This list is for 1997–98 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 1997–98 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 30, 1997 To St. Louis BluesBrent Johnson To Colorado Avalanche3rd-rd pick – 1997 entry draft(# 55 – Rick Berry)conditional 3rd-rd pick – 2000 entry draft1 Conditions of this draft pick are unknown Colorado made no pick selection belonging to St. Louis in the 2000 entry draft.
June
Date References June 12, 1997 To Toronto Maple LeafsPer Gustafsson To Florida PanthersMike Lankshear June 18, 1997 To Edmonton Oilers7th-rd pick - 1997 entry draft(# 187 - Chad Hinz) To Philadelphia Flyersrights to Martin Cerven June 21, 1997 To San Jose Sharks1st-rd pick - 1997 entry draft(# 23 - Scott Hannan) To Carolina Hurricanes2nd-rd pick - 1997 entry draft(# 28 - Brad DeFauw)3rd-rd pick - 1998 entry draft(# 71 - Erik Cole) June 21, 1997 To New Jersey Devils2nd-rd pick - 1997 entry draft(# 38 - Stanislav Gron) To Ottawa Senators3rd-rd pick - 1997 entry draft(# 58 - Jani Hurme)3rd-rd pick - 1997 entry draft(# 66 - Josh Langfeld) June 21, 1997 To Dallas Stars3rd-rd pick - 1997 entry draft(# 77 - Steve Gainey) To Philadelphia Flyers2nd-rd pick - 1998 entry draft(OTT - # 58 - Chris Bala)1 June 21, 1997 To St. Louis Blues4th-rd pick - 1997 entry draft(# 98 - Jan Horacek)4th-rd pick - 1997 entry draft(# 106 - Jame Pollock) To Colorado Avalanche3rd-rd pick - 1997 entry draft(# 78 - Ville Nieminen)5th-rd pick - 1998 entry draft(# 141 - K.C. Timmons) June 21, 1997 To San Jose Sharks4th-rd pick - 1997 entry draft(# 82 - Adam Colagiacomo) To New York Rangers4th-rd pick - 1997 entry draft(# 93 - Tomi Kallarsson)6th-rd pick - 1997 entry draft(# 136 - Mike York) June 21, 1997 To San Jose SharksShawn Burr To Tampa Bay Lightning5th-rd pick - 1997 entry draft(# 108 - Mark Thompson) June 21, 1997 To Boston Bruins9th-rd pick - 1997 entry draft(# 245 - Steve Lafleur) To Colorado Avalanche9th-rd pick - 1997 entry draft(# 246 - Jay Henderson) June 21, 1997 To Calgary FlamesRick Tabaracci To Tampa Bay Lightning4th-rd pick - 1998 entry draft(# 92 - Eric Beaudoin) June 21, 1997 To Boston BruinsMike Sullivan To Calgary Flames7th-rd pick - 1998 entry draft(# 192 - Radek Duda) June 27, 1997 To St. Louis BluesAlexander Godynyuk6th-rd pick - 1998 entry draft(# 157 - Brad Voth) To Carolina HurricanesStephen Leach Philadelphia's acquired second-round pick went to Ottawa as the result of a trade on January 17, 1998 that sent Alexandre Daigle to Philadelphia in exchange for Pat Falloon, Vaclav Prospal and this pick.
July
Date References July 16, 1997 To Edmonton OilersBrantt Myhres3rd-rd pick - 1998 entry draft(# 67 - Alex Henry) To Tampa Bay LightningVladimir Vujtek3rd-rd pick - 1998 entry draft(# 72 - Dimitri Afanasenkov) July 24, 1997 To San Jose SharksStephane Matteau To St. Louis BluesDarren Turcotte July 25, 1997 To San Jose SharksMurray Craven To Chicago BlackhawksPetri Varis6th-rd pick - 1998 entry draft(# 158 - Jari Viuhkola) July 25, 1997 To Chicago BlackhawksRyan Risidore5th-rd pick - 1998 entry draft(TOR - # 126 - Morgan Warren)1 To Carolina HurricanesEnrico Ciccone Chicago's acquired fifth-round pick went to Toronto as the result of a trade on June 27, 1998 that sent a first-round pick and a fourth-round pick in the 1998 entry draft to Chicago in exchange for a first-round pick and a third-round pick in the 1998 entry draft along with this pick.
August
Date References August 8, 1997 To Carolina Hurricanes4th-rd pick - 1998 entry draft(# 93 - Tommy Westlund) To New York RangersJason Muzzatti August 12, 1997 To Edmonton Oilers3rd-rd pick - 1998 entry draft(NJD - # 82 - Brian Gionta)1 To Pittsburgh PenguinsJiri Slegr August 18, 1997 To San Jose Sharks Mike Vernon5th-rd pick - 1999 entry draft(DET - # 149 - Andrei Maximenko)2 To Detroit Red Wings2nd-rd pick - 1998 entry draft(STL - # 41 - Maxim Linnik)32nd-rd pick - 1999 entry draft(TBL - # 47 - Sheldon Keefe)4 August 20, 1997 To Tampa Bay LightningKarl DykhuisMikael Renberg To Philadelphia Flyers1st-rd pick - 1998 entry draft(# 22 - Simon Gagne)1st-rd pick - 1999 entry draft(# 22 - Maxime Ouellet)1st-rd pick - 2000 entry draft(# 28 - Justin Williams)1st-rd pick - 2001 entry draft(OTT - # 23 - Tim Gleason)5 August 22, 1997 To New Jersey DevilsVlastimil Kroupa To San Jose Sharks3rd-rd pick - 1998 entry draft(NAS - # 85 - Geoff Koch)6 August 25, 1997 To St. Louis BluesSteve Duchesne To Ottawa SenatorsIgor Kravchuk August 25, 1997 To Edmonton OilersDan LaCouture To New York IslandersMariusz Czerkawski August 25, 1997 To Calgary FlamesAndrew CasselsJean-Sebastien Giguere To Carolina HurricanesTrevor KiddGary Roberts August 28, 1997 To Los Angeles KingsLuc Robitaille To New York RangersKevin Stevens August 29, 1997 To Boston BruinsByron DafoeDmitri Khristich To Los Angeles KingsSandy MogerJozef Stumpel4th-rd pick - 1998 entry draft(NJD - # 105- Pierre Dagenais)6 Edmonton's acquired third-round pick went to New Jersey as the result of a trade on June 27, 1998 that sent the rights to Fredrik Bremberg, a fourth-round and fifth-round picks in the 1998 entry draft to Edmonton in exchange for this pick. Detroit's fifth-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on June 26, 1999 that sent a fifth-round pick in the 2000 entry draft to San Jose in exchange for this pick. Detroit's acquired second-round pick went to St. Louis as the result of a trade on June 27, 1998 that sent second-round and fourth-round picks in the 1998 entry draft to Detroit in exchange for this pick. Detroit's acquired second-round pick went to Tampa Bay as the result of a trade on March 23, 1999 that sent Wendel Clark and a sixth-round pick in the 1999 entry draft to Detroit in exchange for Kevin Hodson and this pick. Philadelphia's first-round pick went to Ottawa as the result of a trade on June 23, 2001 that sent a first-round and a seventh-round compensatory pick in the 2001 entry draft along with a second-round pick the 2002 entry draft in exchange for this pick. Los Angeles' acquired fourth-round pick went to New Jersey as the result of a trade on June 18, 1998 that sent Doug Bodger to Los Angeles in exchange for this pick.
September
Date References September 4, 1997 To Calgary FlamesEric Charron To Washington Capitalsfuture considerations(7th-rd pick - 1998 entry draft# 179 - Nathan Forster)1 September 17, 1997 To Mighty Ducks of AnaheimScott Young To Colorado Avalanche3rd-rd pick - 1998 entry draft(FLA - # 63 - Lance Ward)2 September 24, 1997 To Chicago BlackhawksKirk Daubenspeck To Ottawa Senators6th-rd pick - 1998 entry draft(# 161 - Chris Neil)future considerations September 24, 1997 To Buffalo SabresJason Woolley To Pittsburgh Penguins5th-rd pick - 1998 entry draft(# 134 - Rob Scuderi) September 28, 1997 To Colorado AvalancheFrancois Leroux To Pittsburgh Penguins3rd-rd pick - 1998 entry draft(# 80 - David Cameron) September 29, 1997 To Buffalo Sabres2nd-rd pick - 1998 entry draft(# 34 - Andrew Peters)conditional 5th-rd pick - 2000 entry draft3 To New York RangersPat LaFontaine September 30, 1997 To Toronto Maple Leafsfuture considerations To St. Louis BluesKelly Chase Trade completed on June 27, 1998 Colorado's acquired third-round pick went to Florida as the result of a trade on March 23, 1998 that sent Tom Fitzgerald to Colorado in exchange for the rights to Mark Parrish and this pick. Conditions of this draft pick are unknown. Buffalo made no pick selection belonging to the Rangers in the 2000 entry draft.
October
Date References October 10, 1997 To Chicago BlackhawksMartin Gendron6th-rd pick - 1998 entry draft(# 166 - Jonathan Pelletier) To Washington Capitals5th-rd pick - 1998 entry draft(# 125 - Erik Wendell) October 15, 1997 To Edmonton OilersJason Bowen To Philadelphia FlyersBrantt Myhres October 21, 1997 To Philadelphia FlyersMike Maneluk To Ottawa Senatorscash October 27, 1997 To Chicago BlackhawksGreg Johnson To Pittsburgh PenguinsTuomas Gronman
November
Date References November 12, 1997 To Buffalo Sabresfuture considerations To Chicago BlackhawksAndrei Trefilov November 13, 1997 To San Jose SharksDave Lowry1st-rd pick - 1998 entry draft(TBL - # 1 - Vincent Lecavalier)1 To Florida PanthersViktor Kozlovconditional 5th-rd pick - 1998 entry draft(# 117 - Jaroslav Spacek)2 November 14, 1997 To Los Angeles Kingsconditional pick - 1999 entry draft3 To New York RangersBrad Smyth November 17, 1997 To Carolina HurricanesSean Hill To Ottawa SenatorsChris Murray November 20, 1997 To San Jose SharksMike Ricci2nd-rd pick - 1998 entry draft(BUF - # 50 - Jaroslav Kristek)4 To Colorado AvalancheShean Donovan1st-rd pick - 1998 entry draft(# 12 - Alex Tanguay) San Jose's acquired first-round pick went to Tampa Bay as the result of a trade on March 24, 1998 that sent Bryan Marchment and David Shaw to San Jose in exchange for Andrei Nazarov and Tampa Bay's conditional right to swap first-round pick in the 1998 entry draft (this pick). Conditions of this draft pick are unknown. Conditions of this draft pick are unknown and no pick was taken. San Jose's acquired second-round pick went to Buffalo as the result of a trade on June 18, 1998 that sent Steve Shields and a fourth-round pick in the 1998 Entry Draft to San Jose in exchange for Kay Whitmore, a fifth-round pick in the 2000 entry draft and this pick.
December
Date References December 7, 1997 To New Jersey DevilsDoug BodgerDody Wood To San Jose SharksJohn MacLeanKen Sutton December 30, 1997 To Edmonton OilersRoman Hamrlikrights to Paul Comrie To Tampa Bay LightningJason BonsignoreSteve KellyBryan Marchment
January
Date References January 2, 1998 To Toronto Maple LeafsJeff Brown To Carolina Hurricanesconditional pick - 1999 entry draft(NAS - 4th-rd - # 121 - Evgeny Pavlov)1 January 2, 1998 To Vancouver CanucksSean BurkeEnrico CicconeGeoff Sanderson To Carolina HurricanesMartin GelinasKirk McLean January 4, 1998 To New Jersey DevilsJason ArnottBryan Muir To Edmonton OilersBill GuerinValeri Zelepukin January 8, 1998 To New Jersey Devils4th-rd pick - 1998 entry draft(# 96 - Mikko Jokela)future considerations To Chicago BlackhawksReid Simpson January 9, 1998 To Mighty Ducks of AnaheimDrew Bannister To Edmonton OilersBobby Dollas January 15, 1998 To Tampa Bay LightningMark FitzpatrickJody Hull To Florida PanthersDino CiccarelliJeff Norton January 15, 1998 To Montreal CanadiensPatrick PoulinIgor UlanovMick Vukota To Tampa Bay LightningStephane RicherDarcy TuckerDavid Wilkie January 17, 1998 To Philadelphia FlyersAlexandre Daigle To Ottawa SenatorsPat FalloonVaclav Prospal2nd-rd pick - 1998 entry draft(# 58 - Chris Bala) Carolina's acquired fourth-round pick went to Nashville as the result of a trade on June 26, 1999 that sent Eric Fichaud to Carolina in exchange for future considerations and this pick. Conditions of this draft pick in the original trade are unknown.
February