Another thing to consider is teams might give up expansion teams picks not to select or to select particular players in the expansion draft.
Back in the 2000 draft:
Thrashers: Agreed to select Brett Clark in expansion draft from Canadiens in exchange for 2000 sixth round pick (#180-Darcy Hordichuk) on 2000-06-02
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets: Traded future considerations (Blue Jackets agreed not to select Evgeny Nabokov in expansion draft) to Sharks for Jan Caloun, 2000 ninth round pick (#278-Martin Paroulek) on 2000-06-12
Blue Jackets: Traded future considerations (Blue Jackets agreed to select Geoff Sanderson & Dwayne Roloson in expansion draft) to Sabres for Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre, Matt Davidson, 2000 fifth round pick (#150-Tyler Kolarik), 2001 fifth round pick (#157-Andreas Jamtin) on 2000-06-23
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