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 - 1981 Entry Draft (# 5 - Joe Cirella) 2nd-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft (# 26 - Rich Chernomaz) |
To Washington Capitals 1st-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft (# 3 - Bobby Carpenter) 3rd-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft (# 45 - Eric Calder) |
July
- A compensation trade for Boston as Colorado signed restricted free agent Dwight Foster.
- Boston exercised the option and swap the 18th pick for the 1st overall pick in 1982.
August
| August 10, 1981 | To Los Angeles Kings 5th-rd pick - 1983 Entry Draft (# 100 - Garry Galley) |
To Edmonton Oilers Jay McFarlane |
| August 10, 1981 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Don Luce |
To Los Angeles Kings Bob Gladney 6th-rd pick - 1983 Entry Draft (# 108 - Kevin Stevens) |
| August 21, 1981 | To Minnesota North Stars rights to Don Murdoch |
To Edmonton Oilers Don Jackson 3rd-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft (MIN - # 59 - Wally Chapman) |
| August 21, 1981 | To Minnesota North Stars 1st-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft (# 17 - Murray Craven) |
To Detroit Red Wings Greg Smith rights to Don Murdoch 1st-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft (# 2 - Brian Bellows) |
- Minnesota's third-round pick was re-acquired on draft day to complete a trade on February 2, 1981 that sent Gary Edwards to Edmonton in exchange for future considerations.
September
| September 8, 1981 |
To Winnipeg Jets Doug Soetaert |
To New York Rangers 3rd-rd pick - 1983 Entry Draft (# 49 - Vesa Salo) |
| September 11, 1981 |
To Toronto Maple Leafs 4th-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft (# 73 - Vladimir Ruzicka) |
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 - 1983 Entry Draft (# 3 - Pat LaFontaine) |
| October 2, 1981 |
To Hartford Whalers Chris Kotsopoulos Gerry McDonald Doug Sulliman |
To New York Rangers Mike Rogers 10th-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft (# 193 - Simo Saarinen) |
| October 2, 1981 |
To Hartford Whalers Garry Howatt |
To New York Islanders 5th-rd pick - 1983 Entry Draft (# 84 - Bob Caulfield) |
| October 16, 1981 |
To Toronto Maple Leafs 5th-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft (# 99 - Sylvain Charland) |
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 - 1983 Entry Draft (# 66 - John Bekkers) |
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 - 1983 Entry Draft (# 77 - Bill Claviter) |
| November 25, 1981 |
To Calgary Flames Pat Ribble 2nd-rd pick - 1983 Entry Draft (MTL - # 35 - Todd Francis) |
To Washington Capitals Bobby Gould Randy Holt |
- Calgary's second-round pick went to Montreal as the result of a trade on September 10, 1982 that sent the Doug Risebrough and Montreal's second-round pick in 1983 NHL Entry Draft to Calgary in exchange for Calgary's third-round pick in 1984 NHL Entry Draft and this pick.
December
- 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.
- Hartford's third-round pick went to Pittsburgh as the result of a trade on September 30, 1983 that sent Greg Malone to Hartford in exchange for this pick.
- Montreal's second-round pick went to St. Louis as the result of a trade on June 9, 1984 that sent St. Louis' first-round and second-round picks in 1984 NHL Entry Draft to Montreal in exchange for Rick Wamsley, Montreal's second-round pick (32nd overall) and third-round pick in 1984 NHL Entry Draft along with this pick.
- 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 - 1983 Entry Draft (# 72 - Ron Chyzowski) |
To Quebec Nordiques John Garrett |
| January 20, 1982 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Rich Costello 2nd-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft (# 25 - Peter Ihnacak) future considerations (Ken Strong) |
To Philadelphia Flyers Darryl Sittler |
- Trade completed in May, 1982.
February
| February 1, 1982 |
To Quebec Nordiques Tim Tookey 7th-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft (# 131 - Daniel Poudrier) |
To Washington Capitals Lee Norwood 6th-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft (CGY - # 118 - Mats Kihlstrom) |
| February 2, 1982 |
To Hartford Whalers 10th-rd pick - 1983 Entry Draft (# 193 - Reine Landgren) |
To New York Rangers Rob McClanahan |
| February 3, 1982 |
To Toronto Maple Leafs 5th-rd pick - 1983 Entry Draft (# 83 - Dan Hodgson) future considerations (6th-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft - # 115 - Craig Kales) |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Greg Hotham |
| February 14, 1982 |
To St. Louis Blues 8th-rd pick - 1984 Entry Draft (# 148 - Don Porter) |
To Pittsburgh Penguins right to claim Gary Edwards off waivers from Blues without having to pay a cash waiver price |
- Washington's sixth-round pick went to Calgary as the result of a trade on June 9, 1982 that sent Ken Houston and Pat Riggin to Washington in exchange for Howard Walker, George White, Washington's third-round pick in 1983 NHL Entry Draft, second-round pick in 1984 NHL Entry Draft and this pick.
- Trade completed on June 9, 1982 at the 1982 NHL Entry Draft.
March
- Trading Deadline: March 9, 1982
References
- NHL trade deadline: Deals since 1980 | Habs Inside/Out Archived 2009-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
Additional sources
- hockeydb.com - search for player and select "show trades"
- "NHL trades for 1981-1982". NHL Trade Tracker. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
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