1981–82 NHL transactions

The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League during the 1981–82 NHL season. It lists what team each player has been traded to, signed by, or claimed by, and for which player(s) or draft pick(s), if applicable.

Trades between teams

June

June 9, 1981 To Minnesota North Stars
Nelson Burton
To Quebec Nordiques
Dan Chicoine
June 10, 1981 To Colorado Rockies
1st-rd pick in 1981 NHL Entry Draft
2nd-rd pick in 1981 NHL Entry Draft
To Washington Capitals
1st-rd pick in 1981 NHL Entry Draft
3rd-rd pick in 1981 NHL Entry Draft

July

July 3, 1981 To Hartford Whalers
Don Gillen
Rick MacLeish
Blake Wesley
1st-rd pick in 1982 NHL Entry Draft
2nd-rd pick in 1982 NHL Entry Draft
3rd-rd pick in 1982 NHL Entry Draft
To Philadelphia Flyers
Ray Allison
Fred Arthur
1st-rd pick in 1982 NHL Entry Draft
3rd-rd pick in 1982 NHL Entry Draft
July 3, 1981 To St. Louis Blues
Scott Campbell
John Markell
To Winnipeg Jets
Paul MacLean
Bryan Maxwell
Ed Staniowski
July 15, 1981 To Vancouver Canucks
rights to Ivan Hlinka
To Winnipeg Jets
Brent Ashton
4th-rd pick in 1982 NHL Entry Draft
July 15, 1981 To Colorado Rockies
Brent Ashton
3rd-rd pick in 1982 NHL Entry Draft
To Winnipeg Jets
Lucien DeBlois
July 21, 1981 To Boston Bruins
Bruins option to swap
1st-rd picks in 1982 NHL Entry Draft
2nd-rd pick in 1982 NHL Entry Draft
To Colorado Rockies
rights to Dwight Foster
10th-rd pick in 1982 NHL Entry Draft
July 23, 1981 To Detroit Red Wings
Mark Lofthouse
To Washington Capitals
Al Jensen
July 31, 1981 To Minnesota North Stars
Lindsay Middlebrook
To Winnipeg Jets
cash

August

August 10, 1981 To Los Angeles Kings
5th-rd pick in 1983 NHL Entry Draft
To Edmonton Oilers
Jay McFarlane
August 10, 1981 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Don Luce
To Los Angeles Kings
Bob Gladney
6th-rd pick in 1983 NHL Entry Draft
August 21, 1981 To Minnesota North Stars
rights to Don Murdoch
To Edmonton Oilers
Don Jackson
3rd-rd pick in 1982 NHL Entry Draft
August 21, 1981 To Minnesota North Stars
1st-rd pick in 1982 NHL Entry Draft
To Detroit Red Wings
Greg Smith
rights to Don Murdoch
1st-rd pick in 1982 NHL Entry Draft

September

September 8,
1981
To Winnipeg Jets
Doug Soetaert
To New York Rangers
3rd-rd pick in 1983 NHL Entry Draft
September 11,
1981
To Toronto Maple Leafs
4th-rd pick in 1982 NHL Entry Draft
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Paul Harrison
September 28,
1981
To Pittsburgh Penguins
future considerations
To New York Islanders
Robert Holland

October

October 1,
1981
To Colorado Rockies
Dave Cameron
Bob Lorimer
To New York Islanders
1st-rd pick in 1983 NHL Entry Draft
October 2,
1981
To Hartford Whalers
Chris Kotsopoulos
Gerry McDonald
Doug Sulliman
To New York Rangers
Mike Rogers
10th-rd pick in 1982 NHL Entry Draft
October 2,
1981
To Hartford Whalers
Garry Howatt
To New York Islanders
5th-rd pick in 1983 NHL Entry Draft
October 16,
1981
To Toronto Maple Leafs
5th-rd pick in 1982 NHL Entry Draft
To New York Rangers
Pat Hickey
October 30,
1981
To Minnesota North Stars
cash
To New York Rangers
Tom Younghans

November

November 10,
1981
To Calgary Flames
Gary McAdam
4th-rd pick in 1983 NHL Entry Draft
To Detroit Red Wings
Eric Vail
November 11,
1981
To Toronto Maple Leafs
John Gibson
Billy Harris
To Los Angeles Kings
Ian Turnbull
November 11,
1981
To Calgary Flames
Mel Bridgman
To Philadelphia Flyers
Brad Marsh
November 25,
1981
To Colorado Rockies
Don Lever
Bob MacMillan
To Calgary Flames
Lanny McDonald
4th-rd pick in 1983 NHL Entry Draft
November 25,
1981
To Calgary Flames
Pat Ribble
2nd-rd pick in 1983 NHL Entry Draft
To Washington Capitals
Bobby Gould
Randy Holt

December

December 2,
1981
To Buffalo Sabres
Mike Foligno
Dale McCourt
Brent Peterson
To Detroit Red Wings
Danny Gare
Jim Schoenfeld
Derek Smith
December 2,
1981
To Buffalo Sabres
future considerations
To Detroit Red Wings
Bob Sauve
December 4,
1981
To Colorado Rockies
Dick Lamby
Joe Micheletti
To St. Louis Blues
Bill Baker
December 11,
1981
To Edmonton Oilers
Lance Nethery
To New York Rangers
Eddie Mio
December 19,
1981
To Montreal Canadiens
6th-rd pick in 1982 NHL Entry Draft1
To Winnipeg Jets
Serge Savard
December 21,
1981
To Hartford Whalers
Pierre Larouche
1st-rd pick in 1984 NHL Entry Draft
3rd-rd pick in 1985 NHL Entry Draft
To Montreal Canadiens
1st-rd pick in 1984 NHL Entry Draft
2nd-rd pick in 1984 NHL Entry Draft
3rd-rd pick in 1985 NHL Entry Draft
December 29,
1981
To Hartford Whalers
Russ Anderson
8th-rd pick in 1983 NHL Entry Draft
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Rick MacLeish
December 30,
1981
To Quebec Nordiques
Jere Gillis
Dean Talafous2
To New York Rangers
Robbie Ftorek
8th-rd pick in 1982 NHL Entry Draft
December 31,
1981
To Minnesota North Stars
cash
To Colorado Rockies
Kevin Maxwell
rights to Jim Dobson
  1. This is a compensation trade. Savard retired from the NHL on August 12, 1981. The Jets selected him in the NHL waiver draft on October 5, 1981. The trade was completed upon Savard's return to the NHL with the Jets.
  2. Dean Talafous did not report to Quebec and retired from hockey. Pat Hickey was substituted to complete the trade after an arbitrator's decision on March 8, 1982.

January

January 12, 1982 To Hartford Whalers
Michel Plasse
4th-rd pick in 1983 NHL Entry Draft
To Quebec Nordiques
John Garrett
January 20, 1982 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Rich Costello
2nd-rd pick in 1982 NHL Entry Draft
future considerations1
(Ken Strong)
To Philadelphia Flyers
Darryl Sittler
  1. Trade completed in May, 1982.

February

February 1,
1982
To Quebec Nordiques
Tim Tookey
7th-rd pick in 1982 NHL Entry Draft
To Washington Capitals
Lee Norwood
6th-rd pick in 1982 NHL Entry Draft
February 2,
1982
To Hartford Whalers
10th-rd pick in 1983 NHL Entry Draft
To New York Rangers
Rob McClanahan
February 3,
1982
To Toronto Maple Leafs
5th-rd pick in 1983 NHL Entry Draft
future considerations1
(6th-rd pick in 1982 NHL Entry Draft)
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Greg Hotham
February 14,
1982
To St. Louis Blues
8th-rd pick in 1984 NHL Entry Draft
To Pittsburgh Penguins
right to claim Gary Edwards
off waivers from Blues without
having to pay a cash waiver price
  1. Trade completed on June 9, 1982 at the 1982 NHL Entry Draft.

March

  • Trading Deadline: March 9, 1982 [1]
March 2, 1982 To Minnesota North Stars
Mark Johnson
To Pittsburgh Penguins
2nd-rd pick in 1982 NHL Entry Draft
March 8, 1982 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Jim Korn
To Detroit Red Wings
4th-rd pick in 1982 NHL Entry Draft
5th-rd pick in 1983 NHL Entry Draft
March 8, 1982 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Phil Drouillard
Walt Poddubny
To Edmonton Oilers
Laurie Boschman
March 8, 1982 To Calgary Flames
future considerations
To St. Louis Blues
Kari Eloranta
March 9, 1982 To Colorado Rockies
Stan Weir
To Edmonton Oilers
Ed Cooper
March 9, 1982 To Edmonton Oilers
Todd Bidner
To Washington Capitals
Doug Hicks
March 9, 1982 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Miroslav Frycer
7th-rd pick in 1982 NHL Entry Draft
To Quebec Nordiques
Wilf Paiement
March 9, 1982 To Vancouver Canucks
Tony Currie
Rick Heinz
Jim Nill
4th-rd pick in 1982 NHL Entry Draft
To St. Louis Blues
Glen Hanlon
March 9, 1982 To Montreal Canadiens
2nd-rd pick in 1983 NHL Entry Draft
To St. Louis Blues
Guy Lapointe

References

Additional sources

  • hockeydb.com - search for player and select "show trades"
  • "NHL trades for 1981-1982". NHL Trade Tracker. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
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