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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
1949-50
Trivia
- The first intraleague draft takes place on April 30th. Clubs are allowed to protect 30 players with the remaining players available for $25,000.00 each.
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I know this is, or at least was, alleged in the
NHL Official Guide and Record Book, but it never actually happened. It had been proposed at board meetings in 1950, but they didn't actually formalize the intraleague draft until 1952.