Canuck Waiver Draft Picks

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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

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	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.)