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1972 TRADED DRAFT PICKS
Round 1
No. Team Player From Trade Description
4. Montreal Steve Shutt Los Angeles LA got Gerry Desjardins. MTL also got 1969 No. 1 (later traded). (June 11, 1968)
6. Montreal Michel Larocque California CAL got Bryan Watson and cash. MTL also got future considerations (Tom Thurlby in September 1968). (June 10, 1968)
8. Montreal Dave Gardner Pittsburgh
via Minnesota
PIT got Bob Woytowich. (Oct. 1, 1968). MIN got Gary Gambucci, Bob Paradise and 1972 No. 1 (Minn.) (Jerry Byers). MTL also got 1972 No. 2 (later traded) and cash. (May 24, 1971)
10. N.Y. Rangers Al Blanchard Detroit DET got Gary Doak and Rick Newell. NYR also got Joe Zanussi. (May 24, 1972)
12. Minnesota Jerry Byers Minnesota
via Montreal
MIN got Danny Grant and Claude Larose.  MTL also got 1973 No. 1 (later traded) and player to be named before training camp (Andre Pronovost). (June 10, 1968). MTL got 1972 No. 1 (Pittsburgh) (Dave Gardner), 1972 No. 2 (later traded) and cash. MIN also got Gary Gambucci and Bob Paradise. (May 24, 1971)
Round 2
21. N.Y. Rangers Larry Sacharuk Buffalo BUF got Jim Lorentz. (Jan. 14, 1972)
25. Buffalo Larry Carriere St. Louis STL got Chris Evans. BUF also got George Morrison. (March 5, 1972)
28. California Stan Weir Minnesota
via Montreal
MIN got Gary Gambucci, Bob Paradise and 1972 No. 1 (Minnesota) (Jerry Byers). MTL also got 1972 No. 1 (Pittsburgh) (Dave Gardner) and cash. (May 24, 1971). MTL got 1973 No. 1 (later traded) and 1973 No. 2 (later traded) to settle waiver draft payment owed by CAL for taking Carol Vadnais in 1968 Intra-League Draft. (June 8, 1972)
30. Pittsburgh Bernie Lukowich Montreal
via St. Louis
MTL got 1971 No. 2 (Michel Deguise). STL also got Fran Huck. (Jan. 28, 1971). STL got Lou Angotti and 1971 No. 1 (Gene Carr). PIT also got Ron Schock and Craig Cameron. (June 6, 1969). NOTE: original Angotti trade was for 1971 No. 2, but PIT later agreed to defer to 1972, allowing Huck trade to be completed.
Round 5
66. Montreal Bill Nyrop Atlanta ATL got Ted Tucker and 1972 No. 5 (Jean-Paul Martin. MTL also got cash. (June 7, 1972)
78. Atlanta Jean-Paul Martin Montreal MTL got cash and 1972 No. 5 (Bill Nyrop). ATL also got Ted Tucker. (June 7, 1972)
Round 7
101. N.Y. Islanders Don McLaughlin Buffalo BUF got promise that NYI would not draft certain players in 1972 NHL Expansion Draft. (June 6, 1972)
Round 8
116. Minnesota Scott MacPhail Los Angeles LA got (symbolic) cash considerations for essentially giving pick away. (June 8, 1972)
117. N.Y. Islanders Rene Levasseur Buffalo BUF got promise that NYI would not draft certain players in 1972 NHL Expansion Draft. (June 6, 1972)
Round 9
132. Atlanta Jean Lamarre Los Angeles LA got promise that ATL would not draft certain players in 1972 NHL Expansion Draft. ATL also got 1973 No. 10 (Guy Ross). (June 6, 1972)
133. N.Y. Islanders Bill Ennos Buffalo BUF got promise that NYI would not draft certain players in 1972 NHL Expansion Draft. (June 6, 1972)
137. N.Y. Rangers Pierre Archambault St. Louis STL got cash. (June 8, 1972)
** Atlanta Pick not used
(Atlanta passed)
N.Y. Rangers NYR got promise that ATL would not draft certain players in 1972 NHL Expansion Draft. (June 6, 1972)
143. Toronto Gary Schofield Boston BOS got cash. (June 8, 1972)
Round 10
145. Minnesota Steve Lyon Los Angeles LA got (symbolic) cash considerations for essentially giving pick away. (June 8, 1972)
146. N.Y. Islanders Rene Lambert Buffalo BUF got promise that NYI would not draft certain players in 1972 NHL Expansion Draft. (June 6, 1972)
147. Minnesota Juri Kudrasovs California CAL got cash. (June 8, 1972)
148. Minnesota Marcel Comeau Philadelphia PHI got cash. (June 8, 1972)
** Minnesota Pick not used
(Minnesota passed)
Toronto TOR got cash. (June 8, 1972)

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SNAPSHOT '72
Total Selected: 152
Forwards: 88
Defense: 47
Goaltenders: 17
Major Junior: 121
College Players: 25
Canadian: 139
Euro-Canadian: 2
USA Citizens: 11
U.S.-Born: 10
European: 0
Reached NHL: 67
Won Stanley Cup: 11
Hall of Fame: 2
All-Star Game: 13
Year-end All-Star: 3
Olympians: 1
Picks Traded: 24
 
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