1996–97 NHL transactions

This list is for 1996–97 NHL transactions within professional ice hockey league of players in North America. The following contains team-to-team transactions that occurred in the National Hockey League during the 1996–97 NHL season. It lists what team each player has been traded to, or claimed by, and for which players or draft picks, if applicable.

May

Date References
May 21, 1996 To Washington Capitals
Michel Picard 		To Ottawa Senators
cash 		[1]

June

Date References
June 1, 1996 To Dallas Stars
Brad Lukowich 		To New York Islanders
3rd-rd pick – 1997 Entry Draft
(# 79 – Robert Schnabel) 		[2]
June 14, 1996 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Jamie Baker
5th-rd pick – 1996 Entry Draft
(# 110 – Peter Cava) 		To San Jose Sharks
Todd Gill 		[3]
June 14, 1996 To Edmonton Oilers
Bob Essensa 		To Detroit Red Wings
future considerations 		[4]
June 20, 1996 To Los Angeles Kings
Eric Lacroix
1st-rd pick – 1998 Entry Draft
(# 21 – Mathieu Biron) 		To Colorado Avalanche
Stephane Fiset
1st-rd pick – 1998 Entry Draft
(# 17 – Martin Skoula) 		[5]
June 21, 1996 To Boston Bruins
Jeff Odgers
5th-rd pick – 1996 Entry Draft
(# 132 – Elias Abrahamsson) 		To San Jose Sharks
Al Iafrate 		[6]
June 22, 1996 To San Jose Sharks
1st-rd pick – 1996 Entry Draft
(# 21 – Marco Sturm) 		To Chicago Blackhawks
2nd-rd pick – 1996 Entry Draft
(# 31 – Remi Royer)
2nd-rd pick – 1996 Entry Draft
(# 46 – Geoff Peters) 		[7]
June 22, 1996 To New Jersey Devils
2nd-rd pick – 1996 Entry Draft
(# 41 – Josh DeWolf)
2nd-rd pick – 1996 Entry Draft
(# 49 – Colin White) 		To Pittsburgh Penguins
2nd-rd pick – 1996 Entry Draft
(# 28 – Pavel Skrbek) 		[8]
June 22, 1996 To New Jersey Devils
Jeff Reese
2nd-rd pick – 1996 Entry Draft
(# 47 – Pierre Dagenais)
8th-rd pick – 1996 Entry Draft
(# 205 – Jason Bertsch) 		To Tampa Bay Lightning
Corey Schwab 		[9]
June 22, 1996 To Boston Bruins
Trent McCleary
3rd-rd pick – 1996 Entry Draft
(# 53 – Eric Naud) 		To Ottawa Senators
Shawn McEachern 		[10]
June 22, 1996 To Dallas Stars
3rd-rd pick – 1996 Entry Draft
(# 70 – Jonathan Sim)
4th-rd pick – 1996 Entry Draft
(# 90 – Mike Hurley) 		To Washington Capitals
3rd-rd pick – 1996 Entry Draft
(# 58 – Sergei Zimakov) 		[11]
June 22, 1996 To Toronto Maple Leafs
3rd-rd pick – 1996 Entry Draft
(# 66 – Mike Lankshear) 		To Calgary Flames
Dave Gagner 		[12]
June 22, 1996 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Mike Gartner 		To Phoenix Coyotes
4th-rd pick – 1996 Entry Draft
(# 103 – Vladimir Antipov) 		[13]
June 22, 1996 To Edmonton Oilers
7th-rd pick – 1996 Entry Draft
(# 170 – Brandon Lafrance) 		To Pittsburgh Penguins
Tyler Wright 		[14]
June 22, 1996 To Dallas Stars
Sergei Zubov 		To Pittsburgh Penguins
Kevin Hatcher 		[15]

July

Date References
July 1, 1996 To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Kevin Brown 		To Ottawa Senators
Mike Maneluk 		[16]
July 10, 1996 To Chicago Blackhawks
Tuomas Gronman 		To Colorado Avalanche
2nd-rd pick – 1998 Entry Draft
(# 38 – Philippe Sauve) 		[17]
July 18, 1996 To Washington Capitals
future considerations 		To Philadelphia Flyers
Frank Bialowas 		[18]
July 29, 1996 To Colorado Avalanche
2nd-rd pick – 1998 Entry Draft
(# 28 – Ramzi Abid) 		To Tampa Bay Lightning
Craig Wolanin 		[19]

August

Date References
August 15, 1996 To San Jose Sharks
5th-rd pick – 1998 Entry Draft
(# 145 – Mikael Samuelsson) 		To Dallas Stars
Sergei Gorbachev 		[20]
August 16, 1996 To Phoenix Coyotes
Jeremy Roenick 		To Chicago Blackhawks
Craig Mills
Alexei Zhamnov
1st-rd pick - 1997 Entry Draft
(# 16 - Ty Jones) 		[21]
August 20, 1996 To San Jose Sharks
Marty McSorley 		To New York Rangers
Jayson More
Brian Swanson
4th-rd pick - 1997 Entry Draft
(SJS - # 82 - Adam Colagiacomo)1 		[22]
August 22, 1996 To Los Angeles Kings
Petr Klima 		To Tampa Bay Lightning
5th-rd pick - 1997 Entry Draft
(# 109 - Jan Sulc) 		[23]
August 22, 1996 To New Jersey Devils
Lyle Odelein 		To Montreal Canadiens
Stephane Richer 		[24]
August 27, 1996 To Detroit Red Wings
4th-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft
(TOR - # 87 - Alexei Ponikarovsky)2 		To Tampa Bay Lightning
Dino Ciccarelli 		[25]
  1. San Jose's sixth-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on June 21, 1997 that sent fourth-round (# 93 overall) and sixth-round picks in the 1997 Entry Draft to the Rangers in exchange for this pick.
  2. Detroit's acquired fourth-round pick went to Toronto as the result of a trade on March 24, 1998 that sent Jamie Macoun to Detroit in exchange for this pick.

September

Date References
September 4, 1996 To Colorado Avalanche
Brent Severyn 		To New York Islanders
3rd-rd pick - 1997 Entry Draft
(CAR - # 80 - Francis Lessard)1 		[26]
September 6, 1996 To Montreal Canadiens
Andrei Kovalenko 		To Edmonton Oilers
Scott Thornton 		[27]
September 30, 1996 To Boston Bruins
Rob DiMaio 		To San Jose Sharks
5th-rd pick - 1997 Entry Draft
(# 107 - Adam Spylo) 		[28]
  1. Calgary's third-round pick went to Carolina as the result of a trade on March 5, 1997 that sent Hnat Domenichelli, Glen Featherstone, a second-round pick in the 1997 Entry Draft and a third-round pick in the 1998 Entry Draft to Calgary in exchange for Steve Chiasson and this pick. Hartford relocated to Raleigh to become the Carolina Hurricanes after the 1996–97 NHL season.
    Calgary previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade with the Islanders on November 27, 1996 that sent Paul Kruse to the Islanders in exchange for this pick.

October

Date References
October 1, 1996 To Hartford Whalers
Kevin Browm 		To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
rights to Espen Knutsen 		[29]
October 1, 1996 To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Ted Drury
rights to Marc Moro 		To Ottawa Senators
Shaun Van Allen
Jason York 		[30]
October 9, 1996 To Hartford Whalers
Paul Coffey
Keith Primeau
1st-rd pick – 1997 Entry Draft
(# 22 – Nikos Tselios) 		To Detroit Red Wings
Brian Glynn
Brendan Shanahan 		[31]
October 10, 1996 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Darby Hendrickson 		To New York Islanders
conditional 5th-rd pick
(# 123 – Jiri Dopita)
or 6th-rd pick – 1998 Entry Draft1 		[32]
October 24, 1996 To Montreal Canadiens
David Ling
6th-rd pick – 1998 Entry Draft
(# 152 – Gordie Dwyer) 		To Calgary Flames
Scott Fraser 		[33]
October 25, 1996 To Los Angeles Kings
conditional pick – 1997 Entry Draft2 		To Pittsburgh Penguins
Petr Klima 		[34]
October 29, 1996 To Montreal Canadiens
Murray Baron
Shayne Corson
5th-rd pick – 1997 Entry Draft
(# 122 – Gennady Razin) 		To St. Louis Blues
Craig Conroy
Rory Fitzpatrick
Pierre Turgeon 		[35]
  1. Conditions of this draft pick are unknown.
  2. Conditions of this draft pick are unknown Los Angeles made no pick selection belonging to Pittsburgh in the 1997 Entry Draft.

November

Date References
November 2, 1996 To Colorado Avalanche
Keith Jones
1st-rd pick – 1998 Entry Draft
(# 20 – Scott Parker)
4th-rd pick – 1998 Entry Draft
(WAS - # 106 – Krys Barch)1 		To Washington Capitals
Curtis Leschyshyn
Chris Simon 		[36]
November 8, 1996 To Montreal Canadiens
Jason MacDonald 		To Detroit Red Wings
cash 		[37]
November 9, 1996 To Hartford Whalers
Curtis Leschyshyn 		To Washington Capitals
Andrei Nikolishin 		[38]
November 13, 1996 To St. Louis Blues
Sergio Momesso 		To New York Rangers
Brian Noonan 		[39]
November 13, 1996 To Montreal Canadiens
Jassen Cullimore 		To Vancouver Canucks
Donald Brashear 		[40]
November 17, 1996 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Andreas Johansson
Darius Kasparaitis 		To New York Islanders
Bryan Smolinski 		[41]
November 18, 1996 To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Brian Bellows 		To Tampa Bay Lightning
6th-rd pick – 1997 Entry Draft
(# 153 – Andrei Skopintsev) 		[42]
November 19, 1996 To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Shawn Antoski
Dmitri Mironov 		To Pittsburgh Penguins
Alex Hicks
Fredrik Olausson 		[43]
November 19, 1996 To Florida Panthers
Chris Wells 		To Pittsburgh Penguins
Stu Barnes
Jason Woolley 		[44]
November 19, 1996 To Calgary Flames
Aaron Gavey 		To Tampa Bay Lightning
Rick Tabaracci 		[45]
November 19, 1996 To Los Angeles Kings
Chris Marinucci 		To New York Islanders
Nicholas Vachon 		[46]
November 22, 1996 To New Jersey Devils
future considerations 		To Los Angeles Kings
Neal Broten 		[47]
November 22, 1996 To Boston Bruins
Anders Myrvold
Landon Wilson 		To Colorado Avalanche
1st-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft
(# 19 – Robyn Regehr) 		[48]
November 26, 1996 To New Jersey Devils
Ken Sutton
2nd-rd pick - 1999 Entry Draft
(# 50 – Brett Clouthier) 		To St. Louis Blues
Mike Peluso
Ricard Persson 		[49]
November 27, 1996 To St. Louis Blues
Pavol Demitra 		To Ottawa Senators
Christer Olsson 		[50]
November 27, 1996 To Calgary Flames
3rd-rd pick – 1997 Entry Draft
(CAR - # 80 – Francis Lessard)2 		To New York Islanders
Paul Kruse 		[51]
November 28, 1996 To Los Angeles Kings
Brad Smyth 		To Florida Panthers
3rd-rd pick – 1997 Entry Draft
(# 56 – Vratislav Cech) 		[52]
  1. Washington's fourth-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on June 27, 1998 that sent a third-round pick in the 1998 Entry Draft to Colorado in exchange a fourth-round pick and fifth-round pick in the 1998 Entry Draft along with this pick.
  2. Calgary's acquired third-round pick went to Carolina as the result of a trade on March 5, 1997 that sent Hnat Domenichelli, Glen Featherstone, a second-round pick in the 1997 Entry Draft and a third-round pick in the 1998 Entry Draft to Calgary in exchange for Steve Chiasson and this pick. Hartford relocated to Raleigh to become the Carolina Hurricanes after the 1996–97 NHL season.

December

Date References
December 7, 1996 To Florida Panthers
Craig Fisher 		To New York Islanders
cash 		[53]
December 15, 1996 To Hartford Whalers
Kevin Haller
1st-rd pick – 1997 Entry Draft
(SAS - # 23 – Scott Hannan)1
7th-rd pick – 1997 Entry Draft
(# 169 – Andrew Merrick) 		To Philadelphia Flyers
Paul Coffey
3rd-rd pick – 1997 Entry Draft
(# 62 – Kris Mallette) 		[54]
December 17, 1996 To San Jose Sharks
cash 		To Calgary Flames
Yves Racine 		[55]
December 18, 1996 To Chicago Blackhawks
Ivan Droppa 		To Florida Panthers
Alain Nasreddine
conditional pick – 1999 Entry Draft2 		[56]
  1. Carolina's acquired first-round pick went to San Jose as the result of a trade on June 21, 1997 that sent a second-round in the 1997 Entry Draft and a third-round pick in the 1998 Entry Draft to Carolina in exchange for this pick. Hartford relocated to Raleigh to become the Carolina Hurricanes after the 1996–97 NHL season.
  2. Conditions of this draft pick are unknown. Florida made no pick selection belonging to Chicago in the 1999 Entry Draft.

January

Date References
January 25, 1997 To San Jose Sharks
Ed Belfour 		To Chicago Blackhawks
Ulf Dahlen
Michal Sykora
Chris Terreri 		[57]
January 27, 1997 To Detroit Red Wings
Tomas Sandstrom 		To Pittsburgh Penguins
Greg Johnson 		[58]
January 31, 1997 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Craig Wolanin 		To Tampa Bay Lightning
3rd-rd pick – 1998 Entry Draft
(EDM - # 67 – Alex Henry)1 		[59]
  1. Tampa Bay's acquired third-round pick went to Edmonton as the result of a trade on July 16, 1997 that sent Brantt Myhres and a third-round pick in the 1998 Entry Draft to Tampa Bay in exchange for Vladimir Vujtek and this pick.

February

Date References
February 6, 1997 To Phoenix Coyotes
Jayson More 		To New York Rangers
Dallas Eakins
Mike Eastwood 		[60]
February 11, 1997 To New Jersey Devils
Peter Zezel 		To St. Louis Blues
Chris McAlpine
9th-rd pick - 1999 Entry Draft
(# 270 – James Desmarais) 		[61]
February 21, 1997 To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Jean-Jacques Daigneault 		To Pittsburgh Penguins
Garry Valk 		[62]
February 25, 1997 To New Jersey Devils
Dave Ellett
Doug Gilmour
New Jersey's option of a
4th-rd pick – 1998 Entry Draft or
3rd-rd pick – 1999 Entry Draft
(# 95 – Andre Lakos) 		To Toronto Maple Leafs
Jason Smith
Steve Sullivan
rights to Alyn McCauley 		[63]

March

  • Trading Deadline: March 18, 1997[64]
Date References
March 1, 1997 To Boston Bruins
Jason Allison
Jim Carey
Anson Carter
3rd-rd pick – 1997 Entry Draft
(# 63 – Lee Goren)
conditional 2nd-rd pick – 1998 Entry Draft1
(# 52 – Bobby Allen) 		To Washington Capitals
Adam Oates
Bill Ranford
Rick Tocchet 		[65]
March 5, 1997 To Hartford Whalers
Steve Chiasson
3rd-rd pick – 1997 Entry Draft
(# 80 – Francis Lessard) 		To Calgary Flames
Hnat Domenichelli
Glen Featherstone
1st-rd pick - 1997 Entry Draft
(# 51 – Dmitri Kokorev)
3rd-rd pick – 1998 Entry Draft
(# 62 – Paul Manning) 		[66]
March 8, 1997 To San Jose Sharks
Sergei Nemchinov
Brian Noonan 		To Calgary Flames
Russ Courtnall
Esa Tikkanen 		[67]
March 18, 1997 To Buffalo Sabres
Miroslav Satan 		To Edmonton Oilers
Craig Millar
Barrie Moore 		[68]
March 18, 1997 To Montreal Canadiens
Dave Manson 		To Phoenix Coyotes
Murray Baron
Chris Murray 		[69]
March 18, 1997 To Hartford Whalers
Chris Murray 		To Phoenix Coyotes
Gerald Diduck 		[70]
March 18, 1997 To Hartford Whalers
Derek King 		To New York Islanders
5th-rd pick – 1997 Entry Draft
(# 115 – Adam Edinger) 		[71]
March 18, 1997 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Kelly Chase 		To Hartford Whalers
8th-rd pick – 1998 Entry Draft
(# 208 – Jaroslav Svoboda) 		[72]
March 18, 1997 To Hartford Whalers
Bates Battaglia
4th-rd pick – 1998 Entry Draft
(# 91 – Josef Vasicek) 		To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Mark Janssens 		[73]
March 18, 1997 To Chicago Blackhawks
Denis Chasse
rights to Kevin Bolibruck
6th-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft
(OTT - # 161 – Chris Neil)2 		To Ottawa Senators
Mike Prokopec 		[74]
March 18, 1997 To Toronto Maple Leafs
future considerations 		To Detroit Red Wings
Larry Murphy 		[75]
March 18, 1997 To Vancouver Canucks
future considerations
(5th-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft
# 140 – Rick Bertran)3 		To Pittsburgh Penguins
Josef Beranek 		[76]
March 18, 1997 To Los Angeles Kings
Glen Murray 		To Pittsburgh Penguins
Ed Olczyk 		[77]
March 18, 1997 To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
Richard Park 		To Pittsburgh Penguins
Roman Oksiuta 		[78]
March 18, 1997 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Jason Podollan 		To Florida Panthers
Kirk Muller 		[79]
March 18, 1997 To Edmonton Oilers
Drew Bannister
6th-rd pick – 1997 Entry Draft
(# 141 – Peter Sarno) 		To Tampa Bay Lightning
Jeff Norton 		[80]
March 18, 1997 To Calgary Flames
Tyler Moss 		To Tampa Bay Lightning
Jamie Huscroft 		[81]
March 18, 1997 To Calgary Flames
Tyrone Garner
Marty McInnis
6th-rd pick - 1997 Entry Draft
(# 140 – Ilja Demidov) 		To New York Islanders
Robert Reichel 		[82]
March 18, 1997 To Vancouver Canucks
future considerations 		To Philadelphia Flyers
Frantisek Kucera 		[83]
March 18, 1997 To Calgary Flames
Ravil Gusmanov 		To Chicago Blackhawks
Marc Hussey 		[84]
March 18, 1997 To Montreal Canadiens
Steve Cheredaryk 		To Phoenix Coyotes
Pat Jablonski 		[85]
  1. Conditions of this draft pick was if Washington were able to re-sign Rick Tocchet as a free agent. He signed with the Phoenix Coyotes on July 23, 1997 and Washington got a compensation pick in the 1998 Entry Draft that still went to Boston to complete the trade.
  2. Ottawa's sixth-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on September 24, 1997 that sent Kirk Daubenspeck to Chicago in exchange for future considerations and this pick.
  3. Trade completed on June 27, 1998.

See also

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