The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League during the 2014–15 NHL season. It lists which team each player has been traded to, signed by, or claimed by, and for which player(s) or draft pick (s), if applicable. Players who have retired are also listed. The 2014–15 trade deadline was on March 2, 2015. Any players traded or claimed off waivers after this date were eligible to play up until, but not in the 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs.
Retirement Date Player Last Team Ref July, 2014 Harry Young New Jersey Devils July 24, 2014 Rob Davison San Jose Sharks August 20, 2014 Mike Mottau Florida Panthers August 21, 2014 Jean-Sebastien Giguere Colorado Avalanche September 10, 2014 Saku Koivu Anaheim Ducks October 27, 2014 Mike Komisarek Carolina Hurricanes November 29, 2014 Marc-Andre Bourdon Philadelphia Flyers December 4, 2014 Daniel Alfredsson Detroit Red Wings December 5, 2014 George Parros Montreal Canadiens December 14, 2014 Tomas Vokoun Pittsburgh Penguins January 21, 2015 Ray Whitney Dallas Stars January 27, 2015 Radek Dvorak Carolina Hurricanes January 29, 2015 Martin Brodeur St. Louis Blues February 11, 2015 Evgeni Nabokov San Jose Sharks March 26, 2015 Mikael Samuelsson Detroit Red Wings April 11, 2015 Robyn Regehr Los Angeles Kings June 15, 2015Kimmo TimonenChicago Blackhawks
Contract terminations At any time, a team and a player can mutually agree to terminate a player's contract.
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Teams may buy out player contracts (after the conclusion of a season) for a portion of the remaining value of the contract, paid over a period of twice the remaining length of the contract. This reduced number and extended period is applied to the cap hit as well. If the player was under the age of 26 at the time of the buyout the player's pay and cap hit will reduced by a factor of 2/3 over the extended period. If the player was 26 or older at the time of the buyout the player's pay and cap hit will reduced by a factor of 1/3 over the extended period. If the player was 35 or older at the time of signing the contract the player's pay will be reduced by a factor of 1/3, but the cap hit will not be reduced over the extended period.
All players must clear waivers before having a contract terminated. Injured players cannot be bought out.
† - Following the 2012–13 NHL lockout each team was granted two compliance buyouts (to be exercised after the 2012–13 season and/or after the 2013–14 season) that would not count against the salary cap in any further year, regardless of the player's age. After using a compliance buyout on a player, that player is prohibited from rejoining the team that bought him out for one year; the NHL deemed that the re-signing of a player following a trade and a subsequent compliance buyout would be ruled as cap circumvention.
Date Name Previous team Notes Ref June 29, 2014 Christian Ehrhoff Buffalo Sabres Compliance buyout† June 30, 2014 Ed Jovanovski Florida Panthers Compliance buyout† June 30, 2014 Shane O'Brien Calgary Flames Compliance buyout† June 30, 2014 Tim Gleason Toronto Maple Leafs Buyout June 30, 2014 Anton Volchenkov New Jersey Devils Compliance buyout† July 16, 2014 Kirill Kabanov New York Islanders Mutual termination October 8, 2014 Peter Mueller St. Louis Blues Mutual termination October 11, 2014 Marcel Noebels Philadelphia Flyers Mutual termination October 11, 2014 Matthew Lombardi New York Rangers Mutual termination October 16, 2014 Steven Whitney Anaheim Ducks Mutual termination October 22, 2014 Alexander Fallstrom Boston Bruins Mutual termination October 28, 2014 Simon Hjalmarsson Columbus Blue Jackets Mutual termination November 21, 2014 Petri Kontiola Toronto Maple Leafs Mutual termination December 12, 2014 Damien Brunner New Jersey Devils Mutual termination January 5, 2015 Jerome Samson Tampa Bay Lightning Mutual termination January 9, 2015 Henrik Tommernes Vancouver Canucks Mutual termination January 22, 2015 Jakub Culek Ottawa Senators Mutual termination January 29, 2015 Simon Gagne Boston Bruins Mutual termination February 4, 2015 Ryan Malone New York Rangers Mutual termination February 27, 2015 Ilya Bryzgalov Anaheim Ducks Mutual termination April 5, 2015 Artem Sergeev Tampa Bay Lightning Mutual termination June 12, 2015 Jussi Rynnas Dallas Stars Mutual termination June 19, 2015 Matt Cooke Minnesota Wild Buyout June 20, 2015 Adam Burish San Jose Sharks Buyout
Free agency Note: This does not include players who have re-signed with their previous team as an unrestricted free agent or as a restricted free agent.