1992 NHL Expansion Draft

The 1992 NHL Expansion Draft was held on June 18, 1992. The draft took place to fill the rosters of the league's two expansion teams for the 1992–93 season, the Ottawa Senators and the Tampa Bay Lightning.
==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 of 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 game in the 1991–92 NHL season. This clause (known to the league teams far in advance) led to several trades so that teams could fulfill the requirement without exposing their two 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 therefore would not have to expose Ed Belfour, Dominik Hasek or Jimmy Waite.
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)
==References==
SensNetwork.com: Ottawa Senators 1992 NHL Expansion Draft Selections
Usenet post on draft order (copied from The Hockey News)
Tampa Bay Lightning Media Guide (page 44, requires Adobe Reader)
NHL Expansion Draft
Category:NHL Drafts