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Strange:
As a Canuck, Craig Coxe was signed as a free
agent, traded away, picked up in the waiver draft, then
lost in an expansion draft.
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Waiver Draft
Picks
The theory
behind the waiver draft is relatively simple. Teams that
have too many quality players must give up a couple of
those players to teams whose talent pool is not as deep
(which explains why the Canucks seem to get the better of
these deals). The players that teams give up (and
get) are rarely impact players.
The NHL no
longer holds a waiver draft at the beginning of each
season.
These are the
players that the Canucks have picked up and given up
through the waiver draft (and its predecessor, the
intra-league draft).
| Obtained via Waiver Draft |
| Player |
From |
Year |
Contribution
to Canucks |
| Dennis Kearns |
Chicago |
1971 |
Spent ten seasons
on the blueline |
| Fred Speck |
Detroit |
1971 |
Played 18 games,
then went to WHA |
| Gerry O'Flaherty |
Toronto |
1972 |
Role player
played six seasons |
| Don Tannahill |
Boston |
1972 |
Played 2 seasons,
then went to WHA |
| Jim Wiley |
Pittsburgh |
1974 |
Played handful of
games over 3 seasons |
| Colin Campbell |
Edmonton |
1980 |
Plugged away for
two seasons |
| Ron Delorme |
Colorado |
1981 |
Enforcer spent
four seasons here |
| Brent Peterson |
Buffalo |
1985 |
Spent two seasons
in Vancouver |
| Doug Wickenheiser |
Hartford |
1987 |
Played every game
in 1987-88 |
| Randy Boyd |
NY Islanders |
1987 |
Played 62 games
over two seasons |
| Craig Coxe |
Chicago |
1989 |
Played another 32
games |
| Randy Gregg |
Edmonton |
1990 |
Finally showed up
in 1991-92 |
| John McIntyre |
NY Rangers |
1993 |
Role player in
1994 playoffs |
| Alexander Semak |
NY Islanders |
1996 |
Played 18 games
in 1996-97 |
| Chris Joseph |
Pittsburgh |
1996 |
Played 63 games
on blueline |
| Chris Joseph |
NY Rangers |
1999 |
Played 38 games
in 1999-2000 |
| John Namestnikov |
NY Rangers |
1999 |
Spent 5 days with
Canucks** |
| Martin Brochu |
Minn. Wild |
2001 |
Played 6 games,
recorded 3 losses |
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| Lost via Waiver Draft |
| Player |
To |
Year |
Contribution
after Canucks |
| Glen Cochrane |
Chicago |
1987 |
Played two more
NHL seasons |
| Brent Peterson |
Hartford |
1987 |
Spent two seasons
with Whalers |
| Greg C. Adams |
Quebec |
1989 |
NHL career ended
after 1989-90 |
| Igor Larionov |
San Jose |
1992 |
Joined Sharks
after year in Europe |
| Garry Valk |
Anaheim |
1993 |
Six more seasons
with three teams |
| Brian Glynn |
Hartford |
1995* |
Two NHL seasons,
then Europe |
| Dean Malkoc |
Boston |
1996 |
Parts of three
more NHL seasons |
| Jim Dowd |
NY Islanders |
1996 |
Parts of three
more NHL seasons |
| Josh Holden |
Carolina |
2001 |
Played 8 games,
then reclaimed |
| Darren Langdon |
Montreal |
2003 |
Continues to play
in NHL |
| Nolan Baumgartner
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Pittsburgh |
2003 |
Played 5 games,
then reclaimed |
Notes
Only those players that actually played for the
Canucks are listed.
* Waiver draft held in January 1995,
prior to the start of the lockout shortened season.
** Played with Canucks during earlier
stint with team.
The waiver draft is different from picking up a player
"on waivers". This list does not include those
players picked up on waivers (Jeff Cowan, Martin Gelinas,
etc.)
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