# 1986–87 NHL transactions

The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League during the 1986–87 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 16, 1986 | To Boston BruinsTom McCarthy | To Minnesota North Stars3rd-rd pick - 1986 Entry Draft (# 55 - Rob Zettler) 2nd-rd pick - 1987 Entry Draft (# 35 - Scott McCrady) |

### June

| June 6, 1986 | To Vancouver CanucksDave Richter Rich Sutter 3rd-rd pick - 1986 Entry Draft (# 49 - Don Gibson) | To Philadelphia FlyersJean-Jacques Daigneault 2nd-rd pick - 1986 Entry Draft (# 28 - Kent Hawley) 5th-rd pick - 1987 Entry Draft (# 87 - Sean Fabian) |
| June 6, 1986 | To Boston BruinsCam Neely 1st-rd pick - 1987 Entry Draft (# 3 - Glen Wesley) | To Vancouver CanucksBarry Pederson |
| June 21, 1986 | To Buffalo SabresScott Arniel | To Winnipeg JetsGilles Hamel |
| June 21, 1986 | To Quebec Nordiques2nd-rd pick - 1986 Entry Draft (# 41 - Stephane Guerard) | To Philadelphia Flyers2nd-rd pick - 1987 Entry Draft (# 30 - Jeff Harding) |
| June 21, 1986 | To Philadelphia FlyersMike Murray | To New York Islanders5th-rd pick in 1986 Entry Draft (# 104 - Todd McLellan) |
| June 25, 1986 | To New Jersey DevilsClaude Loiselle | To Detroit Red WingsTim Higgins |
| June 15, 1986 | To Montreal Canadiensfuture considerations | To Edmonton OilersAlfie Turcotte |

### July

| July 3, 1986 | To Edmonton OilersMurray Eaves | To Winnipeg Jetsfuture considerations |
| July 29, 1986 | To Detroit Red WingsGlen Hanlon 3rd-rd pick - 1987 Entry Draft (# 47 - Guy Dupuis) 3rd-rd pick - 1988 Entry Draft (# 52 - Dennis Holland) | To New York RangersKelly Kisio Lane Lambert Jim Leavins 5th-rd pick - 1988 Entry Draft (WIN - # 101 - Benoit LeBeau)$^1$ |
* The Rangers' fifth-round pick went to Winnipeg as the result of a trade on June 8, 1987 that sent Brian Mullen and Winnipeg's tenth-round pick in 1987 Entry Draft to the Rangers in exchange for the Rangers' third-round pick in 1989 Entry Draft and this pick.

### August

| August 7, 1986 | To St. Louis BluesLarry Trader | To Detroit Red WingsLee Norwood |
| August 18, 1986 | To Toronto Maple LeafsMike Allison | To New York RangersWalt Poddubny |
| August 18, 1986 | To New Jersey DevilsSteve Richmond | To Detroit Red WingsSam St. Laurent |
| August 19, 1986 | To Montreal CanadiensBrian Hayward | To Winnipeg JetsSteve Penney rights to Jan Ingman |

### September

| September 8, 1986 | To Minnesota North StarsBrian MacLellan | To New York Rangers3rd-rd pick - 1987 Entry Draft (# 46 - Simon Gagne)$^1$ |
* The trade was for a conditional pick in 1987 Entry Draft. The condition – the Rangers receives a 3rd-rd pick if MacLellan scores 25 or more goals in the 1986-87 season or a 4th-rd pick if less than 25 goals - was converted on March 3, 1987 scoring his 25th goal of the season.

### October

| October 2, 1986 | To Buffalo SabresCraig Muni | To Edmonton Oilerscash |
| October 2, 1986 | To Toronto Maple Leafs5th-rd pick - 1988 Entry Draft (# 86 - Len Esau) | To Vancouver CanucksBrad Maxwell |
| October 3, 1986 | To Toronto Maple LeafsTerry Johnson | To Calgary FlamesJim Korn |
| October 3, 1986 | To Buffalo SabresJim Korn | To Calgary FlamesBrian Engblom |
| October 3, 1986 | To Buffalo Sabrescash | To Pittsburgh PenguinsCraig Muni |
| October 7, 1986 | To Hartford WhalersYves Courteau | To Calgary FlamesMark Paterson |
| October 3, 1986 | To Buffalo Sabresfuture considerations | To Detroit Red WingsRic Seiling |
| October 8, 1986 | To Washington Capitalscash | To Pittsburgh PenguinsDwight Schofield |
| October 9, 1986 | To Detroit Red Wingscash | To Pittsburgh PenguinsWarren Young |
| October 15, 1986 | To Edmonton OilersShawn Evans | To St. Louis BluesTodd Ewen |
| October 21, 1986 | To Hartford WhalersDave Barr | To St. Louis BluesTim Bothwell |
| October 23, 1986 | To Edmonton OilersClark Donatelli Jim Wiemer rights to Ville Kentala rights to Reijo Ruotsalainen | To New York RangersDon Jackson Mike Golden rights to Miloslav Horava future considerations$^1$ (Stu Kulak) |
| October 24, 1986 | To Minnesota North Starsrights to Mark Pavelich | To New York Rangers4th-rd pick - 1988 Entry Draft (MIN - # 64 - Jeffrey Stolp)$^2$ |
| October 30, 1986 | To Montreal CanadiensAndre Villeneuve | To Philadelphia FlyersDominic Campedelli |
* Trade completed on March 10, 1987.
* Minnesota's fourth-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on November 13, 1986 that sent Curt Giles, Tony McKegney and Minnesota's second-round pick in 1988 Entry Draft to the Rangers in exchange for Bob Brooke and this pick.

### November

| November 12, 1986 | To Calgary FlamesMike Bullard | To Pittsburgh PenguinsDan Quinn |
| November 13, 1986 | To Minnesota North StarsBob Brooke 4th-rd pick - 1988 Entry Draft (# 64 - Jeffrey Stolp) | To New York RangersCurt Giles Tony McKegney 2nd-rd pick - 1988 Entry Draft (# 22 - Troy Mallette) |
| November 18, 1986 | To Buffalo SabresTom Kurvers | To Montreal Canadiens2nd-rd pick - 1988 Entry Draft (# 34 - Martin St. Amour) |
| November 21, 1986 | To Vancouver Canucks6th-rd pick - 1988 Entry Draft (# 122 - Phil von Stefenelli) | To Detroit Red WingsDoug Halward |

### December

| December 2, 1986 | To Toronto Maple LeafsRick Lanz | To Vancouver CanucksJim Benning Dan Hodgson |
| December 12, 1986 | To Hartford WhalersDave Semenko | To Edmonton Oilers3rd-rd pick - 1988 Entry Draft (# 53 - Trevor Sim) |
| December 18, 1986 | To Philadelphia FlyersKjell Samuelsson 2nd-rd pick - 1989 Entry Draft (# 34 - Patrik Juhlin) | To New York RangersBob Froese |

### January

| January 1, 1987 | To Washington CapitalsBob Crawford Kelly Miller Mike Ridley | To New York RangersBobby Carpenter 2nd-rd pick - 1989 Entry Draft (# 40 - Jason Prosofsky) |
| January 5, 1987 | To Quebec NordiquesBill Derlago | To Winnipeg Jets4th-rd pick in 1989 Entry Draft (# 64 - Mark Brownschidle) |
| January 8, 1987 | To Montreal Canadiens3rd-rd pick - 1987 Entry Draft (# 58 - Francois Gravel) | To Winnipeg JetsSteve Rooney |
| January 12, 1987 | To Hartford WhalersRandy Ladouceur | To Detroit Red WingsDave Barr |
| January 17, 1987 | To Quebec NordiquesBasil McRae John Ogrodnick Doug Shedden | To Detroit Red WingsBrent Ashton Gilbert Delorme Mark Kumpel |
| January 21, 1987 | To Pittsburgh PenguinsChris Kontos | To New York RangersRon Duguay |

### February

| February 6, 1987 | To Boston BruinsRoberto Romano | To Pittsburgh PenguinsPat Riggin |
| February 14, 1987 | To Los Angeles KingsAl Jensen | To Washington CapitalsGary Galley |
| February 21, 1987 | To Minnesota North StarsBrad Maxwell | To New York Rangersfuture considerations |

### March

* Trading Deadline: March 10, 1987
| March 2, 1987 | To Minnesota North Stars2nd-rd pick - 1988 Entry Draft (# 40 - Link Gaetz) cash | To Edmonton OilersKent Nilsson |
| March 5, 1987 | To Toronto Maple LeafsMark Osborne | To New York RangersJeff Jackson 3rd-rd pick - 1989 Entry Draft (# 45 - Rob Zamuner) |
| March 5, 1987 | To Quebec NordiquesLane Lambert | To New York RangersPat Price |
| March 6, 1987 | To Buffalo SabresLee Fogolin Jr. Mark Napier 4th-rd pick - 1987 Entry Draft (# 84 - John Bradley) | To Edmonton OilersNormand Lacombe Wayne Van Dorp 4th-rd pick - 1987 Entry Draft (# 64 - Peter Eriksson) |
| March 9, 1987 | To New Jersey DevilsChris Cichocki 3rd-rd pick - 1987 Entry Draft (BUF - # 58 - Andrew MacVicar)$^1$ | To Detroit Red WingsMel Bridgman |
| March 9, 1987 | To Edmonton OilersDominic Campedelli | To Philadelphia FlyersJeff Brubaker |
| March 10, 1987 | To Hartford WhalersPat Hughes | To St. Louis Blues10th-rd pick - 1987 Entry Draft (# 207 - Andy Cesarski) |
| March 10, 1987 | To Los Angeles KingsBobby Carpenter Tom Laidlaw | To New York RangersJeff Crossman Marcel Dionne 3rd-rd pick in 1988 Entry Draft (MIN - # 60 - Murray Garbutt)$^2$ |
| March 10, 1987 | To Minnesota North StarsRaimo Helminen | To New York Rangersfuture considerations |
| March 10, 1987 | To Vancouver CanucksRaimo Summanen | To Edmonton OilersMoe Lemay |
| March 10, 1987 | To Boston Bruins4th-rd pick - 1987 Entry Draft (# 67 - Darwin McPherson) | To Minnesota North StarsPaul Boutilier |
* New Jersey's third-round pick went to Buffalo as the result of a trade on June 13, 1987 that sent Tom Kurvers to New Jersey in exchange for New Jersey's tenth-round pick in 1989 Entry Draft and this pick.
* The Rangers' third-round pick went to the Minnesota as the result of a trade on October 11, 1988 that sent Brian Lawton, Igor Liba and the rights to Rick Bennett to the Rangers in exchange for Paul Jerrard, Mark Tinordi, the rights to Mike Sullivan, the rights to Bret Barnett and this pick.

### April

| April 22, 1987 | To Calgary Flamescash | To Chicago BlackhawksMark Paterson |