# 1992 NHL expansion draft

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.
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.
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)