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Some interesting expansion draft stories:

The first expansion draft, held in 1967 when the NHL doubled in size, allowed the Original Six clubs to protect 11 skaters and one goalie. After losing a player, they could add another to their protected list. Prior to the draft, Maple Leafs center Red Kelly retired, and GM Punch Imlach agreed to release him from his contract so that he could coach the newly formed Los Angeles Kings, who ended up landing the first pick. On the day of the draft, Imlach tried to protect both of his goaltenders, listing Johnny Bower as the Leafs’ protected goalie and Terry Sawchuk among their 11 protected skaters.
“Well, he can skate, can’t he?” Imlach reasoned, unsuccessfully, to the other GMs in the room.

For the 1992 expansion draft, each team, save for the Sharks, had to make a goaltender available with at least one game of NHL experience. And that’s exactly what some teams did. The Blackhawks recalled career minor-leaguer Ray LeBlanc, who had shined at the 1992 Olympics as Team USA’s backstop, and played him in one game before demoting him. The Calgary Flames brought up goalie Warren Sharples, played him in a single contest then shipped him back to the minors. Guess which goalies these two teams left unprotected for the draft?
But the real showstoppers were the Capitals, who signed long-retired goaltender Bernie Wolfe solely for the purpose of making him available in the expansion draft. Wolfe played four seasons for the Caps in the 1970s, retired in 1979 and started a financial services company in Washington that’s still in business today.

https://thehockeynews.com/news/expan...rom-years-past