# 2015–16 NHL transactions

The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League during the 2015–16 NHL season. It lists which team each player has been traded to, signed by, or claimed by, and for which player(s) or draft pick (s), if applicable. Players who have retired are also listed. The 2015–16 trade deadline was on February 29, 2016. Any players traded or claimed off waivers after this date were eligible to play up until, but not in the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs.

## Retirement

| Date | Player | Last Team |
| June 29, 2015 | Patrick Wey | Washington Capitals |
| June 30, 2015 | Scott Clemmensen | New Jersey Devils |
| June 30, 2015 | Sheldon Souray | Anaheim Ducks |
| July 2, 2015 | Martin St. Louis | New York Rangers |
| July 9, 2015 | Bobby Robins | Boston Bruins |
| July 15, 2015 | Greg Nemisz | Carolina Hurricanes |
| August 17, 2015 | Daniel Briere | Colorado Avalanche |
| August 31, 2015 | Drew Bagnall | Buffalo Sabres |
| September 2, 2015 | Bryce Salvador | New Jersey Devils |
| September 4, 2015 | Rich Peverley | Dallas Stars |
| September 15, 2015 | Simon Gagne | Boston Bruins |
| September 17, 2015 | Daniel Carcillo | Chicago Blackhawks |
| September 20, 2015 | Troy Bodie | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| October 5, 2015 | Mike Weaver | Montreal Canadiens |
| October 20, 2015 | Curtis Glencross | Washington Capitals |
| October 27, 2015 | Sergei Gonchar | Montreal Canadiens |
| November 3, 2015 | Brad Mills | Ottawa Senators |
| December 9, 2015 | Keith Ballard | Minnesota Wild |
| December 30, 2015 | Jack Hillen | Carolina Hurricanes |
| January 26, 2016 | Craig Adams | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| February 24, 2016 | Scott Hannan | San Jose Sharks |
| February 28, 2016 | Lubomir Visnovsky | New York Islanders |
| March 17, 2016 | Brenden Morrow | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| April 11, 2016 | Cody McCormick | Buffalo Sabres |
| April 28, 2016 | Colton Orr | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| May 25, 2016 | Tim Brent | Philadelphia Flyers |
| May 26, 2016 | Chris Phillips | Ottawa Senators |
| June 1, 2016 | Grant Clitsome | Winnipeg Jets |
| June 21, 2016 | Vincent Lecavalier | Los Angeles Kings |

## Contract terminations

A team and player may mutually agree to terminate a player's contract at any time.
For more details on contract terminations:
Teams may buy out player contracts (after the conclusion of a season) for a portion of the remaining value of the contract, paid over a period of twice the remaining length of the contract. This reduced number and extended period is applied to the cap hit as well.
* If the player was under the age of 26 at the time of the buyout the player's pay and cap hit will reduced by a factor of 2/3 over the extended period.
* If the player was 26 or older at the time of the buyout the player's pay and cap hit will reduced by a factor of 1/3 over the extended period.
* If the player was 35 or older at the time of signing the contract the player's pay will be reduced by a factor of 1/3, but the cap hit will not be reduced over the extended period.
All players must clear waivers before having a contract terminated. Injured players cannot be bought out.
| Date | Name | Previous team | Notes |
| June 28, 2015 | Richard Clune | Nashville Predators | Buyout |
| June 29, 2015 | Mike Richards | Los Angeles Kings | Termination$^1$ |
| June 29, 2015 | P.A. Parenteau | Montreal Canadiens | Buyout |
| June 29, 2015 | Mark Fistric | Anaheim Ducks | Buyout |
| June 30, 2015 | Viktor Stalberg | Nashville Predators | Buyout |
| June 30, 2015 | Cody Hodgson | Buffalo Sabres | Buyout |
| June 30, 2015 | Stephen Weiss | Detroit Red Wings | Buyout |
| July 1, 2015 | Alexander Semin | Carolina Hurricanes | Buyout |
| July 1, 2015 | Brad Boyes | Florida Panthers | Buyout |
| July 30, 2015 | Dainius Zubrus | New Jersey Devils | Buyout |
| August 24, 2015 | Jeremie Blain | Vancouver Canucks | Mutual termination |
| October 8, 2015 | Tom Nilsson | New York Islanders | Mutual termination |
| October 9, 2015 | Mikko Vainonen | Nashville Predators | Mutual termination |
| October 17, 2015 | Louis Leblanc | New York Islanders | Mutual termination |
| November 4, 2015 | Austin Madaisky | Columbus Blue Jackets | Mutual termination |
| November 13, 2015 | Martin Havlat | St. Louis Blues | Mutual termination |
| November 18, 2015 | Petr Zamorsky | New York Rangers | Mutual termination |
| December 4, 2015 | Steve Moses | Nashville Predators | Mutual termination |
| December 10, 2015 | Alexander Semin | Montreal Canadiens | Mutual termination |
| December 20, 2015 | Marek Tvrdon | Detroit Red Wings | Mutual termination |
| December 30, 2015 | Justin Hodgman | St. Louis Blues | Mutual termination |
| January 1, 2016 | Scott Gomez | St. Louis Blues | Mutual termination |
| January 17, 2016 | Konrad Abeltshauser | St. Louis Blues | Mutual termination |
| May 14, 2016 | Sebastian Collberg | New York Islanders | Mutual termination |
| June 2016 | Christian Marti | Philadelphia Flyers | Mutual termination |
| June 16, 2016 | R.J. Umberger | Philadelphia Flyers | Buyout |
| June 16, 2016 | Jared Cowen | Toronto Maple Leafs | Buyout$^2$ |
* Richards appealed the contract termination, and on October 9, 2015, Richards and the Kings settled, officially ending Richards' contract with the team.
* Cowen appealed the buyout, and on December 7, 2016, an independent arbitrator sided with the Maple Leafs, officially ending Cowen's contract with the team.

## Free agency

Note: This does not include players who have re-signed with their previous team as an unrestricted free agent or as a restricted free agent.
| Date | Player | New team | Previous team |
| July 1, 2015 | Matt Hunwick | Toronto Maple Leafs | New York Rangers |
| July 1, 2015 | Francois Beauchemin | Colorado Avalanche | Anaheim Ducks |
| July 1, 2015 | Taylor Chorney | Washington Capitals | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| July 1, 2015 | Thomas Greiss | New York Islanders | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| July 1, 2015 | Paul Martin | San Jose Sharks | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| July 1, 2015 | Andrej Sekera | Edmonton Oilers | Los Angeles Kings |
| July 1, 2015 | Michal Neuvirth | Philadelphia Flyers | New York Islanders |
| July 1, 2015 | Mark Letestu | Edmonton Oilers | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| July 1, 2015 | Blake Comeau | Colorado Avalanche | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| July 1, 2015 | Brad Richardson | Arizona Coyotes | Vancouver Canucks |
| July 1, 2015 | Steve Downie | Arizona Coyotes | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| July 1, 2015 | Michael Frolik | Calgary Flames | Winnipeg Jets |
| July 1, 2015 | Anders Lindback | Arizona Coyotes | Buffalo Sabres |
| July 1, 2015 | Zbynek Michalek | Arizona Coyotes | St. Louis Blues |
| July 1, 2015 | Matt Bartkowski | Vancouver Canucks | Boston Bruins |
| July 1, 2015 | Barret Jackman | Nashville Predators | St. Louis Blues |
| July 1, 2015 | Jhonas Enroth | Los Angeles Kings | Dallas Stars |
| July 1, 2015 | Mike McKenna | Florida Panthers | Arizona Coyotes |
| July 1, 2015 | P.A. Parenteau | Toronto Maple Leafs | Montreal Canadiens |
| July 1, 2015 | David Warsofsky | Pittsburgh Penguins | Boston Bruins |
| July 1, 2015 | Richard Bachman | Vancouver Canucks | Edmonton Oilers |
| July 1, 2015 | Erik Condra | Tampa Bay Lightning | Ottawa Senators |
| July 1, 2015 | Raphael Diaz | New York Rangers | Calgary Flames |
| July 1, 2015 | Matt Lindblad | New York Rangers | Boston Bruins |
| July 1, 2015 | Jayson Megna | New York Rangers | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| July 1, 2015 | Cody Hodgson | Nashville Predators | Buffalo Sabres |
| July 1, 2015 | Sena Acolatse | Florida Panthers | Calgary Flames |
| July 1, 2015 | Cal O'Reilly | Buffalo Sabres | Vancouver Canucks |
| July 1, 2015 | Matt Donovan | Buffalo Sabres | New York Islanders |
| July 1, 2015 | Eric O'Dell | Ottawa Senators | Winnipeg Jets |
| July 1, 2015 | John Moore | New Jersey Devils | Arizona Coyotes |
| July 1, 2015 | Zack Stortini | Ottawa Senators | Philadelphia Flyers |
| July 1, 2015 | Taylor Fedun | Vancouver Canucks | San Jose Sharks |
| July 1, 2015 | Derek Grant | Calgary Flames | Ottawa Senators |
| July 1, 2015 | Viktor Stalberg | New York Rangers | Nashville Predators |
| July 1, 2015 | Mike Kostka | Ottawa Senators | New York Rangers |
| July 1, 2015 | Brian Gibbons | New York Rangers | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| July 1, 2015 | Kevin Porter | Pittsburgh Penguins | Detroit Red Wings |
| July 1, 2015 | Mike Green | Detroit Red Wings | Washington Capitals |
| July 1, 2015 | Kael Mouillierat | Pittsburgh Penguins | New York Islanders |
| July 1, 2015 | Cameron Gaunce | Florida Panthers | Dallas Stars |
| July 1, 2015 | Brent Regner | Florida Panthers | St. Louis Blues |
| July 1, 2015 | Mark Arcobello | Toronto Maple Leafs | Arizona Coyotes |
| July 1, 2015 | Zac Dalpe | Minnesota Wild | Buffalo Sabres |
| July 1, 2015 | Steve Oleksy | Pittsburgh Penguins | Washington Capitals |
| July 1, 2015 | Brad Richards | Detroit Red Wings | Chicago Blackhawks |
| July 1, 2015 | Jason Akeson | Buffalo Sabres | Philadelphia Flyers |
| July 1, 2015 | Carter Camper | Washington Capitals | Ottawa Senators |
| July 1, 2015 | Sean Collins | Washington Capitals | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| July 1, 2015 | Aaron Ness | Washington Capitals | New York Islanders |
| July 1, 2015 | Matt Hackett | Anaheim Ducks | Buffalo Sabres |
| July 1, 2015 | Chris Mueller | Anaheim Ducks | New York Rangers |
| July 1, 2015 | Joe Piskula | Anaheim Ducks | Nashville Predators |
| July 1, 2015 | Chris Conner | Philadelphia Flyers | Washington Capitals |
| July 1, 2015 | Davis Drewiske | Philadelphia Flyers | Montreal Canadiens |
| July 1, 2015 | Gregory Campbell | Columbus Blue Jackets | Boston Bruins |
| July 1, 2015 | Matt Beleskey | Boston Bruins | Anaheim Ducks |
| July 1, 2015 | Mark Barberio | Montreal Canadiens | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| July 1, 2015 | Daniel Winnik | Toronto Maple Leafs | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| July 1, 2015 | Dustin Jeffrey | Arizona Coyotes | New York Islanders |
| July 1, 2015 | Antoine Vermette | Arizona Coyotes | Chicago Blackhawks |
| July 1, 2015 | Shawn Horcoff | Anaheim Ducks | Dallas Stars |
| July 1, 2015 | Joe Whitney | New York Islanders | New Jersey Devils |
| July 1, 2015 | John McCarthy | San Jose Sharks | St. Louis Blues |
| July 1, 2015 | Justin Williams | Washington Capitals | Los Angeles Kings |
| July 1, 2015 | Mike Reilly | Minnesota Wild | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| July 2, 2015 | Justin Florek | New York Islanders | Boston Bruins |
| July 2, 2015 | Ben Holmstrom | New York Islanders | Carolina Hurricanes |
| July 2, 2015 | Cameron Schilling | Chicago Blackhawks | Washington Capitals |
| July 2, 2015 | Andrew Bodnarchuk | Columbus Blue Jackets | Los Angeles Kings |
| July 2, 2015 | Danny Kristo | St. Louis Blues | New York Rangers |
| July 2, 2015 | Rob Flick | Florida Panthers | Boston Bruins |
| July 2, 2015 | Conor Allen | Nashville Predators | New York Rangers |
| July 2, 2015 | Brett Gallant | Columbus Blue Jackets | New York Islanders |
| July 2, 2015 | Chris Bourque | Washington Capitals | New York Rangers |
| July 2, 2015 | Will O'Neill | Pittsburgh Penguins | Winnipeg Jets |
| July 2, 2015 | Jordan Caron | St. Louis Blues | Colorado Avalanche |
| July 2, 2015 | Tyson Strachan | Minnesota Wild | Buffalo Sabres |
| July 2, 2015 | Bobby Sanguinetti | Buffalo Sabres | Vancouver Canucks |
| July 2, 2015 | Matt Fraser | Winnipeg Jets | Edmonton Oilers |
| July 2, 2015 | Jason LaBarbera | Philadelphia Flyers | Anaheim Ducks |
| July 2, 2015 | Mark Cundari | San Jose Sharks | Calgary Flames |
| July 2, 2015 | Peter Harrold | St. Louis Blues | New Jersey Devils |
| July 2, 2015 | Alex Grant | Arizona Coyotes | Ottawa Senators |
| July 2, 2015 | Kyle Brodziak | St. Louis Blues | Minnesota Wild |
| July 3, 2015 | Carlo Colaiacovo | Buffalo Sabres | Philadelphia Flyers |
| July 3, 2015 | Blair Jones | Vancouver Canucks | Philadelphia Flyers |
| July 3, 2015 | Andrew MacWilliam | Winnipeg Jets | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| July 3, 2015 | Colin McDonald | Philadelphia Flyers | New York Islanders |
| July 3, 2015 | Harry Zolnierczyk | Anaheim Ducks | New York Islanders |
| July 3, 2015 | John Ramage | Columbus Blue Jackets | Calgary Flames |
| July 3, 2015 | Luke Adam | New York Rangers | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| July 3, 2015 | Joel Ward | San Jose Sharks | Washington Capitals |
| July 4, 2015 | Dan Ellis | Washington Capitals | Florida Panthers |
| July 4, 2015 | Cody Bass | Nashville Predators | Chicago Blackhawks |
| July 6, 2015 | Shawn Matthias | Toronto Maple Leafs | Vancouver Canucks |
| July 6, 2015 | Andre Benoit | St. Louis Blues | Buffalo Sabres |
| July 6, 2015 | Brandon DeFazio | Boston Bruins | Vancouver Canucks |
| July 7, 2015 | Justin Hodgman | St. Louis Blues | Arizona Coyotes |
| July 8, 2015 | Paul Carey | Washington Capitals | Boston Bruins |
| July 8, 2015 | Eric Tangradi | Detroit Red Wings | Montreal Canadiens |
| July 9, 2015 | Brian McGrattan | Anaheim Ducks | Calgary Flames |
| July 10, 2015 | Matt Irwin | Boston Bruins | San Jose Sharks |
| July 10, 2015 | John Scott | Arizona Coyotes | San Jose Sharks |
| July 12, 2015 | Chris Stewart | Anaheim Ducks | Minnesota Wild |
| July 15, 2015 | Johnny Oduya | Dallas Stars | Chicago Blackhawks |
| July 15, 2015 | Zach Sill | Washington Capitals | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| July 16, 2015 | Shane O'Brien | Anaheim Ducks | Florida Panthers |
| July 17, 2015 | Louis Leblanc | New York Islanders | Anaheim Ducks |
| July 21, 2015 | Tye McGinn | Tampa Bay Lightning | Arizona Coyotes |
| July 24, 2015 | Ryan Stanton | Washington Capitals | Vancouver Canucks |
| July 24, 2015 | Alexander Semin | Montreal Canadiens | Carolina Hurricanes |
| July 28, 2015 | Eric Fehr | Pittsburgh Penguins | Washington Capitals |
| August 6, 2015 | Matt Cullen | Pittsburgh Penguins | Nashville Predators |
| August 8, 2015 | Chris Porter | Philadelphia Flyers | St. Louis Blues |
| August 10, 2015 | Jarret Stoll | New York Rangers | Los Angeles Kings |
| August 16, 2015 | Robbie Russo | Detroit Red Wings | New York Islanders |
| August 17, 2015 | Mike Santorelli | Anaheim Ducks | Nashville Predators |
| August 23, 2015 | Christian Ehrhoff | Los Angeles Kings | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| August 24, 2015 | Frazer McLaren | San Jose Sharks | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| August 25, 2015 | Adam Cracknell | Vancouver Canucks | St. Louis Blues |
| September 8, 2015 | Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond | New Jersey Devils | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| September 10, 2015 | Cody Franson | Buffalo Sabres | Nashville Predators |
| September 10, 2015 | David Schlemko | New Jersey Devils | Calgary Flames |
| September 16, 2015 | Jiri Tlusty | New Jersey Devils | Winnipeg Jets |
| September 17, 2015 | Steve Bernier | New York Islanders | New Jersey Devils |
| September 18, 2015 | Marek Zidlicky | New York Islanders | Detroit Red Wings |
| September 27, 2015 | Brad Boyes | Toronto Maple Leafs | Florida Panthers |
| September 28, 2015 | Mark Fraser | Ottawa Senators | New Jersey Devils |
| September 29, 2015 | Andrew Campbell | Toronto Maple Leafs | Arizona Coyotes |
| October 2, 2015 | Corey Potter | Arizona Coyotes | Calgary Flames |
| October 3, 2015 | Lee Stempniak | New Jersey Devils | Winnipeg Jets |
| October 4, 2015 | Tomas Fleischmann | Montreal Canadiens | Anaheim Ducks |
| October 4, 2015 | Jonas Gustavsson | Boston Bruins | Detroit Red Wings |
| October 5, 2015 | Scottie Upshall | St. Louis Blues | Florida Panthers |
| October 6, 2015 | Jack Skille | Colorado Avalanche | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| October 7, 2015 | Scott Gomez | St. Louis Blues | New Jersey Devils |
| October 9, 2015 | Peter Budaj | Los Angeles Kings | Winnipeg Jets |
| October 29, 2015 | Rich Clune | Toronto Maple Leafs | Nashville Predators |
| November 6, 2015 | Martin Havlat | St. Louis Blues | New Jersey Devils |
| November 24, 2015 | Dainius Zubrus | San Jose Sharks | New Jersey Devils |
| November 27, 2015 | Tyler Kennedy | New Jersey Devils | New York Islanders |
| January 6, 2016 | Mike Richards | Washington Capitals | Los Angeles Kings |
| January 21, 2016 | Daniel Paille | New York Rangers | Boston Bruins |
| February 1, 2016 | Tom Sestito | Pittsburgh Penguins | Vancouver Canucks |
| March 2, 2016 | Scott Gomez | Ottawa Senators | St. Louis Blues |
| May 26, 2016 | Tom Nilsson | Vancouver Canucks | New York Islanders |

### Imports

This section is for players who were not previously on contract with NHL teams in the past season. Listed is their previous team and the league that they belonged to.
| Date | Player | New team | Previous team | League |
| July 1, 2015 | Shane Harper | Florida Panthers | Chicago Wolves | AHL |
| July 1, 2015 | Joel Hanley | Montreal Canadiens | Portland Pirates | AHL |
| July 1, 2015 | T.J. Hensick | Carolina Hurricanes | Hamilton Bulldogs | AHL |
| July 1, 2015 | Sergei Plotnikov | Pittsburgh Penguins | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | KHL |
| July 1, 2015 | Conor Sheary | Pittsburgh Penguins | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL |
| July 1, 2015 | Viktor Tikhonov | Chicago Blackhawks | SKA Saint Petersburg | KHL |
| July 1, 2015 | Paul Thompson | New Jersey Devils | Albany Devils | AHL |
| July 1, 2015 | Ruslan Fedotenko | Minnesota Wild | Iowa Wild | AHL |
| July 1, 2015 | Marc Hagel | Minnesota Wild | Iowa Wild | AHL |
| July 1, 2015 | Tim Brent | Philadelphia Flyers | Metallurg Magnitogorsk | AHL |
| July 1, 2015 | Dakota Mermis | Arizona Coyotes | Oshawa Generals | OHL |
| July 1, 2015 | Bud Holloway | Montreal Canadiens | SC Bern | NLA |
| July 1, 2015 | Jim O'Brien | New Jersey Devils | Hershey Bears | AHL |
| July 2, 2015 | Bracken Kearns | New York Islanders | Espoo Blues | Liiga |
| July 2, 2015 | Justin Vaive | New York Islanders | Hartford Wolf Pack | OHL |
| July 2, 2015 | James Wright | New York Islanders | Medvescak Zagreb | KHL |
| July 2, 2015 | Matt Taormina | Tampa Bay Lightning | Worcester Sharks | AHL |
| July 2, 2015 | Jaime Sifers | Columbus Blue Jackets | Springfield Falcons | AHL |
| July 2, 2015 | Mike Liambas | Chicago Blackhawks | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL |
| July 3, 2015 | Byron Froese | Toronto Maple Leafs | Toronto Marlies | AHL |
| July 3, 2015 | Marc-Andre Gragnani | New Jersey Devils | SC Bern | NLA |
| July 3, 2015 | Yann Danis | New Jersey Devils | Hartford Wolf Pack | AHL |
| July 3, 2015 | Eric Selleck | Arizona Coyotes | Portland Pirates | AHL |
| July 3, 2015 | Derek Smith | Arizona Coyotes | ZSC Lions | NLA |
| July 5, 2015 | Jeff Tambellini | Tampa Bay Lightning | Vaxjo Lakers | SHL |
| July 7, 2015 | Kole Sherwood | Columbus Blue Jackets | Ohio Blue Jackets U18 | T1EHL |
| July 13, 2015 | Ryan Johnston | Montreal Canadiens | Colgate Raiders | NCAA |
| July 29, 2015 | Niklas Treutle | Arizona Coyotes | Red Bull Munchen | DEL |
| August 18, 2015 | Nolan Valleau | Chicago Blackhawks | Bowling Green Falcons | NCAA |
| August 27, 2015 | Damir Sharipzyanov | Los Angeles Kings | Owen Sound Attack | OHL |
| September 17, 2015 | Trevor Murphy | Nashville Predators | Windsor Spitfires | OHL |
| September 21, 2015 | Philippe Myers | Philadelphia Flyers | Rouyn-Noranda Huskies | QMJHL |
| September 23, 2015 | Nick Schneider | Calgary Flames | Medicine Hat Tigers | WHL |
| September 24, 2015 | Michael McNiven | Montreal Canadiens | Owen Sound Attack | OHL |
| October 1, 2015 | Oleg Yevenko | Columbus Blue Jackets | Cleveland Monsters | AHL |
| October 5, 2015 | Ken Appleby | New Jersey Devils | Oshawa Generals | OHL |
| October 5, 2015 | Tim McGauley | Washington Capitals | Brandon Wheat Kings | WHL |
| October 6, 2015 | Thomas Raffl | Winnipeg Jets | Red Bull Salzburg | EBEL |
| October 6, 2015 | Braden Christoffer | Edmonton Oilers | Bakersfield Condors | AHL |
| October 7, 2015 | Cavan Fitzgerald | San Jose Sharks | Halifax Mooseheads | QMJHL |
| January 5, 2016 | Frederick Gaudreau | Nashville Predators | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL |
| January 20, 2016 | Mike Zalewski | Vancouver Canucks | Utica Comets | AHL |
| March 2, 2016 | Dryden Hunt | Florida Panthers | Moose Jaw Warriors | WHL |
| March 2, 2016 | Jonathon Martin | San Jose Sharks | Swift Current Broncos | WHL |
| March 8, 2016 | Andrew Poturalski | Carolina Hurricanes | New Hampshire Wildcats | NCAA |
| March 8, 2016 | Nick Lappin | New Jersey Devils | Brown Bears | NCAA |
| March 10, 2016 | Dan Renouf | Detroit Red Wings | Maine Black Bears | NCAA |
| March 13, 2016 | Jere Sallinen | Edmonton Oilers | Jokerit | KHL |
| March 21, 2016 | Jordan Maletta | Columbus Blue Jackets | Niagara IceDogs | OHL |
| March 22, 2016 | Casey Nelson | Buffalo Sabres | Minnesota State Mavericks | NCAA |
| March 26, 2016 | Tom Parisi | Montreal Canadiens | Providence Friars | NCAA |
| March 28, 2016 | Justin Selman | St. Louis Blues | Michigan Wolverines | NCAA |
| March 28, 2016 | Adam Carlson | Washington Capitals | Mercyhurst Lakers | NCAA |
| March 28, 2016 | Kasimir Kaskisuo | Toronto Maple Leafs | Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs | NCAA |
| March 29, 2016 | Ethan Prow | Pittsburgh Penguins | St. Cloud State Huskies | NCAA |
| March 30, 2016 | Charlie Lindgren | Montreal Canadiens | St. Cloud State Huskies | NCAA |
| March 30, 2016 | Brandon Tanev | Winnipeg Jets | Providence Friars | NCAA |
| March 30, 2016 | Kalle Kossila | Anaheim Ducks | St. Cloud State Huskies | NCAA |
| March 30, 2016 | Kevin Boyle | Anaheim Ducks | UMass Lowell River Hawks | NCAA |
| April 1, 2016 | Macoy Erkamps | Ottawa Senators | Brandon Wheat Kings | WHL |
| April 1, 2016 | Ray Emery | Philadelphia Flyers | Adler Mannheim | DEL |
| April 1, 2016 | Adam Chapie | New York Rangers | UMass Lowell River Hawks | NCAA |
| April 5, 2016 | Alex Lyon | Philadelphia Flyers | Yale Bulldogs | NCAA |
| April 7, 2016 | Nick Ellis | Edmonton Oilers | Providence Friars | NCAA |
| April 11, 2016 | Mantas Armalis | San Jose Sharks | Djurgardens IF | SHL |
| April 13, 2016 | Troy Stecher | Vancouver Canucks | North Dakota Fighting Hawks | NCAA |
| April 15, 2016 | Sam Anas | Minnesota Wild | Quinnipiac Bobcats | NCAA |
| April 15, 2016 | Justin Scott | Columbus Blue Jackets | Barrie Colts | OHL |
| April 17, 2016 | Malte Stromwall | New York Rangers | AIK IF | HA |
| April 21, 2016 | Adam Payerl | Nashville Predators | Milwaukee Admirals | AHL |
| April 22, 2016 | Jake Chelios | Carolina Hurricanes | Charlotte Checkers | AHL |
| April 27, 2016 | Lukas Bengtsson | Pittsburgh Penguins | Frolunda HC | SHL |
| April 29, 2016 | Daniel Pribyl | Calgary Flames | HC Sparta Praha | ELH |
| April 29, 2016 | Michael Garteig | Vancouver Canucks | Quinnipiac Bobcats | NCAA |
| May 2, 2016 | Nikita Zaitsev | Toronto Maple Leafs | CSKA Moscow | KHL |
| May 3, 2016 | Linus Hultstrom | Florida Panthers | Djurgårdens IF | SHL |
| May 7, 2016 | Drake Caggiula | Edmonton Oilers | North Dakota Fighting Hawks | NCAA |
| May 9, 2016 | Patrick Russell | Edmonton Oilers | St. Cloud State Huskies | NCAA |
| May 13, 2016 | Marcus Sorensen | San Jose Sharks | Djurgardens IF | SHL |
| May 16, 2016 | Yan-Pavel Laplante | Vancouver Canucks | Gatineau Olympiques | QMJHL |
| May 18, 2016 | Adam Vay | Minnesota Wild | Debreceni HK | MOL Liga |
| May 24, 2016 | Tim Heed | San Jose Sharks | Skelleftea AIK | SHL |
| May 24, 2016 | Lars Johansson | Chicago Blackhawks | Frolunda HC | SHL |
| May 24, 2016 | Michal Kempny | Chicago Blackhawks | Avangard Omsk | KHL |
| May 24, 2016 | Martin Lundberg | Chicago Blackhawks | Skelleftea AIK | SHL |
| May 24, 2016 | Tom Pyatt | Ottawa Senators | Geneve-Servette HC | NLA |
| May 27, 2016 | Yohann Auvitu | New Jersey Devils | HIFK | Liiga |
| June 1, 2016 | Jonas Gunnarsson | Nashville Predators | Malmo Redhawks | SHL |
| June 10, 2016 | David Rittich | Calgary Flames | BK Mlada Boleslav | ELH |

## Trades

* Retained Salary Transaction: Each team is allowed up to three contracts on their payroll where they have retained salary in a trade (i.e. the player no longer plays with Team A due to a trade to Team B, but Team A still retains some salary). Only up to 50% of a player's contract can be kept, and only up to 15% of a team's salary cap can be taken up by retained salary. A contract can only be involved in one of these trades twice.

### June

| June 26, 2015 | To Buffalo Sabres Robin Lehner David Legwand | To Ottawa Senators NYI's 1st-round pick in 2015 |
| June 26, 2015 | To Calgary Flames Dougie Hamilton | To Boston Bruins 1st-round pick in 2015 2nd-round pick in 2015 WSH's 2nd-round pick in 2015 |
| June 26, 2015 | To Los Angeles Kings Milan Lucic* | To Boston Bruins Martin Jones Colin Miller 1st-round pick in 2015 |
| June 26, 2015 | To Buffalo Sabres Ryan O'Reilly Jamie McGinn | To Colorado Avalanche Nikita Zadorov Mikhail Grigorenko J.T. Compher 2nd-round pick in 2015 |
| June 26, 2015 | To Edmonton Oilers Griffin Reinhart | To New York Islanders PIT's 1st-round pick in 2015 2nd-round pick in 2015 |
| June 26, 2015 | To New Jersey Devils Kyle Palmieri | To Anaheim Ducks FLA's 2nd-round pick in 2015 conditional 3rd-round pick in 2016 |
| June 27, 2015 | To Carolina Hurricanes Eddie Lack | To Vancouver Canucks 3rd-round pick in 2015 7th-round pick in 2016 |
| June 27, 2015 | To Dallas Stars Antti Niemi | To San Jose Sharks 7th-round pick in 2015 |
| June 27, 2015 | To Anaheim Ducks Carl Hagelin 2nd-round pick in 2015 6th-round pick in 2015 | To New York Rangers Emerson Etem FLA's 2nd-round pick in 2015 |
| June 27, 2015 | To Carolina Hurricanes James Wisniewski | To Anaheim Ducks Anton Khudobin |
| June 27, 2015 | To Edmonton Oilers Cam Talbot 7th-round pick in 2015 | To New York Rangers MTL's 2nd-round pick in 2015 OTT's 3rd-round pick in 2015 7th-round pick in 2015 |
| June 27, 2015 | To San Jose Sharks Patrick McNally | To Vancouver Canucks TBL's 7th-round pick in 2015 |
| June 27, 2015 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Martin Marincin | To Edmonton Oilers Brad Ross PIT's 4th-round pick in 2015 |
| June 27, 2015 | To Edmonton Oilers Eric Gryba | To Ottawa Senators Travis Ewanyk PIT's 4th-round pick in 2015 |
| June 27, 2015 | To New York Rangers Antti Raanta | To Chicago Blackhawks Ryan Haggerty |
| June 27, 2015 | To Arizona Coyotes Nicklas Grossmann* Chris Pronger | To Philadelphia Flyers Sam Gagner conditional 4th-round pick in 2016       or 3rd-round pick in 2017 |
| June 29, 2015 | To Boston Bruins Zac Rinaldo | To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2017 |
| June 29, 2015 | To St. Louis Blues Konrad Abeltshauser | To San Jose Sharks conditional 7th-round pick in 2016 |
| June 30, 2015 | To San Jose Sharks Martin Jones | To Boston Bruins Sean Kuraly 1st-round pick in 2016 |
| June 30, 2015 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Brandon Saad Michael Paliotta Alex Broadhurst | To Chicago Blackhawks Artem Anisimov Marko Dano Jeremy Morin Corey Tropp 4th-round pick in 2016 |
| June 30, 2015 | To Anaheim Ducks Kevin Bieksa | To Vancouver Canucks 2nd-round pick in 2016 |
| June 30, 2015 | To Edmonton Oilers Lauri Korpikoski | To Arizona Coyotes Boyd Gordon |
Pick-only 2015 NHL Entry Draft trades :
| June 26, 2015 | To Philadelphia Flyers NSH's 1st-round pick in 2015 (#24 overall) | To Toronto Maple Leafs TBL's 1st-round pick in 2015 (#29 overall) CHI's 2nd-round pick in 2015 (#61 overall) |
| June 26, 2015 | To New York Islanders NYR's 1st-round pick in 2015 (#28 overall) | To Tampa Bay Lightning EDM's 2nd-round pick in 2015 (#33 overall) FLA's 3rd-round pick in 2015 (#72 overall) |
| June 26, 2015 | To Columbus Blue Jackets TBL's 1st-round pick in 2015 (#29 overall) | To Toronto Maple Leafs TOR's 2nd-round pick in 2015 (#34 overall) PHI's 3rd-round pick in 2015 (#68 overall) |
| June 27, 2015 | To San Jose Sharks BUF's 2nd-round pick in 2015 (#31 overall) | To Colorado Avalanche 2nd-round pick in 2015 (#39 overall) COL's 2nd-round pick in 2016 COL's 6th-round pick in 2017 |
| June 27, 2015 | To Ottawa Senators 2nd-round pick in 2015 (#36 overall) | To New Jersey Devils DAL's 2nd-round pick in 2015 (#42 overall) conditional 4th-round pick in 2015 (#109 overall) OR 4th-round pick in 2016 |
| June 27, 2015 | To Washington Capitals MTL's 2nd-round pick in 2015 (#57 overall) | To New York Rangers Buffalo Sabres's 3rd-round pick in 2015 (#62 overall) 4th-round pick in 2015 (#113 overall) |
| June 27, 2015 | To Calgary Flames NYR's 2nd-round pick in 2015 (#60 overall) | To Arizona Coyotes 3rd-round pick in 2015 (#76 overall) WSH's 3rd-round pick in 2015 (#83 overall) |
| June 27, 2015 | To Los Angeles Kings CBJ's 4th-round pick in 2015 (#99 overall) | To Philadelphia Flyers 4th-round pick in 2015 (#104 overall) 6th-round pick in 2016 |
| June 27, 2015 | To Boston Bruins 5th-round pick in 2016 | To Minnesota Wild 5th-round pick in 2015 (#135 overall) |
| June 27, 2015 | To New York Islanders MTL's 5th-round pick in 2015 (#147 overall) | To Florida Panthers 5th-round pick in 2016 |
| June 27, 2015 | To Edmonton Oilers ANA's 7th-round pick in 2015 (#208 overall) | To Tampa Bay Lightning 7th-round pick in 2016 |

### July

| July 1, 2015 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Phil Kessel* Tim Erixon Tyler Biggs conditional PIT's 2nd-round pick in 2016       or TOR's 2nd-round pick in 2017 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Nick Spaling Kasperi Kapanen Scott Harrington conditional 1st-round pick in 2016       or 1st-round pick in 2017       or 2nd-round pick in 2017 NJD's 3rd-round pick in 2016 |
| July 1, 2015 | To Montreal Canadiens Zack Kassian 5th-round pick in 2016 | To Vancouver Canucks Brandon Prust |
| July 1, 2015 | To Nashville Predators Max Reinhart | To Calgary Flames conditional 4th-round pick in 2016 |
| July 1, 2015 | To New York Rangers Magnus Hellberg | To Nashville Predators 6th-round pick in 2017 |
| July 1, 2015 | To Florida Panthers Reilly Smith Marc Savard | To Boston Bruins Jimmy Hayes |
| July 2, 2015 | To Washington Capitals T.J. Oshie | To St. Louis Blues Troy Brouwer Pheonix Copley 3rd-round pick in 2016 |
| July 6, 2015 | To Edmonton Oilers Anders Nilsson | To Chicago Blackhawks Liam Coughlin |
| July 10, 2015 | To Dallas Stars Patrick Sharp Stephen Johns | To Chicago Blackhawks Trevor Daley Ryan Garbutt* |
| July 12, 2015 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Taylor Beck | To Nashville Predators Jamie Devane |
| July 28, 2015 | To Vancouver Canucks Brandon Sutter NYI's or VAN's 3rd-round pick in 2016 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Nick Bonino Adam Clendening ANA's 2nd-round pick in 2016 |

### September

| September 9, 2015 | To Colorado Avalanche Brandon Gormley | To Arizona Coyotes Stefan Elliott |
| September 11, 2015 | To Carolina Hurricanes Kris Versteeg Joakim Nordstrom 3rd-round pick in 2017 | To Chicago Blackhawks Dennis Robertson Jake Massie 5th-round pick in 2017 |
| September 17, 2015 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Michael Grabner | To New York Islanders Taylor Beck Matt Finn Carter Verhaeghe Tom Nilsson Christopher Gibson |

### October

| October 4, 2015 | To Calgary Flames Freddie Hamilton | To Colorado Avalanche conditional 7th-round pick in 2016 |
| October 6, 2015 | To New Jersey Devils Brian O'Neill | To Los Angeles Kings conditional 7th-round pick in 2017 |

### November

| November 12, 2015 | To Calgary Flames Kevin Poulin | To Tampa Bay Lightning future considerations |

### December

| December 14, 2015 | To Chicago Blackhawks Rob Scuderi* | To Pittsburgh Penguins Trevor Daley |
| December 15, 2015 | To Arizona Coyotes Christian Thomas | To Montreal Canadiens Lucas Lessio |
| December 28, 2015 | To Montreal Canadiens Ben Scrivens* | To Edmonton Oilers Zack Kassian |

### January

| January 3, 2016 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Jeremy Morin | To Chicago Blackhawks Richard Panik |
| January 6, 2016 | To Los Angeles Kings Vincent Lecavalier* Luke Schenn* | To Philadelphia Flyers Jordan Weal 3rd-round pick in 2016 |
| January 6, 2016 | To Nashville Predators Ryan Johansen | To Columbus Blue Jackets Seth Jones |
| January 7, 2016 | To Anaheim Ducks Dustin Tokarski | To Montreal Canadiens Max Friberg |
| January 8, 2016 | To Vancouver Canucks Emerson Etem | To New York Rangers Nicklas Jensen 6th-round pick in 2017 |
| January 14, 2016 | To Ottawa Senators Conor Allen | To Nashville Predators Patrick Mullen |
| January 15, 2016 | To St. Louis Blues Richard Nedomlel | To Detroit Red Wings future considerations |
| January 15, 2016 | To Arizona Coyotes Victor Bartley | To Nashville Predators Stefan Elliott |
| January 15, 2016 | To Montreal Canadiens John Scott Victor Bartley | To Arizona Coyotes Jarred Tinordi Stefan Fournier |
| January 16, 2016 | To Anaheim Ducks David Perron Adam Clendening | To Pittsburgh Penguins Carl Hagelin |
| January 21, 2016 | To Anaheim Ducks Ryan Garbutt | To Chicago Blackhawks Jiri Sekac |

### February

| February 9, 2016 | To Ottawa Senators Dion Phaneuf Matt Frattin Casey Bailey Ryan Rupert Cody Donaghey | To Toronto Maple Leafs Jared Cowen Milan Michalek Colin Greening Tobias Lindberg 2nd-round pick in 2017 |
| February 21, 2016 | To Colorado Avalanche Shawn Matthias | To Toronto Maple Leafs Colin Smith 4th-round pick in 2016 |
| February 22, 2016 | To San Jose Sharks Roman Polak Nick Spaling | To Toronto Maple Leafs Raffi Torres 2nd-round pick in 2017 2nd-round pick in 2018 |
| February 22, 2016 | To Vancouver Canucks Markus Granlund | To Calgary Flames Hunter Shinkaruk |
| February 23, 2016 | To Washington Capitals Mike Weber* | To Buffalo Sabres 3rd-round pick in 2017 |
| February 24, 2016 | To Vancouver Canucks Philip Larsen | To Edmonton Oilers conditional 4th or 5th-round pick in 2017 |
| February 25, 2016 | To Chicago Blackhawks Andrew Ladd* Jay Harrison Matt Fraser | To Winnipeg Jets Marko Dano 1st-round pick in 2016 conditional 3rd-round pick in 2018 |
| February 26, 2016 | To Chicago Blackhawks Christian Ehrhoff* | To Los Angeles Kings Rob Scuderi* |
| February 26, 2016 | To Chicago Blackhawks Tomas Fleischmann Dale Weise* | To Montreal Canadiens Phillip Danault 2nd-round pick in 2018 |
| February 27, 2016 | To St. Louis Blues Anders Nilsson | To Edmonton Oilers Niklas Lundstrom 5th-round pick in 2016 |
| February 27, 2016 | To San Jose Sharks James Reimer Jeremy Morin | To Toronto Maple Leafs Alex Stalock Ben Smith conditional 4th-round pick in 2018 |
| February 27, 2016 | To Florida Panthers Jiri Hudler | To Calgary Flames 2nd-round pick in 2016 4th-round pick in 2018 |
| February 27, 2016 | To Florida Panthers Teddy Purcell | To Edmonton Oilers conditional 3rd-round pick in 2016 |
| February 27, 2016 | To Florida Panthers Jakub Kindl* | To Detroit Red Wings 6th-round pick in 2017 |
| February 27, 2016 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Justin Schultz* | To Edmonton Oilers 3rd-round pick in 2016 |
| February 27, 2016 | To Buffalo Sabres Eric O'Dell Cole Schneider Michael Sdao Alex Guptill | To Ottawa Senators Jason Akeson Phil Varone Jerome Leduc conditional 7th-round pick in 2016 |
| February 28, 2016 | To New York Rangers Eric Staal* | To Carolina Hurricanes Aleksi Saarela 2nd-round pick in 2016 2nd-round pick in 2017 |
| February 28, 2016 | To Los Angeles Kings Kris Versteeg | To Carolina Hurricanes Valentin Zykov conditional 5th-round pick in 2016 |
| February 28, 2016 | To New York Rangers Chris Brown | To Washington Capitals Ryan Bourque |
| February 28, 2016 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Brooks Laich Connor Carrick 2nd-round pick in 2016 | To Washington Capitals Daniel Winnik ANA's 5th-round pick in 2016 |
| February 29, 2016 | To Arizona Coyotes Sergei Plotnikov | To Pittsburgh Penguins Matthias Plachta conditional 7th-round pick in 2017 |
| February 29, 2016 | To Chicago Blackhawks Drew MacIntyre | To Carolina Hurricanes Dennis Robertson |
| February 29, 2016 | To Arizona Coyotes Alex Tanguay Conner Bleackley Kyle Wood | To Colorado Avalanche Mikkel Boedker |
| February 29, 2016 | To Colorado Avalanche Eric Gelinas | To New Jersey Devils 3rd-round pick in 2017 |
| February 29, 2016 | To Dallas Stars Kris Russell | To Calgary Flames Jyrki Jokipakka Brett Pollock conditional 2nd-round pick in 2016 |
| February 29, 2016 | To Anaheim Ducks Brandon Pirri | To Florida Panthers 6th-round pick in 2016 |
| February 29, 2016 | To New York Islanders Shane Prince 7th-round pick in 2016 | To Ottawa Senators conditional 3rd-round pick in 2016 |
| February 29, 2016 | To Boston Bruins John-Michael Liles | To Carolina Hurricanes Anthony Camara 3rd-round pick in 2016 5th-round pick in 2017 |
| February 29, 2016 | To Minnesota Wild Conor Allen | To Ottawa Senators Michael Keranen |
| February 29, 2016 | To Colorado Avalanche Taylor Beck | To New York Islanders Marc-Andre Cliche |
| February 29, 2016 | To New Jersey Devils Devante Smith-Pelly | To Montreal Canadiens Stefan Matteau |
| February 29, 2016 | To Boston Bruins Lee Stempniak | To New Jersey Devils 4th-round pick in 2016 2nd-round pick in 2017 |
| February 29, 2016 | To Anaheim Ducks Jamie McGinn | To Buffalo Sabres conditional 3rd-round pick in 2016 |
| February 29, 2016 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Dustin Jeffrey Dan O'Donoghue James Melindy | To Arizona Coyotes Matia Marcantuoni |
| February 29, 2016 | To Los Angeles Kings Brett Sutter | To Minnesota Wild Scott Sabourin |
| February 29, 2016 | To Anaheim Ducks Corey Tropp | To Chicago Blackhawks Tim Jackman 7th-round pick in 2017 |
| February 29, 2016 | To Edmonton Oilers Patrick Maroon* | To Anaheim Ducks Martin Gernat 4th-round pick in 2016 |
| February 29, 2016 | To Nashville Predators Corey Potter | To Arizona Coyotes future considerations |
| February 29, 2016 | To Calgary Flames Niklas Backstrom 6th-round pick in 2016 | To Minnesota Wild David Jones |

### March

| March 4, 2016 | To St. Louis Blues Zack Phillips | To Boston Bruins future considerations |
| March 7, 2016 | To Carolina Hurricanes Dane Fox | To Vancouver Canucks future considerations |

### May

| May 25, 2016 | To Vancouver Canucks Erik Gudbranson NYI's 5th-round pick in 2016 | To Florida Panthers Jared McCann 2nd-round pick in 2016 4th-round pick in 2016 |
| May 26, 2016 | To Detroit Red Wings Dylan Sadowy | To San Jose Sharks 3rd-round pick in 2017 |

### June (2016)

| June 10, 2016 | To New Jersey Devils Marc Savard 2nd-round pick in 2018 | To Florida Panthers Paul Thompson Graham Black |
| June 15, 2016 | To Carolina Hurricanes Teuvo Teravainen Bryan Bickell | To Chicago Blackhawks NYR's 2nd-round pick in 2016 CHI's 3rd-round pick in 2017 |
| June 16, 2016 | To Arizona Coyotes Alex Goligoski | To Dallas Stars 5th-round pick in 2016 |
| June 20, 2016 | To San Jose Sharks Maxim Letunov 6th-round pick in 2017 | To Arizona Coyotes 4th-round pick in 2016 DET's 3rd-round pick in 2017 |
| June 20, 2016 | To Buffalo Sabres Jimmy Vesey | To Nashville Predators MIN's 3rd-round pick in 2016 |
| June 20, 2016 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Frederik Andersen | To Anaheim Ducks PIT's 1st-round pick in 2016 conditional 2nd-round pick in 2017 |
| June 20, 2016 | To Florida Panthers Keith Yandle | To New York Rangers 6th-round pick in 2016 conditional 4th-round pick in 2017 |
| June 23, 2016 | To Florida Panthers Reto Berra | To Colorado Avalanche Rocco Grimaldi |

## Waivers

Once an NHL player has played in a certain number of games or a set number of seasons has passed since the signing of his first NHL contract (see here), that player must be offered to all of the other NHL teams before he can be assigned to a minor league affiliate.
| Date | Player | New team | Previous team |
| September 27, 2015 | Kevin Poulin | Tampa Bay Lightning | New York Islanders |
| October 1, 2015 | Chris Porter | Minnesota Wild | Philadelphia Flyers |
| October 6, 2015 | Jean-Francois Berube | New York Islanders | Los Angeles Kings |
| October 6, 2015 | Frank Corrado | Toronto Maple Leafs | Vancouver Canucks |
| October 6, 2015 | Paul Byron | Montreal Canadiens | Calgary Flames |
| October 26, 2015 | Bobby Farnham | New Jersey Devils | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| November 15, 2015 | Chris Wagner | Colorado Avalanche | Anaheim Ducks |
| November 22, 2015 | Landon Ferraro | Boston Bruins | Detroit Red Wings |
| November 22, 2015 | Petter Granberg | Nashville Predators | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| December 6, 2015 | Viktor Tikhonov | Arizona Coyotes | Chicago Blackhawks |
| December 15, 2015 | Jarret Stoll | Minnesota Wild | New York Rangers |
| January 5, 2016 | Andrew Bodnarchuk | Colorado Avalanche | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| January 13, 2016 | Kevin Connauton | Arizona Coyotes | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| January 27, 2016 | Adam Clendening | Edmonton Oilers | Anaheim Ducks |
| February 25, 2016 | Chris Wagner | Anaheim Ducks | Colorado Avalanche |
| February 27, 2016 | Jiri Sekac | Arizona Coyotes | Chicago Blackhawks |
| February 29, 2016 | Mike Brown | Montreal Canadiens | San Jose Sharks |
| February 29, 2016 | Adam Cracknell | Edmonton Oilers | Vancouver Canucks |
| February 29, 2016 | Adam Pardy | Edmonton Oilers | Winnipeg Jets |
| February 29, 2016 | David Warsofsky | New Jersey Devils | Pittsburgh Penguins |

## Staff compensation

Prior to January 1, 2016 NHL teams received compensation for losing a coach, general manager or president of hockey operations to another team while they are still under contract. Teams received a second-round draft pick if a transaction happened during the season and a third-round pick if one occurred in the off-season (a coach's season ends when his team is eliminated from the playoffs, while seasons for GMs and presidents of hockey operations finish after the conclusion of the NHL Draft in June). Teams will have a three-year window to choose from when to lose their draft pick.
| Date | Employee | Position | New team | Previous team | Compensation | Ref |
| July 23, 2015 | Lou Lamoriello | General Manager | Toronto Maple Leafs | New Jersey Devils | 3rd-round pick in 2018 | |
| October 21, 2015 | John Tortorella | Head Coach | Columbus Blue Jackets | Vancouver Canucks | 2nd-round pick in 2017 | |