1981–82 NHL transactions

none August 2023 The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League during the 1981–82 NHL season. It lists what team each player has been traded to, signed by, or claimed by, and for which player(s) or draft pick(s), if applicable. Trades between teams June June 9, 1981 To Minnesota North StarsNelson Burton To Quebec NordiquesDan Chicoine June 10, 1981 To Colorado Rockies1st-rd pick - 1981 entry draft(# 5 - Joe Cirella)2nd-rd pick - 1981 entry draft(# 26 - Rich Chernomaz) To Washington Capitals1st-rd pick - 1981 entry draft(# 3 - Bobby Carpenter)3rd-rd pick - 1981 entry draft(# 45 - Eric Calder) July July 3, 1981 To Hartford WhalersDon GillenRick MacLeishBlake Wesley1st-rd pick - 1982 entry draft(# 14 - Paul Lawless)2nd-rd pick - 1982 entry draft(# 35 - Mark Paterson)3rd-rd pick - 1982 entry draft(# 56 - Kevin Dineen) To Philadelphia FlyersRay AllisonFred Arthur1st-rd pick - 1982 entry draft(# 4 - Ron Sutter)3rd-rd pick - 1982 entry draft(# 46 - Miroslav Dvorak) July 3, 1981 To St. Louis BluesScott CampbellJohn Markell To Winnipeg JetsPaul MacLeanBryan MaxwellEd Staniowski July 15, 1981 To Vancouver Canucksrights to Ivan Hlinka To Winnipeg JetsBrent Ashton4th-rd pick - 1982 entry draft(# 74 - Tom Martin) July 15, 1981 To Colorado RockiesBrent Ashton3rd-rd pick - 1982 entry draft(# 54 - Dave Kasper) To Winnipeg JetsLucien DeBlois July 21, 19811 To Boston BruinsBruins option to swap1st-rd picks - 1982 entry draft(# 1 - Gord Kluzak)22nd-rd pick - 1982 entry draft(# 22 - Brian Curran) To Colorado Rockies10th-rd pick - 1982 entry draft(# 207 - Tony Gilliard) July 23, 1981 To Detroit Red WingsMark Lofthouse To Washington CapitalsAl Jensen July 31, 1981 To Minnesota North StarsLindsay Middlebrook To Winnipeg Jetscash A compensation trade for Boston as Colorado signed restricted free agent Dwight Foster. Boston exercised the option and swap the 18th pick for the 1st overall pick in 1982. August August 10, 1981 To Los Angeles Kings5th-rd pick - 1983 entry draft(# 100 - Garry Galley) To Edmonton OilersJay McFarlane August 10, 1981 To Toronto Maple LeafsDon Luce To Los Angeles KingsBob Gladney6th-rd pick - 1983 entry draft(# 108 - Kevin Stevens) August 21, 1981 To Minnesota North Starsrights to Don Murdoch To Edmonton OilersDon Jackson3rd-rd pick - 1982 entry draft(MIN - # 59 - Wally Chapman)1 August 21, 1981 To Minnesota North Stars1st-rd pick - 1982 entry draft(# 17 - Murray Craven) To Detroit Red WingsGreg Smithrights to Don Murdoch1st-rd pick - 1982 entry draft(# 2 - Brian Bellows) Minnesota's third-round pick was re-acquired on draft day to complete a trade on February 2, 1981 that sent Gary Edwards to Edmonton in exchange for future considerations. September September 8,1981 To Winnipeg JetsDoug Soetaert To New York Rangers3rd-rd pick - 1983 entry draft(# 49 - Vesa Salo) September 11,1981 To Toronto Maple Leafs4th-rd pick - 1982 entry draft(# 73 - Vladimir Ruzicka) To Pittsburgh PenguinsPaul Harrison September 28,1981 To Pittsburgh Penguinsfuture considerations To New York IslandersRobert Holland October October 1,1981 To Colorado RockiesDave CameronBob Lorimer To New York Islanders1st-rd pick - 1983 entry draft(# 3 - Pat LaFontaine) October 2,1981 To Hartford WhalersChris KotsopoulosGerry McDonaldDoug Sulliman To New York RangersMike Rogers10th-rd pick - 1982 entry draft(# 193 - Simo Saarinen) October 2,1981 To Hartford WhalersGarry Howatt To New York Islanders5th-rd pick - 1983 entry draft(# 84 - Bob Caulfield) October 16,1981 To Toronto Maple Leafs5th-rd pick - 1982 entry draft(# 99 - Sylvain Charland) To New York RangersPat Hickey October 30,1981 To Minnesota North Starscash To New York RangersTom Younghans November November 10,1981 To Calgary FlamesGary McAdam4th-rd pick - 1983 entry draft(# 66 - John Bekkers) To Detroit Red WingsEric Vail November 11,1981 To Toronto Maple LeafsJohn GibsonBilly Harris To Los Angeles KingsIan Turnbull November 11,1981 To Calgary FlamesMel Bridgman To Philadelphia FlyersBrad Marsh November 25,1981 To Colorado RockiesDon LeverBob MacMillan To Calgary FlamesLanny McDonald4th-rd pick - 1983 entry draft(# 77 - Bill Claviter) November 25,1981 To Calgary FlamesPat Ribble2nd-rd pick - 1983 entry draft(MTL - # 35 - Todd Francis)1 To Washington CapitalsBobby GouldRandy Holt Calgary's second-round pick went to Montreal as the result of a trade on September 10, 1982 that sent the Doug Risebrough and Montreal's second-round pick in 1983 NHL Entry Draft to Calgary in exchange for Calgary's third-round pick in 1984 NHL Entry Draft and this pick. December December 2,1981 To Buffalo SabresMike FolignoDale McCourtBrent Peterson To Detroit Red WingsDanny GareJim SchoenfeldDerek Smith December 2,1981 To Buffalo Sabresfuture considerations To Detroit Red WingsBob Sauve December 4,1981 To Colorado RockiesDick LambyJoe Micheletti To St. Louis BluesBill Baker December 11,1981 To Edmonton OilersLance Nethery To New York RangersEddie Mio December 19,1981 To Montreal Canadiens6th-rd pick - 1982 entry draft1(# 117 - Ernie Vargas) To Winnipeg JetsSerge Savard December 21,1981 To Hartford WhalersPierre Larouche1st-rd pick - 1984 entry draft(# 11 - Sylvain Cote)3rd-rd pick - 1985 entry draft(PIT - # 58 - Bruce Racine)2 To Montreal Canadiens1st-rd pick - 1984 entry draft(# 5 - Petr Svoboda)2nd-rd pick - 1984 entry draft(# 26 - Brian Benning)33rd-rd pick - 1985 entry draft(# 47 - Rocky Dundas) December 29,1981 To Hartford WhalersRuss Anderson8th-rd pick - 1983 entry draft(# 143 - Christian Duperron) To Pittsburgh PenguinsRick MacLeish December 30,1981 To Quebec NordiquesJere GillisDean Talafous4 To New York RangersRobbie Ftorek8th-rd pick - 1982 entry draft(# 160 - Brian Glynn) December 31,1981 To Minnesota North Starscash To Colorado RockiesKevin Maxwellrights to Jim Dobson This is a compensation trade. Savard retired from the NHL on August 12, 1981. The Jets selected him in the NHL waiver draft on October 5, 1981. The trade was completed upon Savard's return to the NHL with the Jets. Hartford's third-round pick went to Pittsburgh as the result of a trade on September 30, 1983 that sent Greg Malone to Hartford in exchange for this pick. Montreal's second-round pick went to St. Louis as the result of a trade on June 9, 1984 that sent St. Louis' first-round and second-round picks in 1984 NHL Entry Draft to Montreal in exchange for Rick Wamsley, Montreal's second-round pick (32nd overall) and third-round pick in 1984 NHL Entry Draft along with this pick. Dean Talafous did not report to Quebec and retired from hockey. Pat Hickey was substituted to complete the trade after an arbitrator's decision on March 8, 1982. January January 12, 1982 To Hartford WhalersMichel Plasse4th-rd pick - 1983 entry draft(# 72 - Ron Chyzowski) To Quebec NordiquesJohn Garrett January 20, 1982 To Toronto Maple LeafsRich Costello2nd-rd pick - 1982 entry draft(# 25 - Peter Ihnacak)future considerations1(Ken Strong) To Philadelphia FlyersDarryl Sittler Trade completed in May, 1982. February February 1,1982 To Quebec NordiquesTim Tookey7th-rd pick - 1982 entry draft(# 131 - Daniel Poudrier) To Washington CapitalsLee Norwood6th-rd pick - 1982 entry draft(CGY - # 118 - Mats Kihlstrom)1 February 2,1982 To Hartford Whalers10th-rd pick - 1983 entry draft(# 193 - Reine Landgren) To New York RangersRob McClanahan February 3,1982 To Toronto Maple Leafs5th-rd pick - 1983 entry draft(# 83 - Dan Hodgson)future considerations2(6th-rd pick - 1982 entry draft -# 115 - Craig Kales) To Pittsburgh PenguinsGreg Hotham February 14,1982 To St. Louis Blues8th-rd pick - 1984 entry draft(# 148 - Don Porter) To Pittsburgh Penguinsright to claim Gary Edwardsoff waivers from Blues withouthaving to pay a cash waiver price Washington's sixth-round pick went to Calgary as the result of a trade on June 9, 1982 that sent Ken Houston and Pat Riggin to Washington in exchange for Howard Walker, George White, Washington's third-round pick in 1983 NHL Entry Draft, second-round pick in 1984 NHL Entry Draft and this pick. Trade completed on June 9, 1982 at the 1982 NHL entry draft. March Trading Deadline: March 9, 1982 NHL trade deadline: Deals since 1980 | Habs Inside/Out https://web.archive.org/web/20090216033716/http://habsinsideout.com/main/3969 2009-02-16 March 2, 1982 To Minnesota North StarsMark Johnson To Pittsburgh Penguins2nd-rd pick - 1982 entry draft(# 38 - Tim Hrynewich) March 8, 1982 To Toronto Maple LeafsJim Korn To Detroit Red Wings4th-rd pick - 1982 entry draft(# 66 - Craig Coxe)5th-rd pick - 1983 entry draft(# 88 - Joe Kocur) March 8, 1982 To Toronto Maple LeafsPhil DrouillardWalt Poddubny To Edmonton OilersLaurie Boschman March 8, 1982 To Calgary Flamesfuture considerations To St. Louis BluesKari Eloranta March 9, 1982 To Colorado RockiesStan Weir To Edmonton OilersEd Cooper March 9, 1982 To Edmonton OilersTodd Bidner To Washington CapitalsDoug Hicks March 9, 1982 To Toronto Maple LeafsMiroslav Frycer7th-rd pick - 1982 entry draft(# 139 - Jeff Triano) To Quebec NordiquesWilf Paiement March 9, 1982 To Vancouver CanucksTony CurrieRick HeinzJim Nill4th-rd pick - 1982 entry draft(# 71 - Shawn Kilroy) To St. Louis BluesGlen Hanlon March 9, 1982 To Montreal Canadiens2nd-rd pick - 1983 entry draft(# 27 - Sergio Momesso) To St. Louis BluesGuy Lapointe References Additional sources hockeydb.com - search for player and select "show trades" NHL trades for 1981-1982 http://www.nhltradetracker.com/user/trade_list_by_season/1981-82/1 2021-07-22 NHL Trade Tracker Category:NHL transactions Category:1981–82 NHL season