1999 NHL Waiver Draft

The 1999 NHL Waiver Draft was held September 27. The expansion Atlanta Thrashers were given the first choice in the draft order and participated with the non-playoff teams in the first round.

Player	Picked by	Picked from	Player dropped from protected list	Cash or claim?
Round 1
Ladislav Kohn	Atlanta Thrashers	Toronto Maple Leafs	???	cash
Viacheslav Butsayev	Tampa Bay Lightning	Ottawa Senators	???	cash
Chris Joseph	Vancouver Canucks	Ottawa Senators	???	cash
Jamie Rivers	New York Islanders	St. Louis Blues	???	cash
Ken Sutton	Washington Capitals	New Jersey Devils	???	cash
Rich Brennan	Los Angeles Kings	Nashville Predators	???	cash
Round 2
Jeff Williams	Atlanta Thrashers	New Jersey Devils	???	cash
Evgeny Namestnikov	Vancouver Canucks	New York Rangers	???	cash
Terry Yake	St. Louis Blues	Atlanta Thrashers	???	cash
Round 3
Ladislav Benysek	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	Edmonton Oilers	???	cash

This was the third time in six waiver drafts that Chris Joseph had been chosen. In that time he had been claimed by the Penguins from the Lightning, claimed from the Penguins by the Canucks, signed as a free agent with the Flyers, and signed as a free agent with the Senators. He ended up never playing a regular season game for the Senators because in the '99 Waiver Draft he was claimed by the Canucks (again). He wouldn't even last the season in Vancouver, having been put on waivers in March of 2000 and claimed by the Coyotes. He was with the Coyotes for less than a year before he was put on waivers again and claimed by the Thrashers in February, 2001. He finished his playing career in Europe.

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