The NHL entry draft ( French : Repêchage d'entrée dans la LNH ) is an annual meeting in which every franchise of the National Hockey League (NHL) systematically select the rights to available ice hockey players who meet draft eligibility requirements (North American players 18–20 years old and European/international players 18–21 years old; all others enter the league as unrestricted free agents). The NHL entry draft is held once every year, generally within two to three months after the conclusion of the previous regular season . During the draft, teams take turns selecting amateur players from junior or collegiate leagues and professional players from European leagues.
34-683: Moncton Alpines could refer to: Moncton Wildcats , a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League originally known as the Alpines Moncton Golden Flames , a defunct professional ice hockey team based in Moncton, originally known as the Alpines Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
68-762: A Canadian junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) based in Moncton , New Brunswick. The franchise was granted for the 1995–96 season , and were known as the Moncton Alpines for one season prior to rebranding as the Wildcats. The team played at the Moncton Coliseum from 1995 until 2018, and moved into the Avenir Centre prior to the 2018–19 season . After winning
102-401: A compensatory draft pick. This selection will be the same numerical choice as the first round draft pick who was not signed, but in the second round. For example, if a team cannot sign the seventh overall first round draft choice, it will receive the seventh pick in the second round of the next draft as compensation. At the conclusion of the regular season, the 16 teams that did not qualify for
136-457: A new tentative five-year agreement on August 19, 1966, with several proposed changes to the existing system, effective July 1, 1967. The direct sponsorship of junior teams by the NHL was to be phased out in the upcoming year, and no new sponsored players could be registered or be required to sign a contract restricting movement between teams. The agreement eliminated the A, B and C forms, which had angered
170-458: A player in return for a bonus; and the "C" form, which committed a player's professional rights. The "C" form could only be signed by the player at age eighteen or by the player's parents, often in exchange for some signing bonus. The first drafts (up until the 1968 amateur draft) were held to assign players who had not signed with an NHL organization before the sponsorship of junior teams was discontinued after 1968. In October 2023, owners approved
204-671: A proposal to switch the NHL Draft to a "decentralized" model in line with that of the NBA and NFL drafts, in which only prospects and team representatives will be present in-person at the Draft venue, and business would be conducted remotely from the teams' front offices. These changes are scheduled to take effect in 2025. The selection order in the NHL entry draft is determined by a combination of lottery , regular season standing, and playoff results. While teams are permitted to trade draft picks both during
238-524: A semifinal game, and a final game. Below are the results of every game the Moncton Wildcats have competed in. NHL Entry Draft The first draft was held in 1963, and has been held every year since. The NHL entry draft was known as the NHL amateur draft until 1979. The entry draft has only been a public event since 1980, and a televised event since 1984. Up to 1994, the order was solely determined by
272-436: A time that also leveled the playing field for new NHL clubs in the 1967 NHL expansion . The NHL briefly changed the drafting age from 20 years old to 18-year-olds in 1974, to compete with the new WHA which was allowing teams to sign underage junior players. The 20-year old rule returned for the 1975 draft. In 1979, the rules were changed allowing players who had previously played professionally to be drafted. This rule change
306-622: Is hosted at the NHL Network 's studios in Secaucus, New Jersey , from 2020 onwards. The draft lottery previously took place at Sportsnet 's studios in Toronto from 2015 to 2019, and at TSN 's studios in Toronto from 2006 to 2014. The odds for the first overall pick are determined as follows: All players who will be 18 years old on or before September 15 and not older than 20 years old before December 31 of
340-550: The 2005–06 QMJHL championship , the team hosted the 2006 Memorial Cup and reached the final game. The Wildcats also won the league championship in 2009–10 , which sent the team to compete at the 2010 Memorial Cup in Brandon, Manitoba where they were eliminated from contention after going winless in the round-robin portion of the tournament. The Moncton Alpines joined the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for
374-523: The 2023-24 season : List of first round selections in the NHL Entry Draft : OTL = Overtime loss SL = Shootout loss The Memorial Cup is contested annually by the champions of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), and Western Hockey League (WHL), as well as a predetermined host team. The competition consists of a round-robin,
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#1732852052815408-505: The 1995–96 season. They played for one season under the ownership of racing driver John Graham and coached by Lucien DeBlois . The franchise was purchased by Robert Irving in May 1996, and renamed to the Moncton Wildcats with new uniforms and logo. Moncton hosted the 2006 Memorial Cup . The team hired former NHL coach of the year Ted Nolan , and acquired players such as Keith Yandle , and various rookies. The Wildcats finished in first place in
442-465: The age of 20 can be selected. From 1987 through 1991, 18 and 19-year-old players could only be drafted in the first three rounds unless they met another criterion of experience which required them to have played in major junior, U.S. college and high school, or European hockey. In 1980, the entry draft became a public event, and was held at the Montreal Forum . Prior to that year the entry draft
476-455: The basic order for the second and all subsequent rounds. From its inception through 2015, there was one winner of the lottery; from 1995 to 2012, the team that won the draft lottery moved up no more than four positions in the draft order. If the winner of the lottery was among the five worst teams in a given season, that team won the first pick in the draft. Otherwise, the team will move up no more than four spots, and that team will not receive
510-406: The draft and prior to it (sometimes several years prior), in all cases, the selection order of the draft picks is based on the original holder of the pick, not a team which may have acquired the pick via a trade or other means. The order of picks discussed in this section always references the original team. The basic order of the NHL entry draft is determined based on the standings of the teams in
544-435: The draft lottery is to be upgraded to the highest eligible pick in the first round of the draft, with each team that preceded the winner in the basic draft order bumped one pick lower. For example, if the team with the 5th worst point total wins the lottery, it would pick first, and the teams with the worst through 4th-worst records would pick second through fifth. The remaining teams would be unaffected. The teams would return to
578-466: The draft order would move down no more than three spots. In 2021, the lottery system was changed to include two lottery winners, and they received the top two overall picks, and any teams above it in the draft order would move down no more than two spots. Beginning in 2022, the two lottery winners are limited to move up no more than ten places in the draft order, meaning that only the bottom eleven teams based on regular season points, could win first pick in
612-469: The draft year are eligible for selection for that year's NHL Entry Draft. In addition, non-North American players aged 21 are eligible. SportsChannel America began covering the NHL Draft in the United States with the 1989 NHL Entry Draft being the first NHL draft ever televised. Currently the rights to the draft are held by ESPN , Sportsnet , TVA Sports and the NHL Network which only broadcasts
646-669: The draft. If a team outside the bottom eleven teams wins the first draft lottery they move up ten spots (e.g. fourteenth team wins the lottery and moves up to fourth overall) and lowest finishing team from the previous season is then awarded the first overall selection. The first NHL entry draft (at that time known as the "NHL amateur draft") was held on June 5, 1963, at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal , Quebec . In 1967, NHL president Clarence Campbell and Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) president Fred Page announced
680-458: The first pick in the draft; from 2013 to 2015 the lottery winner received the first pick overall regardless of regular season point totals amongst the non-playoff teams. Beginning with the 2016 draft and lasting until the 2020 draft, the first three selections were determined by the lottery. Any team that did not make the playoffs had a weighted chance to be selected in the first, second, or third slot. Beginning in 2021, only two draws will be held for
714-473: The first two selections. Starting with the 2022 lottery; the teams winning one of the two lotteries will only be allowed to move up a maximum of ten spots in the draft order, and teams will only be allowed to advance in the draft order because of winning a lottery twice in five years. The two-in-five-years rule only applies to teams jumping up in the draft order. This means the team with the worst record can win any lottery selection an unlimited number of times while
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#1732852052815748-825: The league, going 52-15-0-3 for 107 points and winning the Jean Rougeau Trophy for the first time. The Wildcats defeated the Quebec Remparts to the President's Cup . In the Memorial Cup, Moncton finished second in the round-robin after defeating Peterborough and Vancouver but losing to Quebec. The Wildcats defeated the Giants in the semi-final, but lost to the Remparts 6-2 in the Memorial Cup final. The following players have played in at least one National Hockey League (NHL) game as of
782-422: The lottery were weighted towards the teams at the bottom of the regular season standings. From 2013 to 2015, there was no limit of moving up in the draft order, so the lottery winner would automatically receive the first overall pick, and any teams above it in the draft order would still move down one spot. From 2015 to 2020, there were three lottery winners that received the top three picks, and any teams above it in
816-451: The parents of amateur players and were the source of legal action threats when the professional team refused to release a player. Junior-aged players became eligible for the draft once they graduate from junior hockey, or to be signed as a free agent in the year the player reaches his 20th birthday. The NHL agreed to pay development fees to the CAHA for the drafted players. The new agreement came at
850-543: The picks is determined as follows: The number of teams in the second and third group depends on whether the Conference finalists also won their division. The teams in each group (other than the Stanley Cup winner and runner up) are ordered within that group based on their point totals in the preceding regular season (with the lowest point total picking first). Tie-breakers are governed by the same rules used to determine ties in
884-445: The playoffs are entered in a weighted lottery to determine the initial draft picks in the first round. The teams are seeded in the basic draft order based on their regular season point totals. The odds of winning the lottery are weighted on a descending scale that gives the greatest chance of winning to the team with the lowest point total (18.5%), and the worst chance to the team with the highest point total (1.0%). The prize for winning
918-407: The previous season. As with the other major sports leagues, the basic draft order is intended to favour the teams with the weakest performance who presumably need the most improvement in their roster to compete with the other teams. Subject to the results of the NHL draft lottery (discussed below), the teams pick in the same order each round, with each team getting one pick per round. The basic order of
952-433: The regular season standings. The order of picks 1–16 may change during the first round of the draft based on the results of the NHL draft lottery. In the subsequent rounds, the basic order based on point totals is used. When teams lose their rights to a first-round draft choice, because that player was not signed to a contract and consequently re-entered the entry draft or became an unrestricted free agent , they are awarded
986-469: The second-worst can do the same for the second overall pick only. The remaining teams maintains their order of selection based on the points accrued the previous season. As the lottery determines the top two slots, no team can drop more than two places from the position established based on previous season point totals. The NHL draft lottery takes place just before or during the Stanley Cup playoffs and
1020-442: The standings at the end of the regular season. In 1995, the NHL draft lottery was introduced where only teams who had missed the playoffs could participate. The lottery winner moved up the draft order a maximum of four places, meaning only the five worst teams, based on regular season points in a given season, could pick first in the draft, and no team in the non-playoff group could move down more than one place. The chances of winning
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1088-701: Was conducted in Montreal hotels or league offices and was closed to the general public. The first draft outside of Montreal was held at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto , Ontario , in 1985. Live television coverage of the draft began in 1984 when the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation covered the event in both English and French for Canadian audiences. The 1987 entry draft, held at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan ,
1122-443: Was made to facilitate the absorption of players from the defunct World Hockey Association . Consequently, the name of the draft was changed from "NHL amateur draft" to "NHL entry draft". The draft age was also dropped to include 19-year old "underage" players. In 1980, the age was dropped further to 18, so that any player who is between the ages of 18 and 20 is eligible to be drafted. In addition, any non-North American player over
1156-413: Was the first NHL draft to be held in the United States. SportsChannel America began covering the event in the United States in 1989. Prior to the development of the draft, NHL teams sponsored junior teams, and signed prospects in their teens to the junior teams. Players were signed to one of three forms: the "A" form, which committed a player to a tryout; a "B" form, which gave the team an option to sign
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