Traded • Byron Dafoe • Dmitri Khristich to Kings for • 1996 first round pick (#4-Alexandre Volchkov) • 1996 fourth round pick (#85-Justin Davis) on 1995-07-08

Traded • Glen Wesley to Whalers for • 1995 first round pick (#9-Kyle McLaren) • 1996 first round pick (#8-Johnathan Aitken) • 1997 first round pick (#8-Sergei Samsonov) on 1994-08-26

Received • 1996 first round pick (#14-Marty Reasoner) 1997 first round pick (#15-Matt Zultek) from Blues on 1995-07-28 as compensation for free agent Shayne Corson

Traded • Curtis Joseph • rights to Mike Grier to Oilers for • 1996 first round pick (#14-Marty Reasoner) • 1997 first round pick (#15-Matt Zultek) on 1995-08-04

Traded • Dmitry Yushkevich • 1996 second round pick (#50-Francis Larivee) to Maple Leafs for • 1996 first round pick (#15-Dainius Zubrus) • 1997 second round pick (#30-Jean-Marc Pelletier) • 1996 fourth round pick (#84-Mikael Simons) on 1995-08-30

Traded • Bill Ranford to Bruins for • Mariusz Czerkawski • rights to Sean Brown • 1996 first round pick (#19-Matthieu Descoteaux) on 1996-01-11

Traded • 1996 second round pick (#31-Remi Royer) • 1996 second round pick (#46-Geoff Peters) to Blackhawks for • 1996 first round pick (#21-Marco Sturm) on 1996-06-22

Traded • Pat Falloon to Flyers for • rights to Martin Spanhel • 1996 first round pick (#24-Daniel Briere) • 1996 fourth round pick (#106-Mike Martone) on 1995-11-16

Traded • Doug Bodger to Sharks for • Vaclav Varada • rights to Martin Spanhel • 1996 first round pick (#24-Daniel Briere) • 1996 fourth round pick (#106-Mike Martone) on 1995-11-16

Traded • Michal Grosek • Darryl Shannon to Sabres for • Craig Muni • 1996 first round pick (#24-Daniel Briere) on 1996-02-15

Jets moved to phoenix and renamed Coyotes in 1996

Traded • Steve Duchesne to Senators for • 1996 second round pick (#27-Cory Sarich) on 1995-08-04

Traded • Yuri Khmylev • 1996 eighth round pick (#196-Andrei Podkonicky) to Blues for • Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre • 1996 second round pick (#27-Cory Sarich) • 1997 third round pick (#69-Maxim Afinogenov) on 1996-03-20

Traded • Chris Terreri to Sharks for • 1996 second round pick (#28-Pavel Skrbek) on 1995-11-15

Traded • 1996 second round pick (#41-Josh DeWolf) • 1996 second round pick (#49-Colin White) to Devils for • 1996 second round pick (#28-Pavel Skrbek) on 1996-06-22

Traded • 1995 third round pick (#69-Sergei Gusev) to Stars for • 1996 second round pick (#31-Remi Royer) on 1995-07-08

Traded • Craig Janney to Jets for • Darren Turcotte • 1996 second round pick (#31-Remi Royer) on 1996-03-18

Traded • 1996 first round pick (#21-Marco Sturm) to Sharks for • 1996 second round pick (#31-Remi Royer) • 1996 second round pick (#46-Geoff Peters) on 1996-06-22

Traded • Dave Andreychuk to Devils for • 1996 second round pick (#36-Marek Posmyk) • option of 1998 fourth round pick or 1999 third round pick (1998 #113-Kristian Antila) on 1996-03-13

Traded • Brent Thompson • Jets option to swap 1995 sixth round picks (#139-Robert Esche) • cash to Jets (who became Coyotes) for • rights to Ruslan Batyrshin • 1996 second round pick (#37-Marian Cisar) • Jets option to swap 1995 sixth round picks (#146-Brian Willsie) on 1994-08-08

Traded • Esa Tikkanen to Canucks for • 1996 second round pick (#38-Wes Mason) on 1995-11-23

Traded • Al MacInnis • 1997 fourth round pick (#86-Didier Tremblay) to Blues for • Phil Housley • 1996 second round pick (#40-Steve Begin) • 1997 second round pick (#42-John Tripp) on 1994-07-04

Traded • Larry Murphy to Maple Leafs for • Dmitri Mironov • 1996 second round pick (#41-Josh DeWolf) on 1995-07-08

Traded • 1996 second round pick (#28-Pavel Skrbek) to Penguins for • 1996 second round pick (#41-Josh DeWolf) • 1996 second round pick (#49-Colin White) on 1996-06-22

Traded • Patrick Poulin • Igor Ulanov • 1996 second round pick (#47-Pierre Dagenais) to Lightning for • Enrico Ciccone • 1996 second round pick (#42-Jeff Paul) on 1996-03-20

Traded • Ray Sheppard • 1996 fourth round pick (#82-Joey Tetarenko) to Panthers for • 1996 second round pick (#46-Geoff Peters) • 1996 fourth round pick (#102-Matt Bradley) on 1996-03-16

Traded • 1996 first round pick (#21-Marco Sturm) to Sharks for • 1996 second round pick (#31-Remi Royer) • 1996 second round pick (#46-Geoff Peters) on 1996-06-22

Traded • Enrico Ciccone • 1996 second round pick (#42-Jeff Paul) to Blackhawks for • Patrick Poulin • Igor Ulanov • 1996 second round pick (#47-Pierre Dagenais) on 1996-03-20

Traded • Corey Schwab to Lightning for • Jeff Reese • 1996 second round pick (#47-Pierre Dagenais) • 1996 eighth round pick (#205-Jay Bertsch) on 1996-06-22

Traded • 1996 second round pick (#28-Pavel Skrbek) to Penguins for • 1996 second round pick (#41-Josh DeWolf) • 1996 second round pick (#49-Colin White) on 1996-06-22

Traded • 1996 first round pick (#15-Dainius Zubrus) • 1997 second round pick (#30-Jean-Marc Pelletier) • 1996 fourth round pick (#84-Mikael Simons) to Flyers for • Dmitry Yushkevich • 1996 second round pick (#50-Francis Larivee) on 1995-08-30

Traded • Shawn McEachern to Senators for • Trent McCleary • 1996 third round pick (#53-Eric Naud) on 1996-06-22

compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Dale Hawerchuk

Traded • 1996 third round pick (#70-Jonathan Sim) • 1996 fourth round pick (#90-Mike Hurley) to Stars for • 1996 third round pick (#58-Sergei Zimakov) on 1996-06-22

Traded • Bob Boughner to Sabres for • 1996 third round pick (#60-Chris Allen) on 1996-02-01

Traded • Teemu Selanne • Marc Chouinard • 1996 fourth round pick (#92-Kim Staal) to Mighty Ducks for • Chad Kilger • Oleg Tverdovsky • 1996 third round pick (#62-Per-Anton Lundstrom) on 1996-02-07

Jets moved to phoenix and renamed Coyotes in 1996

Traded • Dominic Roussel to Jets (who became Coyotes) for • Tim Cheveldae • 1996 third round pick (#64-Chester Gallant) on 1996-02-27

Traded • Jesse Belanger to Canucks for • 1996 third round pick (#65-Oleg Kvasha) • 1997 conditional pick (not exercised?) on 1996-03-20

Traded • Dave Gagner to Flames for • 1996 third round pick (#66-Mike Lankshear) on 1996-06-22

Traded • 1996 third round pick (#58-Sergei Zimakov) to Capitals for • 1996 third round pick (#70-Jonathan Sim) • 1996 fourth round pick (#90-Mike Hurley) on 1996-06-22

Traded • Shawn McEachern • Kevin Stevens to Bruins for • Glen Murray • Bryan Smolinski • 1996 third round pick (#72-Boyd Kane) on 1995-08-01

Traded • Magnus Svensson • Robert Svehla to Panthers for • 1996 third round pick (#73-Dmitri Vlasenkov) • 1997 fourth round pick (#100-Ryan Ready) on 1994-09-29

Traded • rights to Igor Ulanov to Blackhawks for • 1996 third round pick (#74-Dave Weninger) on 1995-10-17

compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Geoff Courtnall

Traded • Garth Snow to Flyers for • 1996 third round pick (#78-Shawn McNeil) • 1996 sixth round pick (#160-Kai Fischer) on 1995-07-12

Traded • John Slaney to Avalanche for • 1996 third round pick (#78-Shawn McNeil) on 1995-07-12

Traded • Marc Bergevin • Ben Hankinson to Red Wings for • Shawn Burr • 1996 third round pick (#80-Jason Doyle) on 1995-08-17

Traded • David Shaw to Lightning for • 1996 third round pick (#80-Jason Doyle) on 1995-08-17

Traded • 1996 second round pick (#46-Geoff Peters) • 1996 fourth round pick (#102-Matt Bradley) to Sharks for • Ray Sheppard • 1996 fourth round pick (#82-Joey Tetarenko) on 1996-03-16

Traded • Yanic Perreault to Kings for • 1996 fourth round pick (#84-Mikael Simons) on 1994-07-11

Traded • Dmitry Yushkevich • 1996 second round pick (#50-Francis Larivee) to Maple Leafs for • 1996 first round pick (#15-Dainius Zubrus) • 1997 second round pick (#30-Jean-Marc Pelletier) • 1996 fourth round pick (#84-Mikael Simons) on 1995-08-30

Traded • John Druce • 1997 seventh round pick (#164-Todd Fedoruk) to Flyers for • 1996 fourth round pick (#84-Mikael Simons) on 1996-03-19

Traded • Mike Donnelly • 1996 seventh round pick (#166-Eoin McInerney) to Stars for • 1996 fourth round pick (#85-Justin Davis) on 1995-02-17

Traded • Byron Dafoe • Dmitri Khristich to Kings for • 1996 first round pick (#4-Alexandre Volchkov) • 1996 fourth round pick (#85-Justin Davis) on 1995-07-08

Traded • Kent Manderville to Oilers for • Peter White • 1996 fourth round pick (#86-Jason Sessa) on 1995-12-04

compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Joel Otto

Traded • Todd Krygier to Mighty Ducks for • 1996 fourth round pick (#90-Mike Hurley) on 1995-02-02

Traded • 1996 third round pick (#58-Sergei Zimakov) to Capitals for • 1996 third round pick (#70-Jonathan Sim) • 1996 fourth round pick (#90-Mike Hurley) on 1996-06-22

Traded • Chad Kilger • Oleg Tverdovsky • 1996 third round pick (#62-Per-Anton Lundstrom) to Jets (who became Coyotes) for • Teemu Selanne • Marc Chouinard • 1996 fourth round pick (#92-Kim Staal) on 1996-02-07

Traded • Ken Baumgartner to Mighty Ducks for • 1996 fourth round pick (#92-Kim Staal) on 1996-03-20

Traded • Paul DiPietro to Maple Leafs for • 1996 fourth round pick (#92-Kim Staal) on 1995-04-06

Traded • Dixon Ward • Guy Leveque • Shayne Toporowski • Kelly Fairchild to Maple Leafs for • Eric Lacroix • Chris Snell • 1996 fourth round pick (#96-Eric Belanger) on 1994-10-03

Traded • Jason Ruff • 1994 fourth round pick (#86-Dmitri Klevakin) • 1995 fifth round pick (#108-Konstantin Golokhvastov) • 1996 sixth round pick (#152-Nikolai Ignatov) to Lightning for • Basil McRae • Doug Crossman • 1996 fourth round pick (#97-Andrei Petrakov) on 1993-01-28

Traded • Anson Carter to Capitals for • 1996 fourth round pick (#98-Ben Storey) on 1996-04-03

compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Bruce Driver

Traded • Ray Sheppard • 1996 fourth round pick (#82-Joey Tetarenko) to Panthers for • 1996 second round pick (#46-Geoff Peters) • 1996 fourth round pick (#102-Matt Bradley) on 1996-03-16

Traded • Ravil Gusmanov to Blackhawks for • 1996 fourth round pick (#103-Vladimir Antipov) on 1996-03-20

Jets moved to Phoenix and renamed Coyotes in 1996

Traded • Mike Gartner to Coyotes for • 1996 fourth round pick (#103-Vladimir Antipov) on 1996-06-22

Traded • Pat Verbeek to Rangers for • Glen Featherstone • Michael Stewart • 1995 first round pick (#13-Jean-Sebastien Giguere) • 1996 fourth round pick (#104-Steve Wasylko) on 1995-03-23

Traded • Pat Falloon to Flyers for • rights to Martin Spanhel • 1996 first round pick (#24-Daniel Briere) • 1996 fourth round pick (#106-Mike Martone) on 1995-11-16

Traded • Doug Bodger to Sharks for • Vaclav Varada • rights to Martin Spanhel • 1996 first round pick (#24-Daniel Briere) • 1996 fourth round pick (#106-Mike Martone) on 1995-11-16

Traded • Jason Zent to Senators for • 1996 fifth round pick (#109-Andy "Bubba" Berenzweig) on 1994-10-15

Traded • Todd Gill to Sharks for • Jamie Baker • 1996 fifth round pick (#110-Peter Cava) on 1996-06-14

Traded • Eric Fichaud to Islanders for • Benoit Hogue • 1995 third round pick (#54-Ryan Pepperall) • 1996 fifth round pick (#111-Brandon Sugden) on 1995-04-06

Traded • Shane Churla • Doug Zmolek to Kings for • Darryl Sydor • 1996 fifth round pick (#112-Ryan Christie) on 1996-02-17

compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Grant Fuhr

Traded • Wayne Gretzky to Blues for • Craig Johnson • Patrice Tardif • Roman Vopat • 1996 fifth round pick (#123-Peter Hogan) • 1997 first round pick (#15-Matt Zultek) on 1996-02-27

Traded • Rob Zettler to Maple Leafs for • 1996 fifth round pick (#124-Per-Ragnar Bergkvist) on 1995-07-08

Traded • Dean Chynoweth to Bruins for • 1996 fifth round pick (#128-Petr Sachl) on 1995-12-09

Traded • Kevin Miller to Penguins for • 1996 fifth round pick (#132-Elias Abrahamsson) on 1996-03-20

Traded • Al Iafrate to Sharks for • Jeff Odgers • 1996 fifth round pick (#132-Elias Abrahamsson) on 1996-06-21

Traded • rights to Ruslan Batyrshin • 1996 second round pick (#37-Marian Cisar) • Jets option to swap 1995 sixth round picks (#146-Brian Willsie) to Kings for • Brent Thompson • Jets option to swap 1995 sixth round picks (#139-Robert Esche) • cash on 1994-08-08

Jets moved to Phoenix and renamed Coyotes on 1996-07-01

Traded • Dave Gagner • 1996 sixth round pick (#140-Dmitriy Yakushin) to Stars for • Randy Wood • Benoit Hogue on 1996-01-28

Traded • Mike Sillinger • Jason York to Mighty Ducks for • Stu Grimson • Mark Ferner • 1996 sixth round pick (#144-Magnus Nilsson) on 1995-04-04

Traded • Brent Thompson • Jets (who became Coyotes) option to swap 1995 sixth round picks (#139-Robert Esche) • cash to Jets (who became Coyotes) for • rights to Ruslan Batyrshin • 1996 second round pick (#37-Marian Cisar) • Jets (who became Coyotes) option to swap 1995 sixth round picks (#146-Brian Willsie) on 1994-08-08

Traded • John Slaney to Kings for • 1996 conditional sixth round pick (#146-Brian Willsie) on 1995-12-28

Traded • Nikolai Borschevsky to Flames for • 1996 sixth round pick (#148-Chris Bogas) on 1995-04-06

Traded • 1995 sixth round pick (#153-Denis Hamel) to Blues for • 1996 sixth round pick (#149-Blaine Russell) on 1995-07-08

compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Joe Mullen

Traded • Pat Jablonski • Darin Kimble • Rob Robinson • Steve Tuttle to Lightning for • 1994 fourth round pick (#86-Dmitri Klevakin) • 1995 fifth round pick (#108-Konstantin Golokhvastov) • 1996 sixth round pick (#152-Nikolai Ignatov) on 1992-06-19

Traded • Basil McRae • Doug Crossman • 1996 fourth round pick (#97-Andrei Petrakov) to Blues for • Jason Ruff • 1994 fourth round pick (#86-Dmitri Klevakin) • 1995 fifth round pick (#108-Konstantin Golokhvastov) • 1996 sixth round pick (#152-Nikolai Ignatov) on 1993-01-28

Traded • Denis Savard to Blackhawks for • 1996 sixth round pick (#157-Xavier Delisle) on 1995-04-06

Traded • Jean-Jacques "J.J." Daigneault to Penguins for • 1996 sixth round pick (#159-Stephen Wagner) on 1996-03-20

Traded • Garth Snow to Flyers for • 1996 third round pick (#78-Shawn McNeil) • 1996 sixth round pick (#160-Kai Fischer) on 1995-07-12

Traded • Dave Hannan to Avalanche for • 1996 sixth round pick (#161-Darren Mortier) on 1996-03-20

Traded • 1996 fourth round pick (#85-Justin Davis) to Kings for • Mike Donnelly • 1996 seventh round pick (#166-Eoin McInerney) on 1995-02-17

Traded • Iain Fraser to Stars for • 1995 seventh round pick (#167-Dan Hinote) on 1995-01-31

Traded • Denis Hamel to Sabres for • Charlie Huddy • 1996 seventh round pick (#169-Daniel Corso) on 1996-03-19

compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Kjell Samuelsson

Traded • Tyler Wright to Penguins for • 1996 seventh round pick (#170-Brandon Lafrance) on 1996-06-22

Traded • Claude Lapointe to Flames for • 1996 seventh round pick (#176-Samuel Pahlsson) on 1995-11-01

Traded • Kevin Brown to Senators for • Jaroslav Modry • 1996 eighth round pick (#190-Steve Valiquette) on 1996-03-20

Traded • Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre • 1996 second round pick (#27-Cory Sarich) • 1997 third round pick (#69-Maxim Afinogenov) to Sabres for • Yuri Khmylev • 1996 eighth round pick (#196-Andrei Podkonicky) on 1996-03-20

Traded • Corey Schwab to Lightning for • Jeff Reese • 1996 second round pick (#47-Pierre Dagenais) • 1996 eighth round pick (#205-Jay Bertsch) on 1996-06-22

Traded • Dave McLlwain to Penguins for • 1996 eighth round pick (#212-Erich Goldmann) on 1996-03-01

Traded • Jeff Reese to Lightning for • 1996 ninth round pick (#231-Askhat Rakhmatulin) on 1995-12-01

Traded • Kerry Huffman to Flyers for • 1996 ninth round pick (#239-Sami Salo) on 1996-03-19