# 1989–90 NHL transactions

This list is for 1989–90 NHL transactions within professional ice hockey league of players in North America. The following contains team-to-team transactions that occurred in the National Hockey League during the 1989–90 NHL season. It lists what team each player has been traded to, or claimed by, and for which players or draft picks, if applicable.

## June

| June 1, 1989 | To Buffalo SabresScott McCrory | To Washington CapitalsMark Ferner |
| June 15, 1989 | To St. Louis BluesPaul MacLean Adam Oates | To Detroit Red WingsBernie Federko Tony McKegney |
| June 16, 1989 | To Toronto Maple LeafsRob Ramage | To Calgary Flames2nd-rd pick - 1989 Entry Draft (# 24 - Kent Manderville) |
| June 17, 1989 | To New Jersey DevilsSylvain Turgeon | To Hartford WhalersPat Verbeek |
| June 17, 1989 | To New Jersey Devils3rd-rd pick - 1990 Entry Draft (# 56 - Brad Bombardir) | To Winnipeg Jets3rd-rd pick - 1989 Entry Draft (# 46 - Jason Cirone) |
| June 17, 1989 | To Buffalo Sabres6th-rd pick - 1989 Entry Draft (# 107 - Bill Pye) | To New York IslandersJoe Reekie |
| June 17, 1989 | To Winnipeg JetsRandy Cunneyworth Dave McLlwain Rick Tabaracci | To Pittsburgh PenguinsRandy Gilhen Jim Kyte Andrew McBain |
| June 17, 1989 | To Boston Bruins3rd-rd pick - 1989 Entry Draft (# 57 - Wes Walz) | To Edmonton OilersTommy Lehmann |
| June 17, 1989 | To New Jersey Devils1st-rd pick - 1989 Entry Draft (# 18 - Jason Miller) | To Edmonton OilersCorey Foster |
| June 17, 1989 | To Quebec Nordiquesfuture considerations | To Washington CapitalsBob Mason |
| June 17, 1989 | To New Jersey DevilsWalt Poddubny 4th-rd pick - 1990 Entry Draft (# 64 - Mike Bodnarchuk) | To Quebec NordiquesJoe Cirella Claude Loiselle 8th-rd pick - 1990 Entry Draft (# 158 - Alexander Karpovtsev) |
| June 17, 1989 | To Los Angeles Kings5th-rd pick - 1989 Entry Draft (# 103 - Tom Newman) | To Washington CapitalsAlan May |
| June 17, 1989 | To St. Louis Blues3rd-rd pick - 1989 Entry Draft (# 55 - Denny Felsner) 2nd-rd pick - 1991 Entry Draft (# 27 - Steve Staios) | To Winnipeg JetsGreg Paslawski 3rd-rd pick - 1989 Entry Draft (# 62 - Kris Draper) |
| June 17, 1989 | To Boston BruinsFrank Caprice | To Vancouver Canucks12th-rd pick - 1989 Entry Draft (# 248 - Jan Bergman) |
| June 19, 1989 | To Minnesota North StarsGaetan Duchesne | To Quebec NordiquesKevin Kaminski |
| June 19, 1989 | To New Jersey DevilsPeter Sundstrom | To Washington Capitals10th-rd pick - 1991 Entry Draft (# 209 - Rob Leask) |
| June 29, 1989 | To Toronto Maple LeafsLou Franceschetti | To Washington Capitals5th-rd pick - 1990 Entry Draft (# 94 - Mark Ouimet) |

## July

| July 21, 1989 | To Winnipeg JetsShawn Cronin | To Philadelphia Flyersfuture considerations$^1$ |
* The future considerations were cancelled in subsequent trade on October 3, 1989, involving Pete Peeters and Keith Acton.

## August

| August 28, 1989 | To Toronto Maple Leafs7th-rd pick - 1991 Entry Draft (PHI - # 138 - Andrei Lomakin)$^1$ | To Philadelphia Flyersrights to Jiri Latal |
* Philadelphia's seventh-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on September 8, 1989, that sent Mark Laforest to Toronto in exchange for Toronto's sixth-round pick in the 1991 Entry Draft (later upgraded to a fifth- round) and this pick.

## September

| September 1, 1989 | To Los Angeles KingsBarry Beck | To New York Rangers4th-rd pick - 1990 Entry Draft (# 69 - Jeff Nielsen) |
| September 5, 1989 | To Minnesota North StarsPeter Lappin | To Calgary Flames2nd-rd pick - 1990 Entry Draft (NJD - # 29 - Chris Gotziaman)$^1$ |
| September 7, 1989 | To Detroit Red WingsChris McRae 5th-rd pick - 1990 Entry Draft (# 87 - Tony Burns) | To New York Rangers Kris King |
| September 8, 1989 | To Toronto Maple LeafsMark Laforest | To Philadelphia Flyers6th-rd pick - 1991 Entry Draft$^2$ (WIN - # 91 - Juha Ylonen)$^3$ 7th-rd pick - 1991 Entry Draft (# 138 - Andrei Lomakin) |
| September 14, 1989 | To Pittsburgh Penguinsfuture considerations | To New York RangersLee Giffin |
| September 28, 1989 | To Buffalo SabresSteve Ludzik 5th-rd pick - 1990 Entry Draft (# 100 - Todd Bojcun) | To Chicago BlackhawksJacques Cloutier 6th-rd pick - 1990 Entry Draft (# 124 - Derek Edgerly) |
| September 28, 1989 | To Edmonton OilersPokey Reddick | To Winnipeg Jetsfuture considerations |
| September 28, 1989 | To Winnipeg JetsKeith Acton Pete Peeters | To Philadelphia Flyersfuture considerations |
| September 28, 1989 | To Boston BruinsBobby Gould | To Washington CapitalsAlain Cote |
* Calgary's second-round pick went to New Jersey as the result of a trade on June 16, 1990, that sent New Jersey's first-round and second-round picks in the 1990 Entry Draft to Calgary in exchange for Calgary's first-round, second-round (# 24 overall) picks in the 1990 Entry Draft and this pick.
* The sixth-round pick later upgraded to a fifth-round pick in the 1991 Entry Draft.
* Philadelphia's fifth-round pick went to Winnipeg as the result of a trade on October 3, 1989, that sent Keith Acton and Pete Peeters to Philadelphia in exchange for future considerations and this pick.

## October

| October 2, 1989 | To Montreal Canadienscash | To Edmonton OilersRandy Exelby |
| October 2, 1989 | To Boston BruinsMike Millar | To Washington CapitalsAlfie Turcotte |
| October 3, 1989 | To Winnipeg Jets5th-rd pick - 1991 Entry Draft (# 91 - Juha Ylonen) future considerations$^1$ | To Philadelphia FlyersKeith Acton Pete Peeters |
| October 4, 1989 | To Buffalo SabresDean Kennedy | To Los Angeles Kings4th-rd pick - 1991 Entry Draft (# 79 - Keith Redmond) |
| October 5, 1989 | To Quebec NordiquesMichel Petit | To New York RangersRandy Moller |
| October 7, 1989 | To Hartford WhalersMike Berger | To Minnesota North Starsrights to Kevin Sullivan |
| October 10, 1989 | To Hartford WhalersJim Ennis | To Edmonton OilersNorm MacIver |
| October 16, 1989 | To New Jersey Devils1st-rd pick - 1991 Entry Draft (# 3 - Scott Niedermayer) | To Toronto Maple LeafsTom Kurvers |
| October 24, 1989 | To Vancouver CanucksRod Buskas | To Pittsburgh Penguins6th-rd pick - 1990 Entry Draft (# 107 - Ian Moran) |
| October 31, 1989 | To New Jersey DevilsJim Thomson | To Hartford WhalersChris Cichocki |
* This trade also includes the cancellation of future considerations owed to Philadelphia from trade on July 21, 1989 involving Shawn Cronin.

## November

| November 1, 1989 | To Minnesota North StarsJayson More | To New York RangersDave Archibald |
| November 2, 1989 | To Edmonton OilersAdam Graves Petr Klima Joe Murphy Jeff Sharples | To Detroit Red WingsJimmy Carson Kevin McClelland 5th-rd pick - 1991 Entry Draft (MTL - # 100 - Brad Layzell)$^1$ |
| November 10, 1989 | To Los Angeles KingsBrian Benning | To St. Louis Blues3rd-rd pick - 1991 Entry Draft (# 64 - Kyle Reeves) |
| November 24, 1989 | To Buffalo SabresDale DeGray future considerations | To Los Angeles KingsBob Halkidis future considerations |
| November 24, 1989 | To Los Angeles KingsMikko Mäkelä | To New York IslandersKen Baumgartner Hubie McDonough |
* Detroit's fifth-round pick went to Montreal as the result of a trade on June 15, 1990, that sent Rick Green to Detroit in exchange for this pick.

## December

| December 1, 1989 | To Los Angeles KingsBrad Jones | To Winnipeg JetsPhil Sykes |
| December 4, 1989 | To Quebec NordiquesTony McKegney | To Detroit Red WingsGreg Adams Robert Picard |
| December 12, 1989 | To Montreal CanadiensTodd Ewen | To St. Louis Bluesfuture considerations (3rd-rd pick - 1991 Entry Draft # 65 - Nathan LaFayette)$^1$ |
| December 13, 1989 | To Hartford WhalersRandy Cunneyworth | To Winnipeg JetsPaul MacDermid |
| December 13, 1989 | To Quebec NordiquesTony Hrkac Greg Millen | To St. Louis BluesJeff Brown |
| December 13, 1989 | To Boston BruinsDave Christian | To Washington CapitalsBob Joyce |
| December 20, 1989 | To Toronto Maple LeafsMike Stevens Gilles Thibaudeau | To New York IslandersJack Capuano Paul Gagne Derek Laxdal |
| December 21, 1989 | To Toronto Maple Leafs4th-rd pick - 1990 Entry Draft (# 80 - Greg Walters) | To Edmonton OilersVladimir Ruzicka |
* Trade completed on June 22, 1991.

## January

| January 5, 1990 | To Buffalo Sabresfuture considerations | To Washington CapitalsJohn Tucker |
| January 5, 1990 | To Edmonton Oilers4th-rd pick - 1990 Entry Draft (# 67 - Joel Blain) | To Philadelphia FlyersNormand Lacombe |
| January 5, 1990 | To New Jersey DevilsBob Brooke | To Minnesota North StarsAaron Broten |
| January 5, 1990 | To Montreal Canadiens3rd-rd pick - 1990 Entry Draft (# 58 - Charles Poulin) | To Chicago BlackhawksJocelyn Lemieux |
| January 8, 1990 | To Vancouver CanucksDave Capuano Andrew McBain Dan Quinn | To Pittsburgh PenguinsRod Buskas Barry Pederson Tony Tanti |
| January 16, 1990 | To Boston BruinsDave Poulin | To Philadelphia FlyersKen Linseman |
| January 18, 1990 | To Edmonton Oilersfuture considerations | To New York RangersTodd Charlesworth |
| January 20, 1990 | To Los Angeles KingsTony Granato Tomas Sandstrom | To New York RangersBernie Nicholls |
| January 22, 1990 | To Minnesota North StarsDaniel Berthiaume | To Winnipeg Jetsfuture considerations |
| January 22, 1990 | To St. Louis BluesRon Wilson | To Winnipeg JetsDoug Evans |

## February

| February 26, 1990 | To Vancouver Canuckscash | To Pittsburgh PenguinsDoug Smith |

## March

* Trading Deadline: March 7, 1989
| March 2, 1990 | To Boston BruinsBrian Propp | To Philadelphia Flyers2nd-rd pick - 1990 Entry Draft (# 42 - Terran Sandwith) |
| March 3, 1990 | To Hartford WhalersJeff Sirkka | To Boston BruinsSteve Dykstra |
| March 5, 1990 | To Hartford WhalersYvon Corriveau | To Washington CapitalsMike Liut |
| March 5, 1990 | To Buffalo SabresJay Wells 4th-rd pick - 1991 Entry Draft (# 72 - Peter Ambroziak) | To Philadelphia FlyersKevin Maguire 2nd-rd pick - 1990 Entry Draft (# 40 - Mikael Renberg) |
| March 5, 1990 | To Quebec NordiquesMario Doyon Everett Sanipass Dan Vincelette | To Chicago BlackhawksMichel Goulet Greg Millen 6th-rd pick - 1991 Entry Draft (# 112 - Kevin St. Jacques) |
| March 6, 1990 | To Hartford WhalersCam Brauer | To Edmonton OilersMarc Laforge |
| March 6, 1990 | To Minnesota North StarsUlf Dahlen 4th-rd pick - 1990 Entry Draft (# 70 - Cal McGowan) future considerations (4th-rd pick - 1991 Entry Draft LAK - # 81 - Alexei Zhitnik)$^1$ | To New York RangersMike Gartner |
| March 6, 1990 | To Chicago Blackhawksfuture considerations | To Pittsburgh PenguinsAlain Chevrier |
| March 6, 1990 | To Edmonton Oilersfuture considerations | To Pittsburgh PenguinsBrian Wilks |
| March 6, 1990 | To New Jersey DevilsJeff Sharples | To Edmonton OilersReijo Ruotsalainen |
| March 6, 1990 | To New Jersey DevilsPeter Stastny | To Quebec NordiquesCraig Wolanin future considerations (Randy Velischek)$^2$ |
| March 6, 1990 | To Vancouver CanucksJack Capuano | To New York IslandersJeff Rohlicek |
| March 6, 1990 | To New Jersey Devils5th-rd pick - 1990 Entry Draft (# 104 - Petr Kuchyna) | To Calgary FlamesJim Korn |
| March 6, 1990 | To Vancouver CanucksAdrien Plavsic 1st-rd pick - 1990 Entry Draft (# 18 - Shawn Antoski) 2nd-rd pick - 1991 Entry Draft (MTL - # 43 - Craig Darby)$^3$ | To St. Louis BluesHarold Snepsts Rich Sutter 2nd-rd pick - 1990 Entry Draft (# 33 - Craig Johnson) |
| March 6, 1990 | To Montreal Canadiens2nd-rd pick - 1991 Entry Draft (# 43 - Craig Darby) | To Vancouver CanucksJyrki Lumme |
* Minnesota's fourth-round pick went to Los Angeles as the result of a trade on June 22, 1991, that sent Todd Elik to Minnesota in exchange for Randy Gilhen, Charlie Huddy, Jim Thomson and this pick.
* Trade completed on August 13, 1990.
* 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.