# 1968–69 NHL transactions

The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League during the 1968–69 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 14, 1968 | To Toronto Maple LeafsTerry Clancy | To Oakland Sealscash |
| May 14, 1968 | To Oakland Sealscash | To New York Rangersrights to Larry Popein |
| May 20, 1968 | To Boston Bruins1st-rd pick - 1970 Amateur Draft (# 3 - Reggie Leach) | To Los Angeles KingsSkip Krake |
| May 21, 1968 | To Boston Bruins1st-rd pick - 1969 Amateur Draft (# 4 - Frank Spring) cash | To Pittsburgh PenguinsJean Pronovost John Arbour |
| May 21, 1968 | To Montreal CanadiensWally Boyer Alain Caron 1st-rd pick - 1968 Amateur Draft (# 3 - Jim Pritchard) 1st-rd pick - 1970 Amateur Draft (# 5 - Ray Martyniuk) future considerations$^1$ (Lyle Bradley) | To Oakland SealsNorm Ferguson Stan Fuller future considerations$^1$ (Francois Lacombe) (Michel Jacques) |
| May 23, 1968 | To Toronto Maple LeafsPierre Pilote | To Chicago Black HawksJim Pappin |
| May 27, 1968 | To Oakland SealsGary Jarrett Doug Roberts Chris Worthy Howie Young | To Detroit Red WingsBob Baun Ron Harris |
* Trade completed in June, 1968 (exact date unknown).

### June

| June 6, 1968 | To Toronto Maple Leafscash | To Detroit Red WingsDoug Barrie |
| June 6, 1968 | To Montreal Canadienscash | To Minnesota North StarsJake Rathwell |
| June 10, 1968 | To Montreal Canadiens1st-rd pick - 1972 Amateur Draft (# 8 - Dave Gardner) cash future considerations$^1$ (Marshall Johnston) | To Minnesota North StarsDanny Grant Claude Larose future considerations$^1$ (Bob Murdoch) |
| June 10, 1968 | To Montreal Canadiens1st-rd pick - 1972 Amateur Draft (# 6 - Michel Larocque) future considerations$^2$ (Tom Thurlby) | To Oakland SealsBryan Watson cash |
| June 11, 1968 | To St. Louis BluesLou Angotti Ian Campbell | To Philadelphia FlyersDarryl Edestrand Gerry Melnyk |
| June 11, 1968 | To St. Louis BluesAb McDonald | To Pittsburgh PenguinsLou Angotti |
| June 11, 1968 | To Montreal CanadiensAl MacNeil | To Pittsburgh PenguinsWally Boyer |
| June 11, 1968 | To Montreal Canadienscash | To Minnesota North StarsJim Paterson rights to Claude Piche |
| June 11, 1968 | To Los Angeles KingsMyron Stankiewicz | To St. Louis BluesTerry Gray |
| June 11, 1968 | To Montreal Canadiens1st-rd pick - 1969 Amateur Draft (MIN - # 5 - Dick Redmond)$^3$ 1st-rd pick - 1972 Amateur Draft (# 4 - Steve Shutt) | To Los Angeles KingsGerry Desjardins |
| June 11, 1968 | To Montreal Canadienscash | To St. Louis BluesTed Ouimet |
| June 11, 1968 | To Montreal Canadienscash | To St. Louis BluesKenneth Faranski |
| June 11, 1968 | To Montreal Canadienscash | To St. Louis BluesGerald Lemire |
| June 12, 1968 | To Montreal Canadiens1st-rd pick - 1973 Amateur Draft (ATL - # 2 - Tom Lysiak)$^4$ 2nd-rd pick - 1973 Amateur Draft (MIN - # 18 - Blake Dunlop)$^5$ | To Oakland Seals opportunity to select Carol Vadnais in the 1968 waiver draft |
| June 12, 1968 | To Minnesota North StarsWayne Hillman Joey Johnston Dan Seguin | To New York RangersDave Balon |
| June 13, 1968 | To St. Louis BluesCamille Henry Robbie Irons Bill Plager | To New York RangersDon Caley Wayne Rivers |
| June 27, 1968 | To St. Louis BluesSeth Martin | To New York Rangerscash |

#### Notes

* Trade completed on May 25, 1971.
* Trade completed in September, 1968 (exact date unknown).
* This pick went to the Minnesota North Stars in exchange for Minnesota's promised to Montreal that they would not draft Dick Duff in the 1969 intra-league draft.
* This pick went to the Atlanta Flames as the result of a trade on May 15, 1973, that sent Montreal's two first-round picks and second-round pick in 1973 NHL Amateur Draft to Atlanta in exchange for Atlanta's first-round pick in 1973 NHL Amateur Draft, first-round pick in 1977 NHL Amateur Draft and second-round pick in 1978 NHL Amateur Draft.
* This pick went to the Minnesota North Stars as the result of a trade on May 15, 1973, that sent Minnesota's second-round pick in 1975 NHL Amateur Draft in exchange for this pick.

### July

| July 1, 1968 | To Montreal CanadiensYves Locas Brian Smith | To Los AngelesLarry Cahan |
| July 4, 1968 | To Oakland SealsGeorge Konik | To Pittsburgh Penguinscash |

### August

| August, 1968 (exact date unknown) | To Montreal Canadienscash | To Oakland SealsLen Ronson |

### September

| September, 1968 (exact date unknown) | To Pittsburgh Penguinscash | To Philadelphia Flyersloan of Bob Rivard |
| September 13, 1968 | To Oakland Sealscash | To New York RangersRon Boehm |
| September 30, 1968 | To Toronto Maple LeafsLouis Devault Grant Moore | To Los Angeles KingsGary Croteau Brian Murphy Wayne Thomas |

### October

| October, 1968 (exact date unknown) | To Detroit Red Wingscash | To Pittsburgh PenguinsDoug Barrie |
| October 1, 1968 | To Minnesota North Stars1st-rd pick - 1972 Amateur Draft (MTL - # 8 - Dave Gardner)$^1$ | To Pittsburgh PenguinsBob Woytowich |
| October 10, 1968 | To Los Angeles KingsJimmy Peters Jr. | To Detroit Red WingsTerry Sawchuk |
| October 28, 1968 | To Montreal Canadienscash | To St. Louis BluesNorm Dennis |
* This pick went to the Montreal Canadiens as the result of a trade on June 10, 1968, that sent Minnesota's first-round pick in 1972, cash and future considerations (Marshall Johnston trade completed on May 25, 1971) to Montreal in exchange for Danny Grant, Claude Larose and future considerations (Bob Murdoch trade completed on May 25, 1971).
    Montreal received the lowest of Minnesota's two first-round pick.

### November

| November 12, 1968 | To Los Angeles KingsRon Anderson | To Detroit Red WingsPoul Popiel |
| November 15, 1968 | To Montreal Canadienscash | To Minnesota North StarsBrian Smith |
| November 22, 1968 | To Montreal CanadiensLarry Hillman | To Pittsburgh PenguinsJean-Guy Lagace cash |
| November 29, 1968 | To Oakland SealsBob Dillabough | To Pittsburgh PenguinsBilly Harris |

### December

| December 1, 1968 | To Chicago Black HawksBrian Bradley | To Philadelphia FlyersBob Sneddon |

### January

| January 24, 1969 | To Minnesota North StarsLeo Boivin | To Pittsburgh PenguinsDuane Rupp |
| January 30, 1969 | To Oakland SealsEarl Ingarfield Sr. Dick Mattiussi Gene Ubriaco | To Minnesota North StarsTracy Pratt George Swarbrick Bryan Watson |

### February

| February 14, 1969 | To Minnesota North StarsBill Orban Tom Reid future considerations$^1$ (Doug Shelton) | To Chicago Black HawksAndre Boudrias Mike McMahon Jr. |
| February 15, 1969 | To Minnesota North StarsDanny Lawson rights to Brian Conacher | To Detroit Red WingsWayne Connolly |

#### Notes

* Trade completed in June 1969 (exact date unknown).

### March

| March 2, 1969 | To Toronto Maple LeafsForbes Kennedy Brit Selby | To Philadelphia FlyersMike Byers Gerry Meehan Bill Sutherland |