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Originally Posted by Jay Random
That, and the NHL stole almost their entire roster in the WHA merger. If memory serves, the Jets were only allowed to protect three players from their '78-79 championship team.
Getting your entire league to fold and then getting boned in an expansion draft in order to draft a not-quite-generational player… that there is some six-and-a-half-D chess!
I had to look it up, and alas, I was mistaken:
It was the previous year that the Rangers used a goalie with the best horrible nickname ever: ‘Steve Buzinski, The Puck Goes In-ski’. Nine games played, 5.89 GAA.
There were some awful goalies in the NHL during WWII. Everyone who could face a shot without flinching was in the army.
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I believe each WHA team was allowed to keep 2 players, except Edmonton, who were allowed 2 + Gretzky.
And the Jets chose poorly, keeping Lukowich and someone who basically never played again.
Compare that to VGS and SEA, who got a decent player from each of the 30 teams.
(this is all going by memory, and my memory is not very good)