1967 NHL Expansion Draft

The 1967 NHL Expansion Draft was held on June 6, 1967, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The draft took place to fill the rosters of the league's six expansion teams for the 1967–68 season: the Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota North Stars, Oakland Seals, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins and the St. Louis Blues.

Rules

As this ambitious expansion was doubling the league's size from six to twelve teams, a large number of players needed to be extracted from each previously existing franchise. 120 players were selected in the 1967 NHL Expansion Draft, 20 by each incoming team. Therefore, each existing franchise in the league prior to the draft was to lose, on average, 20 players as well. This would make for major upheaval in the rosters of the Original Six franchises, although a large number of the players lost were career minor-leaguers before expansion occurred.

In all, 20 players each were selected from Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, Chicago Black Hawks, Montreal Canadiens, Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs.

Draft results

"The players may not have been selected in this particular order."

Los Angeles Kings selections

Philadelphia Flyers selections

ee also

*1967 NHL Amateur Draft
*1967–68 NHL season