# 2012–13 NHL transactions

The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League during the lockout shortened 2012–13 NHL season. It lists what team each player has been officially released by, 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 2012–13 trade deadline was set for April 3, 2013, at 3 pm EST. Players involved in any trades after this deadline are ineligible to participate in the Stanley Cup playoffs.

## Retirement

| Date | Name | Last team |
| July 4, 2012 | Nolan Baumgartner | Vancouver Canucks |
| July 25, 2012 | Steve Staios | New York Islanders |
| September 4, 2012 | John Madden | Florida Panthers |
| October 9, 2012 | Brett MacLean | Phoenix Coyotes |
| November 2, 2012 | Eric Godard | Dallas Stars |
| November 19, 2012 | Jaroslav Spacek | Carolina Hurricanes |
| November 25, 2012 | Mark Parrish | Ottawa Senators |
| January 8, 2013 | Kristian Huselius | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| January 16, 2013 | Sean O'Donnell | Chicago Blackhawks |
| January 17, 2013 | Marty Turco | Boston Bruins |
| January 22, 2013 | Tomas Holmstrom | Detroit Red Wings |
| February 13, 2013 | Andrew Brunette | Chicago Blackhawks |
| February 19, 2013 | Mathieu Darche | Montreal Canadiens |
| March 4, 2013 | Brian Rolston | Boston Bruins |
| March 21, 2013 | Alexei Kovalev | Florida Panthers |
| April 12, 2013 | Antero Niittymaki | San Jose Sharks |
| April 26, 2013 | Jochen Hecht | Buffalo Sabres |
| May 22, 2013 | Andy Sutton | Edmonton Oilers |
| June 5, 2013 | Scott Nichol | St. Louis Blues |
| June 6, 2013 | Andy McDonald | St. Louis Blues |

## Contract terminations

At any time, a team and a player can mutually agree to terminate a player's contract.
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.
$^†$ - Following the 2012–13 NHL lockout each team was granted two compliance buyouts (to be exercised after the 2012–13 season and/or after the 2013–14 season that would not count against the salary cap in any further year, regardless of the player's age. After using a compliance buyout on a player, that player is prohibited from rejoining the team that bought him out for one year; the NHL deemed that the re-signing of a player following a trade and a subsequent compliance buyout would be ruled as cap circumvention.
$^‡$ - Following the 2012–13 NHL lockout each team was granted one accelerated compliance buyout on a player with a salary cap hit of $3 million U.S. or more before the regular season began. If an accelerated compliance buyout is used, that team will only have one more compliance buyout left, and they must use it after the completion of the 2012–13 season (and before the start of 2013–14 season). The player's cap hit is applied in full to the team's salary cap for the 2012–13 season, but for no season after, regardless of contract length.
| Date | Name | Last team | Notes |
| June 28, 2012 | Eric Godard | Dallas Stars | Buyout |
| June 30, 2012 | Eric Boulton | New Jersey Devils | Buyout |
| June 30, 2012 | Matt Bradley | Florida Panthers | Buyout |
| June 30, 2012 | Derek Joslin | Carolina Hurricanes | Buyout |
| June 30, 2012 | Colby Armstrong | Toronto Maple Leafs | Buyout |
| June 30, 2012 | Oskars Bartulis | Philadelphia Flyers | Buyout |
| July 27, 2012 | Bobby Butler | Ottawa Senators | Buyout |
| September 11, 2012 | Nick Petersen | Pittsburgh Penguins | Mutual termination |
| January 13, 2013 | Alain Berger | Montreal Canadiens | Mutual termination |
| January 17, 2013 | Scott Gomez | Montreal Canadiens | Accelerated compliance buyout$^‡$ |
| January 17, 2013 | Wade Redden | New York Rangers | Accelerated compliance buyout$^‡$ |
| January 17, 2013 | Corey Elkins | Anaheim Ducks | Mutual termination |
| May 2, 2013 | Alexander Avtsin | Montreal Canadiens | Mutual termination |
| June 26, 2013 | Danny Briere | Philadelphia Flyers | Compliance buyout$^†$ |
| June 26, 2013 | Ilya Bryzgalov | Philadelphia Flyers | Compliance buyout$^†$ |
| June 28, 2013 | Tomas Kaberle | Montreal Canadiens | Compliance buyout$^†$ |
| June 28, 2013 | Rostislav Olesz | Chicago Blackhawks | Compliance buyout$^†$ |
| June 28, 2013 | Steve Montador | Chicago Blackhawks | Compliance buyout$^†$ |
| June 28, 2013 | Vincent Lecavalier | Tampa Bay Lightning | Compliance buyout$^†$ |

## Free agency

| Date | Player | New team | Previous team |
| July 1, 2012 | Jonas Gustavsson | Detroit Red Wings | Winnipeg Jets |
| July 1, 2012 | David Moss | Phoenix Coyotes | Calgary Flames |
| July 1, 2012 | John Mitchell | Colorado Avalanche | New York Rangers |
| July 1, 2012 | Mike Lundin | Ottawa Senators | Minnesota Wild |
| July 1, 2012 | Joe Corvo | Carolina Hurricanes | Boston Bruins |
| July 1, 2012 | Jeff Zatkoff | Pittsburgh Penguins | Los Angeles Kings |
| July 1, 2012 | Zenon Konopka | Minnesota Wild | Ottawa Senators |
| July 1, 2012 | Torrey Mitchell | Minnesota Wild | San Jose Sharks |
| July 1, 2012 | Colby Armstrong | Montreal Canadiens | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| July 1, 2012 | Guillaume Latendresse | Ottawa Senators | Minnesota Wild |
| July 1, 2012 | Brad Staubitz | Anaheim Ducks | Montreal Canadiens |
| July 1, 2012 | Ray Whitney | Dallas Stars | Phoenix Coyotes |
| July 1, 2012 | Adam Burish | San Jose Sharks | Dallas Stars |
| July 1, 2012 | Brad Boyes | New York Islanders | Buffalo Sabres |
| July 1, 2012 | Matt Carkner | New York Islanders | Ottawa Senators |
| July 1, 2012 | Tanner Glass | Pittsburgh Penguins | Winnipeg Jets |
| July 1, 2012 | Arron Asham | New York Rangers | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| July 1, 2012 | Filip Kuba | Florida Panthers | Ottawa Senators |
| July 1, 2012 | Chad Johnson | Phoenix Coyotes | New York Rangers |
| July 1, 2012 | Francis Bouillon | Montreal Canadiens | Nashville Predators |
| July 1, 2012 | Brandon Prust | Montreal Canadiens | New York Rangers |
| July 1, 2012 | Greg Zanon | Colorado Avalanche | Boston Bruins |
| July 1, 2012 | Sheldon Brookbank | Chicago Blackhawks | Anaheim Ducks |
| July 1, 2012 | Alexei Ponikarovsky | Winnipeg Jets | New Jersey Devils |
| July 1, 2012 | George Parros | Florida Panthers | Anaheim Ducks |
| July 1, 2012 | Eric Boulton | New York Islanders | New Jersey Devils |
| July 1, 2012 | Sheldon Souray | Anaheim Ducks | Dallas Stars |
| July 1, 2012 | Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau | Colorado Avalanche | New York Islanders |
| July 1, 2012 | Chris Mason | Nashville Predators | Winnipeg Jets |
| July 1, 2012 | Adrian Aucoin | Columbus Blue Jackets | Phoenix Coyotes |
| July 1, 2012 | Micheal Haley | New York Rangers | New York Islanders |
| July 1, 2012 | Jay McClement | Toronto Maple Leafs | Colorado Avalanche |
| July 1, 2012 | Sami Salo | Tampa Bay Lightning | Vancouver Canucks |
| July 1, 2012 | Bryan Allen | Anaheim Ducks | Carolina Hurricanes |
| July 1, 2012 | Dylan Reese | Pittsburgh Penguins | New York Islanders |
| July 1, 2012 | Cedrick Desjardins | Montreal Canadiens | Colorado Avalanche |
| July 1, 2012 | Mikael Samuelsson | Detroit Red Wings | Florida Panthers |
| July 1, 2012 | Jordin Tootoo | Detroit Red Wings | Nashville Predators |
| July 1, 2012 | Aaron Rome | Dallas Stars | Vancouver Canucks |
| July 1, 2012 | Warren Peters | Pittsburgh Penguins | Minnesota Wild |
| July 1, 2012 | Jason Garrison | Vancouver Canucks | Florida Panthers |
| July 1, 2012 | John Scott | Buffalo Sabres | New York Rangers |
| July 1, 2012 | Trevor Smith | Pittsburgh Penguins | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| July 1, 2012 | Joey Crabb | Washington Capitals | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| July 1, 2012 | Matt Watkins | New York Islanders | Phoenix Coyotes |
| July 1, 2012 | Riley Holzapfel | Pittsburgh Penguins | Anaheim Ducks |
| July 1, 2012 | Bracken Kearns | San Jose Sharks | Florida Panthers |
| July 1, 2012 | Taylor Chorney | St. Louis Blues | Edmonton Oilers |
| July 1, 2012 | Mike McKenna | St. Louis Blues | Ottawa Senators |
| July 1, 2012 | Mike Kostka | Toronto Maple Leafs | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| July 2, 2012 | Colin McDonald | New York Islanders | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| July 2, 2012 | Garrett Stafford | Washington Capitals | Montreal Canadiens |
| July 2, 2012 | Jeff Woywitka | St. Louis Blues | New York Rangers |
| July 2, 2012 | Jiri Hudler | Calgary Flames | Detroit Red Wings |
| July 2, 2012 | Chris Conner | Phoenix Coyotes | Detroit Red Wings |
| July 2, 2012 | Olli Jokinen | Winnipeg Jets | Calgary Flames |
| July 3, 2012 | Danny Syvret | Philadelphia Flyers | St. Louis Blues |
| July 3, 2012 | Jack Hillen | Washington Capitals | Nashville Predators |
| July 3, 2012 | Bill Thomas | Colorado Avalanche | Florida Panthers |
| July 3, 2012 | Mike Moore | Nashville Predators | San Jose Sharks |
| July 3, 2012 | Rob Klinkhammer | Phoenix Coyotes | Ottawa Senators |
| July 3, 2012 | Jaromir Jagr | Dallas Stars | Philadelphia Flyers |
| July 3, 2012 | Taylor Pyatt | New York Rangers | Phoenix Coyotes |
| July 3, 2012 | Jean-Francois Jacques | Florida Panthers | Anaheim Ducks |
| July 3, 2012 | Jon Matsumoto | San Jose Sharks | Florida Panthers |
| July 3, 2012 | Jake Dowell | Minnesota Wild | Dallas Stars |
| July 3, 2012 | Tyler Sloan | Dallas Stars | Nashville Predators |
| July 4, 2012 | Steve Sullivan | Phoenix Coyotes | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| July 4, 2012 | Zach Parise | Minnesota Wild | New Jersey Devils |
| July 4, 2012 | Ryan Suter | Minnesota Wild | Nashville Predators |
| July 4, 2012 | Al Montoya | Winnipeg Jets | New York Islanders |
| July 4, 2012 | Matt Carle | Tampa Bay Lightning | Philadelphia Flyers |
| July 5, 2012 | Dane Byers | Edmonton Oilers | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| July 5, 2012 | Derek Joslin | Vancouver Canucks | Carolina Hurricanes |
| July 5, 2012 | Philippe Dupuis | Pittsburgh Penguins | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| July 5, 2012 | Krys Barch | New Jersey Devils | Florida Panthers |
| July 5, 2012 | Bruno Gervais | Philadelphia Flyers | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| July 5, 2012 | Ruslan Fedotenko | Philadelphia Flyers | New York Rangers |
| July 5, 2012 | Kevin Porter | Buffalo Sabres | Colorado Avalanche |
| July 5, 2012 | Patrick Mullen | Vancouver Canucks | Los Angeles Kings |
| July 5, 2012 | Andrew Murray | St. Louis Blues | Detroit Red Wings |
| July 6, 2012 | Matt Taormina | Tampa Bay Lightning | New Jersey Devils |
| July 6, 2012 | Mark Dekanich | Winnipeg Jets | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| July 6, 2012 | Mark Mancari | Buffalo Sabres | Vancouver Canucks |
| July 6, 2012 | Andrew Bodnarchuk | Los Angeles Kings | Boston Bruins |
| July 6, 2012 | Brian Connelly | Minnesota Wild | Calgary Flames |
| July 7, 2012 | Ryan Stoa | Washington Capitals | Colorado Avalanche |
| July 7, 2012 | Andre Deveaux | Florida Panthers | New York Rangers |
| July 9, 2012 | Christian Hanson | Boston Bruins | Washington Capitals |
| July 9, 2012 | Jeff Halpern | New York Rangers | Washington Capitals |
| July 10, 2012 | Logan Pyett | New York Rangers | Detroit Red Wings |
| July 10, 2012 | Sean Sullivan | Colorado Avalanche | Florida Panthers |
| July 10, 2012 | Tyler Eckford | Ottawa Senators | Phoenix Coyotes |
| July 11, 2012 | Brandon Segal | New York Rangers | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| July 11, 2012 | Marc-Andre Gragnani | Carolina Hurricanes | Vancouver Canucks |
| July 11, 2012 | Joel Rechlicz | Phoenix Coyotes | Washington Capitals |
| July 11, 2012 | Wojtek Wolski | Washington Capitals | Florida Panthers |
| July 11, 2012 | Garnet Exelby | Boston Bruins | Detroit Red Wings |
| July 11, 2012 | Peter Mueller | Florida Panthers | Colorado Avalanche |
| July 12, 2012 | Sean Collins | New York Rangers | Washington Capitals |
| July 12, 2012 | Nick Johnson | Phoenix Coyotes | Minnesota Wild |
| July 13, 2012 | Benn Ferriero | Pittsburgh Penguins | San Jose Sharks |
| July 16, 2012 | Nathan Lawson | Ottawa Senators | Montreal Canadiens |
| July 18, 2012 | Aaron Johnson | Boston Bruins | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| July 19, 2012 | Tim Wallace | Carolina Hurricanes | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| July 20, 2012 | Daniel Winnik | Anaheim Ducks | San Jose Sharks |
| July 24, 2012 | Keith Aucoin | Toronto Maple Leafs | Washington Capitals |
| July 25, 2012 | Nathan McIver | New York Islanders | Boston Bruins |
| July 26, 2012 | Alexander Semin | Carolina Hurricanes | Washington Capitals |
| July 30, 2012 | Guillaume Desbiens | Vancouver Canucks | Calgary Flames |
| August 9, 2012 | Bobby Butler | New Jersey Devils | Ottawa Senators |
| August 17, 2012 | Scott Hannan | Nashville Predators | Calgary Flames |
| September 11, 2012 | Michal Rozsival | Chicago Blackhawks | Phoenix Coyotes |
| September 13, 2012 | Carlo Colaiacovo | Detroit Red Wings | St. Louis Blues |
| January 13, 2013 | Radek Martinek | New York Islanders | Columbus Blue Jackets |
| January 13, 2013 | Dan Ellis | Carolina Hurricanes | Anaheim Ducks |
| January 13, 2013 | Mike Mottau | Toronto Maple Leafs | Boston Bruins |
| January 13, 2013 | Kurtis Foster | Philadelphia Flyers | Minnesota Wild |
| January 13, 2013 | Matt Gilroy | New York Rangers | Ottawa Senators |
| January 13, 2013 | Eric Fehr | Washington Capitals | Winnipeg Jets |
| January 13, 2013 | Cam Barker | Vancouver Canucks | Edmonton Oilers |
| January 14, 2013 | Jim Vandermeer | Vancouver Canucks | San Jose Sharks |
| January 15, 2013 | Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond | Anaheim Ducks | Calgary Flames |
| January 16, 2013 | Ryan Parent | Anaheim Ducks | Vancouver Canucks |
| January 16, 2013 | Jay Rosehill | Anaheim Ducks | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| January 19, 2013 | Wade Redden | St. Louis Blues | New York Rangers |
| January 22, 2013 | Kent Huskins | Detroit Red Wings | St. Louis Blues |
| January 23, 2013 | Scott Gomez | San Jose Sharks | Montreal Canadiens |
| January 25, 2013 | Mike Knuble | Philadelphia Flyers | Washington Capitals |
| February 12, 2013 | Jay Pandolfo | Boston Bruins | New York Islanders |
| February 25, 2013 | Mark Eaton | Pittsburgh Penguins | New York Islanders |
| March 5, 2013 | Tom Kostopoulos | Pittsburgh Penguins | Calgary Flames |
| March 13, 2013 | Brett Clark | Minnesota Wild | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| March 23, 2013 | Radek Dvorak | Anaheim Ducks | Dallas Stars |

### Offer sheets

An offer sheet is a contract offered to a restricted free agent by a team other than the one for which he played during the prior season. If the player signs the offer sheet, his current team has seven days to match the contract offer and keep the player or else he goes to the team that gave the offer sheet, with compensation going to his first team.
| Date Offered | Player | Original Team | Offer Team | Date Resolved | Result | Compensation |
| July 19, 2012 | Shea Weber | Nashville Predators | Philadelphia Flyers | July 24, 2012 | matched | none |
| February 28, 2013 | Ryan O'Reilly | Colorado Avalanche | Calgary Flames | February 28, 2013 | matched | none |

## Trades

* - Following the 2012–13 NHL lockout each team was granted to have 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 22, 2012 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Sergei Bobrovsky | To Philadelphia Flyers OTT's 2nd-round pick in 2012 (Anthony Stolarz) VAN's 4th-round pick in 2012 (Taylor Leier) PHX's 4th-round pick in 2013 (Justin Auger) |
| June 22, 2012 | To New York Islanders Lubomir Visnovsky | To Anaheim Ducks 2nd-round pick in 2013 (Nick Sorensen) |
| June 22, 2012 | To Washington Capitals Mike Ribeiro | To Dallas Stars Cody Eakin 2nd-round pick in 2012 (Mike Winther) |
| June 22, 2012 | To Carolina Hurricanes Jordan Staal | To Pittsburgh Penguins Brandon Sutter Brian Dumoulin 1st-round pick in 2012 (Derrick Pouliot) |
| June 22, 2012 | To Phoenix Coyotes Zbynek Michalek | To Pittsburgh Penguins Harrison Ruopp Marc Cheverie PHI's 3rd-round pick in 2012 (Oskar Sundqvist) |
| June 23, 2012 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Benoit Pouliot | To Boston Bruins Michel Ouellet 5th-round pick in 2012 (#131 overall - Seth Griffith) |
| June 23, 2012 | To Winnipeg Jets Jonas Gustavsson | To Toronto Maple Leafs conditional 7th-round pick in 2013 (The condition was not fulfilled as Gustavsson signed with the Detroit Red Wings on July 1, 2012) |
| June 23, 2012 | To Toronto Maple Leafs James van Riemsdyk | To Philadelphia Flyers Luke Schenn |
| June 27, 2012 | To Calgary Flames Dennis Wideman | To Washington Capitals Jordan Henry 5th-round pick in 2013 (#127 overall - Tucker Poolman) |
Pick-only 2012 NHL Entry Draft trades :
| June 22, 2012 | To Buffalo Sabres 1st-round pick in 2012 (#14 overall -Zemgus Girgensons) | To Calgary Flames NSH's 1st-round pick in 2012 (#21 overall - Mark Jankowski) 2nd-round pick in 2012 (#42 overall - Patrick Sieloff) |
| June 23, 2012 | To Nashville Predators 3rd-round pick in 2012 (#89 overall - Brendan Leipsic) | To New York Rangers 3rd-round pick in 2013 (#65 overall - Adam Tambellini) |
| June 23, 2012 | To San Jose Sharks 4th-round pick in 2012 (#109 overall - Christophe Lalancette) | To Chicago Blackhawks TBL's 7th-round pick in 2012 (#191 overall - Brandon Whitney) 4th-round pick in 2013 (#111 overall - Robin Norell) |
| June 23, 2012 | To New York Rangers 5th-round pick in 2012 (#142 overall - Thomas Spelling) | To Nashville Predators 5th-round pick in 2013 (#140 overall - Teemu Kivihalme) |
| June 23, 2012 | To Dallas Stars EDM's 7th-round pick in 2012 (#183 overall - Dmitry Sinitsyn) | To Los Angeles Kings 7th-round pick in 2013 (#191 overall - Dominik Kubalik |
| June 23, 2012 | To Florida Panthers 7th-round pick in 2012 (#194 overall - Jonatan Nielsen) | To Dallas Stars 7th-round pick in 2013 (#182 overall - Aleksi Makela) |

### July

| July 1, 2012 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Nick Foligno | To Ottawa Senators Marc Methot |
| July 2, 2012 | To Dallas Stars Derek Roy | To Buffalo Sabres Steve Ott Adam Pardy |
| July 10, 2012 | To Tampa Bay Lightning B.J. Crombeen 5th-round pick in 2014 | To St. Louis Blues 4th-round pick in 2013 4th-round pick in 2014 |
| July 20, 2012 | To Florida Panthers Casey Wellman | To New York Rangers 5th-round pick in 2014 |
| July 23, 2012 | To New York Rangers Rick Nash Steven Delisle conditional 3rd-round pick | To Columbus Blue Jackets Brandon Dubinsky Artem Anisimov Tim Erixon 1st-round pick in 2013 |

#### August to December

No trades due to the 2012–13 NHL lockout.

### January

| January 13, 2013 | To Philadelphia Flyers Brian Boucher Mark Alt | To Carolina Hurricanes Luke Pither |
| January 13, 2013 | To Carolina Hurricanes Kevin Westgarth | To Los Angeles Kings Anthony Stewart 4th-round pick in 2013 (#96 overall - Kyle Platzer) 6th-round pick in 2014 |
| January 13, 2013 | To Florida Panthers Brendon Nash | To Montreal Canadiens Jason DeSantis |
| January 13, 2013 | To Edmonton Oilers Mark Fistric | To Dallas Stars 3rd-round pick in 2013 (#68 overall - Niklas Hansson) |
| January 16, 2013 | To Phoenix Coyotes Matthew Lombardi* | To Toronto Maple Leafs conditional 4th-round pick in 2014 |
| January 16, 2013 | To New York Rangers Brandon Mashinter | To San Jose Sharks Tommy Grant conditional 7th-round pick in 2014 |
| January 21, 2013 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Jean-Francois Jacques | To Florida Panthers future considerations |
| January 21, 2013 | To Chicago Blackhawks Henrik Karlsson | To Calgary Flames OTT's 7th-round pick in 2013 |
| January 24, 2013 | To New York Rangers Benn Ferriero | To Pittsburgh Penguins Chad Kolarik |
| January 24, 2013 | To Dallas Stars Carl Sneep | To Pittsburgh Penguins conditional FLA's 7th-round pick in 2013 |
| January 31, 2013 | To Washington Capitals Casey Wellman | To Florida Panthers Zach Hamill |
| January 31, 2013 | To Washington Capitals Peter LeBlanc | To Chicago Blackhawks future considerations |

### February

| February 4, 2013 | To Minnesota Wild Mike Rupp | To New York Rangers Darroll Powe Nick Palmieri |
| February 6, 2013 | To New Jersey Devils Andrei Loktionov | To Los Angeles Kings 5th-round pick in 2013 |
| February 6, 2013 | To Anaheim Ducks Ben Lovejoy | To Pittsburgh Penguins 5th-round pick in 2014 |
| February 7, 2013 | To New York Islanders Tim Thomas | To Boston Bruins conditional 2nd-round pick in 2014 or 2015 |
| February 8, 2013 | To Los Angeles Kings Keaton Ellerby | To Florida Panthers NJ's 5th-round pick in 2013 |
| February 13, 2013 | To Winnipeg Jets Eric Tangradi | To Pittsburgh Penguins 7th-round pick in 2013 |
| February 13, 2013 | To New Jersey Devils Alexei Ponikarovsky | To Winnipeg Jets 7th-round pick in 2013 4th-round pick in 2014 |
| February 14, 2013 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Cedrick Desjardins | To Montreal Canadiens Dustin Tokarski |
| February 19, 2013 | To St. Louis Blues Jani Lajunen | To Nashville Predators Scott Ford |
| February 25, 2013 | To Calgary Flames Mike Testwuide | To Philadelphia Flyers Mitch Wahl |
| February 26, 2013 | To Philadelphia Flyers Simon Gagne | To Los Angeles Kings conditional 4th-round pick in 2013 |
| February 26, 2013 | To Dallas Stars Erik Cole | To Montreal Canadiens Michael Ryder 3rd-round pick in 2013 |
| February 28, 2013 | To Calgary Flames Brian McGrattan | To Nashville Predators Joe Piskula |

### March

| March 4, 2013 | To Edmonton Oilers Mike Brown | To Toronto Maple Leafs conditional 4th-round pick in 2014 |
| March 10, 2013 | To Winnipeg Jets Tomas Kubalik | To Columbus Blue Jackets Spencer Machacek |
| March 11, 2013 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Dan Sexton | To Anaheim Ducks Kyle Wilson |
| March 12, 2013 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Matthew Ford | To Philadelphia Flyers future considerations |
| March 12, 2013 | To Ottawa Senators Matt Kassian | To Minnesota Wild 6th-round pick in 2014 |
| March 14, 2013 | To Washington Capitals Chay Genoway | To Minnesota Wild conditional 7th-round pick in 2014 |
| March 14, 2013 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Kevin Marshall | To Washington Capitals Nicolas Deschamps |
| March 15, 2013 | To Anaheim Ducks David Steckel | To Toronto Maple Leafs Ryan Lasch 7th-round pick in 2014 |
| March 15, 2013 | To Florida Panthers T.J. Brennan | To Buffalo Sabres 5th-round pick in 2013 |
| March 22, 2013 | To New Jersey Devils Matt D'Agostini conditional 7th-round pick in 2015 | To St. Louis Blues conditional 4th- or 5th-round pick in 2015 |
| March 24, 2013 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Brenden Morrow conditional EDM or MIN's 3rd-round pick in 2013 | To Dallas Stars Joe Morrow 5th-round pick in 2013 |
| March 25, 2013 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Douglas Murray | To San Jose Sharks 2nd-round pick in 2013 conditional 2nd-round pick in 2014 |
| March 28, 2013 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Jarome Iginla | To Calgary Flames Kenny Agostino Ben Hanowski 1st-round pick in 2013 |
| March 29, 2013 | To Edmonton Oilers Kale Kessy | To Phoenix Coyotes Tobias Rieder |
| March 30, 2013 | To Philadelphia Flyers Kent Huskins | To Detroit Red Wings conditional 7th-round pick in 2014 |
| March 30, 2013 | To St. Louis Blues Jordan Leopold | To Buffalo Sabres 2nd-round pick in 2013 conditional 4th- or 5th-round pick in 2013 |

### April

| April 1, 2013 | To Philadelphia Flyers Jay Rosehill | To Anaheim Ducks Harry Zolnierczyk |
| April 1, 2013 | To Chicago Blackhawks Michal Handzus | To San Jose Sharks SJ's 4th-round pick in 2013 |
| April 1, 2013 | To Los Angeles Kings Robyn Regehr | To Buffalo Sabres 2nd-round pick in 2014 2nd-round pick in 2015 |
| April 1, 2013 | To St. Louis Blues Jay Bouwmeester | To Calgary Flames Mark Cundari Reto Berra conditional 1st-round pick in 2013 or 2014 conditional 4th-round pick in 2013 |
| April 2, 2013 | To Carolina Hurricanes Marc-Andre Bergeron | To Tampa Bay Lightning Adam Hall 7th-round pick in 2013 |
| April 2, 2013 | To Vancouver Canucks Derek Roy | To Dallas Stars Kevin Connauton 2nd-round pick in 2013 |
| April 2, 2013 | To Washington Capitals Joel Rechlicz | To Phoenix Coyotes Matt Clackson |
| April 2, 2013 | To Boston Bruins Jaromir Jagr | To Dallas Stars Lane MacDermid Cody Payne conditional 1st- or 2nd-round pick in 2013 |
| April 2, 2013 | To Edmonton Oilers Garrett Stafford | To Washington Capitals Dane Byers |
| April 2, 2013 | To Montreal Canadiens Davis Drewiske | To Los Angeles Kings 5th-round pick in 2013 |
| April 2, 2013 | To Dallas Stars Cameron Gaunce | To Colorado Avalanche Tomas Vincour |
| April 2, 2013 | To New York Rangers Ryane Clowe | To San Jose Sharks 2nd-round pick in 2013 FLA's 3rd-round pick in 2013 conditional 2nd-round pick in 2014 |
| April 2, 2013 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Philippe Paradis | To Chicago Blackhawks Kirill Gotovets |
| April 3, 2013 | To Chicago Blackhawks Maxime Sauve | To Boston Bruins Rob Flick |
| April 3, 2013 | To San Jose Sharks Scott Hannan | To Nashville Predators conditional 6th- or 7th-round pick in 2013 |
| April 3, 2013 | To Edmonton Oilers Jerred Smithson | To Florida Panthers 4th-round pick in 2013 |
| April 3, 2013 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Jussi Jokinen* | To Carolina Hurricanes conditional 7th-round pick in 2013 |
| April 3, 2013 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Ben Bishop | To Ottawa Senators Cory Conacher PHI's 4th-round pick in 2013 |
| April 3, 2013 | To Philadelphia Flyers Steve Mason | To Columbus Blue Jackets Michael Leighton 3rd-round pick in 2015 |
| April 3, 2013 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Marian Gaborik Steven Delisle Blake Parlett | To New York Rangers Derick Brassard Derek Dorsett John Moore 6th-round pick in 2014 |
| April 3, 2013 | To Minnesota Wild Jason Pominville* 4th-round pick in 2014 | To Buffalo Sabres Matt Hackett Johan Larsson 1st-round pick in 2013 2nd-round pick in 2014 |
| April 3, 2013 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Blake Comeau | To Calgary Flames 5th-round pick in 2013 |
| April 3, 2013 | To San Jose Sharks Raffi Torres | To Phoenix Coyotes FLA's 3rd-round pick in 2013 |
| April 3, 2013 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Ryan O'Byrne | To Colorado Avalanche EDM's 4th-round pick in 2014 |
| April 3, 2013 | To Boston Bruins Wade Redden | To St. Louis Blues conditional 7th-round pick in 2014 |
| April 3, 2013 | To Anaheim Ducks Matthew Lombardi | To Phoenix Coyotes Brandon McMillan |
| April 3, 2013 | To New Jersey Devils Steve Sullivan | To Phoenix Coyotes 7th-round pick in 2014 |
| April 3, 2013 | To Minnesota Wild Jeff Deslauriers | To Anaheim Ducks future considerations |
| April 3, 2013 | To Washington Capitals Martin Erat Michael Latta | To Nashville Predators Filip Forsberg |
| April 3, 2013 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Patrick Killeen | To Pittsburgh Penguins future considerations |

### June (2013)

| June 6, 2013 | To Dallas Stars Sergei Gonchar | To Ottawa Senators conditional 6th-round pick in 2013 |
| June 12, 2013 | To Philadelphia Flyers Mark Streit | To New York Islanders Shane Harper 4th-round pick in 2014 |
| June 14, 2013 | To Florida Panthers Bobby Butler | To Nashville Predators T.J. Brennan |
| June 18, 2013 | To Calgary Flames Corban Knight | To Florida Panthers 4th-round pick in 2013 |
| June 23, 2013 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Jonathan Bernier | To Los Angeles Kings Matt Frattin* Ben Scrivens* 2nd-round pick in 2014 or 2015 |
| June 24, 2013 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Harry Zolnierczyk | To Anaheim Ducks Alex Grant |
| June 27, 2013 | To Colorado Avalanche Alex Tanguay Cory Sarich | To Calgary Flames David Jones Shane O'Brien |
For details concerning conditional draft picks see the appropriate Entry Draft pages.

## 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 |
| January 14, 2013 | Joe Finley | New York Islanders | Buffalo Sabres |
| January 15, 2013 | Thomas Hickey | New York Islanders | Los Angeles Kings |
| January 15, 2013 | Richard Clune | Nashville Predators | Los Angeles Kings |
| January 16, 2013 | Anthony Peluso | Winnipeg Jets | St. Louis Blues |
| January 17, 2013 | Keith Aucoin | New York Islanders | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| January 19, 2013 | Brian Strait | New York Islanders | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| January 19, 2013 | James Wright | Winnipeg Jets | Florida Panthers |
| January 25, 2013 | Niko Hovinen | Edmonton Oilers | Philadelphia Flyers |
| January 31, 2013 | Zach Boychuk | Pittsburgh Penguins | Carolina Hurricanes |
| January 31, 2013 | Frazer McLaren | Toronto Maple Leafs | San Jose Sharks |
| February 5, 2013 | Aaron Palushaj | Colorado Avalanche | Montreal Canadiens |
| February 11, 2013 | Joey MacDonald | Calgary Flames | Detroit Red Wings |
| February 28, 2013 | Aaron Volpatti | Washington Capitals | Vancouver Canucks |
| March 1, 2013 | Tom Sestito | Vancouver Canucks | Philadelphia Flyers |
| March 4, 2013 | Bobby Butler | Nashville Predators | New Jersey Devils |
| March 5, 2013 | Zach Boychuk | Nashville Predators | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| March 6, 2013 | Roman Hamrlik | New York Rangers | Washington Capitals |
| March 6, 2013 | Tom Kostopoulos | New Jersey Devils | Pittsburgh Penguins |
| March 16, 2013 | Adam Hall | Carolina Hurricanes | Tampa Bay Lightning |
| March 21, 2013 | Zach Boychuk | Carolina Hurricanes | Nashville Predators |
| March 23, 2013 | Jeff Halpern | Montreal Canadiens | New York Rangers |
| March 27, 2013 | Kaspars Daugavins | Boston Bruins | Ottawa Senators |
| April 3, 2013 | Mike Santorelli | Winnipeg Jets | Florida Panthers |
| April 3, 2013 | Adam Hall | Philadelphia Flyers | Tampa Bay Lightning |