SB Nation's Mock NHL Expansion Draft: Winnipeg And Quebec Select Their Teams

James Mirtle, general manager of Quebec, and Gabriel Desjardins, general manager of Winnipeg, each selected 26 players a piece. Originally, the plan was to select 30 players for each team, which would have resulted in a 60 player draft, however as the event progressed, the two GM's agreed that 26 players per team worked just fine.

No more than two players could be taken from each NHL team, and Pittsburgh was lucky enough to not have any players taken off of their roster. Teams could also not lose more than one defenseman OR one goaltender.

Here it is, the complete draft.

You'll notice that these two teams are, well, kind of weak. Normally, in a true expansion, these teams would have the ability to fully participate in summer free agency, thus bolstering their rosters . That's not the case in our draft, but when you think about it, they're not going to face off against real NHL clubs anyway, so it's not too big of an issue.

Later in the week, however, our fake Winnipeg Jets and our fake Quebec Nordiques will face off in a seven-game series against each other -- a battle for expansion supremacy. Stay tuned for that, and stay tuned to your favorite SB Nation team blog for their reaction to losing players in this expansion draft.

The protected lists are in for each team, posted over on our team sites. Here's a list of available players in our draft. Salary information comes courtesy of CapGeek. Click on the team sites linked below to take a look at the players who were protected and the debates that went on surrounding those selections.

If a team isn't linked below, the "League Office" made the picks for that club.

ANAHEIM DUCKS - list selected by Battle of California

GOALTENDERS
Curtis McElhinney ($0.535m)

DEFENSEMEN
Brett Festerling ($0.525m)

FORWARDS
Jason Blake ($4.000m), Aaron Voros ($1.000m), Ryan Carter ($0.625m)

ATLANTA THRASHERS

FORWARDS
Chris Thorburn ($0.660m) / Eric Boulton ($0.650m)

DEFENSEMEN
Boris Valabik ($0.762m)  Freddy Meyer ($0.600m)

GOALTENDERS
Ondrej Pavelec ($1.150m)

BOSTON BRUINS - selected by Cornelius Hardenbaugh of The Hockey Blog Adventure

FORWARDS
Michael Ryder ($4.000m), Greg Campbell ($1.100m), Shawn Thornton ($0.812m)

DEFENSEMEN
Andrew Ference ($2.250m)

GOALTENDERS
Tim Thomas

BUFFALO SABRES - selected by Die By The Blade

GOALTENDERS
Patrick Lalime ($0.650m)

DEFENSEMEN
Craig Rivet ($3.500m), Steve Montador ($1.550m)

FORWARDS
Cody McCormick ($0.500m) , Matt Ellis ($0.625m), Rob Niedermayer ($1.250m)

CALGARY FLAMES - selected by Matchsticks & Gasoline

FORWARDS
Ales Kotalik ($3.000m) Raitis Ivanans ($0.600m) / Tim Jackman ($0.550m) Craig Conroy ($0.500m)

DEFENSEMEN
Cory Sarich ($3.600m) Steve Staios ($2.700m) Staffan Kronwall ($0.500m)

CAROLINA HURRICANES - selected by Canes Country

FORWARDS: Tom Kostopoulos ($0.916m), Pat Dwyer ($0.500m)
DEFENSEMEN: Anton Babchuk ($1.400m)

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS - selected by Second City Hockey

FORWARDS
Tomas Kopecky ($1.200m), Fernando Pisani ($0.500m)

DEFENSEMEN
John Scott ($0.512m), Jassen Cullimore, Nick Boynton ($0.500m)

GOALTENDERS
Cristobal Huet ($5.625m), Hannu Toivonen ($0.550m)

COLORADO AVALANCHE - selected by Mile High Hockey

FORWARDS
Daniel Winnik ($0.950m), Kevin Porter ($0.660m) / David Koci ($0.575m)

DEFENSEMEN
Adam Foote ($1.250m)

GOALTENDERS
Peter Budaj ($1.250m),  John Grahame ($0.500m)

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS - selected by The Cannon

FORWARDS
Ethan Moreau ($2.000m), Jared Boll ($0.725m), Andrew Murray ($0.625m), Derek MacKenzie ($0.600m)

DEFENSEMEN
Rostislav Klesla ($2.975m), Marc Methot ($1.012m)

GOALTENDERS
Mathieu Garon ($1.200m)

DALLAS STARS - selected by Defending Big D

FORWARDS
Adam Burish ($1.150m) Krys Barch ($0.837m) Brian Sutherby ($0.812m) Fabian Brunnstrom ($0.675m) Brandon Segal ($0.550m)

DEFENSEMEN
Karlis Skrastins ($1.375m) Brad Lukowich ($1.000m) Jeff Woywitka ($0.650m)

GOALTENDERS
Andrew Raycroft ($0.650m)

DETROIT RED WINGS - selected by Winging It In Motown

FORWARDS
Todd Bertuzzi ($1.937m), Mike Modano ($1.750m), Kris Draper ($1.583m), Patrick Eaves ($0.750m), Drew Miller ($0.650m), Mattias Ritola ($0.516m)

DEFENSEMEN
Ruslan Salei ($1.100m)

GOALTENDERS
Joey MacDonald ($0.550m)

EDMONTON OILERS - selected by The Copper & Blue

FORWARDS
Shawn Horcoff ($5.500m), Jean-Francois Jacques ($0.615m), Ben Ondrus ($0.550m)

DEFENSEMEN
Jason Strudwick ($0.725m)

GOALTENDERS
Nikolai Khabibulin ($3.750m), Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers ($1.050m)

FLORIDA PANTHERS - selected by Litter Box Cats

FORWARDS
Cory Stillman ($3.533m) Steve Bernier ($2.000m) Byron Bitz ($0.687m)

DEFENSEMEN
Mike Weaver ($0.900m)

LOS ANGELES KINGS - selected by Jewels From The Crown

FORWARDS
Justin Williams ($3.500m)  Scott Parse ($0.900m)

DEFENSEMEN
Davis Drewiske ($0.616m) Peter Harrold ($0.583m)

GOALTENDERS
Erik Ersberg ($0.750m)

MINNESOTA WILD - selected by Hockey Wilderness

FORWARDS
Pierre-Marc Bouchard ($4.080m)  Chuck Kobasew ($2.333m)  Antti Miettinen ($2.333m), Eric Nystrom ($1.400m) / Kyle Brodziak ($1.150m), James Sheppard ($0.803m) / Brad Staubitz ($0.575m)

DEFENSEMEN
Marek Zidlicky ($4.000m)

GOALTENDERS
Josh Harding ($1.200m)

MONTREAL CANADIENS - selected by Habs Eyes On The Prize

FORWARDS
Scott Gomez ($7.357m), Dustin Boyd ($0.650m), Mathieu Darche ($0.500m), Alexander Perezhogin

DEFENSEMEN
Roman Hamrlik ($5.500m), Alexandre Picard ($0.600m), Alex Henry ($0.512m)

GOALTENDERS
Alex Auld ($1.000m), Curtis Sanford ($0.550m)

NASHVILLE PREDATORS - selected by On the Forecheck

FORWARDS
Jordin Tootoo ($1.250m), Jerred Smithson ($0.762m), Wade Belak ($0.575m), Sergei Kostitsyn ($0.550m)

DEFENSEMEN
Ryan Parent ($0.925m)

NEW JERSEY DEVILS - selected by In Lou We Trust

GOALTENDERS
Johan Hedberg ($1.500m)

DEFENSEMEN
Colin White ($3.000m), Bryce Salvador ($2.900m)

FORWARDS
Brian Rolston ($5.062m), Rod Pelley ($0.550m)

NEW YORK ISLANDERS - selected by Lighthouse Hockey

FORWARDS
Andy Hilbert ($0.575m), Jon Sim ($0.650m)

DEFENSEMEN
Milan Jurcina ($1.000m) / Bruno Gervais ($0.740m)

GOALTENDERS
Rick DiPietro ($4.500m)

NEW YORK RANGERS

FORWARDS
Derek Boogaard ($1.625m) / Erik Christensen ($0.925m), Brandon Prust ($0.800m) / Tim Kennedy ($0.550m) / Brian Boyle ($0.525m)

DEFENSEMEN
Steve Eminger ($1.125m)

GOALTENDERS
 Martin Biron ($0.875m)

OTTAWA SENATORS - selected by Silver Seven

FORWARDS
Chris Kelly ($2.125m), Jesse Winchester ($0.750m), Ryan Shannon ($0.625m), Francis Lessard ($0.550m)

DEFENSEMEN
Brian Lee ($0.875m), Matt Carkner ($0.700m), David Hale ($0.675m)

GOALTENDERS
Pascal Leclaire ($3.800m)

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS - selected by Broad Street Hockey

FORWARDS
Jody Shelley ($1.100m), Daniel Carcillo ($1.075m, Darroll Powe ($0.725m), Blair Betts ($0.700m), Greg Moore ($0.550m)

DEFENSEMEN
Matt Walker ($1.700m), Sean O'Donnell ($1.300m), Oskars Bartulis ($0.600m)

GOALTENDERS
Brian Boucher ($0.925m)

PHOENIX COYOTES - selected by Five For Howling

FORWARDS
Radim Vrbata ($3.000m), Vernon Fiddler ($1.100m), Taylor Pyatt ($1.000m), Lauri Korpikoski ($0.700m), Paul Bissonnette ($0.612m), Andrew Ebbett ($0.500m), Alexandre Picard ($0.868m)

DEFENSEMEN
Sami Lepisto ($0.800m)

GOALTENDERS
Jason Labarbera ($1.000m)

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS - selected by Pensburgh

FORWARDS
Michael Rupp ($0.825m) Eric Godard ($0.750m), Craig Adams ($0.550m)

DEFENSEMEN
Ben Lovejoy ($0.525m)

GOALTENDERS
Brent Johnson ($0.600m)

SAN JOSE SHARKS - selected by Fear The Fin

FORWARDS
Scott Nichol ($0.760m), Jamal Mayers ($0.600m)

DEFENSEMEN
Niclas Wallin ($2.500m), Jay Leach ($0.500m)

GOALTENDERS
Antti Niemi ($2.000m)

ST LOUIS BLUES - selected by St. Louis Game Time

FORWARDS
B.J. Crombeen ($0.872m) Brad Winchester ($0.700m) / Cam Janssen ($0.600m) Matt D'Agostini ($0.550m)

DEFENSEMEN
Eric Brewer ($4.250m) / Barrett Jackman ($3.625m)

GOALTENDERS
Ty Conklin ($1.300m)

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING - selected by Raw Charge

FORWARDS
Ryan Malone ($4.500m), Sean Bergenheim ($0.700m), Chris Durno ($0.550m), Marc-Antoine Pouliot ($0.550m), Paul Szczechura ($0.550m)

DEFENSEMEN
Mattias Ohlund ($3.607m), Matt Smaby ($0.525m)

GOALTENDERS
Mike Smith ($2.200m)

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS - selected by Pension Plan Puppets

FORWARDS
Colby Armstrong ($3.000m), Mike Brown ($0.537m)

DEFENSEMEN
Jeff Finger ($3.500m), Brett Lebda ($1.450m)

GOALTENDERS
Jean-Sebastien Giguere ($6.000m)

VANCOUVER CANUCKS - selected by Nucks Misconduct

FORWARDS
Darcy Hordichuk ($0.775m) / Tanner Glass ($0.625m) / Rick Rypien ($0.550m), Joel Perrault ($0.510m), Victor Oreskovich ($0.575m), Jeff Tambellini ($0.500m)

DEFENSEMEN
Sami Salo ($3.500m), Shane O'Brien ($1.600m), Andrew Alberts ($1.050m), Aaron Rome ($0.750m), Nolan Baumgartner ($0.550m)

WASHINGTON CAPITALS - selected by Japers' Rink

FORWARDS
Dave Steckel ($1.100m), Boyd Gordon ($0.800m), D.J. King ($0.637m), Michael Nylander (4.875m), Keith Aucoin (0.512), Brian Willsie (0.525m)

DEFENSEMEN
Tyler Sloan ($0.700m)

GOALTENDERS
Dany Sabourin ($0.525m)

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Again, click over to the sites to see who was protected. The draft results will be announced on Tuesday, so be sure to check back for that.

The voting is complete. The results were expected.

Our Winnipeg team: voters decided to name them the Jets. Our Quebec team: the Nordiques. We probably should've seen this coming from a mile away.

So we're not all that creative, but hopefully our two general managers are. Let's get to the announcements.

A BASEMENT, MANITOBA, CANADA -- The fake Winnipeg fake Jets are pleased to announce that Gabriel Desjardins, advanced stats blogger extraordinaire, will be taking the reins and leading the team into the 2010 SB Nation Mock NHL Expansion Draft.

Desjardins, who runs SB Nation's Behind The Net, will provide an analytical edge to the front office of the new fake Jets.

AN OFFICE, QUEBEC, CANADA -- The fake Quebec fake Nordiques are proud to announce that professional hockey writer James Mirtle will be taking charge as they prepare for 2010 SB Nation Mock NHL Expansion Draft.

Mirtle, formerly a hockey blogger and the former leader of the SB Nation hockey world, now serves as a writer covering the real Toronto Maple Leafs at The Globe & Mail.

Throughout this week, our team blogs are debating who their teams will protect. Head over to that link, find your favorite team and take part in the discussion.

Protected lists will all be published by Thursday. We'll have a full list right here.

It's time to name the teams. Thanks to everybody who stepped up and sent in suggestions.

These polls will close on Monday around Noon ET, when we'll name the general managers and teams will begin putting together their protected lists.

Without further adieu...

The votes have been tallied -- all 2,000-plus of them -- and we now know which cities our fine league will be expanding two. We're "Making It Eight," apparently.

The full results of the poll:

1. Winnipeg -- 28%, 653 votes

2. Quebec City -- 24%, 560 votes

3. Seattle -- 19%, 434 votes

4. Hamilton -- 11%, 250 votes

5. Portland -- 8%, 181 votes

6. Kansas City -- 7%, 160 votes

7. Houston -- 4%, 101 votes

Congratulations to Winnipeg and Quebec City for winning the vote. Now, it's time to name our new teams.

We want your suggestions. It's Friday night, so enjoy yourself, get creative, and drop some clever nicknames in the comments. (Jets and Nordiques don't count, because they're already going to be in the poll anyway.) Leave them in the comments.

The best ones will appear in a poll right here tomorrow afternoon and voting will close on Monday around Noon ET.