1995-96 NHL Waiver Draft

I have named this blog post the "1995-96" Waiver Draft in order to disambiguate between this one, the one that occurred before the 1995-96 season, and the one preceding it that occurred before the abbreviated 1994-95 season. Both were held in 1995; this one on October 2.

(Rules were the same as before.)

Player	Picked by	Picked from	Player dropped from protected list	Cash or claim?
Round 1
Jim McKenzie	Winnipeg Jets	New York Islanders	???	cash
Round 2
Ted Drury	Ottawa Senators	Hartford Whalers	???	cash
Bill Huard	Dallas Stars	Colorado Avalanche	???	cash
Brent Hughes	Buffalo Sabres	Boston Bruins	???	cash
Pat Jablonski	St. Louis Blues	Toronto Maple Leafs	???	cash
Round 3
Justin Hocking	Ottawa Senators	Los Angeles Kings	???	cash
Rob Conn	Buffalo Sabres	New Jersey Devils	Bob Sweeney	cash
Round 4
Bob Sweeney	New York Islanders	Buffalo Sabres	???	cash

←1994-95 Waiver Draft

1996 Waiver Draft→

NHL Draft Results

1994-95 NHL Waiver Draft

The 1994 Waiver Draft was supposed to be held in late September or early October. That didn't happen because the NHL owners locked out the players on October 1, 1994 while they bargained with the NHLPA and came to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement. I won't go into the details of the lockout here but suffice it to say it was by far the longest labour disruption in NHL history up to that point and it didn't end until January 11, 1995.

Some events that would have normally occurred in the 1994-95 season were cancelled, such as the All-Star Game that had been scheduled for January 21, 1995 in San Jose (the 1997 All-Star Game was held in San Jose instead). The waiver draft was merely postponed until the start of the playing season; it was held on January 18, 1995. Three-and-a-half months late, but better late than never?

(Rules were the same as before.)

Player	Picked by	Picked from	Player dropped from protected list	Cash or claim?
Round 1
Rob Gaudreau	Ottawa Senators	San Jose Sharks	???	cash
Brian Glynn	Hartford Whalers	Vancouver Canucks	???	cash
Dean Kennedy	Edmonton Oilers	Winnipeg Jets	???	cash
Round 2
Kelly Chase	Hartford Whalers	St. Louis Blues	???	cash
Len Esau	Edmonton Oilers	Calgary Flames	???	cash
Donald Dufresne	St. Louis Blues	Los Angeles Kings	???	cash
Randy Wood	Toronto Maple Leafs	Buffalo Sabres	???	cash
Chris Joseph	Pittsburgh Penguins	Tampa Bay Lightning	???	cash
Round 3
Igor Korolev	Winnipeg Jets	St. Louis Blues	???	cash
François Leroux	Pittsburgh Penguins	Ottawa Senators	???	cash
Round 4
Sheldon Kennedy	Calgary Flames	Winnipeg Jets	???	cash
Wayne McBean	Pittsburgh Penguins	Winnipeg Jets	???	cash
Round 5
Roger Johansson	Chicago Blackhawks	Calgary Flames	???	cash
Doug Brown	Detroit Red Wings	Pittsburgh Penguins	Micah Aivazoff	claim
Round 6
Micah Aivazoff	Edmonton Oilers	Pittsburgh Penguins	???	cash
Greg Gilbert	St. Louis Blues	New York Rangers	???	cash
Mike Hudson	Pittsburgh Penguins	New York Rangers	???	cash

←1993 Waiver Draft

1995-96 Waiver Draft→

NHL Draft Results