1968–69 NHL transactions

The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League during the 1968–69 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

May

May 14, 1968 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Terry Clancy
To Oakland Seals
cash
May 14, 1968 To Oakland Seals
cash
To New York Rangers
rights to Larry Popein
May 20, 1968 To Boston Bruins
1st-rd pick - 1970 Amateur Draft
(# 3 - Reggie Leach)
To Los Angeles Kings
Skip Krake
May 21, 1968 To Boston Bruins
1st-rd pick - 1969 Amateur Draft
(# 4 - Frank Spring)
cash
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Jean Pronovost
John Arbour
May 21, 1968 To Montreal Canadiens
Wally Boyer
Alain Caron
1st-rd pick - 1968 Amateur Draft
(# 3 - Jim Pritchard)
1st-rd pick - 1970 Amateur Draft
(# 5 - Ray Martyniuk)
future considerations1
(Lyle Bradley)
To Oakland Seals
Norm Ferguson
Stan Fuller
future considerations1
(Francois Lacombe)
(Michel Jacques)
May 23, 1968 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Pierre Pilote
To Chicago Black Hawks
Jim Pappin
May 27, 1968 To Oakland Seals
Gary Jarrett
Doug Roberts
Chris Worthy
Howie Young
To Detroit Red Wings
Bob Baun
Ron Harris
  1. Trade completed in June, 1968 (exact date unknown).[1][2]

June

June 6, 1968 To Toronto Maple Leafs
cash
To Detroit Red Wings
Doug Barrie
June 6, 1968 To Montreal Canadiens
cash
To Minnesota North Stars
Jake Rathwell
June 10, 1968 To Montreal Canadiens
1st-rd pick - 1972 Amateur Draft
(# 8 - Dave Gardner)
cash
future considerations1
(Marshall Johnston)
To Minnesota North Stars
Danny Grant
Claude Larose
future considerations1
(Bob Murdoch)
June 10, 1968 To Montreal Canadiens
1st-rd pick - 1972 Amateur Draft
(# 6 - Michel Larocque)
future considerations2
(Tom Thurlby)
To Oakland Seals
Bryan Watson
cash
June 11, 1968 To St. Louis Blues
Lou Angotti
Ian Campbell
To Philadelphia Flyers
Darryl Edestrand
Gerry Melnyk
June 11, 1968 To St. Louis Blues
Ab McDonald
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Lou Angotti
June 11, 1968 To Montreal Canadiens
Al MacNeil
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Wally Boyer
June 11, 1968 To Montreal Canadiens
cash
To Minnesota North Stars
Jim Paterson
rights to Claude Piche
June 11, 1968 To Los Angeles Kings
Myron Stankiewicz
To St. Louis Blues
Terry Gray
June 11, 1968 To Montreal Canadiens
1st-rd pick - 1969 Amateur Draft
(MIN - # 5 - Dick Redmond)3
1st-rd pick - 1972 Amateur Draft
(# 4 - Steve Shutt)
To Los Angeles Kings
Gerry Desjardins
June 11, 1968 To Montreal Canadiens
cash
To St. Louis Blues
Ted Ouimet
June 11, 1968 To Montreal Canadiens
cash
To St. Louis Blues
Kenneth Faranski
June 11, 1968 To Montreal Canadiens
cash
To St. Louis Blues
Gerald Lemire
June 12, 1968 To Montreal Canadiens
1st-rd pick - 1973 Amateur Draft
(ATL - # 2 - Tom Lysiak)4
2nd-rd pick - 1973 Amateur Draft
(MIN - # 18 - Blake Dunlop)5
To Oakland Seals
opportunity to select
Carol Vadnais in the
1968 waiver draft
June 12, 1968 To Minnesota North Stars
Wayne Hillman
Joey Johnston
Dan Seguin
To New York Rangers
Dave Balon
June 13, 1968 To St. Louis Blues
Camille Henry
Robbie Irons
Bill Plager
To New York Rangers
Don Caley
Wayne Rivers
June 27, 1968 To St. Louis Blues
Seth Martin
To New York Rangers
cash
Notes
  1. Trade completed on May 25, 1971.[1][2]
  2. Trade completed in September, 1968 (exact date unknown).[1][2]
  3. This pick went to the Minnesota North Stars in exchange for Minnesota's promised to Montreal that they would not draft Dick Duff in the 1969 intra-league draft.
  4. This pick went to the Atlanta Flames as the result of a trade on May 15, 1973, that sent Montreal's two first-round picks and second-round pick in 1973 NHL Amateur Draft to Atlanta in exchange for Atlanta's first-round pick in 1973 NHL Amateur Draft, first-round pick in 1977 NHL Amateur Draft and second-round pick in 1978 NHL Amateur Draft.
  5. This pick went to the Minnesota North Stars as the result of a trade on May 15, 1973, that sent Minnesota's second-round pick in 1975 NHL Amateur Draft in exchange for this pick.

July

July 1, 1968 To Montreal Canadiens
Yves Locas
Brian Smith
To Los Angeles
Larry Cahan
July 4, 1968 To Oakland Seals
George Konik
To Pittsburgh Penguins
cash

August

August, 1968
(exact date unknown)
To Montreal Canadiens
cash
To Oakland Seals
Len Ronson

September

September, 1968
(exact date unknown)
To Pittsburgh Penguins
cash
To Philadelphia Flyers
loan of Bob Rivard
September 13, 1968 To Oakland Seals
cash
To New York Rangers
Ron Boehm
September 30, 1968 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Louis Devault
Grant Moore
To Los Angeles Kings
Gary Croteau
Brian Murphy
Wayne Thomas

October

October, 1968
(exact date unknown)
To Detroit Red Wings
cash
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Doug Barrie
October 1, 1968 To Minnesota North Stars
1st-rd pick - 1972 Amateur Draft
(MTL - # 8 - Dave Gardner)1
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Bob Woytowich
October 10, 1968 To Los Angeles Kings
Jimmy Peters Jr.
To Detroit Red Wings
Terry Sawchuk
October 28, 1968 To Montreal Canadiens
cash
To St. Louis Blues
Norm Dennis
  1. This pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 10, 1968, that sent Minnesota's first-round pick in 1972, cash and future considerations (Marshall Johnston trade completed on May 25, 1971) to Montreal in exchange for Danny Grant, Claude Larose and future considerations (Bob Murdoch trade completed on May 25, 1971).
    Montreal received the lowest of Minnesota's two first-round pick.

November

November 12, 1968 To Los Angeles Kings
Ron Anderson
To Detroit Red Wings
Poul Popiel
November 15, 1968 To Montreal Canadiens
cash
To Minnesota North Stars
Brian Smith
November 22, 1968 To Montreal Canadiens
Larry Hillman
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Jean-Guy Lagace
cash
November 29, 1968 To Oakland Seals
Bob Dillabough
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Billy Harris

December

December 1, 1968 To Chicago Black Hawks
Brian Bradley
To Philadelphia Flyers
Bob Sneddon

January

January 24, 1969 To Minnesota North Stars
Leo Boivin
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Duane Rupp
January 30, 1969 To Oakland Seals
Earl Ingarfield Sr.
Dick Mattiussi
Gene Ubriaco
To Minnesota North Stars
Tracy Pratt
George Swarbrick
Bryan Watson

February

February 14, 1969 To Minnesota North Stars
Bill Orban
Tom Reid
future considerations1
(Doug Shelton)
To Chicago Black Hawks
Andre Boudrias
Mike McMahon Jr.
February 15, 1969 To Minnesota North Stars
Danny Lawson
rights to Brian Conacher
To Detroit Red Wings
Wayne Connolly
Notes
  1. Trade completed in June 1969 (exact date unknown).[3][4]

March

March 2, 1969 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Forbes Kennedy
Brit Selby
To Philadelphia Flyers
Mike Byers
Gerry Meehan
Bill Sutherland

References

  1. ^ a b c "NHL Trade Tracker". Archived from the original on May 19, 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Diamond, Dan, ed. (2000). Total Hockey. Total Sports. ISBN 1-892129-85-X.
  3. ^ "NHL Trade Tracker". Archived from the original on May 19, 2011. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
  4. ^ Diamond, Dan, ed. (2003). Total NHL. Chicago: Triumph Books. p. 873. ISBN 978-1-57243-604-6.

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