# 2000 NHL expansion draft

The 2000 NHL expansion draft was held on June 23, 2000, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The draft took place to fill the rosters of the league's two expansion teams for the 2000–01 season, the Columbus Blue Jackets and the Minnesota Wild.

## Rules

26 of the 28 teams existing in the league at the time of the draft were each allowed to protect either one goaltender, five defensemen, and nine forwards or two goaltenders, three defensemen, and seven forwards. The Atlanta Thrashers and Nashville Predators had their entire rosters protected, as they were the two newest franchises in the league, only being in existence for one and two years respectively.
For teams protecting only one goaltender, there was no experience requirement for those left unprotected. For teams protecting two goaltenders, each goaltender left unprotected must have appeared in either 10 NHL games in the 1999–2000 season or 25 games in the 1998–99 season and 1999–2000 seasons combined. A goaltender had to be in net for at least 31 minutes in each game for the game to be counted against these totals.
At least one defenseman left unprotected by each team had to have appeared in at least 40 games in the 1999–2000 season or 70 games in the 1998–99 season and 1999–2000 seasons combined. At least two forwards left unprotected by each team had to have met the same requirements.
Fifty-two players were chosen in the draft; each previously existing team lost two players, and both expansion teams filled a roster of twenty-six players. Only one goaltender or one defenseman could be selected from each franchise. Both the Blue Jackets and the Wild were to use their first 24 selections on three goaltenders, eight defensemen, and thirteen forwards. The final two picks for each team could be any position.

## Protected players
### Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division :
| Position | New Jersey | NY Islanders | NY Rangers | Philadelphia | Pittsburgh |
| Forwards | Jason Arnott | Mariusz Czerkawski | Jason Dawe | Mark Greig | Matthew Barnaby |
| Forwards | Sergei Brylin | Josh Green | Rob DiMaio | Daymond Langkow | Rene Corbet |
| Forwards | Patrik Elias | Brad Isbister | Radek Dvorak | John LeClair | Robert Dome |
| Forwards | Bobby Holik | Olli Jokinen | Theoren Fleury | Eric Lindros | Jan Hrdina |
| Forwards | John Madden | Claude Lapointe | Adam Graves | Kent Manderville | Jaromir Jagr |
| Forwards | Randy McKay | Mats Lindgren | Eric Lacroix | Gino Odjick | Alexei Kovalev |
| Forwards | Alexander Mogilny | Dmitri Nabokov | Darren Langdon | Keith Primeau | Robert Lang |
| Forwards | Jay Pandolfo | Dave Scatchard | Petr Nedved | Paul Ranheim | Alexei Morozov |
| Forwards | Petr Sykora | Steve Webb | Tim Taylor | Mark Recchi | Martin Straka |
| Defencemen | Josef Boumedienne | Eric Cairns | Jason Doig | Andy Delmore | Bob Boughner |
| Defencemen | Ken Daneyko | Zdeno Chara | Brian Leetch | Eric Desjardins | Sven Butenschon |
| Defencemen | Scott Niedermayer | Kenny Jonsson | Sylvain Lefebvre | Dan McGillis | Darius Kasparaitis |
| Defencemen | Scott Stevens | Jamie Rivers | Dale Purinton | Luke Richardson | Janne Laukkanen |
| Defencemen | Colin White | Ray Schultz | Stephane Quintal | Chris Therien | Jiri Slegr |
| Goaltender | Martin Brodeur | Kevin Weekes | Mike Richter | Brian Boucher | Jean-Sebastien Aubin |
Northeast Division :
| Position | Boston | Buffalo | Montreal | Ottawa | Toronto |
| Forwards | Jason Allison | Curtis Brown | Benoit Brunet | Daniel Alfredsson | Sergei Berezin |
| Forwards | P. J. Axelsson | Chris Gratton | Saku Koivu | Magnus Arvedson | Tie Domi |
| Forwards | Anson Carter | Michael Peca | Trevor Linden | Radek Bonk | Jonas Hoglund |
| Forwards | Mike Knuble | Erik Rasmussen | Martin Rucinsky | Andreas Dackell | Dmitri Khristich |
| Forwards | Brian Rolston | Miroslav Satan | Brian Savage | Shawn McEachern | Igor Korolev |
| Forwards | Sergei Samsonov | Vaclav Varada | Sergei Zholtok | Vaclav Prospal | Yanic Perreault |
| Forwards | Joe Thornton | | Dainius Zubrus | Andre Roy | Mats Sundin |
| Forwards | | | | | Steve Thomas |
| Forwards | | | | | Darcy Tucker |
| Defencemen | Hal Gill | Jay McKee | Patrice Brisebois | Chris Phillips | Cory Cross |
| Defencemen | Kyle McLaren | Rhett Warrener | Craig Rivet | Wade Redden | Alexander Karpovtsev |
| Defencemen | Darren Van Impe | Alexei Zhitnik | Sheldon Souray | Jason York | Danny Markov |
| Defencemen | | | | | Chris McAllister |
| Defencemen | | | | | Dmitri Yushkevich |
| Goaltender | Byron Dafoe | Martin Biron | Jeff Hackett | Jani Hurme | Curtis Joseph |
| Goaltender | John Grahame | Dominik Hasek | Jose Theodore | Patrick Lalime | |
Southeast Division :
| Position | Carolina | Florida | Tampa Bay | Washington |
| Forwards | Bates Battaglia | Pavel Bure | Stan Drulia | James Black |
| Forwards | Rod Brind'Amour | Viktor Kozlov | Dwayne Hay | Peter Bondra |
| Forwards | Ron Francis | Oleg Kvasha | Brian Holzinger | Jan Bulis |
| Forwards | Sami Kapanen | Paul Laus | Mike Johnson | Ulf Dahlen |
| Forwards | Ian MacNeil | Scott Mellanby | Ryan Johnson | Steve Konowalchuk |
| Forwards | Sandy McCarthy | Rob Niedermayer | Fredrik Modin | Andrei Nikolishin |
| Forwards | Jeff O'Neill | Mike Sillinger | Wayne Primeau | Adam Oates |
| Forwards | Gary Roberts | Ray Whitney | Jaroslav Svejkovsky | Chris Simon |
| Forwards | Shane Willis | Peter Worrell | Todd Warriner | Richard Zednik |
| Defencemen | Steven Halko | Bret Hedican | Sergey Gusev | Sergei Gonchar |
| Defencemen | Sean Hill | John Jakopin | Pavel Kubina | Calle Johansson |
| Defencemen | Marek Malik | Todd Simpson | Marek Posmyk | Ken Klee |
| Defencemen | Nolan Pratt | Robert Svehla | Petr Svoboda | Joe Reekie |
| Defencemen | Glen Wesley | Mike Wilson | Andrei Zyuzin | Brendan Witt |
| Goaltender | Arturs Irbe | Trevor Kidd | Dan Cloutier | Olaf Kolzig |

### Western Conference

Central Division :
| Position | Chicago | Detroit | St. Louis |
| Forwards | Tony Amonte | Kris Draper | Lubos Bartecko |
| Forwards | Eric Daze | Sergei Fedorov | Craig Conroy |
| Forwards | Michal Grosek | Tomas Holmstrom | Pavol Demitra |
| Forwards | Jean-Yves Leroux | Vyacheslav Kozlov | Michal Handzus |
| Forwards | Dean McAmmond | Martin Lapointe | Jamal Mayers |
| Forwards | Michael Nylander | Kirk Maltby | Pierre Turgeon |
| Forwards | Steve Sullivan | Darren McCarty | Scott Young |
| Forwards | Ryan VandenBussche | Brendan Shanahan | |
| Forwards | Alexei Zhamnov | Steve Yzerman | |
| Defencemen | Jamie Allison | Chris Chelios | Al MacInnis |
| Defencemen | Brad Brown | Mathieu Dandenault | Chris Pronger |
| Defencemen | Anders Eriksson | Steve Duchesne | Bryce Salvador |
| Defencemen | Bryan McCabe | Nicklas Lidstrom | |
| Defencemen | Boris Mironov | Aaron Ward | |
| Goaltender | Jocelyn Thibault | Chris Osgood | Brent Johnson |
| Goaltender | | | Roman Turek |
Northwest Division :
| Position | Calgary | Colorado | Edmonton | Vancouver |
| Forwards | Valeri Bure | Adam Deadmarsh | Mike Grier | Todd Bertuzzi |
| Forwards | Jarome Iginla | Chris Dingman | Bill Guerin | Donald Brashear |
| Forwards | Bill Lindsay | Peter Forsberg | Chad Kilger | Andrew Cassels |
| Forwards | Andrei Nazarov | Dan Hinote | Georges Laraque | Trent Klatt |
| Forwards | Marc Savard | Brad Larsen | Todd Marchant | Brendan Morrison |
| Forwards | Jeff Shantz | Ville Nieminen | Ethan Moreau | Markus Naslund |
| Forwards | Cory Stillman | Shjon Podein | Rem Murray | Denis Pederson |
| Forwards | Jason Wiemer | Joe Sakic | Ryan Smyth | Peter Schaefer |
| Forwards | Clarke Wilm | Stephane Yelle | Doug Weight | Vadim Sharifijanov |
| Defencemen | Tommy Albelin | Ray Bourque | Sean Brown | Adrian Aucoin |
| Defencemen | Wade Belak | Adam Foote | Roman Hamrlik | Murray Baron |
| Defencemen | Denis Gauthier | Jon Klemm | Janne Niinimaa | Ed Jovanovski |
| Defencemen | Phil Housley | Aaron Miller | Jason Smith | Mattias Ohlund |
| Defencemen | Derek Morris | Sandis Ozolinsh | Igor Ulanov | Jason Strudwick |
| Goaltender | Fred Brathwaite | Patrick Roy | Tommy Salo | Felix Potvin |
Pacific Division :
| Position | Anaheim | Dallas | Los Angeles | Phoenix | San Jose |
| Forwards | Antti Aalto | Aaron Gavey | Kelly Buchberger | Daniel Briere | Vincent Damphousse |
| Forwards | Marc Chouinard | Brett Hull | Ian Laperriere | Shane Doan | Jeff Friesen |
| Forwards | Matt Cullen | Mike Keane | Glen Murray | Travis Green | Todd Harvey |
| Forwards | Paul Kariya | Jamie Langenbrunner | Zigmund Palffy | Trevor Letowski | Alexander Korolyuk |
| Forwards | Ladislav Kohn | Jere Lehtinen | Luc Robitaille | Robert Reichel | Patrick Marleau |
| Forwards | Mike Leclerc | Grant Marshall | Bryan Smolinski | Mikael Renberg | Owen Nolan |
| Forwards | Marty McInnis | Mike Modano | Jozef Stumpel | Jeremy Roenick | Mike Ricci |
| Forwards | Steve Rucchin | Kirk Muller | | Keith Tkachuk | Marco Sturm |
| Forwards | Teemu Selanne | Joe Nieuwendyk | | Juha Ylonen | Niklas Sundstrom |
| Defencemen | Jason Marshall | Derian Hatcher | Aki Berg | Keith Carney | Shawn Heins |
| Defencemen | Ruslan Salei | Ric Jackman | Rob Blake | Jyrki Lumme | Bryan Marchment |
| Defencemen | Patrick Traverse | Richard Matvichuk | Mattias Norstrom | Stanislav Neckar | Marcus Ragnarsson |
| Defencemen | Pavel Trnka | Darryl Sydor | | Teppo Numminen | Mike Rathje |
| Defencemen | Oleg Tverdovsky | Sergei Zubov | | Radoslav Suchy | Gary Suter |
| Goaltender | Jean-Sebastien Giguere | Ed Belfour | Stephane Fiset | Nikolai Khabibulin | Steve Shields |
| Goaltender | | | Jamie Storr | | |

## Draft results

| # | Player | Drafted from | Drafted by |
| 1 | Rick Tabaracci (G) | Colorado Avalanche | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 2 | Jamie McLennan (G) | St. Louis Blues | Minnesota Wild |
| 3 | Mike Vernon (G) | Florida Panthers | Minnesota Wild |
| 4 | Frederic Chabot (G) | Montreal Canadiens | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 5 | Dwayne Roloson (G) | Buffalo Sabres | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 6 | Chris Terreri (G) | New Jersey Devils | Minnesota Wild |
| 7 | Sean O'Donnell (D) | Los Angeles Kings | Minnesota Wild |
| 8 | Mattias Timander (D) | Boston Bruins | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 9 | Bert Robertsson (D) | Edmonton Oilers | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 10 | Curtis Leschyshyn (D) | Carolina Hurricanes | Minnesota Wild |
| 11 | Tommi Rajamaki (D) | Toronto Maple Leafs | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 12 | Ladislav Benysek (D) | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | Minnesota Wild |
| 13 | Chris Armstrong (D) | San Jose Sharks | Minnesota Wild |
| 14 | Jamie Pushor (D) | Dallas Stars | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 15 | Filip Kuba (D) | Calgary Flames | Minnesota Wild |
| 16 | Lyle Odelein (D) | Phoenix Coyotes | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 17 | Radim Bicanek (D) | Chicago Blackhawks | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 18 | Oleg Orekhovsky (D) | Washington Capitals | Minnesota Wild |
| 19 | Mathieu Schneider (D) | New York Rangers | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 20 | Ian Herbers (D) | New York Islanders | Minnesota Wild |
| 21 | Artem Anisimov (D) | Philadelphia Flyers | Minnesota Wild |
| 22 | Jonas Junkka (D) | Pittsburgh Penguins | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 23 | Geoff Sanderson (LW) | Buffalo Sabres | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 24 | Stacy Roest (C) | Detroit Red Wings | Minnesota Wild |
| 25 | Darryl Laplante (C) | Detroit Red Wings | Minnesota Wild |
| 26 | Turner Stevenson (RW) | Montreal Canadiens | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 27 | Scott Pellerin (LW) | St. Louis Blues | Minnesota Wild |
| 28 | Robert Kron (C) | Carolina Hurricanes | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 29 | Steve Heinze (RW) | Boston Bruins | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 30 | Jim Dowd (C) | Edmonton Oilers | Minnesota Wild |
| 31 | Tyler Wright (C) | Pittsburgh Penguins | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 32 | Sergei Krivokrasov (RW) | Calgary Flames | Minnesota Wild |
| 33 | Jeff Nielsen (RW) | Mighty Ducks of Anaheim | Minnesota Wild |
| 34 | Kevyn Adams (C) | Toronto Maple Leafs | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 35 | Jeff Odgers (RW) | Colorado Avalanche | Minnesota Wild |
| 36 | Dmitri Subbotin (F) | New York Rangers | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 37 | Steve McKenna (F) | Los Angeles Kings | Minnesota Wild |
| 38 | Dallas Drake (RW) | Phoenix Coyotes | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 39 | Bruce Gardiner (C) | Tampa Bay Lightning | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 40 | Michal Bros (F) | San Jose Sharks | Minnesota Wild |
| 41 | Joe Juneau (C) | Ottawa Senators | Minnesota Wild |
| 42 | Barrie Moore (LW) | Washington Capitals | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 43 | Darby Hendrickson (C) | Vancouver Canucks | Minnesota Wild |
| 44 | Martin Streit (F) | Philadelphia Flyers | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 45 | Kevin Dineen (RW) | Ottawa Senators | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 46 | Jeff Daw (C) | Chicago Blackhawks | Minnesota Wild |
| 47 | Jeff Williams (LW) | New Jersey Devils | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 48 | Stefan Nilsson (F) | Vancouver Canucks | Minnesota Wild |
| 49 | Zac Bierk (G) | Tampa Bay Lightning | Minnesota Wild |
| 50 | Sergei Luchinkin (RW) | Dallas Stars | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| 51 | Cam Stewart (LW) | Florida Panthers | Minnesota Wild |
| 52 | Ted Drury (C) | New York Islanders | Columbus Blue Jackets |

## Deals

In return for agreeing not to select certain unprotected players, the Blue Jackets and Wild were granted concessions by other franchises. The trades not involving Blue Jacket or Wild draft picks were booked as being for "future considerations":
Columbus
* San Jose traded Jan Caloun, a ninth-round pick (Martin Paroulek) in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, and a conditional pick in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft to Columbus on June 11, 2000, after the Blue Jackets agreed not to select Evgeni Nabokov.
* Buffalo traded Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre, Matt Davidson, and two fifth-round draft picks, one each in the 2000 (Tyler Kolarik) and 2001 (Andreas Jamtin) Entry Drafts, to Columbus on June 23, 2000, after the Blue Jackets agreed not to select Dominik Hasek or Martin Biron.
Minnesota
* San Jose traded Andy Sutton, a seventh-round pick (Peter Bartos) in the 2000 Entry Draft and a third-round pick (later traded to Columbus - (Aaron Johnson)) in the 2001 Entry Draft to Minnesota on June 11, 2000, for an eighth-round pick in the 2000 Entry Draft after the Wild agreed not to select Evgeni Nabokov.

## Post-draft

Several of the players selected by the Blue Jackets and Wild in the Expansion Draft did not stay with the teams long after the draft. In fact, several players were traded later in the same day:
Columbus
* Turner Stevenson (traded to New Jersey to complete an earlier transaction)
Minnesota
* Mike Vernon (traded to Calgary for Dan Cavanaugh and an eighth-round pick (Joe Campbell) in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft)
* Chris Terreri (traded with a ninth-round pick (Thomas Ziegler) in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft to New Jersey for Brad Bombardir)
* Joe Juneau (traded to Phoenix for Rickard Wallin)
Other players who were no longer on the rosters of the teams which drafted them for the 1999–2000 season include the following:
Columbus
* Dallas Drake (signed by St. Louis on July 1, 2000)
* Mathieu Schneider (signed by Los Angeles on August 13, 2000)
* Dwayne Roloson (signed with AHL's Worcester IceCats rather than joining Columbus)
Minnesota
* Jeff Odgers (claimed off waivers by Atlanta on September 29, 2000)