1967
there were none.
Goaltenders, for the first 2 rounds
Of course, there is going to be a future NHL expansion team when NHL commissioner Gary Bettman dies.
The NHL announced in 1997 that it had awarded an expansion franchise to Minnesota that would begin play in the 2000-01 season.
1967
The Scouts joined the NHL as an expansion team in the 1974-75 season.
The National Hockey League remembers the first NHL game played in the United States, as the Boston Bruins hosted the Montreal Maroons, both expansion teams, at the Boston Arena on Dec. 1, 1924.
The Bruins joined the NHL as an expansion franchise in 1924.Very old. They are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL.
The Nashville Predators were added as an expansion team in 1998.
The "Original Six" refers to the teams that made up the NHL before the first major expansion in the 1960's. Actually, the term "Original Six" is somewhat misleading as it implies that the NHL was always made up of six teams prior to expansion in 1967. When the New York Americans folded at the end of the 1941/42 season, it left the league with six teams and it remained that way until expansion. Prior to 1942, the NHL had varying numbers of teams as members, not just the so-called "Original Six".
Tampa Bay Lightning and Ottawa Senators
The Washington Capitals have been in the NHL for 37 years since entering in 1974.