2003 NHL Waiver Draft Lists

Waiver Draft
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Atlanta Thrashers
Protected:Anthony Aquino, F; Yuri Butsayev, F; Jeff Cowan, F; Frantisek Kaberle, D; Vyacheslav Kozlov, F; Francis Lessard, F; Ivan Majesky, D; Shawn McEachern, F; Randy Robitaille, F; Marc Savard, F; Dan Snyder, F; Patrik Stefan, F; Andy Sutton, D; Chris Tamer, D; Brad Tapper, F; Daniel Tjarnqvist, D; Yannick Tremblay, D; Jean-Pierre Vigier, F; Byron Dafoe, G; Pasi Nurminen, G.
Available:Joe Dipenta, D; Eric Healey, F; Bill Lindsay, F; Brian Swanson, F; Mike Weaver, D; Frederic Cassivi, G.

Boston Bruins
Protected:P.J. Axelsson, F; Nick Boynton, D; Hal Gill, D; Michal Grosek, F; Mike Knuble, F; Jarno Kultanen, D; Martin Lapointe, F; Sandy McCarthy, F; Dan McGillis, D; Ian Moran, D; Glen Murray, F; Peter Nordstrom, F; Sean O'Donnell, D; Brian Rolston, F; Sergei Samsonov, F; P.J. Stock, F; Joe Thornton, F; Rob Zamuner, F; Felix Potvin, G; Tim Thomas, G.
Available:Rich Brennan, D; Eddy Campbell, D; Carl Corazzini, F; Ted Donato, F; Doug Doull, F; Matthew Herr, F; Zdenek Kutlak, D; Dimitri Kvartalnov, F; Peter Metcalf, D; Chris Paradise, F; Darren Van Oene, F; Steve Shields, G.

Buffalo Sabres
Protected:Maxim Afinogenov, F; Daniel Briere, F; Curtis Brown, F; Brian Campbell, D; Tim Connolly, F; Andy Delmore, D; Chris Drury, F; Jean-Pierre Dumont, F; Rory Fitzpatrick, D; Jochen Hecht, F; Dmitri Kalinin, D; Ales Kotalik, F; Adam Mair, F; Jay McKee, D; James Patrick, D; Taylor Pyatt, F; Miroslav Satan, F; Alexei Zhitnik, D; Martin Biron, G; Mika Noronen, G.
Available:Jeremy Adduono, F; Steve Begin, F; Jason Botterill, F; Joel Bouchard, D; Eric Boulton, F; Brian Chapman, D; David Cullen, D; Norm Milley, F; Rick Mrozik, D; Domenic Pittis, F; Chris Taylor, F; Tom Askey, G.

Calgary Flames
Protected:Chris Clark, F; Craig Conroy, F; Robert Dome, F; Shean Donovan, F; Andrew Ference, D; Denis Gauthier, D; Martin Gelinas, F; Josh Green, F; Jarome Iginla, F; Dave Lowry, F; Toni Lydman, D; Dean McAmmond, F; Krzysztof Oliwa, F; Robyn Regehr, D; Steve Reinprecht, F; Jesse Wallin, D; Rhett Warrener, D; Stephane Yelle, F; Andrei Trefilov, G; Roman Turek, G.
Available:Garett Bembridge, F; Petr Buzek, D; Matt Davidson, F; Jason Morgan, F; Martin Sonnenberg, F; Brad Werenka, D; Jamie McLennan, G.

Carolina Hurricanes
Protected:Craig Adams, F; Kevyn Adams, F; Bob Boughner, D; Jesse Boulerice, F; Rod Brind'Amour, F; Erik Cole, F; Jeff Daniels, F; Ron Francis, F; Bret Hedican, D; Sean Hill, D; Danny Markov, D; Marty Murray, F; Jeff O'Neill, F; Joey Tetarenko, F; Josef Vasicek, F; Niclas Wallin, D; Aaron Ward, D; Glen Wesley, D; Patrick Desrochers, G; Kevin Weekes, G.
Available:Arturs Irbe, G; Randy Petruk, G.

Chicago Blackhawks
Protected:Tyler Arnason, F; Mark Bell, F; Kyle Calder, F; Eric Daze, F; Nathan Dempsey, D; Alexander Karpovtsev, D; Jon Klemm, D; Igor Korolev, F; Josef Marha, F; Scott Nichol, F; Ville Nieminen, F; Steve Poapst, D; Deron Quint, D; Jason Strudwick, F; Steve Sullivan, F; Ryan Vandenbussche, F; Petri Varis, F; Alexei Zhamnov, F; Steve Passmore, G; Jocelyn Thibault, G.
Available:Johnathan Aitken, D; Theoren Fleury, F; Burke Henry, D; Ty Jones, F; Shawn Thornton, F; Marty Wilford, D.

Colorado Avalanche
Protected:Bates Battaglia, F; Rob Blake, D; Jim Cummins, F; Adam Foote, D; Peter Forsberg, F; Riku Hahl, F; Milan Hejduk, F; Dan Hinote, F; Paul Kariya, F; Chris McAllister, D; Derek Morris, D; Andrei Nikolishin, F; Joe Sakic, F; Teemu Selanne, F; Martin Skoula, D; Karlis Skrastins, D; Alex Tanguay, F; Peter Worrell, F; David Aebischer, G; Petr Franek, G.
Available:Serge Aubin, F; Travis Brigley, F; Brett Clark, D; Brad Larsen, F; D.J. Smith, D; Brian Willsie, F.

Columbus Blue Jackets
Protected:Andrew Cassels, F; Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre, D; Espen Knutsen, F; Scott Lachance, D; Trevor Letowski, F; David Ling, F; Todd Marchant, F; Rick Nash, F; Luke Richardson, D; Geoff Sanderson, F; Jody Shelley, F; Jaroslav Spacek, D; Darryl Sydor, D; Petr Tenkrat, F; David Vyborny, F; Derrick Walser, D; Duvie Westcott, D; Tyler Wright, F; Fred Brathwaite, G; Marc Denis, G.
Available:Mark Hartigan, F; Don MacLean, F; Kent McDonell, F; Brad Moran, F; Sean Pronger, F; Jeremy Reich, F; Todd Rohloff, D; Darrel Scoville, D.

Dallas Stars
Protected:Jason Arnott, F; Stu Barnes, F; Philippe Boucher, D; Rob Dimaio, F; Aaron Downey, F; Bill Guerin, F; Niko Kapanen, F; Jere Lehtinen, F; Manny Malhotra, F; Richard Matvichuk, D; Mike Modano, F; Brenden Morrow, F; Teppo Numminen, D; Stephane Robidas, D; Don Sweeney, D; Pierre Turgeon, F; Scott Young, F; Sergei Zubov, D; Ron Tugnutt, G; Marty Turco, G.
Available:Andy Berenzweig, D; Steve Gainey, F; Claude Lemieux, F; Jeff MacMillan, D; Gavin Morgan, F; David Oliver, F; Jarrod Skalde, F; Robert Valicevic, F; Mark Wotton, D.

Detroit Red Wings
Protected:Chris Chelios, D; Mathieu Dandenault, D; Pavel Datsyuk, F; Boyd Devereaux, F; Kris Draper, F; Jiri Fischer, D; Derian Hatcher, D; Tomas Holmstrom, F; Brett Hull, F; Nicklas Lidstrom, D; Kirk Maltby, F; Darren McCarty, F; Mathieu Schneider, D; Brendan Shanahan, F; Ray Whitney, F; Jason Woolley, D; Steve Yzerman, F; Henrik Zetterberg, F; Dominik Hasek, G; Manny Legace, G.
Available:Derek King, F; Kevin Miller, F; Mark Mowers, F; Michel Picard, F; Jamie Rivers, D; Curtis Joseph, G; Marc Lamothe, G.

Edmonton Oilers
Protected:Eric Brewer, D; Jason Chimera, F; Mike Comrie, F; Cory Cross, D; Radek Dvorak, F; Scott Ferguson, D; Shawn Horcoff, F; Ralph Intranuovo, F; Brad Isbister, F; Georges Laraque, F; Ethan Moreau, F; Fernando Pisani, F; Marty Reasoner, F; Jason Smith, D; Ryan Smyth, F; Steve Staios, D; Mike York, F; Alexander Zhurik, D; Ty Conklin, G; Tommy Salo, G.
Available:Adam Bennett, D; Kari Haakana, D; Michael Henrich, F; Chad Hinz, F; Jan Horacek, D; Fredrik Lindquist, F; Dan Smith, D; Rocky Thompson, F; Jamie Wright, F; Sergei Yerkovich, D; Steve Valiquette, G.

Florida Panthers
Protected:Mathieu Biron, D; Valeri Bure, F; Matt Cullen, F; Paul Elliott, D; Niklas Hagman, F; Jonas Hoglund, F; Kristian Huselius, F; Olli Jokinen, F; Scott Kelman, F; Viktor Kozlov, F; Andreas Lilja, D; Craig MacDonald, F; Eric Messier, F; Marcus Nilson, F; Lyle Odelein, D; Jeff Paul, D; Mikael Samuelsson, F; Dmitri Tolkunov, D; Jani Hurme, G; Roberto Luongo, G.
Available:Jaroslav Bednar, F; Todd Gill, D; Paul Laus, D; Ivan Novoseltsev, F; Byron Ritchie, F; Pavel Trnka, D; Chris Mason, G; Travis Scott, G.

Los Angeles Kings
Protected:Jason Allison, F; Derek Armstrong, F; Eric Belanger, F; Brad Chartrand, F; Adam Deadmarsh, F; Jason Holland, D; Trent Klatt, F; Maxim Kuznetsov, D; Ian Laperriere, F; Aaron Miller, D; Jaroslav Modry, D; Bryan Muir, D; Mattias Norstrom, D; Brad Norton, D; Zigmund Palffy, F; Luc Robitaille, F; Jozef Stumpel, F; Lubomir Visnovsky, D; Roman Cechmanek, G; Cristobal Huet, G.
Available:Steve Kelly, F; Jan Nemecek, D; Pavel Rosa, F; Joe Rullier, D; Chris Schmidt, F; Richard Seeley, D; Jon Sim, F; John Tripp, F; Milan Hnilicka, G.

Minnesota Wild
Protected:Brad Bombardir, D; Brad Brown, D; Andrew Brunette, F; Marc Chouinard, F; Jim Dowd, F; Pascal Dupuis, F; Marian Gaborik, F; Darby Hendrickson, F; Matt Johnson, F; Filip Kuba, D; Antti Laaksonen, F; Jason Marshall, D; Willie Mitchell, D; Richard Park, F; Jeremy Stevenson, F; Wes Walz, F; Sergei Zholtok, F; Andrei Zyuzin, D; Manny Fernandez, G; Dwayne Roloson, G.
Available:Jason Beckett, D; Alexandre Daigle, F; Chris McAlpine, D; Bill Muckalt, F; Tony Tuzzolino, F.

Montreal Canadiens
Protected:Donald Audette, F; Francis Bouillon, D; Patrice Brisebois, D; Jan Bulis, F; Andreas Dackell, F; Gordie Dwyer, F; Joe Juneau, F; Chad Kilger, F; Saku Koivu, F; Andrei Markov, D; Yanic Perreault, F; Stephane Quintal, D; Mike Ribeiro, F; Craig Rivet, D; Sheldon Souray, D; Niklas Sundstrom, F; Jason Ward, F; Richard Zednik, F; Mathieu Garon, G; Jose Theodore, G.
Available:Francois Beauchemin, D; Sylvain Blouin, F; Pierre Dagenais, F; Karl Dykhuis, D; Benoit Gratton, F; Miloslav Guren, D; Patrick Traverse, D; J-F Damphousse, G; Eric Fichaud, G.

Nashville Predators
Protected:Jamie Allison, D; Denis Arkhipov, F; Marian Cisar, F; Mark Eaton, D; Adam Hall, F; Scott Hartnell, F; Petr Hubacek, F; Andreas Johansson, F; Greg Johnson, F; David Legwand, F; Jim McKenzie, F; Rem Murray, F; Vladimir Orszagh, F; Robert Schnabel, D; Pavel Skrbek, D; Kimmo Timonen, D; Scott Walker, F; Jason York, D; Wade Flaherty, G; Tomas Vokoun, G.
Available:Greg Classen, F; Mathieu Darche, F; Jukka Hentunen, F; Curtis Murphy, D; Ray Schultz, D; Wyatt Smith, F.

New Jersey Devils
Protected:Sean Brown, D; Sergei Brylin, F; Scott Cameron, F; Patrik Elias, F; Jeff Friesen, F; Brian Gionta, F; Scott Gomez, F; Jamie Langenbrunner, F; Igor Larionov, F; John Madden, F; Grant Marshall, F; Scott Niedermayer, D; Jay Pandolfo, F; Brian Rafalski, D; Erik Rasmussen, F; Scott Stevens, D; Turner Stevenson, F; Colin White, D; Martin Brodeur, G; Corey Schwab, G.
Available:Maxim Balmochnykh, F; Jiri Bicek, F; Alex Brooks, D; Greg Crozier, F; Craig Darby, F; Ray Giroux, D; Steve Guolla, F; Joe Hulbig, F; Steve Kariya, F; Mike Matteucci, D; Scott Clemmensen, G.

New York Islanders
Protected:Arron Asham, F; Adrian Aucoin, D; Shawn Bates, F; Jason Blake, F; Sven Butenschon, D; Eric Cairns, D; Roman Hamrlik, D; Kenny Jonsson, D; Evgeny Korolev, D; Oleg Kvasha, F; Justin Mapletoft, F; Radek Martinek, D; Janne Niinimaa, D; Mark Parrish, F; Michael Peca, F; Dave Scatchard, F; Jason Wiemer, F; Alexei Yashin, F; Rick DiPietro, G; Garth Snow, G.
Available:Derek Bekar, F; Martin Chabada, F; Mariusz Czerkawski, F; Jeff Hamilton, F; Ryan Kraft, F; Alan Letang, D; Eric Manlow, F; Alain Nasreddine, D; Brandon Smith, D; Mattias Timander, D; Dieter Kochan, G.

New York Rangers
Protected:Matthew Barnaby, F; Anson Carter, F; Greg de Vries, D; Jan Hlavac, F; Bobby Holik, F; Darius Kasparaitis, D; Alex Kovalev, F; Dan Lacouture, F; Brian Leetch, D; Eric Lindros, F; Vladimir Malakhov, D; Mark Messier, F; Boris Mironov, D; Petr Nedved, F; Tom Poti, D; Dale Purinton, D; Martin Rucinsky, F; Chris Simon, F; Mike Dunham, G; Jussi Markkanen, G.
Available:Pavel Bure, F; Ken Gernander, F; Paul Healey, F; Jeff Heerema, F; Shawn Heins, D; John Jakopin, D; Cory Larose, F; Lawrence Nycholat, D; Ronald Petrovicky, F; Mike Richter, G.

Ottawa Senators
Protected:Daniel Alfredsson, F; Radek Bonk, F; Zdeno Chara, D; Mike Fisher, F; Martin Havlat, F; Shane Hnidy, D; Marian Hossa, F; Curtis Leschyshyn, D; Chris Neil, F; Chris Phillips, D; Karel Rachunek, D; Wade Redden, D; Peter Schaefer, F; Petr Schastlivy, F; Bryan Smolinski, F; Shaun Van Allen, F; Vaclav Varada, F; Todd White, F; Patrick Lalime, G; Martin Prusek, G.
Available:Dennis Bonvie, F; Wade Brookbank, F; Daniel Corso, F; Denis Hamel, F; Jody Hull, F; Josh Langfeld, F; Joe Murphy, F; Christer Olsson, D; Serge Payer, F; Andy Schneider, F; Peter Smrek, D; Andrew Allen, G.

Philadelphia Flyers
Protected:Tony Amonte, F; Donald Brashear, F; Eric Chouinard, F; Eric Desjardins, D; Todd Fedoruk, F; Simon Gagne, F; Michal Handzus, F; Kim Johnsson, D; Sami Kapanen, F; Claude Lapointe, F; John LeClair, F; Keith Primeau, F; Marcus Ragnarsson, D; Mark Recchi, F; Jeremy Roenick, F; John Slaney, D; Eric Weinrich, D; Justin Williams, F; Robert Esche, G; Jeff Hackett, G.
Available:Boyd Kane, F; Kirby Law, F; Ian MacNeil, F; Mark Murphy, F; Mike Peluso, F; Andre Savage, F; Mike Siklenka, F; Chris Therien, D; Pete Vandermeer, F; Peter White, F; Neil Little, G.

Phoenix Coyotes
Protected:Daniel Cleary, F; Shane Doan, F; Brad Ference, D; Chris Gratton, F; Jan Hrdina, F; Cale Hulse, D; Mike Johnson, F; Daymond Langkow, F; Paul Mara, D; Ladislav Nagy, F; Tyson Nash, F; Andrei Nazarov, F; Branko Radivojevic, F; Mike Sillinger, F; Radoslav Suchy, D; David Tanabe, D; Ossi Vaananen, D; Landon Wilson, F; Zac Bierk, G; Sean Burke, G.
Available:Frank Banham, F; Chris Ferraro, F; Peter Ferraro, F; Bryan Helmer, D; Brian Savage, F; Gary Shuchuk, F; Todd Simpson, D; Nikos Tselios, D; Mike Wilson, D; Brian Boucher, G; Jean-Marc Pelletier, G.

Pittsburgh Penguins
Protected:Ramzi Abid, F; Drake Berehowsky, D; Marc Bergevin, D; Matt Bradley, F; Kelly Buchberger, F; Brendan Buckley, D; Mike Eastwood, F; Rico Fata, F; Dan Focht, D; Brian Holzinger, F; Milan Kraft, F; Mario Lemieux, F; Steve McKenna, F; Josef Melichar, D; Aleksey Morozov, F; Michal Rozsival, D; Martin Straka, F; Dick Tarnstrom, D; Jean-Sebastien Aubin, G; Sebastien Caron, G.
Available:Patrick Boileau, D; Tom Kostopoulos, F; Richard Lintner, D; Eric Meloche, F; Toby Petersen, F; Reid Simpson, F; Martin Brochu, G.

St. Louis Blues
Protected:Murray Baron, D; Eric Boguniecki, F; Pavol Demitra, F; Dallas Drake, F; Jeff Finley, D; Ryan Johnson, F; Alexander Khavanov, D; Christian Laflamme, D; Reed Low, F; Al MacInnis, D; Jamal Mayers, F; Scott Mellanby, F; Eric Nickulas, F; Chris Pronger, D; Bryce Salvador, D; Keith Tkachuk, F; Sergei Varlamov, F; Doug Weight, F; Brent Johnson, G; Chris Osgood, G.
Available:Aris Brimanis, D; Marc Brown, F; Tom Koivisto, D; Steve Martins, F; Jame Pollock, D; Stephane Roy, F; Daniel Tkaczuk, F; Reinhard Divis, G; Cody Rudkowsky, G.

San Jose Sharks
Protected:David Cloutier, D; Vincent Damphousse, F; Nisse Ekman, F; Scott Hannan, D; Tavis Hansen, F; Alexander Korolyuk, F; Patrick Marleau, F; Alyn McCauley, F; Kyle McLaren, D; Robert Mulick, D; Scott Parker, F; Wayne Primeau, F; Mike Rathje, D; Mike Ricci, F; Mark Smith, F; Brad Stuart, D; Marco Sturm, F; Scott Thornton, F; Miikka Kiprusoff, G; Evgeni Nabokov, G.
Available:Todd Harvey, F; Miroslav Zalesak, F.

Tampa Bay Lightning
Protected:Dave Andreychuk, F; Dan Boyle, D; Ben Clymer, F; Jassen Cullimore, D; Chris Dingman, F; Ruslan Fedotenko, F; Pavel Kubina, D; Vincent Lecavalier, F; Brad Lukowich, D; Fredrik Modin, F; Nolan Pratt, D; Brad Richards, F; Andre Roy, F; Darren Rumble, D; Cory Sarich, D; Martin St. Louis, F; Cory Stillman, F; Tim Taylor, F; John Grahame, G; Nikolai Khabibulin, G.
Available:Dimitri Afanasenkov, F; Martin Cibak, F; Sheldon Keefe, F; Janne Laukkanen, D; Jimmie Olvestad, F; Pascal Trepanier, D; Shane Willis, F.

Toronto Maple Leafs
Protected:Nik Antropov, F; Wade Belak, F; Aki Berg, D; Tie Domi, F; Tom Fitzgerald, F; Ric Jackman, D; Tomas Kaberle, D; Ken Klee, D; Bryan Marchment, D; Bryan McCabe, D; Alexander Mogilny, F; Joe Nieuwendyk, F; Owen Nolan, F; Nathan Perrott, F; Mikael Renberg, F; Gary Roberts, F; Mats Sundin, F; Darcy Tucker, F; Ed Belfour, G; Trevor Kidd, G.
Available:Lonny Bohonos, F; Harold Druken, F; Maxim Galanov, D; Aaron Gavey, F; Travis Green, F; Josh Holden, F; Brad Leeb, F; Marc Moro, D; Robert Reichel, F; Mike Minard, G.

Vancouver Canucks
Protected:Magnus Arvedson, F; Todd Bertuzzi, F; Artem Chubarov, F; Matt Cooke, F; Ed Jovanovski, D; Trevor Linden, F; Mats Lindgren, F; Marek Malik, D; Brad May, F; Brendan Morrison, F; Markus Naslund, F; Mattias Ohlund, D; Jarkko Ruutu, F; Sami Salo, D; Daniel Sedin, F; Henrik Sedin, F; Jiri Slegr, D; Brent Sopel, D; Dan Cloutier, G; Johan Hedberg, G.
Available:Nolan Baumgartner, D; Tyler Bouck, F; Johan Davidsson, F; Dallas Eakins, D; Pat Kavanagh, F; Zenith Komarniski, F; Darren Langdon, F; Chris Nielsen, F; Jaroslav Obsut, D; Ryan Ready, F; Leif Rohlin, D; Vadim Sharifijanov, F; Tyler Moss, G.

Washington Capitals
Protected:Rick Berry, D; Peter Bondra, F; Jason Doig, D; Jean-Francois Fortin, D; Sergei Gonchar, D; Mike Grier, F; Jeff Halpern, F; Alex Henry, F; Jaromir Jagr, F; Steve Konowalchuk, F; Joel Kwiatkowski, D; Robert Lang, F; Glen Metropolit, F; Kip Miller, F; Michael Nylander, F; Andreas Salomonsson, F; Brendan Witt, D; Dainius Zubrus, F; Sebastien Charpentier, G; Olaf Kolzig, G.
Available:Ivan Ciernik, F; John Gruden, D; Chris Hajt, D; Francois Methot, F; Andrei Podkonicky, F; Darcy Verot, F; Trent Whitfield, F; Dwayne Zinger, D; Stephane Beauregard, G.

* 'NHL games played' includes all regular-season and playoff games. A skater who plays in 11 or more NHL games as a 18- or 19-year-old will have his exemption reduced from five and four years, respectively, to three years. A goaltender who plays in 11 or more NHL games as an 18- or 19-year-old will have his exemption reduced from six and five years, respectively, to four years.

2003-2004 Waiver Draft Order Of Selection

First Round
1. Carolina
2. Pittsburgh
3. Columbus
4. Florida
5. Buffalo
6. San Jose
7. Nashville
8. Atlanta
9. Calgary
10. Montreal
11. Phoenix
12. NY Rangers
13. Los Angeles
14. Chicago

Each Subsequent Round
1. Carolina
2. Pittsburgh
3. Columbus
4. Florida
5. Buffalo
6. San Jose
7. Nashville
8. Atlanta
9. Calgary
10. Montreal
11. Phoenix
12. NY Rangers
13. Los Angeles
14. Chicago
15. NY Islanders
16. Boston
17. Edmonton
18. Washington
19. Anaheim
20. Minnesota
21. Toronto
22. St. Louis
23. Vancouver
24. Philadelphia
25. Tampa Bay
26. Colorado
27. Detroit
28. Dallas
29. Ottawa
30. New Jersey