In 1979, the WHA collapses and the NHL accepts four new teams, but destroy any chance most of them have for success. Learn the story. Support the podcast: patreon.com/leverton or buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/Hockeys-Greatest-Players-Adam-Leverton/dp/1521916713. I said in the episode that the expansion fee was one million per team, it was actually six million.

1979 Expansion Draft

Learn the history of the sport, from the earliest days of the sport when players played all ninety minutes, and the goaltender couldn't drop to his knees to make a save, to the modern day when we have players being paid millions to play 10 minutes a night. Hear the dark stories fawning biographies leave out. Experience Adam's frustration with the humour of the game, and with himself. It's worth it. The podcast usually publishes two episodes per week on Sunday.

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1979 Expansion Draft

1979 Expansion Draft