JANUARY 2003
6- Rangers trade
Krzysztof Oliwa to the Bruins for a 9th round pick in 2004.
8- Chicago trades
Boris Mironov to the Rangers for a 4th round pick in 2004.
13- Boston trades
John Grahame to Tampa Bay for 4th round pick in 2004.
17- Phoenix trades
Claude Lemieux to Dallas for
Scott Pellerin and a cond. pick in 2004 (Round 4,
Kevin Porter).
20- Vancouver traded
Jeff Farkas to Atlanta for
Chris Herperger and
Chris Nielsen.
22- Calgary trades
Jamie Wright to Philly for futures.
22- Rangers trade
Mike Mottau to Calgary for a 6th round pick in 2004.
23- San Jose trades
Niklas Sundstrom and a 3rd round pick in 2004 to the Canadiens for
Jeff Hackett.
23- San Jose trades Jeff Hackett and Jeff Jilsson to Boston for Kyle Mclaren and a 4th round pick in 2004.24- Vancouver trades
Steve Kariya to the Devils for
Mikko Jokela29- Montreal traded
Eric Chouinard to the Flyers for a 2nd round pick in 2003.
30- Florida traded Sandis Ozolinsh and Lance Ward to Anaheim for Matt Cullen and Pavel Trnka.
FEBRUARY 2003
4- Nashville traded
Greg Koehler to Los Angeles for futures.
5- Vancouver traded
Todd Warriner to the Flyers for future considerations.
5- Philadelphia traded
Chris McAllister to Colorado for a 6th round pick in 2003.
7- Carolina traded
Sami Kapanen and Ryan Bast to the Flyers for
Pavel Brendl and Bruno St. Jacques.
9- San Jose trades
Shaun Heins to Pittsburgh for a cond. pick.
9- Pittsburgh trades
Andrew Ference to the Flames for a cond. pick.
10- Pittsburgh traded Alexei Kovalev, Janne Laukkanen, Mike Wilson and Dan LaCouture to the Rangers for Rico Fata, Mikael Samuelsson, Joel Bouchard, Richard Lintner, and future considerations.17- Nashville traded
Bubba Berenzweig and a conditional pick to Dallas for
Jon Simm.
20- Minnesota traded
Cory Larose to the Rangers for
Jay Henderson.
24- Atlanta traded
Pascal Rheaume to the Devils for a conditional pick in 2004.
25- Buffalo traded
Vaclav Varada and a 5th round pick in 2003 to Ottawa for
Jakub Klepis.
MARCH 20031- Los Angeles traded Dimitri Yushkevich to Philly for a 4th round pick in 2003 and a 7th round pick in 2004.
3- Montreal traded
Oleg Petrov to Nashville for a 4th round pick in 2003.
5- San Jose traded Owen Nolan to Toronto for Alyn McCauley, Brad Boyes, and a 1st round pick in 2003.
8- San Jose traded
Bryan Marchment to Colorado a 3rd and 5th round pick in 2004.
8- Phoenix traded
Darcy Hordicuk to Florida for
Brad Ference.
9- Carolina traded Glen Wesley to Toronto for a 2nd round pick in 2004.9- Islanders traded
Claude Lapointe to Philly for a 5th round pick in 2004.
9- Pittsburgh traded
Randy Robitaille to the Islanders for a 5th round pick in 2003.
9- Florida traded
Wade Flaherty to Nashville for
Pascal Trepanier.
10- Buffalo traded Chris Gratton and a 4th round pick in 2004 to Phoenix for Daniel Briere and a 3rd round pick in 2004.10- Phoenix traded Tony Amonte to Philly for Guillaume Lefebvre, a 3rd round pick in 2003 and a 2nd round pick in 2004.10- Atlanta traded
Richard Smehlik and a conditional pick in 2004 to New Jersey for a 4th round pick in 2003.
10- Columbus trades
Grant Marshall to New Jersey for a conditional pick in 2004.
10- Buffalo trades
Rob Ray to Ottawa for future considerations.
10- Buffalo trades
Stu Barnes to Dallas for
Mike Ryan and a 2nd round pick.
10- Chicago traded
Lyle Odelein to Dallas for
Sami Helenius and a conditional pick.
10- Nashville trades
Bob Wren to Ottawa for futures.
11- Phoenix trades
Brad May to Vancouver for a cond. pick in 2003.
11- Pittsburgh trades
Shean Donovan to Calgary for
Mathias Johansson and Micky Dupont.
11- San Jose traded
Dan McGillis to Boston for a draft pick.
11- Colorado trades
Dean McAmmond to Calgary for a 5th round pick in 2003 or 2004.
11- Chicago trades
Sergei Berezin to Washington for a 4th round pick in 2004.
11- Islanders trade Chris Osgood and a 3rd round pick in 2003 to St. Louis for Justin Papineau and a 2nd round pick in 2003.
11- Calgary traded Rob Niedermayer to Anaheim for J.F. Damphousse and Mike Commodore.11- Montreal traded Doug Gilmour to Toronto for a 6th round pick in 2003.11- Chicago traded Phil Housley to Toronto for a 4th round pick in 2003 or a 9th round pick in 2003 or 4th round pick in 2004.
11- Pittsburgh traded
Ian Moran to Boston for a 4th round pick in 2003.
11- Minnesota traded
Lawrence Nycholat to the Rangers for
Johan Holmqvist.
11- Pittsburgh traded
Marc Bergevin to Tampa Bay for
Brian Holzinger.
11- Edmonton traded
Janne Niinimaa and a 2nd round pick in 2003 to the Islanders for
Brad Isbister and Raffi Torres.
11- Chicago traded
Peter White to Philly for futures.
11- Chicago traded Steve Thomas to Anaheim for a 5th round pick in 2003.11- Phoenix traded
Guillaume Lefebvre, Ramzi Abid and Dan Focht to Pittsburgh for
Jan Hrdina and Francois Leroux.
11- Los Angeles traded
Bryan Smolinski to Ottawa for
Tim Gleason and futures.
11- Edmonton traded Anson Carter and Ales Pisa to the Rangers for Radek Dvorak and Cory Cross.11- Florida traded
Valeri Bure and a cond. pick in 2004 to the Blues for
Mike Van Ryn.
11- Los Angeles traded Matthieu Schneider to Detroit for Maxim Kuznetsov, Sean Avery, a 1st round pick in 2003 and a 2nd round pick in 2004.11- Carolina traded
Bates Battaglia to Colorado for
Radim Vrbata.
11- Pittsburgh traded
Wayne Primeau to San Jose for
Matt Bradley.
SUMMER OF 2003 PLAYER MOVEMENT (from About.com)DRAFT DAY TRADESThe
Florida Panthers trade the 1st pick(
Marc-Andre Fleury) and 73rd pick(Daniel Carcillo) to the
Pittsburgh Penguins for the 3rd pick(
Nathan Horton), the 55th pick(Stefan Meyer) and
Mikael Samuelsson.
The
St. Louis Blues trade
Cory Stillman to the
Tampa Bay Lightning for the 62nd pick(David Backes).
The
New Jersey Devils trade
Mike Danton and the 101st pick(Konstantin Zakharov) to the
St. Louis Blues for the 93rd pick(Ivan Khomutov).
May 12, 2003
Penguins acquired defenseman
Marc Bergevin from Tampa Bay for a 9th round pick in 2003.
May 29, 2003
Kings acquired goaltender
Roman Cechmanek from the Philadelphia Flyers for a second-round pick in the 2004 draft.
JUNE 2003
June 3, 2003
Canadiens named
Bob Gainey VP and General Manager
June 12, 2003
Penguins named
Ed Olczyk head coach
June 20, 2003
Bruins trade Jozef Stumpel and a 7th round pick in 2003 to the Kings in exchange for a 4th round pick in 2003 and a 2nd round pick in 2004
June 21, 2003
Phoenix acquired left wing
Tyson Nash from the St. Louis Blues for a 2003 fifth-round draft pick and a 2004 fourth-round pick.
June 21, 2003
Thrashers acquired defenseman Ivan Majesky from the Florida Panthers for a 2003 second-round draft pick.
June 21, 2003
Hurricanes acquire defenseman
Danny Markov and a draft pick from Phoenix in exchange for
David Tanabe and
Igor Knyazev.June 21, 2003
Panthers acquired right wing Mikael Samuelsson, the third overall pick in the 2003 draft and a 2003 second-round pick to the Pittsburgh Penguins for the top overall pick.
June 21, 2003
Sharks acquired right wing
Scott Parker from the Colorado Avalanche for a 2003 fifth-round draft pick.
June 21, 2003
Lightning acquired left wing Cory Stillman from the St. Louis Blues for a 2003 second-round draft pick.
June 21, 2003
Avalanche acquired center
Andrei Nikolishin from the Chicago Blackhawks for future considerations.
June 22, 2003
Hurricanes acquired center
Marty Murrayfrom the Flyers in exchange for a 6th round pick in 2004.
June 23, 2003
Columbus signed goaltender
Fred Brathwaite as a free agent from St.Louis
June 26, 2003
Florida claimed right winger
Valeri Bureoff waivers from St.Louis
Center
Vaclav Nedorost (trade from Colorado)
June 27, 2003
Senators acquire defenseman
Peter Smrek in a trade from Nashville
June 27, 2003
Nashville acquired defenseman
Curtis Murphy from the Minnesota Wild in a three-team trade involving the Ottawa Senators.
June 27, 2003
Minnesota acquired left wing
Chris Bala from the Ottawa Senators in a three-team trade involving the Nashville Predators.
June 27, 2003
Sabres acquired defenseman
Andy Delmore from Nashville for a 3rd round pick in 2004.
JULY 2003July 2003
Thrashers sign
Brian Swanson as a free agent from Edmonton
July 2, 2003
Hawks signed center
Scott Nichol as a free agent from Calgary
July 2, 2003
Avalanche signed defenseman
Karlis Skrastins as a free agent from Nashville
July 2, 2003
Flyers sign goaltender
Jeff Hackett as a free agent from Boston
July 3, 2003
Sabres acquired center
Chris Drury and
Steve Begin from Calgary for
Steve ReinprechtRhett Warrener, and
Keith Ballard.July 4, 2003
Avalanche sign left winger
Paul Kariya as a free agent from Anaheim
Avalanche sign right winger
Teemu Selanne as a free agent from San Jose
Avalanche sign left winger
Peter Worrell as a free agent from Florida
July 4, 2003
Wings signed defenseman
Derian Hatcher as a free agent from Dallas
July 4, 2003
Columbus signed center
Todd Marchant as a free agent from Edmonton
and center
Trevor Letowski as a free agent from Vancouver
July 4, 2003
Canadiens signed goaltender
Jean-Francois Damphousseas a free agent from Calgary
Canadiens signed
Pierre Dagenaisas a free agent from Florida
July 6, 2003
Senators sign right winger
Denis Hamel as a free agent from Buffalo
July 7, 2003
Kings signed right winger
Trent Klatt as a free agent from Vancouver
july 7, 2003
Kings signed goaltender
Mathieu Chouinard as a free agent from Ottawa
July 9, 2003
Wings announced goaltender
Dominik Hasek will return from retirement
July 9, 2003
Hurricanes signed defenseman
Glen Wesleyas a free agent from Toronto
July 11, 2003
Phoenix signed defenseman
Cale Hulse as a free agent
July 12, 2003
Leafs sign defenseman
Bryan Marchment as a free agent from Colorado
July 13, 2003
Rangers agreed to terms with goaltender
Jussi MarkkanenJuly 15, 2003
Rangers signed defenseman
Greg de Vries as a free agent from Colorado
July 15, 2003
Columbus signed center
Mark Hartiganas a free agent from Atlanta
July 15, 2003
Predators acquired right wing
Mike Farrell from the Washington Capitals for defenseman
Alexander RiazantsevJuly 15, 2003
Flames sign right winger
Matt Davidson as a free agent from Columbus
July 15, 2003
Dallas signed defenseman
Don Sweeney as a free agent from Boston
and center
Jarrod Skalde as a free agent from Europe
July 15, 2003
Phoenix signed right winger
Daniel Cleary as a free agent from Edmonton
July 15, 2003
Nashville signed forward
Ben Simon as a free agent from Atlanta
July 15, 2003
Bruins sign left winger
Ted Donatoas a free agent from New York Rangers
Sabres sign defenseman
Joel Bouchard as a free agent from Pittsburgh
July 17, 2003
Hurricanes acquired defenseman
Bob Boughner from Calgary for a 4th round pick in 2004 and future considerations
July 18, 2003
Flames signed left winger
Josh Green as a free agent from Washington
July 18, 2003
Nashville signed defenseman
Ray Schultz as a free agent from the New York Islanders
July 18, 2003
Islanders sign right winger
Mariusz Czerkawskias a free agent from Montreal
July 19, 2003
Panthers acquired left wing-defenseman
Eric Messier and center
Vaclav Nedorost from the Colorado Avalanche for left wing
Peter Worrell and a second-round pick in the 2004 draft.
July 22, 2003
Phoenix signed defenseman
Nikos Tselios as a free agent from Carolina
July 22, 2003
To Dallas:
Teppo Numminen and a 2nd round pick in 2004
To Phoenix:
Mike SillingerTo Columbus:
Darryl Sydor
July 23, 2003
Hurricanes signed right winger
Joey Tetarenkoas a free agent from Ottawa
July 23, 2003
Nashville signed left winger
Jim McKenzie as a free agent from New Jersey)
July 24, 2003
Lightning signed defenseman
Pascal Trepanier as a free agent from Florida
July 2003
Panthers signed left winger
Jonas Hoglundas a free agent from Toronto
Panthers signed defenseman
Todd Gill as a free agent from Chicago
Panthers signed left winger
Craig MacDonald (free agent from Carolina)
July 25, 2003
Phoenix acquired defenseman
Bryan Helmer from the Vancouver Canucks for defenseman
Martin Grenier.
July 25, 2003
Devils signed defenseman
Sean Brown as a free agent from Boston
July 2003
Devils signed center
Igor Larionov as a free agent from Detroit
July 25, 2003
Kings signed left winger
Luc Robitaille as a free agent from Detroit
July 25, 2003
Ducks signed defenseman
Mike Mottau as a free agent from Calgary
July 25, 2003
Rangers signed left winger
Chris Simon as a free agent from Chicago
july 25, 2003
Devils sign left winger
Erik Rasmussenas a free agent from Los Angeles
July 29, 2003
Minnesota signed center
Marc Chouinard as a free agent from Anaheim
July 29, 2003
Rangers signed right winger
Paul Healey as a free agent from Toronto
July 30, 2003
Wings signed defenseman
Jamie Rivers as a free agent from Florida
July 30, 2003
Hawks signed left winger
Ville Nieminen as a free agent from Pittsburgh
July 31, 2003
Rangers signed
Brian Leetchas a free agent from Edmonton
July 2003
Penguins signed goaltender
Martin Brochu as a free agent from Europe
July 2003
Penguins signed defenseman
Drake Berehowsky as a free agent from Phoenix
July 2003
Penguins signed defenseman
Patrick Boileau as a free agent from Detroit
July 2003
Ducks sign center
Sergei Fedorov as a free agent from Detroit
July 2003
Ducks acquired left winger
Vaclav Prospal as a free agent from Tampa Bay
July (?) 2003
Ducks sign forward
Craig Johnson as a free agent from Los Angeles
July 31, 2003
Flames signed left winger
Krzysztof Oliwa as a free agent from Boston
July (?) 2003
Hawks sign center
Tuomo Ruutu from Finland
July 31, 2003
Wings signed left winger
Ray Whitney as a free agent from Columbus
and right winger
Kevin Miller as a free agent from Switzerland
July
Sharks announced forward
Alex Korolyuk returned from Europe
July2003
Blues signed defenseman
Murray Baron as a free agent from Vancouver
July 2003
Canucks signed defenseman
Dallas Eakins as a free agent from Atlanta, defenseman
Jiri Slegr as a free agent from Europe
and forward
Magnus Arvedsson as a free agent from Ottawa
AUGUST 2003August 1, 2003
Signed right winger
Kelly Buchberger as a free agent from Phoenix
August 1, 2003
Flames signed defenseman
Jesse Wallin as a free agent from Detroit
August 1, 2003
Kings signd defenseman
Bryan Muir as a free agent from Colorado
August 1, 2003
Signed center
Mike Eastwood as a free agent from Chicago
August 6, 2003
Hawks sign defenseman
Deron Quint as a free agent from Phoenix
August 12, 2003
Thrashers sign center
Randy Robitailleas a free agent from New York Islanders
August 12, 2003
Bruins signed right winger
Sandy McCarthyas a free agent from New York Rangers
August 22, 2003
Rangers signed defenseman
John Jakopin as a free agent from San Jose
Aug 25, 2003
Pittsburgh Penguins traded
Johan Hedberg to the Vancouver Canucks for a 2nd round selection in 2004
August 25, 2003
Thrashers sign left winger
Bill Lindsayas a free agent from Montreal
August 28, 2003
Rangers sign left winger
Martin Rucinsky as a free agent from St. Louis
August 29, 2003
Signed left winger
Reid Simpson as a free agent from Nashville
August 29, 2003
Rangers sign left winger
Jan Hlavac as a free agent from Carolina
SEPTEMBER 2003September 3, 2003
Bruins sign goaltender
Felix Potvinas a free agent from Los Angeles
September 9, 2003
Panthers signed defenseman
Lyle Odelein as a free agent from Dallas
September 10, 2003
Nashvilled signed defenseman
Jamie Allison as a free agent from Columbus
September 16, 2003
Kings acquired goaltender
Milan Hnilicka from the Atlanta Thrashers for future considerations.
September 27, 2003
Leafs sign defenseman
Ken Klee as a free agent from Washington
OCTOBER 2003
5- Boston traded
Steve Shields to Florida for future considerations.
5- Washington traded
Denis Hamel to Ottawa for future considerations.
22- Washington traded
Steve Konowalchuk and a 3rd round pick in 2004 to Colorado for
Bates Battaglia and Jonas Johansson.
30- Vancouver traded
Zenith Komarninski to Columbus for
Sean Pronger.
NOVEMBER 2003
16- San Jose traded
Miikka Kiprussoff to Calgary for a 2nd round pick in 2005.
17- Chicago traded
Jon Klemm and a 4th round pick in 2004 to Dallas for
Stephane Robidas and a 2nd round pick in 2004.
30- Pittsburgh traded Martin Straka to Los Angeles for Martin Strbak and Sergei Anshakov.DECEMBER 20032- Atlanta traded
Simon Gamache and Kirill Safronov to Nashville for
Tomas Kloucek and Ben Simon.
16- Edmonton traded Mike Comrie to Philadelphia for Jeff Woywitka, a 1st round pick in 2004 and a 3rd round pick in 2005.17- Nashville traded
Wade Brookbank to Vancouver for future considerations.
17- Philadelphia traded
Eric Chouinard to Minnesota for a 5th round pick in 2004.
30- Florida traded
Ivan Novoseltsev to Phoenix for future considerations.
31- Columbus traded
Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre to Atlanta for future considerations.
RETIRED AFTER THE 2002-03 SEASON
Uwe Krupp, Atlanta Thrashers
Craig Berube, Calgary Flames
Theoren Fleury, Chicago Blackhawks
Todd Gill, Chicago Blackhawks
Patrick Roy, Colorado Avalanche
Kevin Dineen, Columbus Blue Jackets
Kirk Muller, Dallas Stars
Ulf Dahlen, Dallas Stars
Claude Lemieux, Dallas Stars
Fredrik Olausson, Detroit Red Wings
Adam Deadmarsh, Los Angeles Kings
Randy McKay, Montreal Canadiens
Ken Daneyko, New Jersey Devils
Mike Richter, New York Rangers
Pavel Bure, New York Rangers
Paul Ranheim, Phoenix Coyotes
Adam Graves, San Jose Sharks
Tom Barrasso, St. Louis Blues
Jyrki Lumme, Toronto Maple Leafs
Robert Svehla, Toronto Maple Leafs
Phil Housley, Toronto Maple Leafs
Doug Gilmour, Toronto Maple Leafs
Craig Billington, Washington Capitals
Sylvain Cote, Washington Capitals
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NHL Trades 2003 HistoryLabels: 2003, NHL, Trades
15- Devils sign Brendan Shanahan as a free agent
