1988–89 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 1988–89 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 20, 1988 | To Minnesota North Stars rights to Igor Liba |
To Calgary Flames 5th-rd pick - 1988 Entry Draft (# 85 - Tomas Forslund) |
June
[edit]| June 10, 1988 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Darren Veitch |
To Detroit Red Wings Miroslav Frycer |
| June 13, 1988 | To Detroit Red Wings Paul MacLean |
To Winnipeg Jets Brent Ashton |
| June 13, 1988 | To Minnesota North Stars Mark Hardy |
To New York Rangers future considerations (3rd-rd pick - 1989 Entry Draft - # 49 - Louie DeBrusk)1 |
| June 21, 1988 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Bill Root |
To Philadelphia Flyers Mike Stothers |
- Trade completed on June 17, 1989
July
[edit]| July 5, 1988 | To Quebec Nordiques Bob Mason |
To Chicago Blackhawks Mike Eagles |
| July 6, 1988 | To Hartford Whalers Grant Jennings Ed Kastelic |
To Washington Capitals Mike Millar Neil Sheehy |
| July 19, 1988 | To New Jersey Devils Steve Rooney 3rd-rd pick - 1990 Entry Draft (# 56 - Brad Bombardir) |
To Winnipeg Jets Alain Chevrier 7th-rd pick - 1989 Entry Draft (# 131 - Doug Evans) |
| July 22, 1988 | To Edmonton Oilers Greg Adams |
To Washington Capitals rights to Geoff Courtnall |
| July 25, 1988 | To Quebec Nordiques Greg Smyth 3rd-rd pick - 1989 Entry Draft (# 54 - John Tanner) |
To Philadelphia Flyers Terry Carkner |
| July 29, 1988 | To Quebec Nordiques Joel Baillargeon |
To Winnipeg Jets future considerations |
August
[edit]| August 1, 1988 | To Quebec Nordiques Bruce Bell Jari Gronstrand Walt Poddubny 4th-rd pick - 1989 Entry Draft (# 76 - Eric Dubois) |
To New York Rangers Jason Lafreniere Normand Rochefort |
| August 9, 1988 | To Los Angeles Kings Wayne Gretzky Mike Krushelnyski Marty McSorley |
To Edmonton Oilers Jimmy Carson Martin Gelinas 1st-rd pick - 1989 Entry Draft (NJ - # 18 - Jason Miller)1 1st-rd pick - 1991 Entry Draft (# 20 - Martin Rucinsky) 1st-rd pick - 1993 Entry Draft (# 16 - Nick Stajduhar) cash |
| August 9, 1988 | To Montreal Canadiens Jocelyn Lemieux Darrell May 3rd-rd pick - 1990 Entry Draft (# 30 - Patrice Brisebois) |
To St. Louis Blues Sergio Momesso Vincent Riendeau |
| August 10, 1988 | To Los Angeles Kings John Miner |
To Edmonton Oilers Craig Redmond |
- Edmonton's first-round pick went to New Jersey as the result of a trade on June 17, 1989, that sent Corey Foster to Edmonton in exchange for this pick.
September
[edit]- Vancouver's second-round pick went to Montreal as the result of a trade on March 6, 1990, that sent Jyrki Lumme to Vancouver in exchange for this pick.
October
[edit]| October 3, 1988 | To Buffalo Sabres Wayne Van Dorp |
To Pittsburgh Penguins 7th-rd pick - 1990 Entry Draft (# 145 - Patrick Neaton) |
| October 6, 1988 | To Hartford Whalers Mark LaVarre |
To Chicago Blackhawks future considerations |
| October 11, 1988 | To Minnesota North Stars Paul Jerrard Mike Sullivan Mark Tinordi rights to Bret Barnett 3rd-rd pick - 1989 Entry Draft (# 60 - Murray Garbutt) |
To New York Rangers Brian Lawton Igor Liba rights to Rick Bennett |
| October 12, 1988 | To Washington Capitals Kent Carlson |
To Winnipeg Jets future considerations |
| October 19, 1988 | To St. Louis Blues 6th-rd pick - 1989 Entry Draft (# 124 - Derek Frenette)1 |
To Washington Capitals Rob Whistle |
| October 21, 1988 | To Buffalo Sabres Larry Playfair |
To Los Angeles Kings Bob Logan 9th-rd pick - 1989 Entry Draft (# 182 - Jim Giacin) |
| October 27, 1988 | To Edmonton Oilers Jeff Crossman |
To New York Rangers Ron Shudra |
- The trade was for a conditional pick in 1989 Entry Draft. The condition – St. Louis receives a 5th-rd pick if Whistle played in 20 games or more in the 1988-89 or a 6th-rd pick if played in less than 20 goals - was not converted as he did not play in the NHL that season.
November
[edit]| November 1, 1988 | To Minnesota North Stars rights to Rob Gaudreau |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Richard Zemlak |
| November 1, 1988 | To Minnesota North Stars rights to Claudio Scremin |
To Washington Capitals Don Beaupre |
| November 3, 1988 | To Boston Bruins Paul Guay |
To Los Angeles Kings rights to Dave Pasin |
| November 7, 1988 | To Toronto Maple Leafs John Kordic 6th-rd pick - 1989 Entry Draft (# 125 - Mike Doers) |
To Montreal Canadiens Russ Courtnall |
| November 7, 1988 | To Montreal Canadiens Jean-Jacques Daigneault |
To Philadelphia Flyers Scott Sandelin |
| November 12, 1988 | To Buffalo Sabres Doug Bodger Darrin Shannon |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Tom Barrasso 3rd-rd pick - 1990 Entry Draft (# 61 - Joe Dziedzic) |
| November 25, 1988 | To Los Angeles Kings Gilles Hamel |
To Winnipeg Jets Paul Fenton |
| November 25, 1988 | To Chicago Blackhawks Bob Bassen Steve Konroyd |
To New York Islanders Marc Bergevin Gary Nylund |
| November 28, 1988 | To St. Louis Blues Peter Zezel |
To Philadelphia Flyers Mike Bullard |
December
[edit]January
[edit]| January 3, 1989 | To Edmonton Oilers Miroslav Frycer |
To Detroit Red Wings 10th-rd pick - 1989 Entry Draft (# 204 - Rick Judson) |
| January 9, 1989 | To Calgary Flames Steve Guenette |
To Pittsburgh Penguins 6th-rd pick - 1989 Entry Draft (# 126 - Mike Needham) |
| January 16, 1989 | To Montreal Canadiens 1st-rd pick - 1990 Entry Draft (# 12 - Turner Stevenson) 3rd-rd pick - 1991 Entry Draft (STL - # 65 - Nathan LaFayette)1 |
To St. Louis Blues Mike Lalor 1st-rd pick - 1990 Entry Draft (VAN - # 18 - Shawn Antoski)2 |
| January 19, 1989 | To Chicago Blackhawks Alain Chevrier |
To Winnipeg Jets 4th-rd pick - 1989 Entry Draft (# 69 - Allain Roy) |
| January 22, 1989 | To Boston Bruins future considerations (Steve Kasper)3 |
To Los Angeles Kings Jay Miller future considerations (Bobby Carpenter)3 |
| January 23, 1989 | To Edmonton Oilers Doug Halward |
To Detroit Red Wings 12th-rd pick - 1989 Entry Draft (# 246 - Jason Glickman) |
| January 24, 1989 | To Montreal Canadiens Dan Woodley |
To Vancouver Canucks Jose Charbonneau |
- St. Louis' third-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on December 12, 1989 that sent Todd Ewen to Montreal in exchange for future considerations (this pick).
- St. Louis' first-round pick went to Vancouver as the result of a trade on March 6, 1990 that sent Harold Snepsts, Rich Sutter and Vancouver's second-round pick in the 1990 Entry Draft to St. Louis in exchange for Adrien Plavsic, St. Louis' second-round pick in the 1991 Entry Draft and this pick.
- Trade completed on January 23, 1989.
February
[edit]- The Rangers' fourth-round pick then went to Minnesota as the result of a trade on March 6, 1990 that sent Mike Gartner to the Rangers in exchange for Ulf Dahlen, the Rangers' fourth-round pick in the 1991 Entry Draft and this pick.
- Trade completed on June 17, 1989.
- Trade completed on May 23, 1989.
March
[edit]- Trading Deadline: March 7, 1989[1]
- Trade completed on May 12, 1989.
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 1988-1989". NHL Trade Tracker. Retrieved July 22, 2021.