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- Rules
- Draft results
- Deals
- Post-draft
- See also
- References
- External links
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| date = June 26, 1998
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| league = National Hockey League
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| overall = 26
| prev = 1993
| next = 1999
| expansion_team = Nashville Predators
}}The 1998 NHL Expansion Draft was held in on June 26, 1998. The draft took place to fill the roster of the league's expansion team for the 1998–99 season, the Nashville Predators. RulesThe Predators were to select 26 players, one from each of the 26 existing franchises at the time of the draft. First- and second-year pros were exempt from being selected in the draft. Each of the 26 franchises in the league were allowed to protect either one goaltender, five defensemen and nine forwards or two goaltenders, three defensemen and seven forwards. Of the unprotected players, each franchise had to include at least one forward and one defenseman who appeared in 40 games in the 1997–98 season. Each franchise also had to include at least one goaltender who appeared in 10 games in the 1997–98 season, and a minimum of 25 games since the 1995–96 season. These minimums for goaltenders were put into place in order to avoid manipulation of rosters, such as what occurred before the 1992 NHL Expansion Draft, which weakened the talent pool available in the draft. This draft was interesting in that some of the players the Predators chose (e.g. Mike Richter and Uwe Krupp) were set to become unrestricted free agents on July 1, just days after the draft. The Predators knew they would have little chance to sign these players; however, they received a compensatory pick in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft for each player they "lost". Draft resultsThese results are numbered 1–26 for aesthetic purposes, but the players were not necessarily chosen in this order. As the Predators were the only team participating in the draft, the order is inconsequential.| # | Player | Drafted from |
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| 1. | Frederic Chabot (G) | Los Angeles Kings | | 2. | Mike Dunham (G) | New Jersey Devils | | 3. | Mike Richter (G) | New York Rangers | | 4. | Mikhail Shtalenkov (G) | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | | 5. | Tomas Vokoun (G) | Montreal Canadiens | | 6. | Joel Bouchard (D) | Calgary Flames | | 7. | Bob Boughner (D) | Buffalo Sabres | | 8. | J. J. Daigneault (D) | New York Islanders | | 9. | Al Iafrate (D) | San Jose Sharks | | 10. | Uwe Krupp (D) | Colorado Avalanche | | 11. | John Slaney (D) | Phoenix Coyotes | | 12. | Rob Zettler (D) | Toronto Maple Leafs | | 13. | Chris Armstrong (D) | Florida Panthers | | 14. | Blair Atcheynum (RW) | St. Louis Blues | | 15. | Paul Brousseau (F) | Tampa Bay Lightning | | 16. | Doug Brown (RW) | Detroit Red Wings | | 17. | Andrew Brunette (LW) | Washington Capitals | | 18. | Patrick Cote (LW) | Dallas Stars | | 19. | Jeff Daniels (LW) | Carolina Hurricanes | | 20. | Craig Darby (C) | Philadelphia Flyers | | 21. | Doug Friedman (LW) | Edmonton Oilers | | 22. | Tony Hrkac (C) | Pittsburgh Penguins | | 23. | Greg Johnson (C) | Chicago Blackhawks | | 24. | Denny Lambert (LW) | Ottawa Senators | | 25. | Mike Sullivan (C) | Boston Bruins | | 26. | Scott Walker (RW) | Vancouver Canucks |
DealsIn return for agreeing not to select certain unprotected players, the Predators were granted concessions by other franchises. The trades not involving Nashville draft picks all officially were booked as being for "future considerations": - Calgary traded Jim Dowd to Nashville after the Predators agreed not to select a goaltender from the Flames.
- Chicago traded Sergei Krivokrasov to Nashville after the Predators agreed not to select Chris Terreri.
- Los Angeles traded Kimmo Timonen and Jan Vopat to Nashville after the Predators agreed not to select Garry Galley.
- Montreal traded Sebastien Bordeleau to Nashville after the Predators agreed not to select Peter Popovic.
- Philadelphia traded Dominic Roussel and Jeff Staples to Nashville after the Predators agreed not to select Paul Coffey (Nashville also sent the Flyers a seventh-round pick (Cam Ondrik) in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft).
- San Jose traded Ville Peltonen to Nashville after the Predators agreed not to select Tony Granato (Nashville also sent the Sharks a fifth-round pick (Josh Blackburn) in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft).
- St. Louis traded Darren Turcotte to Nashville after the Predators agreed not to select Jamie McLennan.
Post-draftSeveral of the players selected by the Predators in the Expansion Draft did not stay with the team long after the draft. Among those moved before the start of the 1998–99 season were the following: - Mike Sullivan (traded to Phoenix for a pick in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft on June 30, 1998)
- Uwe Krupp (signed by Detroit on July 7, 1998)
- Tony Hrkac (traded to Dallas for future considerations on July 9, 1998)
- Doug Brown (traded to Detroit for Petr Sykora, a pick in the 1999 draft, and future considerations on July 14, 1998)
- Mike Richter (signed by the New York Rangers on July 15, 1998)
- Frederic Chabot (claimed off waivers by Montreal on July 20, 1998)
- Mikhail Shtalenkov (traded along with Jim Dowd to Edmonton for Eric Fichaud, Drake Berehowsky and Greg de Vries on October 1, 1998)
- Al Iafrate (retired before the season began)
See also- 1998 NHL Entry Draft
- 1998–99 NHL season
References- 1998 NHL expansion draft list of eligible players
- Here are your Nashville Predators (hockeynut.com)
- [https://groups.google.com/group/rec.sport.hockey/browse_frm/thread/2f0d57df78292a2c Usenet post explaining draft rules]
- [https://groups.google.com/group/rec.sport.hockey/browse_frm/thread/f3d46758efa694fe Usenet post discussing deals] (see post 42 in thread)
External links- 1998 NHL Expansion Draft player stats at The Internet Hockey Database
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