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1992 NHL expansion draft
1992 NHL expansion draft
General information
Date(s)	June 18, 1992
Location	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Overview
League	National Hockey League
Expansion teams	Ottawa Senators; Tampa Bay Lightning
Expansion season	1992–93
	← 1991 1993 →

The 1992 NHL expansion draft was an expansion draft held by the National Hockey League (NHL) to fill the rosters of the league's two expansion teams for the 1992–93 season, the Ottawa Senators and the Tampa Bay Lightning. The draft was held on June 18, 1992, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Rules

21 of the 22 franchises in the league at the time of the draft were allowed to protect two goaltenders and fourteen position players (the San Jose Sharks were the only team exempt from protection restrictions as they were an expansion team the previous season). Beyond that, every team had to make available at least one goaltender who had played at least one NHL game.^[1]

This clause (known to the league teams far in advance) led to several trades so that teams could fulfill the requirement without exposing their lead goaltenders. It also led to anomalies such as Ray LeBlanc (the star of the 1992 United States Olympic team) being put into the only NHL game of his career so that the Chicago Blackhawks could expose him and not Ed Belfour, Dominik Hasek or Jimmy Waite. To avoid exposing any of their three goaltenders, the Washington Capitals re-signed former goalie Bernie Wolfe, who was 40 years old and last played an NHL game in 1979. League president John Ziegler held up approval of the contract and summoned Capitals general manager David Poile to Toronto to explain himself; not willing to risk being sanctioned, the team signed Steve Weeks instead.^[1]

There were 42 players selected in the draft, two from each participating franchise. The Lightning and Senators were each to pick two goaltenders, seven defensemen, and twelve forwards.

Draft results

#	Player	Drafted from	Drafted by
1.	Peter Sidorkiewicz (G)	Hartford Whalers	Ottawa Senators
2.	Wendell Young (G)	Pittsburgh Penguins	Tampa Bay Lightning
3.	Mark Laforest (G)	New York Rangers	Ottawa Senators
4.	Frederic Chabot (G)	Montreal Canadiens	Tampa Bay Lightning
5.	Brad Shaw (D)	New Jersey Devils	Ottawa Senators
6.	Joe Reekie (D)	New York Islanders	Tampa Bay Lightning
7.	Shawn Chambers (D)	Washington Capitals	Tampa Bay Lightning
8.	Darren Rumble (D)	Philadelphia Flyers	Ottawa Senators
9.	Peter Taglianetti (D)	Pittsburgh Penguins	Tampa Bay Lightning
10.	Dominic Lavoie (D)	St. Louis Blues	Ottawa Senators
11.	Brad Miller (D)	Buffalo Sabres	Ottawa Senators
12.	Bob McGill (D)	Detroit Red Wings	Tampa Bay Lightning
13.	Ken Hammond (D)	Vancouver Canucks	Ottawa Senators
14.	Jeff Bloemberg (D)	New York Rangers	Tampa Bay Lightning
15.	Doug Crossman (D)	Quebec Nordiques	Tampa Bay Lightning
16.	Kent Paynter (D)	Winnipeg Jets	Ottawa Senators
17.	Rob Ramage (D)	Minnesota North Stars	Tampa Bay Lightning
18.	John Van Kessel (D)	Los Angeles Kings	Ottawa Senators
19.	Michel Mongeau (C)	St. Louis Blues	Tampa Bay Lightning
20.	Sylvain Turgeon (LW)	Montreal Canadiens	Ottawa Senators
21.	Mike Peluso (F)	Chicago Blackhawks	Ottawa Senators
22.	Anatoli Semenov (C)	Edmonton Oilers	Tampa Bay Lightning
23.	Rob Murphy (C)	Vancouver Canucks	Ottawa Senators
24.	Mike Hartman (LW)	Winnipeg Jets	Tampa Bay Lightning
25.	Mark Lamb (C)	Edmonton Oilers	Ottawa Senators
26.	Basil McRae (LW)	Minnesota North Stars	Tampa Bay Lightning
27.	Laurie Boschman (F)	New Jersey Devils	Ottawa Senators
28.	Rob DiMaio (RW)	New York Islanders	Tampa Bay Lightning
29.	Jim Thomson (RW)	Los Angeles Kings	Ottawa Senators
30.	Steve Maltais (W)	Quebec Nordiques	Tampa Bay Lightning
31.	Lonnie Loach (LW)	Detroit Red Wings	Ottawa Senators
32.	Dan Vincelette (LW)	Chicago Blackhawks	Tampa Bay Lightning
33.	Mark Freer (C)	Philadelphia Flyers	Ottawa Senators
34.	Tim Bergland (RW)	Washington Capitals	Tampa Bay Lightning
35.	Chris Lindberg (LW)	Calgary Flames	Ottawa Senators
36.	Brian Bradley (C)	Toronto Maple Leafs	Tampa Bay Lightning
37.	Jeff Lazaro (RW)	Boston Bruins	Ottawa Senators
38.	Keith Osborne (RW)	Toronto Maple Leafs	Tampa Bay Lightning
39.	Darcy Loewen (LW)	Buffalo Sabres	Ottawa Senators
40.	Shayne Stevenson (C)	Boston Bruins	Tampa Bay Lightning
41.	Blair Atcheynum (RW)	Hartford Whalers	Ottawa Senators
42.	Tim Hunter (F)	Calgary Flames	Tampa Bay Lightning

Post-draft

Among players selected in the 1992 NHL Expansion Draft and then moved before the start of the 1992–93 season were the following:

Tampa Bay:

Frederic Chabot (traded to Montreal for Jean-Claude Bergeron on June 18, 1992)
Tim Hunter (traded to Quebec for future considerations on June 19, 1992)
Jeff Bloemberg (traded to Edmonton for future considerations on September 25, 1992)