing club had to offer at least one goalie on a pro contract (with no stipulations for NHL experience), at least one defenceman with 40 games' experience in the 1992-93 season or 70 over the course of 1991-92 and 1992-93, and at least two forwards with the same experience requirements as the defenceman. The Mighty Ducks and Panthers would choose three goalies, eight defencemen and 13 forwards each, one more in each category than the Senators and Lightning chose in 1992. Each of the existing clubs could lose only a maximum of one goalie or one defenceman: a team that lost a goalie could not lose a defenceman. This meant that six clubs would lose a goalie and a forward, sixteen would lose a defenceman and a forward, and two would lose two forwards. In 1992 the teams were allowed to pick one impending free agent apiece; in 1993 they were allowed to pick up to four each, with no more than one goalie, two defencemen or two forwards among those four.

These conditions clearly favoured the Ducks and Panthers by comparison to the plight the Lightning, Senators and Sharks faced in 1991 and 1992 so in order to help the other three recent expansion clubs a second phase was added to the 1993 Expansion Draft. The Sharks, Senators and Lightning would be allowed to pick players from the Panthers and Ducks.

"Phase II" of the draft would see the Panthers and Ducks each protect one goalie, five defencemen and 10 forwards. The Sharks, Lightning and Senators would also protect two goalies, five defencemen and 10 forwards. No pro players would be exempt, even first and second-year players. Phase II would last two rounds, with the order of selection being Lightning, Senators and Sharks. Now here's where it gets tricky…

When one of the Lightning, Senators or Sharks picked a player from the Panthers or Ducks the team that picked the player had to drop a player from their protected list of the same position (goalie, defenceman or forward) as the player that was claimed. The player that was dropped and every other player in the same position and not on his team's protected list was then offered to the other two '91/'92 expansion clubs. If either of those two teams claimed a player they in turn had to drop a player of the same position, and the process started over again. If the '91/'92 teams passed on claiming a player from the team that originally picked one from the Ducks or Panthers then the right to claim an unprotected player fell to the team that lost a player in the first place. If that team passed the other '93 expansion team was given a chance to claim a player from the '91/'92 team that claimed a player. The last club to claim a player in the whole rigamarole was designated the "ultimate claiming club", and the ultimate claiming club had to pay $100,000 to the '93 expansion club that lost a player in the first place. The fee dropped to $50,000 in the second round.

Let me try to explain this ridiculously convoluted process with an example. Let's say the Lightning chose "Player W" from the Panthers with the first pick in Phase II. Let's say 'W' was a forward. The Lightning would then drop a forward from their own protected list. Let's call that player 'X'. 'X' and any other forward not protected by the Lightning was then offered to the Sharks and Senators. Let's say the Sharks claimed an unprotected forward from the Lightning, 'Y'. They would have to drop a forward from their own protected list. That forward, 'Z', would be offered along with all the other unprotected Sharks forwards to the Lightning and Senators.

Let's say the Lightning and Senators passed on claiming 'Z' or any other unprotected forwards from the Sharks. The Panthers would then get first dibs on an unprotected forward from the Sharks because they lost 'W' in the first place. Let's say they passed, and so too did the Ducks afterward. The "ultimate claiming club" in this case would be the Sharks, and the Sharks would pay the Panthers $100,000.

The Lightning would have acquired 'W' from the Panthers, the Sharks would get 'Y' from the Lightning, and the Panthers would get $100,000 from the Sharks. The Sharks' selection of 'Y' from the Lightning would count as their selection in that round, and the next choice would pass to the Senators.

In the course of Phase II of the draft the Panthers and Ducks could lose a maximum of one goalie, one defenceman and one forward.

The protected lists for Phase I were to be filed by 5:00 pm eastern time on Sunday June 20, and Phase I would be held on Thursday the 24th. Phase II was held the next day, June 25. Both phases of the expansion draft were held in the Salle Octave-Crémazie at the Grand Théâtre de Québec in Quebec City (the 1993 Entry Draft was held in Quebec City on the 26th, at the Colisée).

Protected Lists

Boston Bruins	Buffalo Sabres	Calgary Flames	Chicago Blackhawks
Goaltenders
Andy Moog	Grant Fuhr	Mike Vernon	Ed Belfour
Defencemen
Ray Bourque	Doug Bodger	Kevin Dahl	Chris Chelios
Glen Featherstone	Keith Carney	Al MacInnis	Frantisek Kucera
David Shaw	Gord Donnelly	Frank Musil	Bryan Marchment
Don Sweeney	Ken Sutton	Gary Suter	Cam Russell
Glen Wesley	Petr Svoboda	Trent Yawney	Steve Smith
Forwards
Ted Donato	Donald Audette	Craig Berube	Dirk Graham
Steve Heinze	Dale Hawerchuk	Theoren Fleury	Steve Larmer
Joe Juneau	Pat LaFontaine	Paul Kruse	Jocelyn Lemieux
Stephen Leach	Brad May	Joe Nieuwendyk	Stephane Matteau
Daniel Marois	Alexander Mogilny	Joel Otto	Joe Murphy
Glen Murray	Rob Ray	Paul Ranheim	Brian Noonan
Cam Neely	Bob Sweeney	Robert Reichel	Jeremy Roenick
Adam Oates	Scott Thomas	Gary Roberts	Christian Ruutu
Dave Reid	Randy Wood	Ronnie Stern	Brent Sutter
Dallas Stars	Detroit Red Wings	Edmonton Oilers	Hartford Whalers
Goaltenders
Jon Casey	Tim Cheveldae	Bill Ranford	Sean Burke
Defencemen
Paul Cavallini	Steve Chiasson	Igor Kravchuk	Adam Burt
Enrico Ciccone	Paul Coffey	Dave Manson	Brad McCrimmon
Derian Hatcher	Vladimir Konstantinov	Luke Richardson	Allen Pedersen
Jim Johnson	Nicklas Lidstrom	Dave Manson	Eric Weinrich
Mark Tinordi	Yves Racine	Brad Werenka	Zarley Zalapski
Forwards
Shane Churla	Shawn Burr	Kelly Buchberger	Andrew Cassels
Russ Courtnall	Dino Ciccarelli	Zdeno Ciger	Mark Janssens
Mike Craig	Sergei Federov	Shayne Corson	Robert Kron
Ulf Dahlen	Sheldon Kennedy	Louie DeBrusk	Nick Kypreos
Dave Gagner	Keith Primeau	Scott Pearson	Sergei Makarov
Brent Gilchrist	Bob Probert	Steven Rice	Jim McKenzie
Trent Klatt	Ray Sheppard	Craig Simpson	Geoff Sanderson
Mike McPhee	Mike Sillinger	Kevin Todd	Jim Sandlak
Mike Modano	Steve Yzerman	Doug Weight	Pat Verbeek
Los Angeles Kings	Montreal Canadiens	New Jersey Devils	New York Islanders
Goaltenders
Kelly Hrudey	Patrick Roy	Chris Terreri	Ron Hextall
Defencemen
Rob Blake	Patrice Brisebois	Tommy Albelin	Uwe Krupp
Charlie Huddy	Eric Desjardins	Ken Daneyko	Scott Lachance
Marty McSorley	Kevin Haller	Bruce Driver	Wayne McBean
Darryl Sydor	Lyle Odelein	Scott Niedermayer	Rich Pilon
Brent Thompson	Mathieu Schneider	Scott Stevens	Dennis Vaske
Forwards
Jimmy Carson	Brian Bellows	Bill Guerin	Brad Dalgarno
Mike Donnelly	Benoit Brunet	Bobby Holik	Ray Ferraro
Tony Granato	Vincent Damphousse	Claude Lemieux	Patrick Flatley
Wayne Gretzky	Paul DiPietro	John MacLean	Travis Green
Jari Kurri	Gilbert Dionne	Randy McKay	Benoit Hogue
Corey Millen	Mike Keane	Bernie Nicholls	Derek King
Luc Robitaille	Stephan Lebeau	Stephane Richer	Marty McInnis
Tomas Sandstrom	John LeClair	Alexander Semak	Steve Thomas
Brandy Semchuk	Kirk Muller	Valeri Zelepukin	Pierre Turgeon
New York Rangers	Ottawa Senators	Philadelphia Flyers	Pittsburgh Penguins
Goaltenders
Mike Richter	Craig Billington	Dominic Roussel	Tom Barrasso
Defencemen
Jeff Beukeboom	Chris Luongo	Terry Carkner	Larry Murphy
Brian Leetch	Norm Maciver	Garry Galley	Jim Paek
Kevin Lowe	Kent Paynter	Greg Hawgood	Kjell Samuelsson
James Patrick	Darren Rumble	Dan Kordic	Ulf Samuelsson
Brad Tiley	Brad Shaw	Ryan McGill	Peter Taglianetti
Forwards
Tony Amonte	Dave Archibald	Josef Beranek	Jeff Daniels
Mike Gartner	Jamie Baker	Claude Boivin	Ron Francis
Adam Graves	Jody Hull	Rod Brind'amour	Jaromir Jagr
Joey Kocur	Bob Kudelski	Dave Brown	Mario Lemieux
Mark Messier	Mark Lamb	Jim Cummins	Shawn McEachern
Sergei Nemchinov	Darcy Loewen	Kevin Dineen	Joe Mullen
Ed Olczyk	Troy Mallette	Pelle Eklund	Mike Needham
Esa Tikkanen	Mike Peluso	Brent Fedyk	Kevin Stevens
Darren Turcotte	Sylvain Turgeon	Mark Recchi	Rick Tocchet
Quebec Nordiques	St. Louis Blues	San Jose Sharks	Tampa Bay Lightning
Goaltenders
Stephane Fiset	Curtis Joseph	Jimmy Waite	J.C. Bergeron
Defencemen
Steve Duchesne	Jeff Brown	Link Gaetz	Bob Beers
Adam Foote	Garth Butcher	Jayson More	Marc Bergevin
Alexei Gusarov	Bret Hedican	Jeff Norton	Shawn Chambers
Dave Karpa	Stephane Quintal	Neil Wilkinson	Donald Dufresne
Curtis Leschyshyn	Rick Zombo	Rob Zettler	Joe Reekie
Forwards
Martin Gelinas	Bob Bassen	Dave Capuano	Mikael Andersson
Valeri Kamensky	Nelson Emerson	Ed Courtenay	Brian Bradley
Claude Lapointe	Denny Felsner	Gaetan Duchesne	Marc Bureau
Owen Nolan	Brett Hull	Dean Evason	Danton Cole
Mike Ricci	Craig Janney	Johan Garpenlov	Adam Creighton
Martin Rucinsky	Basil McRae	Igor Larionov	Rob DiMaio
Joe Sakic	Kevin Miller	David Maley	Petr Klima
Mats Sundin	Brendan Shanahan	Jeff Odgers	John Tucker
Scott Young	Ron Sutter	Mike Sullivan	Rob Zamuner
Toronto Maple Leafs	Vancouver Canucks	Washington Capitals	Winnipeg Jets
Goaltenders
Felix Potvin	Kirk McLean	Rick Tabaracci	Bob Essensa
Defencemen
Dave Ellett	Gerald Diduck	Sylvain Côté	Phil Housley
Todd Gill	Robert Dirk	Kevin Hatcher	Dean Kennedy
Sylvain Lefebvre	Jyrki Lumme	Al Iafrate	Teppo Numminen
Jamie Macoun	Dana Murzyn	Calle Johansson	Fredrik Olausson
Bob Rouse	Adrien Plavsic	Jason Woolley	Igor Ulanov
Forwards
Glenn Anderson	Greg Adams	Peter Bondra	Stu Barnes
Dave Andreychuk	Pavel Bure	Pat Elynuik	Luciano Borsato
Ken Baumgartner	Geoff Courtnall	Dale Hunter	Evgeny Davidov
Wendel Clark	Murray Craven	Dimitri Khristich	Tie Domi
Mike Eastwood	Trevor Linden	Todd Krygier	Kris King
Doug Gilmour	Sergio Momesso	Alan May	Darrin Shannon
Kent Manderville	Petr Nedved	Kelly Miller	Thomas Steen
Rob Pearson	Gino Odjick	Michal Pivonka	Keith Tkachuk
Peter Zezel	Cliff Ronning	Mike Ridley	Paul Ysebaert

Available Players

The shenanigans that occurred prior to the 1992 Expansion Draft, especially with respect to starting a goalie for one game so that he'd qualify as an 'experienced' goaltender for the purposes of the draft, weren't repeated in 1993. There were however a few relevant trades made prior to the expansion draft that affected the players who were protected and exposed.

The best known example of this was John Vanbiesbrouck's trade to the Vancouver Canucks on the 20th, the day the protected lists had to be finalized and filed. Vanbiesbrouck was traded by the Rangers to the Canucks for future considerations (on June 25, after Phase II of the draft, the Canucks sent Doug Lidster to the Rangers to complete the trade). Vanbiesbrouck and Mike Richter had been sharing the duties in the Rangers' goal for a few years by that point but given they were only allowed to protect one of them and Richter was younger they elected to protect Richter. Rather than leave Vanbiesbrouck exposed they dealt him to the Canucks so that the Canucks could expose him. The Canucks in turn wanted to keep Kirk McLean and Kay Whitmore, and by having Vanbiesbrouck on offer as well they could limit their losses. If Whitmore was chosen instead of Vanbiesbrouck at least they would have had Vanbiesbrouck to fall back on.

The Nordiques also faced the same conundrum as the Rangers. They wanted to protect young goalie Stephane Fiset, which would almost assuredly mean they'd lose more experienced starter Ron Hextall in the draft. The Islanders' starter, Glenn Healy, was an impending free agent and they weren't going to re-sign him anyway. So the Nordiques and Islanders came to an agreement: the Nordiques would trade Hextall and their first round entry draft pick (#23 overall) to the Islanders in exchange for goalie Mark Fitzpatrick and their first round pick (#14 overall). The Islanders had a new starting goaltender and the Nordiques got something in return for him instead of losing him for nothing in the expansion draft. (The Nordiques used the 14th overall selection to pick Adam Deadmarsh and the Islanders used the 23rd pick to select Todd Bertuzzi.)

Other trades before the June 20th deadline included:

• Brad McCrimmon from the Red Wings to the Whalers for a sixth round pick in the '93 Entry Draft (Tim Spitzig) on June 1, 1993
• Dennis Vial from the Red Wings to the Lightning for Steve Maltais, June 8, 1993
• Stephane Beauregard from the Flyers to the Jets for the Flyers' third round pick in 1993 (previously acquired; traded to the Penguins, who selected Dave Roche, as a compensatory pick) and the Flyers' fifth round pick in 1994 (previously acquired; traded to the Red Wings, who selected Frederic Deschenes), June 11, 1992
• Paul Ysebaert and future considerations (Alan Kerr—June 18, 1993) from the Red Wings to the Jets for Aaron Ward and a fourth round pick in 1993 (John Jakopin), June 11, 1993
• Kevin Kaminski from the Nordiques to the Capitals for Mark Matier, June 15, 1993
• Petr Klima from the Oilers to the Lightning for a third round pick in 1994 (Brad Symes), June 16, 1993
• Jimmy Waite from the Blackhawks to the Sharks for future considerations (Neil Wilkinson—July 9, 1993), June 18, 1993
• Peter Ahola from the Sharks to the Lightning for Dave Capuano, June 19, 1993
• Paul Cavallini from the Capitals to the Stars for future considerations (Enrico Ciccone—June 25, 1993), June 20, 1993
• Jim Cummins and the Flyers' fourth round pick in 1993 (previously acquired; Charles Paquette) from the Red Wings to the Flyers for Greg Johnson and a fifth round pick in 1994 (Frederic Deschenes), June 20, 1993
• Gaetan Duchesne from the Stars to the Sharks for a sixth round pick in 1993 (later reacquired by the Sharks, who selected Petri Varis), June 20, 1993
• Mike Hough from the Nordiques to the Capitals for Reggie Savage and Paul MacDermid, June 20, 1993
• Sergei Makarov from the Flames to the Whalers for future considerations (the Capitals' fourth round pick in 1993, used to select Jason Smith), June 20, 1993
• Gord Murphy and future considerations (Andy Moog—June 25, 1993) from the Bruins to the Stars for future considerations (Jon Casey—June 25, 1993), June 20, 1993
• Jeff Norton from the Islanders to the Sharks for a third round pick in 1994 (Jason Strudwick) and future considerations, June 20, 1993
• Scott Pearson from the Nordiques to the Oilers for Martin Gelinas and a sixth round pick in 1993 (Nick Checco), June 20, 1993
• Peter Sidorkiewicz, a fourth round pick in 1994 (traded to the Flames, who selected Nils Ekman) and future considerations (Mike Peluso—June 26, 1993) from the Senators to the Devils for Craig Billington, Troy Mallette and a fourth round pick in 1993 (Cosmo Dupaul), June 20, 1993

Boston Bruins	Buffalo Sabres	Calgary Flames	Chicago Blackhawks
Goaltenders
Mike Bales	Tom Draper	Jason Muzzatti	Roch Belley
	Dominik Hasek	Jeff Reese	Ray LeBlanc
	Clint Malarchuk
	Bill Pye
Defencemen
Jamie Huscroft	Dale DeGray	Chris Dahlquist	Adam Bennett
Mark Krys	Bill Houlder	Alexander Godynyuk	Keith Brown
Stéphane J. G. Richer	Grant Ledyard	Paul Holden	David Hakstol
Gordie Roberts	Randy Moller	Roger Johansson	Craig Muni
Jim Wiemer	Sean O'Donnell	Michel Petit	Mike Speer
	Dirk Rueter	Ken Sabourin	Milan Tichy
	Chris Snell	Greg Smyth	Kerry Toporowski
	Hannu Virta	Kevin Wortman
Forwards
Darren Banks	Peter Ciavaglia	Brent Ashton	Rob Brown
Brent Hughes	Bob Corkum	Rich Chernomaz	Shawn Byram
Darin Kimble	Bob Errey	Kerry Clark	Dave Christian
Dmitri Kvartalnov	François Guay	Thomas Forslund	Rob Conn
Andrew McKim	Jeff Hamilton	Todd Gillingham	Tracy Egelund
Dave Poulin	Dave Hannan	Todd Harkins	Greg Gilbert
Vladimir Ruzicka	Gates Orlando	Tim Harris	Michel Goulet
Tim Sweeney	Wayne Presley	Shawn Heaphy	Stu Grimson
Chris Winnes	Brad Rubachuk	Patrick Lebeau	Tony Horacek
C.J. Young	Joel Savage	Chris Lindberg	Brad Lauer
	Jason Winch	Greg Paslawski	Troy Murray
		Brian Skrudland	Bill Watson
		Carey Wilson
Dallas Stars	Detroit Red Wings	Edmonton Oilers	Hartford Whalers
Goaltenders
Darcy Wakaluk	Dave Gagnon	Norm Foster	Mario Gosselin
	Vincent Riendeau	Peter Ing	Frank Pietrangelo
		Ron Tugnutt
Defencemen
Colin Bauer	Serge Anglehart	Brian Benning	Jim Agnew
Brad Berry	Bob Boughner	Jeff Bloemberg	Corey Beaulieu
David Jensen	Bobby Dollas	Brian Glynn	Doug Houda
Paul Jerrard	Mark Howe	Chris Joseph	Karl Johnston
Craig Ludwig	Steve Konroyd	François Leroux	Dan Keczmer
Roy Mitchell	Gord Kruppke	Selmar Odelein	Randy Ladouceur
Gord Murphy	Stewart Malgunas	Reijo Ruotsalainen	John Stevens
Mark Osiecki	Jason York	Jason Soules	Jukka Suomalainen
Ville Siren
Brian Straub
Forwards
Doug Barrault	Troy Crowder	Dean Antos	Denis Chalifoux
Todd Bergen	Gerard Gallant	Richard Borgo	Yvon Corriveau
James Black	Alan Kerr	Todd Elik	Randy Cunneyworth
Neal Broten	Steve Maltais	Craig Fisher	Scott Daniels
Kevin Evans	Pete Stauber	Mike Hudson	Chris Govedaris
Stewart Gavin		Fabian Joseph	Mark Grieg
Alan Haworth		Marc Laforge	Paul Guay
Yves Heroux		Tommy Lehmann	Scott Humeniuk
Cal McGowan		Craig MacTavish	Tim Kerr
Kip Miller		Scott Mellanby	Jamie Leach
George Servinis		Shjon Podein	Trevor Steinburg
Derrick Smith		Scott Thornton	Mike Tomlak
Ross Wilson			Terry Yake
Los Angeles Kings	Montreal Canadiens	New Jersey Devils	New York Islanders
Goaltenders
David Goverde	Frederic Chabot	Chad Erickson	Glenn Healy
Robb Stauber	Les Kuntar	Corey Schwab	Danny Lorenz
	André Racicot	Peter Sidorkiewicz	Jamie McLennan
Defencemen
Jeff Chychrun	J.J. Daigneault	Viacheslav Fetisov	Kevin Cheveldayoff
Kevin Grant	Luc Gauthier	Alexei Kasatonov	Dean Chynoweth
Mark Hardy	Sean Hill	Peter Kuchyna	Jeff Finley
Jim Maher	Rob Ramage	Tapio Levo	Tom Kurvers
Dave Tretowicz	Darcy Simon	Dean Malkoc	Joni Lehto
Tim Watters		Brent Severyn	Gary Nylund
Forwards
Bob Berg	Jesse Belanger	Mike Bodnarchuk	Dave Chyzowski
Scott Bjugstad	Guy Carbonneau	Doug Brown	Wayne Doucet
Tim Breslin	Todd Ewen	Tom Chorske	Dean Ewen
Marc Fortier	Steve Larouche	Jeff Christian	Tom Fitzgerald
Kyosti Karjalainen	Gary Leeman	Jim Dowd	Paul Gagne
Lonnie Loach	Mats Naslund	David Emma	Brent Grieve
Dave Taylor	Mario Roberge	Ben Hankinson	Claude Loiselle
Jim Thomson	Ed Ronan	Jason Miller	Brian Mullen
Mike Vukonich	Denis Savard	Kent Nilsson	David Volek
Sean Whyte	Pierre Sevigny	Janne Ojanen	Mick Vukota
	Lindsay Vallis	Matt Ruchty
		Jarrod Skalde
		Peter Stastny
		Brian Sullivan
		Claude Vilgrain
New York Rangers	Ottawa Senators	Philadelphia Flyers	Pittsburgh Penguins
Goaltenders
Boris Rousson	Mark Michaud	Yanick Degrace	Rob Dopson
			Bruce Racine
			Ken Wregget
Defencemen
Joe Cirella	Mark Ferner	Bill Armstrong	Paul Dyck
Per Djoos	Ken Hammond	Shawn Cronin	Bryan Fogarty
Peter Fiorentino		Corey Foster	Grant Jennings
Mike Hurlbut		Willie Huber	Paul Laus
Dave Marcinyshyn		Gord Hynes	Robert Melanson
Jay Wells		Steven Morrow	Todd Nelson
		Ric Nattress	Mike Ramsey
		Lance Pitlick	Paul Stanton
		Tony Porkka
		Bob Wilkie
Forwards
Rick Bennett	Laurie Boschman	Keith Acton	Jamie Heward
Don Biggs	Neil Brady	Len Barrie	Troy Loney
Phil Bourque	Mark Freer	Al Conroy	Mark Major
Paul Broten	Marc Labelle	James Cooke	Ken Priestlay
Craig Duncanson	Andre McBain	Eric Dandenault	Jason Smart
Jan Erixon	Shawn McCosh	Daniel Doré	Mike Stapleton
Lee Giffin	Rob Murphy	Andrei Lomakin
Mike Hartman	Martin St. Amour	Glenn Mulvenna
Steven King		Pat Murray
Dan Lacroix		Dave Snuggerud
John McIntyre		Wes Walz
Brian McReynolds
Mike Stevens
Dave Thomlinson
Quebec Nordiques	St. Louis Blues	San Jose Sharks	Tampa Bay Lightning
Goaltenders
Mario Brunetta	Guy Hebert	Wade Flaherty	Mike Greenlay
Jacques Cloutier		Jeff Hackett	Pat Jablonski
Mark Fitzpatrick			David Littman
Patrick Labrecque			Wendell Young
John Tanner
Defencemen
Mario Doyon	Murray Baron	Michael Colman	Peter Ahola
Steven Finn	Doug Crossman	Pat MacLeod	Eric Charron
Kerry Huffman	Jason Marshall	David Williams	Alain Côté
Jon Klemm	Tom Tilley	Doug Wilson	Rick Lanz
Andy Rymsha	Alain Vigneault		Rob Robinson
Mikhail Tatarinov			Dennis Vial
Randy Velischek
Craig Wolanin
Forwards
Niclas Andersson	Kelly Chase	Robin Bawa	Tim Bergland
Gino Cavallini	Derek Frenette	David Bruce	Jock Callander
Stéphane Charbonneau	Dave Lowry	John Carter	Stan Drulia
Bryan Deasley	Dave Mackey	Lary DePalma	Randy Gilhen
Murray Garbutt	Kevin Miehm	Troy Frederick	Steve Kasper
Bill Lindsay	Brian Pellerin	Kelly Kisio	Chris Kontos
Paul MacDermid	Richard Pion	Jon Morris	Jason Lafreniere
Michel Mongeau	Kyle Reeves	Mark Pederson	Keith Osborne
Reggie Savage	Rich Sutter	Michel Picard	Herb Raglan
Martin Simard		J.F. Quintin	Jason Ruff
Steve Tuttle			Shayne Stevenson
Tony Twist
Ed Ward
Toronto Maple Leafs	Vancouver Canucks	Washington Capitals	Winnipeg Jets
Goaltenders
Daren Puppa	Troy Gamble	Don Beaupre	Stéphane Beauregard
Damian Rhodes	John Vanbiesbrouck	Byron Dafoe	Sean Gauthier
Rick Wamsley	Kay Whitmore	Olaf Kolzig	Jim Hrivnak
			Mike O'Neill
Defencemen
Ted Crowley	Dave Babych	Bob Babcock	Steve Bancroft
Jerome Dupont	Jason Herter	Chris Felix	Randy Carlyle
Curtis Hunt	Rick Lessard	Rod Langway	Rob Cowie
Guy Lehoux	Doug Lidster	Jim Mathieson	Mike Lalor
Bob McGill	Troy Neumeier	Brad Schlegel	Dan Lambert
Brad Miller	Risto Siltanen		Roger Ohman
Dmitri Mironov	Phil Von Steffenelli
Darryl Shannon	Behn Wilson
Forwards
Normand Aubin	Shawn Antoski	Randy Burridge	Jason Cirone
Rob Cimetta	Neil Eisenhut	Bob Carpenter	Kris Draper
John Cullen	Tom Fergus	Trevor Halverson	John Druce
Mike Foligno	Tim Hunter	Mike Hough	Mike Eagles
Greg Johnston	Jay Mazur	Kevin Kaminski	Bryan Erickson
Mike Krushelnyski	Anatoli Semenov	Randy Pearce	Ken Gernander
Guy Larose	Garry Valk	John Purves	Scott Levins
Kevin McClelland		Mike Richard	Craig Martin
Dave McLlwain		Alfie Turcotte	Rob Muray
Ken McRae			Russ Romaniuk
Mark Osborne
Yanic Perreault
Jeff Perry
Rudy Poeschek
Joe Sacco
Dave Tomlinson

Expansion Draft — Phase I

Over.	Player	Picked from	Picked by
Goaltenders
1	John Vanbiesbrouck	Vancouver Canucks	Florida Panthers
2	Guy Hebert	St. Louis Blues	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
3	Glenn Healy	New York Islanders	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
4	Mark Fitzpatrick	Quebec Nordiques	Florida Panthers
5	Daren Puppa	Toronto Maple Leafs	Florida Panthers
6	Ron Tugnutt	Edmonton Oilers	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Defencemen
7	Milan Tichy	Chicago Blackhawks	Florida Panthers
8	Alexei Kasatonov	New Jersey Devils	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
9	Sean Hill	Montreal Canadiens	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
10	Paul Laus	Pittsburgh Penguins	Florida Panthers
11	Bill Houlder	Buffalo Sabres	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
12	Joe Cirella	New York Rangers	Florida Panthers
13	Alexander Godynyuk	Calgary Flames	Florida Panthers
14	Bobby Dollas	Detroit Red Wings	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
15	Gord Murphy	Dallas Stars	Florida Panthers
16	Randy Ladouceur	Hartford Whalers	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
17	David Williams	San Jose Sharks	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
18	Steve Bancroft	Winnipeg Jets	Florida Panthers
19	Dennis Vial	Tampa Bay Lightning	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
20	Stéphane J. G. Richer	Boston Bruins	Florida Panthers
21	Gord Hynes	Philadelphia Flyers	Florida Panthers
22	Mark Ferner	Ottawa Senators	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Forwards
23	Steven King	New York Rangers	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
24	Tom Fitzgerald	New York Islanders	Florida Panthers
25	Jesse Belanger	Montreal Canadiens	Florida Panthers
26	Tim Sweeney	Boston Bruins	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
27	Scott Levins	Winnipeg Jets	Florida Panthers
28	Troy Loney	Pittsburgh Penguins	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
29	Stu Grimson	Chicago Blackhawks	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
30	Scott Mellanby	Edmonton Oilers	Florida Panthers
31	Terry Yake	Hartford Whalers	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
32	Brian Skrudland	Calgary Flames	Florida Panthers
33	Mike Hough	Washington Capitals	Florida Panthers
34	Jarrod Skalde	New Jersey Devils	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
35	Dave Lowry	St. Louis Blues	Florida Panthers
36	Bob Corkum	Buffalo Sabres	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
37	Anatoli Semenov	Vancouver Canucks	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
38	Bill Lindsay	Quebec Nordiques	Florida Panthers
39	Joe Sacco	Toronto Maple Leafs	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
40	Andrei Lomakin	Philadelphia Flyers	Florida Panthers
41	Randy Gilhen	Tampa Bay Lightning	Florida Panthers
42	Lonnie Loach	Los Angeles Kings	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
43	Doug Barrault	Dallas Stars	Florida Panthers
44	Jim Thomson	Los Angeles Kings	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
45	Trevor Halverson	Washington Capitals	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
46	Marc Labelle	Ottawa Senators	Florida Panthers
47	Robin Bawa	San Jose Sharks	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
48	Pete Stauber	Detroit Red Wings	Florida Panthers

Expansion Draft — Phase II

For Phase II the Panthers elected to protect John Vanbiesbrouck, Milan Tichy, Paul Laus, Joe Cirella, Alexander Godynyuk, Gord Murphy, Tom Fitzgerald, Jesse Belanger, Scott Levins, Scott Mellanby, Brian Skrudland, Mike Hough, Dave Lowry, Bill Lindsay and Andrei Lomakin. Goalies Mark Fitzpatrick and Daren Puppa, defencemen Steve Bancroft, Stéphane J. G. Richer and Gord Hynes, and forwards Randy Gilhen, Doug Barrault, Marc Labelle and Pete Stauber were left exposed.

Unfortunately I'm not sure who was on the protected lists of the Sharks, Lightning, Senators and Ducks in Phase II, other than that I know Guy Hebert was protected by the Ducks (leaving Ron Tugnutt and Glenn Healy exposed).

Over.	Player	Picked from	Picked by
Round 1
1	Daren Puppa	Florida Panthers	Tampa Bay Lightning
2	Dennis Vial	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Ottawa Senators
	passed		San Jose Sharks
Round 2
3	Glenn Healy	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Tampa Bay Lightning
	passed		Ottawa Senators
	passed		San Jose Sharks

Puppa's acquisition by the Lightning was actually pre-planned. The Lightning gave the Panthers the Penguins' third round pick in the '93 Entry Draft (previously acquired for Peter Taglianetti; the Panthers selected Steve Washburn) in exchange for the Panthers taking Puppa from the Maple Leafs in Phase I, and the Panthers left Puppa exposed in Phase II so that the Lightning could choose him (the Lightning also gave the Panthers the $100,000 draft fee).

Healy was traded immediately following the conclusion of Phase II to the Rangers for the return of the Lightning's own third round pick in the '93 Entry Draft (which had previously been awarded as a compensatory pick to the Rangers for the free agent signing of Rob Zamuner), and the Rangers signed him to a new contract.

The 1993-94 Season

The Panthers and Ducks finished ninth in their respective conferences at the end of the 1993-94 season, just on the outside of the playoffs looking in. The Panthers finished with 83 points, only a point shy of eighth in the Eastern Conference. The Panthers hold the record for most points by a first-year expansion team. The Sharks dramatically improved over their results in the 1992-93 season and finished eighth in the west, making the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. The Lightning improved from 23-54-7 to 30-43-11. The Senators improved from their record-setting 10-70-4 (24 points) in '92-'93 to 16-61-9 (37 points) in '93-'94; still dead-last by a great margin.