1967-68 marked the first NHL season for six new franchises. Previously, the league consisted of six teams but found itself to be double the size after the 1966-67 season. The ‘Next Six’ or ‘New Six’ were a rag-tag bunch of rookies, over-the-hill NHL veterans and career minor leaguers in that first year. All six of the new teams were placed in the West Division while all the Original Six were put in the newly formed East Division. To guage the strength of the expansion teams, not even the West Division first place Philadelphia Flyers would have finished any higher than sixth place in the East.
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The Captains of the 1967-68 NHL Expansion Teams
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