1985–86 NHL transactions
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The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League during the 1985–86 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[edit]
May[edit]
| May 29, 1985 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Don Edwards |
To Calgary Flames future considerations1 (4th-rd pick - 1987 Entry Draft - # 70 - Tim Harris) |
| May 31, 1985 | To Los Angeles Kings Dean Hopkins |
To Edmonton Oilers future considerations |
| May 31, 1985 | To Minnesota North Stars Paul Houck |
To Edmonton Oilers Gilles Meloche |
- Trade completed on June 13, 1987. The considerations became an optional third or fourth-round pick (this pick) in 1987 NHL Entry Draft.
June[edit]
| June 15, 1985 | To Montreal Canadiens 1st-rd pick - 1985 Entry Draft (# 12 - Jose Charbonneau) 2nd-rd pick - 1985 Entry Draft (# 33 - Todd Richards) 4th-rd pick - 1985 Entry Draft (# 75 - Martin Desjardins) 5th-rd pick - 1985 Entry Draft (# 96 - Tom Sagissor) 6th-rd pick - 1985 Entry Draft (# 117 - Donald Dufresne) |
To St. Louis Blues Mike Dark Mark Hunter 2nd-rd pick - 1985 Entry Draft (# 37 - Herb Raglan) 3rd-rd pick - 1985 Entry Draft (# 44 - Nelson Emerson) 5th-rd pick - 1985 Entry Draft (# 100 - (Dan Brooks) 6th-rd pick - 1985 Entry Draft (# 121 - Rick Burchill) |
| June 15, 1985 | To Minnesota North Stars Kent Nilsson 3rd-rd pick - 1986 Entry Draft (# 58 - Brad Turner)1 |
To Calgary Flames 2nd-rd pick - 1985 Entry Draft (# 27 - Joe Nieuwendyk) 2nd-rd pick - 1987 Entry Draft (# 25 - Stephane Matteau) |
- Minnesota had the option of the third-round pick in 1986 or 1987 Entry Draft. They selected in the 1987 draft.
August[edit]
| August 21, 1985 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Brad Maxwell |
To Quebec Nordiques John Anderson |
| August 26, 1985 | To Montreal Canadiens Perry Ganchar |
To St. Louis Blues Ron Flockhart |
| August 29, 1985 | To New Jersey Devils Perry Anderson |
To St. Louis Blues Rick Meagher 12th-rd pick - 1986 Entry Draft (# 234 - Bill Butler) |
September[edit]
| September 9, 1985 |
To New Jersey Devils cash |
To Buffalo Sabres Don Lever |
| September 9, 1985 |
To Minnesota North Stars Mats Hallin |
To New York Islanders 7th-rd pick - 1986 Entry Draft (# 138 - Will Andersen) |
| September 9, 1985 |
To Los Angeles Kings Glen Currie |
To Washington Capitals Daryl Evans |
| September 10, 1985 |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Dave Simpson |
To New York Islanders future considerations |
| September 10, 1985 |
To Edmonton Oilers Tim Hrynewich Marty McSorley future considerations1 (Craig Muni) |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Gilles Meloche |
| September 16, 1985 |
To Buffalo Sabres cash |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Ted Nolan |
| September 18, 1985 |
To Toronto Maple Leafs 2nd-rd pick - 1986 Entry Draft (# 36 - Darryl Shannon) 4th-rd pick - 1986 Entry Draft (# 69 - Kent Hulst) |
To Montreal Canadiens Dominic Campedelli |
| September 19, 1985 |
To New Jersey Devils Mark Johnson |
To St. Louis Blues Shawn Evans 5th-rd pick - 1986 Entry Draft (# 87 - Mike Wolak) |
| September 30, 1985 |
To Montreal Canadiens cash |
To St. Louis Blues Normand Baron |
- Trade completed on October 6, 1986.
October[edit]
- Philadelphia's fourth-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on December 18, 1985 that sent Joe Paterson to Los Angeles in exchange for this pick.
November[edit]
| November 14, 1985 | To Boston Bruins Pat Riggin |
To Washington Capitals Pete Peeters |
| November 15, 1985 | To Minnesota North Stars Ed Lee |
To Quebec Nordiques 6th-rd pick - 1986 Entry Draft (#117 - Scott White) |
| November 21, 1985 | To Hartford Whalers Dave Babych |
To Winnipeg Jets Ray Neufeld |
| November 27, 1985 | To Quebec Nordiques Robert Picard |
To Winnipeg Jets Mario Marois |
| November 29, 1985 | To Minnesota North Stars Todd Bergen Ed Hospodar |
To Philadelphia Flyers Bo Berglund Dave Richter |
December[edit]
| December 6, 1985 |
To Hartford Whalers Doug Jarvis |
To Washington Capitals Jorgen Pettersson |
| December 6, 1985 |
To Los Angeles Kings Len Hachborn |
To Philadelphia Flyers cash |
| December 9, 1985 |
To Minnesota North Stars 2nd-rd pick - 1986 Entry Draft (# 90 - Neil Wilkinson) 4th-rd pick - 1987 Entry Draft (# 73 - John Weisbrod) |
To New York Rangers Roland Melanson |
| December 9, 1985 |
To Los Angeles Kings Grant Ledyard Roland Melanson |
To New York Rangers Brian MacLellan 4th-rd pick - 1987 Entry Draft (# 69 - Mike Sullivan) |
| December 18, 1985 |
To Los Angeles Kings Joe Paterson |
To Philadelphia Flyers 4th-rd pick - 1986 Entry Draft (# 83 - Mark Bar) |
| December 19, 1985 |
To Edmonton Oilers Mike Rogers |
To New York Rangers Larry Melnyk Todd Strueby |
| December 20, 1985 |
To Minnesota North Stars Don Barber Marc Habscheid Emanuel Viveiros |
To Edmonton Oilers Don Biggs Gord Sherven |
| December 26, 1985 |
To Detroit Red Wings Steve Richmond |
To New York Rangers Mike McEwen |
| December 28, 1985 |
To Edmonton Oilers Bruce Eakin |
To Detroit Red Wings Billy Carroll |
January[edit]
| January 16, 1986 | To Quebec Nordiques Tony Stiles |
To Calgary Flames Tom Thornbury |
| January 17, 1986 | To Hartford Whalers Wayne Babych |
To Quebec Nordiques Greg Malone |
| January 29, 1986 | To Buffalo Sabres Brian Engblom Doug Smith |
To Los Angeles Kings Ken Baumgartner Sean McKenna Larry Playfair |
| January 31, 1986 | To Boston Bruins Wade Campbell |
To Winnipeg Jets Bill Derlago |
| January 31, 1986 | To Montreal Canadiens Graham Herring 5th-rd pick - 1986 Entry Draft (# 94 - Eric Aubertin) |
To St. Louis Blues Kent Carlson |
February[edit]
| February 1, 1986 | To Calgary Flames Terry Johnson Joe Mullen Rik Wilson |
To St. Louis Blues Eddy Beers Charlie Bourgeois Gino Cavallini |
| February 3, 1986 | To Hartford Whalers Bill Gardner |
To Chicago Black Hawks 3rd-rd pick - 1987 Entry Draft (# 60 - Mike Dagenais)1 |
| February 6, 1986 | To Quebec Nordiques Steve Patrick |
To New York Rangers Wilf Paiement |
- Chicago had the option of the third-round pick in 1986 or 1987 Entry Draft. They selected in the 1987 draft.
March[edit]
- Trading Deadline: March 11, 1986 [1]
April[edit]
| April 22, 1986 | To Buffalo Sabres 8th-rd pick - 1987 Entry Draft (# 153 - Tim Roberts) future considerations |
To Los Angeles Kings 3rd-rd pick - 1987 Entry Draft (# 43 - Ross Wilson) |
References[edit]
- ^ NHL trade deadline: Deals since 1980 | Habs Inside/Out Archived 2009-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
Additional sources[edit]
- hockeydb.com - search for player and select "show trades"
- "NHL trades for 1985-1986". NHL Trade Tracker. Retrieved July 22, 2021.