Posts About "2000 Expansion Draft"

Revisiting the Wild's 2000 Expansion Draft

August 17th, 2017 This article was originally written in September, 2016. As Las Vegas has been awarded a National Hockey League expansion team that will begin playing in the 2017-18 season, I thought it would be interesting to revisit the league's last expansion draft which saw the Minnesota Wild and Columbus Blue Jackets officially join the NHL prior...

Blue Jackets 2000 Expansion Draft, Where Are They Now?

June 12th, 2015 Fifteen years ago the Calgary Flames played host to the NHL Expansion Draft. The Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild would see their first season as a team that fall. However, they would first need to field a team. The rules were as such: 26 of the 28 current teams had to participate in the draft The Atlanta Thrashers and...

Is There a 2014 NHL Expansion Draft on the Horizon?

October 14th, 2013 With cities across North America clamoring for the rights to an NHL franchise, there is no lack of intrigue when discussing which locale may end up with a team. Since the expansion of the NHL into a 12-team league in 1967, the National Hockey League has held a total of 10 expansion drafts, allowing new teams to select players from...