TRADES OF 1996

JANUARY 1996

4- To Edmonton: Jeff Norton and Donald Dufresne
To St. Louis: Ken Sutton and Igor Kravchuk

11- To Boston: Bill Ranford
To Edmonton: Mariusz Czerkawski, Sean Brown and a 1st round pick in 1996.

14- To Los Angeles: Steve Larouche
To Rangers: Chris Snell

16- Anaheim claimed Frederick Olausson of waivers from Edmonton

21- To Anaheim: Jim Campbell
To Montreal: Robert Dirk

21- Dallas signed Allan Bester as a FA

23- To Philadelphia: Dan Quinn
To Ottawa: cash

23- To Islanders: Damien Rhodes and Ken Belanger
To Toronto: future considerations

23- To Ottawa: Wade Redden and Damien Rhodes
To Islanders: Don Beaupre, Bryan Berard and Martin Straka

23- To Toronto: Don Beaupre and Kirk Muller
To Islanders: future considerations

23- San Jose claimed Yves Racine off waivers from Montreal.

25- To Boston: Rick Tocchet
To Los Angeles: Kevin Stevens

26- To Ottawa: Janne Laukkanen
To Colorado: Brad Larsen

27- Anaheim signed Frank Banham as a FA

29- To Toronto: Mike Pomichter
To Chicago: cash

29- To Washington: Denis Chasse
To St. Louis: Rob Pearson

29- Florida signed Gilbert Dionne as a FA

29- St. Louis signed Terry Virtue as a FA

29- To Dallas: Randy Wood and Benoit Hogue
To Toronto: Dave Gagner and a 6th round pick in 1996.

FEBRUARY 1996

1- To Buffalo: Bob Boughner
To Florida: cond. pick in 1996

2- To Islanders: Bob Halkidis
To Chicago: Danton Cole

6- To Anaheim: Chris Herperger and Jets' pick in 1997 (previously acquired)
To Philadelphia: Bob Corkum

7- To Winnipeg: Oleg Tverdovsky, Chad Kilger and a 3rd round pick in 1996
To Anaheim: Teemu Selanne, Marc Chouinard and a 4th round pick in 1996.

10- To Los Angeles: Craig Ferguson
To Calgary: Pat Conacher

15- To Buffalo: Darryl Shannon and Michal Grosek
To Winnipeg: Craig Muni and a 1st round pick in 1996.

17- To Los Angeles: Shane Churla and Doug Zmolek
To Dallas: Darryl Sydor and a 5th round pick in 1996.

21- Florida signed Dan Ratushny as a FA

26- To Calgary: Tommy Albelin, Jocelyn Lemieux and Cale Hulse
To New Jersey: Phil Housley and Dan Keczmer

27- To Philadelphia: Tim Cheveldae and a 3rd round pick in 1996
To Winnipeg: Dominic Roussel


27- To St. Louis: Wayne Gretzky
To Los Angeles: Craig Johnson, Patrice Tardif, Roman Vopat, a 5th round pick in 1996, and a 1st round pick in 1997 (Matt Zultek).

29- To Toronto: Wayne Presley
To Rangers: Sergio Momesso

29- To Toronto: Nick Kypreos
To Rangers: Bill Berg

MARCH 1996

1- To Pittsburgh: Dave McLlwain
To Ottawa: 8th round pick in 1996

8- To Anaheim: Mike Torchia
To Washington: Todd Krygier

8- To Boston: Kevin Sawyer and Steve Staios
To St. Louis: Steve Leach

9- Boston signed Ron Sutter as a FA

12- St. Louis claimed Glenn Anderson and David Roberts off waivers from Edmonton

13- To Islanders: Kenny Jonsson, Darby Hendrickson, Sean Haggerty and a 1st round pick in 1997 (Roberto Luongo).
To Toronto: Wendel Clark, Matthieu Schneider and D.J. Smith

13- To New Jersey: Dave Andreychuk
To Toronto: 2nd round pick in 1996 and a conditional pick in 1998 or 1999.

14- To Los Angeles: Ray Ferraro, Ian Laperriere, Mattias Norstrom, Nathan Lafayette and a 4th round pick in 1997 (Sean Blanchard)
To Rangers: Marty McSorley, Jari Kurri and Shane Churla

15- To Washinton: Martin Brochu
To Montreal: future considerations

15- To Vancouver: Mike Sillinger
To Anaheim: Roman Oksiuta

15- To Philadelphia: Dale Hawerchuk
To St. Louis: Craig MacTavish

15- Florida claimed Martin Straka off waivers from the Islanders

16- To Florida: Ray Sheppard and a 4th round pick in 1996
To San Jose: 2nd and 4th round picks in 1996

18- To San Jose: Darren Turcotte and Dallas' 2nd round pick in 1996 (previously acquired)
To Winnipeg: Craig Janney

19- To Philadelphia: Kerry Huffman
To Ottawa: future considerations

19- To Philadelphia: John Druce and a 7th round pick in 1997 (Todd Fedoruk)
To Los Angeles: Kings' 4th round pick in 1996 (previously acquired)

19- To Anaheim: Anatoli Semenov and Mike Crowley
To Philadelphia: Brian Wesenberg

19- To St. Louis: Charlie Huddy and a 7th round pick in 1996
To Buffalo: Denis Hamel

20- To Los Angeles: Jaroslav Modry and an 8th round pick in 1996
To Ottawa: Kevin Brown

20- To Tampa Bay: Patrick Poulin, Igor Ulanov and a 2nd round pick in 1996
To Chicago: Enrico Ciccone and a 2nd round pick in 1996

20- To Vancouver: Jesse Belanger
To Florida: 3rd round pick in 1996

20- To Pittsburgh: J.J. Daigneault
To St. Louis: 6th round pick in 1996

20- To Anaheim: Ken Baumgartner
To Toronto: Winnipeg's 4th round pick in 1996 (previously acquired)

20- To Pittsburgh: Kevin Miller
To San Jose: 5th round pick in 1996

20- To Pittsburgh: Alex Stojanov
To Vancouver: Markus Naslund

20- To Chicago: Ravil Gusmanov
To Winnipeg: 4th round pick in 1996

20- Winnipeg claimed Dallas Eakins off waivers from St. Louis

20- To Islanders: Pat Conacher and 6th round pick in 1997
To Calgary: Bob Sweeney

20- To Colorado: Dave Hannan
To Buffalo: 6th round pick in 1996

20- To St. Louis: Yuri Khymylev and 8th round pick in 1996
To Buffalo: Jean Luc Grand-Pierre, Ottawa's 2nd pick in 1996 (previously acquired) and Blues' 3rd round pick in 1997 (Maxim Afinogenov)

20- To Vancouver: Joe Kocur
To Rangers: Kay Whitmore

20- To Detroit: Kirk Maltby
To Edmonton: Dan McGillis

APRIL 1996

3- To Washington: Anson Carter
To Colorado: 4th round pick in 1996

15- Dallas signed Marc Labelle as a FA

20- Edmonton signed Terran Sandwith as a FA

30- Edmonton signed Bryan Muir as a FA

MAY 1996

1- Tampa signed David Matsos as a FA
St. Louis signed Harry York as a FA

21- To Washington: Michel Picard
To Ottawa: cash

30- Anaheim signed Dan Trebil as a FA

COLORADO WINS THE STANLEY CUP, SWEEPING FLORIDA 4 STRAIGHT GAMES

THE WINNIPEG JETS ARE MOVED TO ARIZONA AND NAMED THE PHOENIX COYOTES

JUNE 1996

1- To Dallas: Brad Lukowich
To Islanders: 3rd round pick in 1997

4- Philadelphia claimed Craig Darby off waivers from the Islanders

7- Boston signed Kirk Nielson as a FA

14- Colorado signed Eric Messier as a FA

14- To Edmonton: Bob Essensa
To Detroit: Future considerations

14- To Toronto: Jamie Baker and a 5th round pick in 1996
To San Jose: Todd Gill

20- To Colorado: Eric Lacroix and a 1st round pick in 1998 (Martin Skoula)
To Los Angeles: Stephane Fiset and a first round pick in 1998 (Mathieu Biron)

21- To San Jose: Al Iafrate
To Boston: Jeff Odgers and Penguins' 5th round pick in 1996 (previously acquired)

22- To Phoenix: Mike Gartner
To Toronto: Chicago's 4th round pick in 1996 (previously acquired)

22- To Pittsburgh: Tyler Wright
To Edmonton: 7th round pick in 1996

22- To Ottawa: Shawn McEachern
To Boston: Trent McLeary and 3rd round pick in 1996

22- To New Jersey: Jeff Reese, an 8th round pick in 1996, and Chicago's 2nd round pick in 1996 (previously acquired)
To Tampa Bay: Corey Schwab

22- To Calgary: Dave Gagner
To Toronto: 3rd round pick in 1996

22- To Dallas: Sergei Zubov
To Pittsburgh: Kevin Hatcher

27- Philadelphia signed Scott Daniels as a FA

28- To Ottawa: Mike Maneluk
To Anaheim: Kevin Brown

JULY 1996

1- Phoenix signed Cliff Ronning as a FA

3- Philadelphia signed Dominic Roussel as a FA

6- Phoenix signed Jim Johnson as a FA

8- Los Angeles signed Ed Olczyk as a FA
St. Louis signed Joe Murphy as a FA

10- To Chicago: Tuomas Gronman
To Colorado: 2nd round pick in 1998 (Philippe Sauve)

10- St. Louis signed Scott Pellerin as a FA
Pittsburgh signed Kevin Todd as a FA
Ottawa signed Sergei Zholtok as a FA

11- St. Louis signed Jim Campbell as a FA
Dallas signed Dave Reid as a FA

12- Washington signed Daniel Laperriere as a FA

15- St. Louis signed Jamie McLennan as a FA
Boston signed Jean Yves Roy as a FA

16- Phoenix signed Brad McCrimmon as a FA

17- Pittsburgh signed Dan Quinn as a FA
Ottawa signed Phil Von Stefenelli as as FA

18- To Philadelphia: Frank Bialowas
To Washington: Future considerations

18- Philadelphia signed Daniel Lacroix as a FA
Chicago signed Kevin Miller as a FA

19- Boston signed Barry Richter as a FA

21- Rangers signed Wayne Gretzky as a Free Agent.

22- Toronto signed John Craighead as a FA
Washington signed Phil Housley as a FA

23- Phoenix signed Darcy Wakaluk as a FA
Los Angeles signed Paul DiPietro as a FA
San Jose signed Tim Hunter as a FA

24- Toronto signed Scott Pearson as a FA
Boston signed Troy Mallette as a FA
Florida signed Craig Ferguson as a FA

25- Florida signed Bob Halkidis as a FA
San Jose signed Todd Ewen as a FA

29- Islanders signed Craig Fisher as a FA
St. Louis signed Dave Williams as a FA
Ottawa signed Denny Lambert and Phil Crowe as FA's
Islanders signed Dave McLlwain as a FA

To Tampa Bay: Craig Wolanin
To Colorado: 2nd round pick in 1998 (Ramzi Abid)

31- Pittsburgh signed Shawn Antoski as a FA
Vancouver signed David Roberts as a FA
Philadelphia signed Steven King as a FA
St. Louis signed Marc Bergevin and Trent Yawney as FA's

AUGUST 1996

1- Calgary signed Dale McTavish as a FA
Florida signed Craig Martin as a FA

2- Los Angeles signed Brent Grieve as a FA

3- Tampa Bay signed Jay Wells as a FA

5- San Jose signed Bernie Nicholls as a FA
Buffalo signed Terry Yake as a FA
Boston signed Bob Beers as a FA

6- Philadelphia signed John Stevens as a FA
Dallas signed Pat Elynuik as a FA

7- Boston signed Sheldon Kennedy as a FA

9- Islanders signed Brent Hughes as a FA

14- Islanders signed Claude Lapointe as a FA
Toronto signed Brian Wiseman as a FA
Ottawa signed Ron Tugnutt as a FA
San Jose signed Tony Granato as a FA

16- To Phoenix: Jeremy Roenick
To Chicago: Alexei Zhamnov, Craig Mills and a 1st round pick in 1998

16- Chicago signed Chris Snell and Fred Knipscheer as FA's

18- San Jose signed Kelly Hrudey as a FA

19- Islanders signed Mike Donnelly as a FA
Philadelphia signed Peter White as a FA
Dallas signed Arturs Irbe and Dan Keczmer as FA's
Anaheim signed Joe Day as a FA

20- Washington signed Robb Stauber as a FA

20- To San Jose: Marty McSorley
To Rangers: Jayson More, Brian Swanson and a cond. pick in 1998

21- Anaheim signed Warren Rychel as a FA
Dallas signed Pat Verbeek as a FA

22- To Tampa Bay: Dino Ciccarelli
To Detroit: conditional pick in 1998

22- To Los Angeles: Petr Klima
To Tampa Bay: cond. pick in 1997 (Round 6, Jan Sulc)

22- Toronto signed Daniel Marois and Greg Smyth as FA's

22- To New Jersey: Lyle Odelein
To Montreal: Stephane Richer

22- San Jose signed Steve Guolla as a FA

26- San Jose signed Iain Fraser, Jason Widmer and Chris Lipuma as FA's

27- Anaheim signed Adrien Plavsic as a FA
Boston signed Tim Cheveldae and David Emma as FA's

28- Ottawa signed Dave Hannan as a FA
Los Angeles signed J.C. Bergeron as a FA
Phoenix signed Reggie Savage as a FA
Edmonton signed Jesse Belanger as a FA

SEPTEMBER 4

4- Boston signed Brett Harkins as a FA
Phoenix signed Kevin Dahl as a FA

4- To Colorado: Brent Severyn
To Islanders: 3rd round pick in 1997

5- Buffalo signed Dixon Ward, Ed Ronan, and Anatoli Semenov as FA's

6- Los Angeles signed Mark Astley as a FA
St. Louis signed Robert Petrovicky as a FA

6- To Edmonton: Andrei Kovalenko
To Montreal: Scott Thornton

6- Anaheim signed Adrien Plavsic as a FA
Islanders signed Joe Sacco as a FA
Rangers signed Patrick Flatley as a FA

8- San Jose signed Greg Hawgood as a FA

10- Tampa Bay signed Paul Brousseau as a FA
Anaheim signed Jari Kurri as a FA

12- Islanders signed Denis Chervyakov as a FA

13- Ottawa signed Dave Hannan as a FA
Colorado signed Yves Sarault as a FA

16- Edmonton signed Jesse Belanger as a FA

17- Buffalo signed Anatoli Semenov and Terry Yake as FA's

26- Toronto signed David Cooper as a FA
Colorado signed Mike Hartman as a FA
St. Louis signed Gary Leeman as a FA
Chicago signed Dave Chyzowski and Rob Conn as FA's

28- Edmonton signed Kevin Lowe as a FA

30- WAIVERS

Phoenix: Bob Corkum (from Philly)
Colorado: Craig Billington (from Florida)
Vancouver: Chris Joseph (from Pittsburgh)
Vancouver: Alexander Semak (from Islanders)
Islanders: Corey Foster (from Pittsburgh)
Boston: Dean Malkoc (from Vancouver)

To Boston: Rob DiMaio
To San Jose: 5th round pick in 1997 (Adam Nittel)

OCTOBER 1996

1- To Hartford: Kevin Brown
To Anaheim: Espen Knutsen

1- To Anaheim: Ted Drury and Marc Moro
To Ottawa: Jason York and Shaun Van Allen

2- Hartford signed Kent Manderville as a FA
Islanders signed Randy Wood as a FA
Anaheim signed Barry Nieckar as a FA

3- Phoenix signed Scott Levis as a FA

4- Anaheim claimed Kevid Todd off waivers from Pittsburgh
Vancouver signed Troy Crowder as a FA

9- Chicago signed Adam Creighton and Basil McRae as FA's

9- To Detroit: Brendan Shanahan and Brian Glynn
To Hartford: Keith Primeau, Paul Coffey and a 1st round pick in 1997 (Nikos Tselios)

10- To Toronto: Darby Hendrickson
To Islanders: cond. pick in 1998 (Jiri Dopita)

Islanders signed Dave Archibald and Steve Webb as FA's
Calgary signed Sasha Lakovic as a FA

12- San Jose signed Ron Sutter as a FA

13- Hartford claimed Stu Grimson off waivers from Detroit

24- Edmonton signed Michel Petit as a FA

24- To Calgary: Scott Fraser
To Montreal: David Ling and a 6th round pick in 1998 (Gordie Dwyer)

25- Edmonton claimed Ralph Intranuovo off waivers from Toronto

25- To Pittsburgh: Petr Klima
To Los Angeles: cond. pick in 1997

26- Islanders signed Doug Houda as a FA

29- To St. Louis: Pierre Turgeon, Craig Conroy and Rory Fitzpatrick
To Montreal: Shayne Corson, Murray Baron and a 5th round pick in 1997 (Genady Razin)

NOVEMBER 1996

1- Dallas signed Sergei Makarov as a FA

2- To Washington: Chris Simon and Curtis Leschyshyn
To Colorado: Keith Jones and a 4th round pick in 1998

9- To Hartford: Curtis Leschyshyn
To Washington: Andrei Nikolishin

12- Phoenix signed Mike Hudson as a FA

13- To St. Louis: Sergio Momesso
To Rangers: Brian Noonan

13- To Vancouver: Donald Brashear
To Montreal: Jassen Cullimore

17- To Islanders: Bryan Smolisnki
To Pittsburgh: Darius Kasparaitus and Andreas Johansson

19- To Anaheim: Dimitri Mironov and Shawn Antoski
To Pittsburgh: Alex Hicks and Fredrick Olausson

19- To Calgary: Aaron Gavey
To Tampa Bay: Rick Tabaracci

19- To Pittsburgh: Stu Barnes and Jason Woolley
To Florida: Chris Wells

19- To Anaheim: Brian Bellows
To Tampa Bay: 6th round pick in 1997 (Andrei Skopintsev)

22- To Los Angeles: Neal Broten
To New Jersey: future considerations

22- To Boston: Landon Wilson and Anders Myrvold
To Colorado: 1st round pick in 1998 (Robyn Regehr)

26- To St. Louis: Mike Peluso and Ricard Persson
To New Jersey: Ken Sutton and 2nd round pick in 1999

27- To Islanders: Paul Kruse
To Calgary: Colorado's 3rd round pick in 1997 (previously acquired)

27- To Ottawa: Christer Olsson
To St. Louis: Pavol Demitra

28- To Los Angeles: Brad Smyth
To Florida: 3rd round pick in 1997 (Vratislav Cech)

DECEMBER 1996

7- To Florida: Craig Fisher
To Islanders: cash

11- Toronto signed Tom Pederson as a FA

13- Los Angeles signed Rick Zombo as a FA

15- To Philadelphia: Paul Coffey, a 3rd round pick in 1997 (Kris Mallette)
To Hartford: Kevin Haller, a 1st round pick in 1997 and a Hartford's 7th round pick in 1997 (Andrew Merrick, previously acquired)

17- To Calgary: Yves Racine
To San Jose: cash

18- To Florida: Ivan Droppa
To Chicago: Alain Nasreddine

27- Detroit signed Joe Kocur as a FA

RETIRED AFTER THE 1995-96 SEASON

Cam Neely, Boston Bruins
Alexei Kasatonov, Boston Bruins
Troy Murray, Colorado Avalanche
Paul Cavallini, Dallas Stars
Jimmy Carson, Hartford Whalers
Glenn Anderson, St. Louis Blues
Greg Gilbert, St. Louis Blues


T Tags: NHL trades transactions signings 1996