Nik the Trik said:
Yeah, maybe I'm wrong about this but in thinking back to the older expansion drafts I seem to remember goalies typically being among the better players selected. I think to a certain extent teams won't be devastated at the prospect of losing their back-up goalies unless they're super valuable in which case they'll be dealt for a very valuable return.
Sportsnet had a top-10 players taken in modern expansion drafts list a couple of months ago. 3 goalies appeared on it: Mike Richter, Dwayne Roloson, and Tomas Vokoun. Richter was a pending UFA who re-signed with the Rangers after he was picked. Roloson and Vokoun ended up having good careers but at the time I don't think they were very highly thought of.
Corey Schwab, Trevor Kidd, and some guy named Norm Maracle were the goalies taken by Atlanta in 1999.
