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 CapitalsMichel Picard To Ottawa Senatorscash
June
Date References June 1, 1996 To Dallas StarsBrad Lukowich To New York Islanders3rd-rd pick – 1997 entry draft(# 79 – Robert Schnabel) June 14, 1996 To Toronto Maple LeafsJamie Baker5th-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 110 – Peter Cava) To San Jose SharksTodd Gill June 14, 1996 To Edmonton OilersBob Essensa To Detroit Red Wingsfuture considerations June 20, 1996 To Los Angeles KingsEric Lacroix1st-rd pick – 1998 entry draft(# 21 – Mathieu Biron) To Colorado AvalancheStephane Fiset1st-rd pick – 1998 entry draft(# 17 – Martin Skoula) June 21, 1996 To Boston BruinsJeff Odgers5th-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 132 – Elias Abrahamsson) To San Jose SharksAl Iafrate June 22, 1996 To San Jose Sharks1st-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 21 – Marco Sturm) To Chicago Blackhawks2nd-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 31 – Remi Royer)2nd-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 46 – Geoff Peters) June 22, 1996 To New Jersey Devils2nd-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 41 – Josh DeWolf)2nd-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 49 – Colin White) To Pittsburgh Penguins2nd-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 28 – Pavel Skrbek) June 22, 1996 To New Jersey DevilsJeff Reese2nd-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 47 – Pierre Dagenais)8th-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 205 – Jason Bertsch) To Tampa Bay LightningCorey Schwab June 22, 1996 To Boston BruinsTrent McCleary3rd-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 53 – Eric Naud) To Ottawa SenatorsShawn McEachern June 22, 1996 To Dallas Stars3rd-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 70 – Jonathan Sim)4th-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 90 – Mike Hurley) To Washington Capitals3rd-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 58 – Sergei Zimakov) June 22, 1996 To Toronto Maple Leafs3rd-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 66 – Mike Lankshear) To Calgary FlamesDave Gagner June 22, 1996 To Toronto Maple LeafsMike Gartner To Phoenix Coyotes4th-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 103 – Vladimir Antipov) June 22, 1996 To Edmonton Oilers7th-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 170 – Brandon Lafrance) To Pittsburgh PenguinsTyler Wright June 22, 1996 To Dallas StarsSergei Zubov To Pittsburgh PenguinsKevin Hatcher
July
Date References July 1, 1996 To Mighty Ducks of AnaheimKevin Brown To Ottawa SenatorsMike Maneluk July 10, 1996 To Chicago BlackhawksTuomas Gronman To Colorado Avalanche2nd-rd pick – 1998 entry draft(# 38 – Philippe Sauve) July 18, 1996 To Washington Capitalsfuture considerations To Philadelphia FlyersFrank Bialowas July 29, 1996 To Colorado Avalanche2nd-rd pick – 1998 entry draft(# 28 – Ramzi Abid) To Tampa Bay LightningCraig Wolanin
August
Date References August 15, 1996 To San Jose Sharks5th-rd pick – 1998 entry draft(# 145 – Mikael Samuelsson) To Dallas StarsSergei Gorbachev August 16, 1996 To Phoenix CoyotesJeremy Roenick To Chicago BlackhawksCraig MillsAlexei Zhamnov1st-rd pick - 1997 entry draft(# 16 - Ty Jones) August 20, 1996 To San Jose SharksMarty McSorley To New York RangersJayson MoreBrian Swanson4th-rd pick - 1997 entry draft(SJS - # 82 - Adam Colagiacomo)1 August 22, 1996 To Los Angeles KingsPetr Klima To Tampa Bay Lightning5th-rd pick - 1997 entry draft(# 109 - Jan Sulc) August 22, 1996 To New Jersey DevilsLyle Odelein To Montreal CanadiensStephane Richer August 27, 1996 To Detroit Red Wings4th-rd pick - 1998 entry draft(TOR - # 87 - Alexei Ponikarovsky)2 To Tampa Bay LightningDino Ciccarelli 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. 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 AvalancheBrent Severyn To New York Islanders3rd-rd pick - 1997 entry draft(CAR - # 80 - Francis Lessard)1 September 6, 1996 To Montreal CanadiensAndrei Kovalenko To Edmonton OilersScott Thornton September 30, 1996 To Boston BruinsRob DiMaio To San Jose Sharks5th-rd pick - 1997 entry draft(# 107 - Adam Spylo) 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 WhalersKevin Browm To Mighty Ducks of Anaheimrights to Espen Knutsen October 1, 1996 To Mighty Ducks of AnaheimTed Druryrights to Marc Moro To Ottawa SenatorsShaun Van AllenJason York October 9, 1996 To Hartford WhalersPaul CoffeyKeith Primeau1st-rd pick – 1997 entry draft(# 22 – Nikos Tselios) To Detroit Red WingsBrian GlynnBrendan Shanahan October 10, 1996 To Toronto Maple LeafsDarby Hendrickson To New York Islandersconditional 5th-rd pick(# 123 – Jiri Dopita) or 6th-rd pick – 1998 entry draft1 October 24, 1996 To Montreal CanadiensDavid Ling6th-rd pick – 1998 entry draft(# 152 – Gordie Dwyer) To Calgary FlamesScott Fraser October 25, 1996 To Los Angeles Kingsconditional pick – 1997 entry draft2 To Pittsburgh PenguinsPetr Klima October 29, 1996 To Montreal CanadiensMurray BaronShayne Corson5th-rd pick – 1997 entry draft(# 122 – Gennady Razin) To St. Louis BluesCraig ConroyRory FitzpatrickPierre Turgeon Conditions of this draft pick are unknown. 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 AvalancheKeith Jones1st-rd pick – 1998 entry draft(# 20 – Scott Parker)4th-rd pick – 1998 entry draft(WAS - # 106 – Krys Barch)1 To Washington CapitalsCurtis LeschyshynChris Simon November 8, 1996 To Montreal CanadiensJason MacDonald To Detroit Red Wingscash November 9, 1996 To Hartford WhalersCurtis Leschyshyn To Washington CapitalsAndrei Nikolishin November 13, 1996 To St. Louis BluesSergio Momesso To New York RangersBrian Noonan November 13, 1996 To Montreal CanadiensJassen Cullimore To Vancouver CanucksDonald Brashear November 17, 1996 To Pittsburgh PenguinsAndreas JohanssonDarius Kasparaitis To New York IslandersBryan Smolinski November 18, 1996 To Mighty Ducks of AnaheimBrian Bellows To Tampa Bay Lightning6th-rd pick – 1997 entry draft(# 153 – Andrei Skopintsev) November 19, 1996 To Mighty Ducks of AnaheimShawn AntoskiDmitri Mironov To Pittsburgh PenguinsAlex HicksFredrik Olausson November 19, 1996 To Florida PanthersChris Wells To Pittsburgh PenguinsStu BarnesJason Woolley November 19, 1996 To Calgary FlamesAaron Gavey To Tampa Bay LightningRick Tabaracci November 19, 1996 To Los Angeles KingsChris Marinucci To New York IslandersNicholas Vachon November 22, 1996 To New Jersey Devilsfuture considerations To Los Angeles KingsNeal Broten November 22, 1996 To Boston BruinsAnders MyrvoldLandon Wilson To Colorado Avalanche1st-rd pick - 1998 entry draft(# 19 – Robyn Regehr) November 26, 1996 To New Jersey DevilsKen Sutton2nd-rd pick - 1999 entry draft(# 50 – Brett Clouthier) To St. Louis BluesMike PelusoRicard Persson November 27, 1996 To St. Louis BluesPavol Demitra To Ottawa SenatorsChrister Olsson November 27, 1996 To Calgary Flames3rd-rd pick – 1997 entry draft(CAR - # 80 – Francis Lessard)2 To New York IslandersPaul Kruse November 28, 1996 To Los Angeles KingsBrad Smyth To Florida Panthers3rd-rd pick – 1997 entry draft(# 56 – Vratislav Cech) 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. 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 PanthersCraig Fisher To New York Islanderscash December 15, 1996 To Hartford WhalersKevin Haller1st-rd pick – 1997 entry draft(SAS - # 23 – Scott Hannan)17th-rd pick – 1997 entry draft(# 169 – Andrew Merrick) To Philadelphia FlyersPaul Coffey3rd-rd pick – 1997 entry draft(# 62 – Kris Mallette) December 17, 1996 To San Jose Sharkscash To Calgary FlamesYves Racine December 18, 1996 To Chicago BlackhawksIvan Droppa To Florida PanthersAlain Nasreddineconditional pick – 1999 entry draft2 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. 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 SharksEd Belfour To Chicago BlackhawksUlf DahlenMichal SykoraChris Terreri January 27, 1997 To Detroit Red WingsTomas Sandstrom To Pittsburgh PenguinsGreg Johnson January 31, 1997 To Toronto Maple LeafsCraig Wolanin To Tampa Bay Lightning3rd-rd pick – 1998 entry draft(EDM - # 67 – Alex Henry)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 CoyotesJayson More To New York RangersDallas EakinsMike Eastwood February 11, 1997 To New Jersey DevilsPeter Zezel To St. Louis BluesChris McAlpine9th-rd pick - 1999 entry draft(# 270 – James Desmarais) February 21, 1997 To Mighty Ducks of AnaheimJean-Jacques Daigneault To Pittsburgh PenguinsGarry Valk February 25, 1997 To New Jersey DevilsDave EllettDoug GilmourNew Jersey's option of a4th-rd pick – 1998 entry draft or 3rd-rd pick – 1999 entry draft(# 95 – Andre Lakos) To Toronto Maple LeafsJason SmithSteve Sullivanrights to Alyn McCauley
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