When Vancouver was awarded an NHL team to begin play in 1970, fans of the Canucks were beyond excited having a top professional team play in their city. Not only did expansion partner Buffalo end up with the first overall pick in the expansion draft, they got the top pick in the entry draft. “The Sabres won the right to draft first in today’s expansion draft and Thursday’s amateur draft, which means they will in all probability take Gilbert Perreault of the Montreal Junior Canadiens who is described as a sure fire super star. The number for the first spin came up eight and Imlach had first expansion pick.”There was restrained jubilation in the Buffalo camp. “In the Canucks’ version of history, yesterday will be recorded as Black Tuesday — a day when they lost three separate lotteries to Buffalo.

Source: National Post November 11, 2019 22:36 UTC