2016-17 RETIRED PLAYERS

ALL TIME NHL GOALTENDER, PLAYER DEBUTS AND LAST YEAR PLAYED IN THE NHL.


NHL GOALTENDER DEBUTS 2016-17 SEASON

00-JORGE ALVES (G)    2017    2017-CAR (1) *
00-ANTOINE BIBEAU (G)    2017    2020-TOR, COL (2) *
00-ERIC COMRIE (G)    2017    2023-WPG, DET, NJD, WPG, BUF (4) *
00-JARED COREAU (G)    2017    2018-DET (1) *
00-AARON DELL (G)    2017    2023-SJS, NJD, BUF, SJS (3) *
00-JON GILLIES (G)        2017    2023-CGY, STL, NJD, CLB (4) *
00-TRISTAN JARRY (G)    2017    2023-PIT (1) *
00-MAREK LANGHAMER (G)    2017    2018-ARI (1) *
00-SPENCER MARTIN (G)    2017    2023-COL, VAN (2) *
00-ZANE MCINTYRE (G)    2017    2017-BOS (1) *
00-ALEX NEDELJKOVIC (G)    2017    2023-CAR, DET (2) *
00-DAVID RITTICH (G)    2017    2023-CGY, TOR, NSH, WPG (4) *
00-JEREMY SMITH (G)    2017    2017-COL (1) *
00-ANTHONY STOLARZ (G)    2017    2023-PHI, EDM, ANA (3) *

NHL GOALTENDERS LAST SEASON PLAYED IN 2016-17

00-JHONAS ENROTH (G)    2010    2017-BUF, DAL, LAK, TOR (4)
00-JONAS GUSTAVSSON (G)    2010    2017-TOR, DET, BOS, EDM (4)
00-MICHAEL LEIGHTON (G)    2003    2017-CHI, NSH, PHI, CAR, PHI, CHI, CAR (5)
00-MAREK MAZANEC (G)    2014    2017-NSH (1)
00-JUSTIN PETERS (G)    2010    2017-CAR, WSH, ARI (3)
00-JEFF ZATKOFF (G)    2014    2017-PIT, LAK (2)

NHL PLAYERS THAT DEBUTS IN 2016-17 SEASON

00-PONTUS ABERG (LW)    2017    2020-NSH (1) *
00-SEBASTIAN AHO (C)    2017    2023-CAR (1) *
00-RASMUS ANDERSSON (D)    2017    2023-CGY (1) *
00-BRADY AUSTIN (D)    2017    2017-BUF (1) *
00-YOHANN AUVITU (D)    2017    2018-NJD (1) *
00-NICHOLAS BAPTISTE (RW)2017    2018-BUF (1) *
00-IVAN BARBACHEV (C)    2017    2023-STL, VEG (2) *
00-RILEY BARBER (RW)    2017    2022-WSH, MTL, DET (3) *
00-MATTHEW BARZAL (C)    2017    2023-NYI (1) *
00-ANTHONY BEAUVILLIER (LW) 2017    2023-NYI, VAN (2) *
00-MATT BENNING (D)    2017    2023-EDM, NSH, SJS (3) *
00-TYLER BERTUZZI (LW)    2017    2023-DET, BOS (2) *
00-ANTON BLIDH (LW)    2017    2023-BOS, COL (2) *
00-BROCK BOESER (RW)    2017    2023-VAN (1) *
00-JONNY BRODZINSKI (C)    2017    2023-LAK, SJS, NYR (3) *
00-PAVEL BUCHNEVICH (LW)    2017    2023-NYR, STL (2) *
00-ERIK BURGDOERFER (D)    2017    2019-BUF (1) *
00-DRAKE CAGGIULA (C)    2017    2023-EDM, CHI, ARI, BUF, PIT (5) *
00-PATRICK CANNONE (C)    2017    2017-MIN (1) *
00-BRANDO CARLO (D)    2017    2023-BOS (1) *
00-GABRIEL CARLSSON (D)    2017    2023-CLB, WSH (2) *
00-ALEXANDRE CARRIER (D) 2017    2023-NSH (1) *
00-WILLIAM CARRIER (LW)    2017    2023-BUF, VEG (2) *
00-PETER CEHLARIK (LW)    2017    2020-BOS (1) *
00-THOMAS CHABOT (D)    2017    2023-OTT (1) *
00-JAKOB CHYCHRUN (D)    2017    2023-ARI, OTT (2) *
00-BLAKE COLEMAN (C)    2017    2023-NJD, TBL, CGY (3) *
00-J.T COMPHER (LW)    2017    2023-COL (1) *
00-KEVIN CONNOR (LW)    2017    2023-WPG (1) *
00-JOSEPH CRAMAROSSA (C) 2017    2023-ANA, VAN, MIN (3) *
00-LAWSON CROUSE (LW)    2017    2023-ARI (1) *
00-AUSTIN CZARNIK (C)    2017    2023-BOS, CGY, NYI, SEA, DET (5) *
00-JEAN-SEBASTIAN DEA (C) 2017    2023-PIT, NJD, PIT, BUF, ARI (4) *
00-TONY DEANGELO (D)    2017    2023-ARI, NYR, CAR, PHI (4) *
00-CHRIS DIDOMENICO (C)    2017    2018-OTT (1) *
00-JAKE DOTCHIN (D)    2017    2019-TBL (1)  *
00-JUSTIN DOWLING (C)    2017    2022-DAL, VAN (1) *
00-CHRISTIAN DVORAK (C)    2017    2023-ARI, MTL (2) *
00-REMI ELIE (LW)        2017    2022-DAL (1) *
00-ANDREAS ENGLUND (D)    2017    2023-OTT, COL, CHI (3) *
00-JOEL ERIKSSON EK (C)    2017    2023-MIN (1) *
00-ADAM ERNE (LW)    2017    2023-TBL, DET (2) *
00-CHRISTIAN FISCHER (RW)    2017    2023-ARI, DET (2) *
00-JAKOB FORS KARLSSON (C) 2017    2019-BOS (1) *
00-GUSTAV FORSLING (D)    2017    2023-CHI, FLA (2) *
00-MARTIN FRK (RW)    2017    2022-CAR, DET, LAK (3) *
00-FREDERICK GAUDREAU (C) 2017    2023-NSH, PIT, MIN (3) *
00-A.J GREER (LW)        2017    2023-COL, NJD, BOS (3) *
00-MATT GRZELCYK (D)    2017    2023-BOS (1) *
00-JAKE GUENTZEL (C)    2017    2023-PIT (1) *
00-BRENDAN GUHLE (D)    2017    2022-BUF (1) *
00-DENIS GURIANOV (RW)    2017    2023-DAL, MTL (2) *
00-ROBERT HAGG (D)    2017    2023-PHI, BUF, FLA, DET (4) *
00-SHANE HARPER (RW)    2017    2017-FLA (1) *
00-JOHN HAYDEN (C)    2017    2023-CHI, NJD, ARI, BUF, SEA (5) *
00-TIM HEED (D)        2017    2020-SJS (1) *
00-DANTON HEINEN (LW)    2017    2023-BOS, ANA, PIT (3) *
00-SAMUEL HENLEY (C)    2017    2017-COL (1) *
00-JOSHUA HO-SANG (RW)    2017    2019-NYI (1) *
00-JULIUS HONKA (D)    2017    2019-DAL (1) *
00-MARK JANKOWSKI (C)    2017    2023-CGY, PIT, BUF, NSH (4) *
00-NICK JENSEN (D)    2017    2023-DET, WSH (2) *
00-CONNOR JONES (C)    2017    2017-NYI (1) *
00-TYSON JOST (C)        2017    2023-COL, MIN, BUF (3) *
00-VLADISLAV KAMENEV (LW) 2017    2020-NSH (1) *
00-MICHAEL KAPLA (D)    2017    2017-NJD (1) *
00-ONDREJ KASE (RW)    2017    2023-ANA, BOS, TOR, CAR (4) *
00-CLAYTON KELLER (RW)    2017    2023-ARI (1) *
00-ADRIAN KEMPE (RW)    2017    2023-LAK (1) *
00-MICHAL KEMPNY (D)    2017    2022-CHI, WSH (2) *
00-NICOLAS KERDILES (LW)    2017    2018-ANA (1) *    
00-TRAVIS KONECNY (RW)    2017    2023-PHI (1) *
00-KALLE KOSSILA (LW)    2017    2019-ANA (1) *
00-SEAN KURALY (C)    2017    2023-BOS, CLB (2) *
00-KEVIN LABANC (RW)    2017    2023-SJS (1) *
00-JOSEPH LABATE (C)    2017    2017-VAN (1) *
00-PAUL LADUE (D)    2017    2022-LAK, NYI (2) *
00-PATRIK LAINE (LW)    2017    2023-WPG, CLB (2) *
00-NICK LAPPIN (RW)    2017    2019-NJD (1) *
00-JACOB LARSSON (D)    2017    2023-ANA, OTT (2) *
00-ARTTURI LEHKONEN (LW) 2017    2023-MTL, COL (2) *
00-MICHAEL LIAMBAS (LW)    2017    2018-NSH (1) *
00-ANTON LINDHOLM (D)    2017    2020-COL (1) *
00-MATTHEW LORITO (RW)    2017    2017-DET (1) *
00-ROMAN LYUBIMOV (LW)    2017    2017-PHI (1) *
00-DENIS MALGIN (C)    2017    2023-FLA, TOR, COL (3) *
00-SEAN MALONE (C)    2017    2021-BUF, NSH (2) *
00-MITCH MARNER (RW)    2017    2023-TOR (1) *
00-AUSTIN MATTHEWS (C)    2017    2023-TOR (1) *
00-IAN MCCOSHEN (D)    2017    2019-FLA (1) *
00-EVAN MCENENY (D)    2017    2017-VAN (1) *
00-WADE MEGAN (C)    2017    2019-STL, DET (2)
00-JAYCOB MEGNA (D)    2017    2023-ANA, SJS, SEA (1) *    
00-TIMO MEIER (RW)    2017    2023-SJS, NJD (2) *
00-GARRETT MITCHELL (RW)2017    2017-WSH (1) *
00-ZACK MITCHELL (RW)    2017    2018-MIN (1) *
00-GRIFFEN MOLINO (C)    2017    2017-VAN (1) *
00-BRANDON MONTOUR (D)    2017    2023-ANA, BUF, FLA (3) *
00-SAMUEL MORIN (D)    2017    2021-PHI (1) *
00-TYLER MOTTE (C)    2017    2023-CHI, CLB, VAN, NYR, OTT, NYR, TBL (6) *
00-BOO NIEVES (C)        2017    2020-NYR (1) *
00-NELSON NOGIER (D)    2017    2019-WPG (1) *
00-MARKUS NUTIVAARA (D)    2017    2022-CLB, FLA (2)
00-ALEXANDER NYLANDER (LW) 2017    2023-BUF, CHI, PIT (3) *
00-ROB O'GARA (D)        2017    2018-BOS (1) *
00-DANNY O'REGAN (C)    2017    2022-SJS,BUF, ANA (3) *
00-MATTHEW PECA (C)    2017    2022-TBL, MTL, OTT, STL (4) *
00-BRENDAN PERLINI (LW)    2017    2022-ARI (1) *
00-BRAYDEN POINT (C)    2017    2023-TBL (1) *
00-ANDREW POTURALSKI (C) 2017    2022-CAR (1) *
00-IVAN PROVOROV (D)    2017    2023-PHI, CLB (2) *
00-JESSE PULJUJARVI (RW)    2017    2023-EDM (1) *
00-JOHN QUENNEVILLE (C)    2017    2020-NJD (1) *
00-DANIEL RENOUF (D)    2017    2023-DET, COL, DET, BOS (3) *
00-TANNER RICHARD (C)    2017    2017-TBL (1) *
00-ANTON RODIN (RW)    2017    2017-VAN (1) *
00-KEVIN ROONEY (C)    2017    2023-NJD, NYR, CGY (3) *
00-JACK ROSLOVIC (C)    2017    2023-WPG, CLB (2) *
00-CARTER ROWNEY (RW)    2017    2022-PIT (1) *
00-ROBBIE RUSSO (D)    2017    2017-DET (1) *
00-ZACH SANFORD (LW)    2017    2023-WSH, STL, OTT, WPG, NSH, ARI (6) *
00-NIKITA SCHERBAK (RW)    2017    2019-MTL (1) *
00-JORDAN SCHMALTZ (D)    2017    2019-STL (1) *
00-NICK SCHMALTZ (C)    2017    2023-CHI, ARI (2) *
00-LUKAS SEDLAK (C)    2017    2023-CLB, COL, PHI (3) *
00-MIKHAIL SERGACHEV (D)    2017    2023-MTL, TBL (2) *
00-DILLON SIMPSON (D)    2017    2017-EDM (1) *
00-C.J SMITH (LW)        2017    2022-BUF, CAR (2) *
00-GEMEL SMITH (C)    2017    2022-DAL, BOS, TBL, DET (4) *
00-MARCUS SORENSEN (RW)    2017    2021-SJS (1) *
00-NICK SORENSEN (RW)    2017    2017-ANA (1) *
00-BLAKE SPEERS(C)    2017    2022-NJD (1) *
00-TROY STECHER (D)    2017    2023-VAN, DET, LAK, ARI, CGY, ARI (5) *
00-DYLAN STROME (C)    2017    2023-ARI, CHI, WSH (3) *
00-EVGENY SVECHNIKOV (LW) 2017    2023-DET, WPG, SJS (3) *
00-BEN THOMSON (LW)    2017    2017-NJD (1) *
00-MATTHEW TKACHUK (LW) 2017    2023-CGY, FLA (2) *
00-ALEX TUCH (RW)    2017    2023-MIN, VEG, BUF (3) *
00-T.J TYNAN (C)        2017    2022-CLB, COL, LAK (3) *
00-MICHAEL VECCHIONE (RW) 2017    2022-PHI, WSH (2) *
00-JIMMY VESEY (LW)    2017    2023-NYR, BUF, TOR, VAN, NJD, NYR, (5) *
00-JAKUB VRANA (LW)    2017    2023-WSH, DET, STL (3) *
00-LUCAS WALLMARK (C)    2017    2021-CAR (1) *
00-MACKENZIE WEEGAR (D)    2017    2023-FLA, CGY (2) *
00-ZACH WERENSKI (D)    2017    2023-CLB (1) *
00-COLIN WHITE (C)    2017    2023-OTT, FLA (2) *
00-NIKITA ZAITSEV (D)    2017    2023-TOR, OTT, CHI (3) *
00-VALENTIN ZYKOV (LW)    2017    2020-CAR (1) *        

NHL PLAYERS LAST SEASON PLAYED IN 2016-17

00-SPENCER ABBOTT (LW)    2014    2017-TOR, CHI (2)
00-CASEY BAILEY (RW)    2015    2017-TOR, OTT (2)
00-CODY BASS (C)        2008    2017-OTT, CLB, NSH (3)
00-TAYLOR BECK (RW)    2013    2017-NSH, NYI, EDM, NYR (4)
00-BRYAN BICKELL (LW)    2007    2017-CHI, CAR (2)
00-RENE BOURQUE (RW)    2006    2017-CHI, CGY, MTL, ANA, CLB, COL (6)
00-MITCH CALLAHAN (RW)    2014    2017-DET (1)
00-BRIAN CAMPBELL (D)    2000    2017-BUF, SJS, CHI, FLA, CHI (4)
00-MATT CARLE (D)    2006    2017-SJS, TBL, PHI, TBL, NSH (4)
00-JOE COLBORNE (C)    2011    2017-TOR, CGY, COL (3)
00-ANDREW DESJARDINES (C) 2011    2017-SJS, CHI (2)
00-SIMON DESPRES (D)    2012    2017-PIT, ANA (2)
00-SHANE DOAN (RW)    1996    2017-WIN, PHX, ARI (1)
00-EMERSON ETEM (RW)    2013    2017-ANA, NYR, VAN, ANA (3)
00-BOBBY FARNHAM (LW)    2015    2017-PIT, NJD, MTL (3)
00-MARK FAYNE (D)    2011    2017-NJD, EDM (2)
00-VERN FIDDLER (C)    2003    2017-NSH, PHX, DAL, NJD, NSH (4)
00-BRIAN FLYNN (RW)    2013    2017-BUF, MTL (2)
00-RYAN GARBUTT (C)    2012    2017-DAL, CHI, ANA (3)
00-TYLER GAUDET (C)    2015    2017-ARI (1)
00-LUKE GAZDIC (LW)    2014    2017-EDM, NJD (2)
00-ERIC GELINAS (D)    2013    2017-NJD, COL (2)
00-TOM GILBERT (D)    2007    2017-EDM, MIN, FLA, MTL, LAK (5)
00-BOYD GORDON (C)    2004    2017-WSH, PHX, EDM, ARI, PHI (5)
00-PETTER GRANBERG (D)    2014    2017-TOR, NSH (2)
00-MATT GREENE (D)    2006    2017-EDM, LAK (2)
00-ALEXANDRE GRENIER (RW) 2016    2017-VAN (1)
00-NICKLAS GROSSMANN (D) 2007    2017-DAL, PHI, ARI, CGY (4)
00-KRISTERS GUDLEVSKIS (G) 2014    2017-TBL (1)
00-SETH HELGESON (D)    2015    2017-NJD (1)
00-MARIAN HOSSA (RW)    1998    2017-OTT, ATL, PITS, DET, CHI (5)
00-QUINTON HOWDEN (C)    2013    2017-FLA, WPG (2)
00-JIRI HUDLER (RW)    2004    2017-DET, CGY, FLA, DAL (4)
00-JAROME IGINLA (RW)    1997    2017-CGY, PIT, BOS, COL, LAK (5)
00-NIKLAS JENSEN (LW)    2013    2017-VAN, NYR (2)
00-RYAN JOHNSTON (D)    2016    2017-MTL (1)
00-JYRKI JOKIPAKKA (D)    2015    2017-DAL, CGY, OTT (3)
00-SERGEY KALININ (C)    2016    2017-NJD (1)
00-BRACKEN KEARNS (C)    2012    2017-FLA, SJS, NYI (3)
00-JAKUB KINDL (D)    2010    2017-DET, FLA (2)
00-DWIGHT KING (LW)    2011    2017-LAK, MTL (2)
00-KEVIN KLEIN (D)    2006    2017-NSH, NYR (2)
00-LAURI KORPIKOSKI (LW)    2009    2017-NYR, PHX, EDM, DAL, CLB (5)
00-ANTON LANDER (C)    2012    2017-EDM (1)
00-PHILIP LARSEN (D)    2010    2017-DAL, EDM, VAN (3)
00-JOHN-MICHAEL LILES (D)    2004    2017-COL, TOR, CAR, BOS (4)
00-CLARKE MACARTHUR (LW) 2007    2017-BUF, ATL, TOR, OTT (4)
00-ALEXEY MARCHENKO (D) 2014    2017-DET, TOR (2)
00-ANDREI MARKOV (D)    2001    2017-MTL (1)
00-JAMIE MCBAIN (D)    2010    2017-CAR, BUF, LAK, ARI (4)
00-JAY MCCLEMENT (C)    2006    2017-STL, COL, TOR, CAR (4)
00-COLIN MCDONALD (RW)    2010    2017-EDM, PIT, NYI, PHI (4)
00-MARK MCNEILL (RW)    2016    2017-CHI, DAL (2)
00-JULIAN MELCHIORI (D)    2014    2017-WPG (1)
00-MILAN MICHALEK (RW)    2004    2017-SJS, OTT, TOR (3)
00-ZBYNEK MICHALEK (D)    2004    2017-MIN, PHX, PIT, PHX, ARI, STL, ARI (5)
00-DREW MILLER (LW)    2008    2017-ANA, TBL, DET (3)
00-JOHN MITCHELL (C)    2009    2017-TOR, NYR, COL (3)
00-JAKUB NAKLADAL (D)    2016    2017-CGY, CAR (2)
00-CHRIS NEIL (RW)    2002    2017-OTT (1)
00-ANDREJ NESTRASIL (RW)    2015    2017-DET, CAR (2)
00-STEVEN OLEKSY (D)    2013    2017-WSH, PIT (2)
00-STEVE OTT (C)        2003    2017-DAL, BUF, STL, DET, MTL (5)
00-ADAM PARDY (D)    2009    2017-CGY, DAL, BUF, WPG, EDM, NSH (6)
00-P.A PARENTEAU (LW)    2007    2017-CHI, NYR, NYI, COL, MTL, TOR, NJD, NSH (8)
00-KEVIN PORTER (C)    2009    2017-PHX, COL, BUF, PIT (4)
00-TEEMU PULKKINEN (RW)    2014    2017-DET, MIN, ARI (3)
00-TEDDY PURCELL (RW)    2008    2017-LAK, TBL, EDM, FLA, LAK (4)
00-MASON RAYMOND (LW)    2008    2017-VAN, TOR, CGY, ANA (4)
00-BORNA RENDULIC (RW)    2015    2017-COL, VAN (2)
00-MIKE RIBEIRO (C)    2000    2017-MTL, DAL, WSH, PHX, NSH (5)
00-MICHAL ROZSIVAL (D)    2000    2017-PIT, NYR, PHX, CHI (4)
00-COLE SCHNEIDER (LW)    2016    2017-BUF (1)
00-NICK SCHULTZ (D)    2002    2017-MIN, EDM, CLB, PHI (4)
00-TOM SESTITO (LW)    2008    2017-CLB, PHI, VAN, PIT (4)
00-DEVIN SETOGUCHI (RW)    2008    2017-SJS, MIN, WPG, CGY, LAK (5)
00-HUNTER SHINKARUK (C)    2016    2017-VAN, CGY (2)
00-JACK SKILLE (RW)    2008    2017-CHI, FLA, CLB, COL, VAN (5)
00-BEN SMITH (RW)    2011    2017-CHI, SJS, TOR, COL, TOR (4)
00-TREVOR SMITH (C)    2009    2017-NYI, TBL, PIT, TOR, NSH (5)
00-VIKTOR STALBERG (LW)    2010    2017-TOR, CHI, NSH, NYR, CAR, OTT (6)
00-KARL STOLLERY (D)    2014    2017-COL, SJS, NJD (3)
00-CLAYTON STONER (D)    2010    2017-MIN, ANA (2)
00-BRIAN STRAIT (D)    2011    2017-PIT, NYI, WPG (3)
00-MARK STUART (D)    2006    2017-BOS, ATL, WPG (3)
00-CHRIS TERRY (LW)    2013    2017-CAR, MTL (2)
00-PAUL THOMPSON (RW)    2016    2017-NJD, FLA (2)
00-SHAWN THORNTON (RW)    2003    2017-CHI, ANA, BOS, FLA (4)
00-SERGEY TOLCHINSKY (LW)2016    2017-CAR (1)
00-JORDIN TOOTOO (RW)    2004    2017-NSH, DET, NJD, CHI (4)
00-COREY TROPP (RW)    2012    2017-BUF, CLB, ANA (3)
00-NIKITA TRYAMKIN (D)    2016    2017-VAN (1)
00-FEDOR TYUTIN (D)    2004    2017-NYR, CLB, COL (3)
00-CHRIS VANDEVELDE (C)    2011    2017-EDM, PHI (2)
00-JOEL VERMIN (RW)    2016    2017-TBL (1)
00-LINDEN VEY (RW)    2014    2017-LAK (1)
00-RYAN WHITE (C)    2010    2017-MTL, PHI, ARI, MIN (4)
00-DENNIS WIDEMAN (D)    2006    2017-STL, BOS, FLA, WSH, CGY (5)
00-MICHAEL ZALEWSKI (LW)2014    2017-VAN    (1)
00-HARRY ZOLNIERCZYK (LW) 2012    2017-PHI, PIT, NYI, ANA, NSH (5)

Montreal Canadiens    1909
Toronto Maple Leafs1919
Boston Bruins    1924
Chicago Blackhawks    1926
Detroit Red Wings    1926
New York Rangers    1926

AFTER 1967 NHL 1ST EXPANSION (12 TEAMS) +6
OAK - OAKLAND SEALS 1967-70 (CHANGED NAME)
CGS - CALIFORNIA GOLDEN SEALS 1970-76 (CHANGED NAME TO CLE)
CLE - CLEVELAND BARONS 1976-78 (CLE MERGES WITH MNS IN 1978 - 1 LESS NHL TEAM)
MNS - MINNESOTA NORTH STARS 1967 - 1993 (CHANGED NAME TO DAL)
DAL - DALLAS STARS 1993-PRESENT
LAK - LOS ANGELES KINGS 1967-PRESENT
PHI - PHILADELPHIA FLYERS 1967-PRESENT
PIT - PITTSBURGH PENQUINS 1967-PRESENT
STL - ST LOUIS BLUES 1967-PRESENT

AFTER 1970 NHL 2ND EAPANSION (14 TEAMS) +2
BUF - BUFFALO SABRES 1970-PRESENT
VAN - VANCOUVER CANUCKS 1970-PRESENT

AFTER 1972 NHL 3RD EXPANSION (16-TEAMS) +2
ATF - ATLANTA FLAMES 1972-1980 (CHANGED NAME)
CGY - CALGARY FLAMES 1980-PRESENT
NYI - NEW YORK ISLANDERS 1972-PRESENT

AFTER 1974 NHL 4TH EXPANSION (18-TEAMS) +2
KCS - KANSAS CITY SCOUTS 1974 - 1976 (CHANGED NAMES TO COR)
COR - COLORADO ROCKIES 1976 - 1982 (CHANGED NAME TO NJD)
NJD - NEW JERSEY DEVILS 1982-PRESENT
WSH - WASHINGTON CAPITALS 1974-PRESENT

IN 1978: Two years after the California Golden Seals move to Cleveland and are renamed the Barons, they merge with the North Stars. That reduces the number of teams in the NHL from 18 to 17. The North Stars move to Dallas in 1993 and are renamed the Stars.

AFTER 1979 NHL 5TH EXPANSION (21 TEAMS) +4
WIN - WINNEPEG JETS 1979-1996 (CHANGED NAMES TO PHX)
PHX - PHOENIX COYOTES 1996-2014 (CHANGED NAME TO ARI)
ARI - ARIZONA COYOTES 2014-PRESENT
HFD - HARTFORD WHALERS 1979-1997 (CHANGED NAME TO CAR)
CAR - CAROLINA HURRICANES 1997-PRESENT
QUE - QUEBEC NORDIQUES 1979-1995 (CHANGED NAME TO COL)
COL - COLORADO AVALANCH 1995-PRESENT
EDM - EDMONTON OILERS 1979-PRESENT

AFTER 1991 NHL 6TH EXPANSION (22-TEAMS) +1
SJS - SAN JOSE SHARKS 1991-PRESENT

AFTER 1992 NHL 7TH EXPANSION (24-TEAMS) +2
OTT - OTTAWA SENATORS -2 1992-PRESENT
TBL - TAMPA BAY LIGHTENING 1992-PRESENT

AFTER 1993 NHL 8TH EXPANSION (26 TEAMS) +2
ANA - MIGHT DUCKS OF ANAHEIM 1993-2006 (CHANGED NAME)
ANA - ANAHEIM DUCKS 2006-PRESENT
FLA - FLORIDA PANTHERS 1993-PRESENT
 
AFTER 1998 NHL 9TH EXPANSION (27-TEAMS) +1
NSH - NASHVILLE PREDATORS 1998-PRESENT

AFTER 1999 NHL 10TH EXPANSION (28-TEAMS) +1
ATL - ATLANTA THRASHERS 1999 - 2011 (CHANGED NAMES)
WPG - WINNEPEG JETS 2011-PRESENT

AFTER 2000 NHL EXPANSION (30-TEAMS) +2
CLB - COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS 2000-PRESENT
MIN - MINNESOTA WILD 2000-PRESENT