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Originally Posted by Bingo
Two things I didn't know.
1) When he signed with the Nordiques the Rangers received a 5th rounder in compensation that turned into Sergei Zubov
2) He was taken in the 1991 expansion draft by the Wild and then traded back to Quebec.
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That was a bit of an odd expansion draft. Minnesota North Stars got to pick players in the expansion draft because their roster was picked clean by the Sharks in the dispersal(?) draft. The guys who owned the North Stars got permission to get an expansion team and pick players from the North Stars and then the Sharks and North Stars got to pick players in an expansion draft. (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_N...pansion_Drafts)
Guy Lafleur was the last selection by the North Stars and the next day was traded back to Quebec for Alan Haworth who hadn't played in the NHL since 87/88, and never did again. Lafleur then retired.