1982–83 NHL transactions

The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League during the 1982–83 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 3,
1982
To Calgary Flames
Kari Eloranta
To St. Louis Blues
cash
June 3,
1982
To Vancouver Canucks
cash
To St. Louis Blues
Rick Heinz
June 7,
1982
To Minnesota North Stars
Willi Plett
4th-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft
(# 81 - Dusan Pasek)
To Calgary Flames
Steve Christoff
Bill Nyrop
2nd-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft
(# 29 - Dave Reierson)
June 8,
1982
To Buffalo Sabres
1st-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft
(# 9 - Paul Cyr)
2nd-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft
(# 30 - Jens Johansson)
2nd-rd pick - 1983 Entry Draft
(# 31 - John Tucker)
Sabres' option to swap
1st-rd picks - 1983 Entry Draft
(# 10 - Normand Lacombe)1
To Calgary Flames
Richie Dunn
Don Edwards
2nd-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft
(# 37 - Richard Kromm)
June 9,
1982
To Boston Bruins
Pete Peeters
To Philadelphia Flyers
Brad McCrimmon
June 9,
1982
To Boston Bruins
Brad Palmer
rights to Dave Donnelly
To Minnesota North Stars
Bruins agreed not to select
Brian Bellows in the 1982 Entry Draft
June 9,
1982
To New Jersey Devils
1st-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft
(# 8 - Rocky Trottier)
1st-rd pick - 1983 Entry Draft
(# 6 - John MacLean)
To St. Louis Blues
Rob Ramage
June 9,
1982
To Buffalo Sabres
2nd-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft
(# 26 - Mike Anderson)
4th-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft
(# 68 - Timo Jutila)
To Washington Capitals
Alan Haworth
3rd-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft
(# 58 - Milan Novy)
June 9,
1982
To Calgary Flames
Howard Walker
George White
6th-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft
(# 118 - Mats Kihlstrom)
3rd-rd pick - 1983 Entry Draft
(# 55 - Perry Berezan)
2nd-rd pick - 1984 Entry Draft
(# 38 - Paul Ranheim)
To Washington Capitals
Ken Houston
Pat Riggin
June 9,
1982
To Buffalo Sabres
12th-rd pick - 1983 Entry Draft
(# 235 - Kermit Salfi)
To Washington Capitals
12th-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft
(# 247 - Marco Kallas)
June 9,
1982
To Minnesota North Stars
11th-rd pick - 1983 Entry Draft
(# 212 - Oldrich Valek)
To Quebec Nordiques
12th-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft
(# 248 - Jan Jasko)
  1. Buffalo exercised the option and swap the 13th pick for the 10th overall pick in 1983.

July

July 2, 1982 To New Jersey Devils
Ed Cooper
To Edmonton Oilers
Stan Weir

August

August 4,
1982
To Minnesota North Stars
Rollie Boutin
Wes Jarvis
To Washington Capitals
Robbie Moore
11th-rd pick - 1983 Entry Draft
(# 216 - Anders Huss)
August 4,
1982
To Quebec Nordiques
Rick Lapointe
To St. Louis Blues
Pat Hickey
August 19,
1982
To Hartford Whalers
Greg Adams
Ken Linseman
1st-rd pick - 1983 Entry Draft
(# 20 - David Jensen)
3rd-rd pick - 1983 Entry Draft
(# 61 - Leif Carlsson)
To Philadelphia Flyers
Mark Howe
3rd-rd pick - 1983 Entry Draft
(# 44 - Derrick Smith)
August 19,
1982
To Hartford Whalers
Risto Siltanen
rights to Brent Loney
To Edmonton Oilers
Ken Linseman
Don Nachbaur
August 23,
1982
To Minnesota North Stars
Dan McCarthy
To New York Rangers
Shawn Dineen
August 24,
1982
To Chicago Black Hawks
6th-rd pick - 1983 Entry Draft
(# 115 - Jari Torkki)
5th-rd pick - 1984 Entry Draft
(# 101 - Darin Sceviour)
To Washington Capitals
Ted Bulley
Dave Hutchison

September

September 9,
1982
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Mike Palmateer
To Washington Capitals
cash
September 9,
1982
To Montreal Canadiens
Rick Green
Ryan Walter
To Washington Capitals
Brian Engblom
Doug Jarvis
Rod Langway
Craig Laughlin
September 10,
1982
To Montreal Canadiens
2nd-rd pick - 1983 Entry Draft
(# 35 - Todd Francis)
3rd-rd pick - 1984 Entry Draft
(# 54 - Graeme Bonar)
To Calgary Flames
Doug Risebrough
2nd-rd pick - 1983 Entry Draft
(MIN - # 38 - Frank Musil)1
September 14,
1982
To Edmonton Oilers
cash
To Detroit Red Wings
Stan Weir
September 15,
1982
To Montreal Canadiens
3rd-rd pick - 1985 Entry Draft
(STL - # 44 - Nelson Emerson)2
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Denis Herron
September 18,
1982
To New Jersey Devils
future considerations
To Calgary Flames
Steve Janaszak
September 27,
1982
To Minnesota North Stars
Frank Beaton
To New York Islanders
future considerations
  1. Calgary's second-round pick went to Minnesota as the result of a trade on June 8, 1982 that sent Mike Eaves and Keith Hanson to Calgary in exchange for Steve Christoff and an optional second-round pick in 1983 Entry Draft (this pick) or in 1984 Entry Draft.
  2. Montreal's second-round pick went to St. Louis as the result of a trade on June 15, 1985 that sent St. Louis' first-round, second-round, fourth-round, fifth-round and sixth-round picks in 1985 Entry Draft to Montreal in exchange for Mike Dark, Mark Hunter, Montreal's second-round, fifth-round, sixth-round picks in 1985 Entry Draft and this pick.

October

October 1,
1982
To Hartford Whalers
Kent-Erik Andersson
Mark Johnson
To Minnesota North Stars
Jordy Douglas
5th-rd pick - 1984 Entry Draft
(# 89 - Jiri Poner)
October 1,
1982
To Hartford Whalers
Ed Hospodar
To New York Rangers
Kent-Erik Andersson
October 1,
1982
To New Jersey Devils
Hector Marini
4th-rd pick - 1983 Entry Draft
(CGY - # 77 - Bill Claviter)1
To New York Islanders
4th-rd pick - 1983 Entry Draft
(# 65 - Mikko Mäkelä)
October 1,
1982
To Hartford Whalers
future considerations
To Boston Bruins
Marty Howe
October 5,
1982
To Toronto Maple Leafs
10th-rd pick - 1983 Entry Draft
(# 184 - Greg Rolston)
To Hartford Whalers
Paul Marshall
October 15,
1982
To New Jersey Devils
Garry Howatt
Rick Meagher
To Hartford Whalers
Merlin Malinowski
rights to Scott Fusco
October 19,
1982
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Greg Terrion
To Los Angeles Kings
4th-rd pick - 1983 Entry Draft
(DET - # 68 - Dave Korol)2
October 22,
1982
To Edmonton Oilers
Peter Dineen
To Philadelphia Flyers
Bob Hoffmeyer
October 24,
1982
To Los Angeles Kings
Terry Ruskowski
To Chicago Black Hawks
Larry Goodenough
3rd-rd pick - 1984 Entry Draft
(# 45 - Trent Yawney)
October 28,
1982
To Minnesota North Stars
George Ferguson
1st-rd pick - 1983 Entry Draft
(# 1 - Brian Lawton)
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Anders Hakansson
Ron Meighan
1st-rd pick - 1983 Entry Draft
(# 15 - Bob Errey)
October 29,
1982
To New Jersey Devils
cash
To Detroit Red Wings
rights to Dwight Foster
  1. New Jersey's' fourth-round pick went to Calgary as the result of a trade on November 25, 1981 that sent Don Lever and Bob MacMillan to Colorado in exchange for Lanny McDonald and this pick. The Colorado Rockies relocated to New Jersey to become the Devils for the 1982-83 NHL season.
  2. Los Angeles' fourth-round pick went to Detroit as the result of a trade on June 8, 1983 that sent Detroit's fourth-round pick in 1984 Entry Draft to Los Angeles in exchange for this pick.

November

November 8, 1982 To Boston Bruins
cash
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Stan Jonathan
November 8, 1982 To Calgary Flames
rights to Carey Wilson
To Chicago Black Hawks
Denis Cyr

December

December 2, 1982 To Calgary Flames
rights to Yves Courteau
To Detroit Red Wings
Bobby Francis
December 3, 1982 To Hartford Whalers
Pierre Lacroix
To Quebec Nordiques
Blake Wesley
December 7, 1982 To Los Angeles Kings
Rick Blight
To Edmonton Oilers
Alan Hangsleben
December 17, 1982 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Gaston Gingras
To Montreal Canadiens
2nd-rd pick - 1986 Entry Draft
(# 27 - Benoit Brunet)
December 17, 1982 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Dan Daoust
To Montreal Canadiens
3rd-rd pick - 1984 Entry Draft
(MIN - # 46 - Ken Hodge, Jr.)1
  1. The Montreal's third-round pick went to the Minnesota as the result of a trade on October 28, 1983 that sent the Booby Smith to Montreal in exchange for Keith Acton, Mark Napier and this pick.

January

January 4, 1983 To St. Louis Blues
Andre Dore
To New York Rangers
Glen Hanlon
Vaclav Nedomansky
January 6, 1983 To Vancouver Canucks
Tony Tanti
To Chicago Black Hawks
Curt Fraser
January 10, 1983 To Toronto Maple Leafs
cash
To Minnesota North Stars
Dave Logan
January 10, 1983 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Rick St. Croix
To Philadelphia Flyers
Michel Larocque
January 15, 1983 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Reid Bailey
To Edmonton Oilers
Serge Boisvert
January 17, 1983 To Vancouver Canucks
Mark Kirton
To Detroit Red Wings
Ivan Boldirev
January 23, 1983 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Dave Snopek
To Chicago Black Hawks
Rod Willard

February

February 1, 1983 To Minnesota North Stars
3rd-rd pick - 1985 Entry Draft
(# 51 - Stephane Roy)
To Los Angeles Kings
Markus Mattsson
February 4, 1983 To Quebec Nordiques
Anders Eldebrink
To Vancouver Canucks
John Garrett
February 19, 1983 To New Jersey Devils
Ron Low
Jim McTaggart
To Edmonton Oilers
Lindsay Middlebrook
Paul Miller

March

  • Trading Deadline: March 8, 1983 [1]
March 7, 1983 To Edmonton Oilers
Willy Lindstrom
To Winnipeg Jets
Laurie Boschman
March 8, 1983 To Minnesota North Stars
future considerations
To Detroit Red Wings
Ken Solheim

References

Additional sources

  • hockeydb.com - search for player and select "show trades"
  • "NHL trades for 1982-1983". NHL Trade Tracker. Retrieved July 22, 2021.