# 1997–98 NHL transactions

This list is for 1997–98 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 1997–98 NHL season. It lists what team each player has been traded to, or claimed by, and for which players or draft picks, if applicable.

## May

| Date | | | References |
| May 30, 1997 | To St. Louis BluesBrent Johnson | To Colorado Avalanche3rd-rd pick – 1997 Entry Draft (# 55 – Rick Berry) conditional 3rd-rd pick – 2000 Entry Draft$^1$ | |
* Conditions of this draft pick are unknown Colorado made no pick selection belonging to St. Louis in the 2000 Entry Draft.

## June

| Date | | |
| June 12, 1997 | To Toronto Maple LeafsPer Gustafsson | To Florida PanthersMike Lankshear |
| June 18, 1997 | To Edmonton Oilers7th-rd pick - 1997 Entry Draft (# 187 - Chad Hinz) | To Philadelphia Flyersrights to Martin Cerven |
| June 21, 1997 | To San Jose Sharks1st-rd pick - 1997 Entry Draft (# 23 - Scott Hannan) | To Carolina Hurricanes2nd-rd pick - 1997 Entry Draft (# 28 - Brad DeFauw) 3rd-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (# 71 - Erik Cole) |
| June 21, 1997 | To New Jersey Devils2nd-rd pick - 1997 Entry Draft (# 38 - Stanislav Gron) | To Ottawa Senators3rd-rd pick - 1997 Entry Draft (# 58 - Jani Hurme) 3rd-rd pick - 1997 Entry Draft (# 66 - Josh Langfeld) |
| June 21, 1997 | To Dallas Stars3rd-rd pick - 1997 Entry Draft (# 77 - Steve Gainey) | To Philadelphia Flyers2nd-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (OTT - # 58 - Chris Bala)$^1$ |
| June 21, 1997 | To St. Louis Blues4th-rd pick - 1997 Entry Draft (# 98 - Jan Horacek) 4th-rd pick - 1997 Entry Draft (# 106 - Jame Pollock) | To Colorado Avalanche3rd-rd pick - 1997 Entry Draft (# 78 - Ville Nieminen) 5th-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (# 141 - K.C. Timmons) |
| June 21, 1997 | To San Jose Sharks4th-rd pick - 1997 Entry Draft (# 82 - Adam Colagiacomo) | To New York Rangers4th-rd pick - 1997 Entry Draft (# 93 - Tomi Kallarsson) 6th-rd pick - 1997 Entry Draft (# 136 - Mike York) |
| June 21, 1997 | To San Jose SharksShawn Burr | To Tampa Bay Lightning5th-rd pick - 1997 Entry Draft (# 108 - Mark Thompson) |
| June 21, 1997 | To Boston Bruins9th-rd pick - 1997 Entry Draft (# 245 - Steve Lafleur) | To Colorado Avalanche9th-rd pick - 1997 Entry Draft (# 246 - Jay Henderson) |
| June 21, 1997 | To Calgary FlamesRick Tabaracci | To Tampa Bay Lightning4th-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (# 92 - Eric Beaudoin) |
| June 21, 1997 | To Boston BruinsMike Sullivan | To Calgary Flames7th-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (# 192 - Radek Duda) |
| June 27, 1997 | To St. Louis BluesAlexander Godynyuk 6th-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (# 157 - Brad Voth) | To Carolina HurricanesStephen Leach |
* Philadelphia's acquired second-round pick went to Ottawa as the result of a trade on January 17, 1998 that sent Alexandre Daigle to Philadelphia in exchange for Pat Falloon, Vaclav Prospal and this pick.

## July

| Date | | |
| July 16, 1997 | To Edmonton OilersBrantt Myhres 3rd-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (# 67 - Alex Henry) | To Tampa Bay LightningVladimir Vujtek 3rd-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (# 72 - Dimitri Afanasenkov) |
| July 24, 1997 | To San Jose SharksStephane Matteau | To St. Louis BluesDarren Turcotte |
| July 25, 1997 | To San Jose SharksMurray Craven | To Chicago BlackhawksPetri Varis 6th-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (# 158 - Jari Viuhkola) |
| July 25, 1997 | To Chicago BlackhawksRyan Risidore 5th-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (TOR - # 126 - Morgan Warren)$^1$ | To Carolina HurricanesEnrico Ciccone |
* Chicago's acquired fifth-round pick went to Toronto as the result of a trade on June 27, 1998 that sent a first-round pick and a fourth-round pick in the 1998 Entry Draft to Chicago in exchange for a first-round pick and a third-round pick in the 1998 Entry Draft along with this pick.

## August

| Date | | |
| August 8, 1997 | To Carolina Hurricanes4th-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (# 93 - Tommy Westlund) | To New York RangersJason Muzzatti |
| August 12, 1997 | To Edmonton Oilers3rd-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (NJD - # 82 - Brian Gionta)$^1$ | To Pittsburgh PenguinsJiri Slegr |
| August 18, 1997 | To San Jose Sharks Mike Vernon 5th-rd pick - 1999 Entry Draft (DET - # 149 - Andrei Maximenko)$^2$ | To Detroit Red Wings2nd-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (STL - # 41 - Maxim Linnik)$^3$ 2nd-rd pick - 1999 Entry Draft (TBL - # 47 - Sheldon Keefe)$^4$ |
| August 20, 1997 | To Tampa Bay LightningKarl Dykhuis Mikael Renberg | To Philadelphia Flyers1st-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (# 22 - Simon Gagne) 1st-rd pick - 1999 Entry Draft (# 22 - Maxime Ouellet) 1st-rd pick - 2000 Entry Draft (# 28 - Justin Williams) 1st-rd pick - 2001 Entry Draft (OTT - # 23 - Tim Gleason)$^5$ |
| August 22, 1997 | To New Jersey DevilsVlastimil Kroupa | To San Jose Sharks3rd-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (NAS - # 85 - Geoff Koch)$^6$ |
| August 25, 1997 | To St. Louis BluesSteve Duchesne | To Ottawa SenatorsIgor Kravchuk |
| August 25, 1997 | To Edmonton OilersDan LaCouture | To New York IslandersMariusz Czerkawski |
| August 25, 1997 | To Calgary FlamesAndrew Cassels Jean-Sebastien Giguere | To Carolina HurricanesTrevor Kidd Gary Roberts |
| August 28, 1997 | To Los Angeles KingsLuc Robitaille | To New York RangersKevin Stevens |
| August 29, 1997 | To Boston BruinsByron Dafoe Dmitri Khristich | To Los Angeles KingsSandy Moger Jozef Stumpel 4th-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (NJD - # 105- Pierre Dagenais)$^6$ |
* Edmonton's acquired third-round pick went to New Jersey as the result of a trade on June 27, 1998 that sent the rights to Fredrik Bremberg, a fourth-round and fifth-round picks in the 1998 Entry Draft to Edmonton in exchange for this pick.
* Detroit's fifth-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on June 26, 1999 that sent a fifth-round pick in the 2000 Entry Draft to San Jose in exchange for this pick.
* Detroit's acquired second-round pick went to St. Louis as the result of a trade on June 27, 1998 that sent second-round and fourth-round picks in the 1998 Entry Draft to Detroit in exchange for this pick.
* Detroit's acquired second-round pick went to Tampa Bay as the result of a trade on March 23, 1999 that sent Wendel Clark and a sixth-round pick in the 1999 Entry Draft to Detroit in exchange for Kevin Hodson and this pick.
* Philadelphia's first-round pick went to Ottawa as the result of a trade on June 23, 2001 that sent a first-round and a seventh-round compensatory pick in the 2001 Entry Draft along with a second-round pick the 2002 Entry Draft in exchange for this pick.
* Los Angeles' acquired fourth-round pick went to New Jersey as the result of a trade on June 18, 1998 that sent Doug Bodger to Los Angeles in exchange for this pick.

## September

| Date | | |
| September 4, 1997 | To Calgary FlamesEric Charron | To Washington Capitalsfuture considerations (7th-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft # 179 - Nathan Forster)$^1$ |
| September 17, 1997 | To Mighty Ducks of AnaheimScott Young | To Colorado Avalanche3rd-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (FLA - # 63 - Lance Ward)$^2$ |
| September 24, 1997 | To Chicago BlackhawksKirk Daubenspeck | To Ottawa Senators6th-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (# 161 - Chris Neil) future considerations |
| September 24, 1997 | To Buffalo SabresJason Woolley | To Pittsburgh Penguins5th-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (# 134 - Rob Scuderi) |
| September 28, 1997 | To Colorado AvalancheFrancois Leroux | To Pittsburgh Penguins3rd-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (# 80 - David Cameron) |
| September 29, 1997 | To Buffalo Sabres2nd-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (# 34 - Andrew Peters) conditional 5th-rd pick - 2000 Entry Draft$^3$ | To New York RangersPat LaFontaine |
| September 30, 1997 | To Toronto Maple Leafsfuture considerations | To St. Louis BluesKelly Chase |
* Trade completed on June 27, 1998
* Colorado's acquired third-round pick went to Florida as the result of a trade on March 23, 1998 that sent Tom Fitzgerald to Colorado in exchange for the rights to Mark Parrish and this pick.
* Conditions of this draft pick are unknown. Buffalo made no pick selection belonging to the Rangers in the 2000 Entry Draft.

## October

| Date | | |
| October 10, 1997 | To Chicago BlackhawksMartin Gendron 6th-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (# 166 - Jonathan Pelletier) | To Washington Capitals5th-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (# 125 - Erik Wendell) |
| October 15, 1997 | To Edmonton OilersJason Bowen | To Philadelphia FlyersBrantt Myhres |
| October 21, 1997 | To Philadelphia FlyersMike Maneluk | To Ottawa Senatorscash |
| October 27, 1997 | To Chicago BlackhawksGreg Johnson | To Pittsburgh PenguinsTuomas Gronman |

## November

| Date | | |
| November 12, 1997 | To Buffalo Sabresfuture considerations | To Chicago BlackhawksAndrei Trefilov |
| November 13, 1997 | To San Jose SharksDave Lowry 1st-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (TBL - # 1 - Vincent Lecavalier)$^1$ | To Florida PanthersViktor Kozlov conditional 5th-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (# 117 - Jaroslav Spacek)$^2$ |
| November 14, 1997 | To Los Angeles Kingsconditional pick - 1999 Entry Draft$^3$ | To New York RangersBrad Smyth |
| November 17, 1997 | To Carolina HurricanesSean Hill | To Ottawa SenatorsChris Murray |
| November 20, 1997 | To San Jose SharksMike Ricci 2nd-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (BUF - # 50 - Jaroslav Kristek)$^4$ | To Colorado AvalancheShean Donovan 1st-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (# 12 - Alex Tanguay) |
* San Jose's acquired first-round pick went to Tampa Bay as the result of a trade on March 24, 1998 that sent Bryan Marchment and David Shaw to San Jose in exchange for Andrei Nazarov and Tampa Bay's conditional right to swap first-round pick in the 1998 Entry Draft (this pick).
* Conditions of this draft pick are unknown.
* Conditions of this draft pick are unknown and no pick was taken.
* San Jose's acquired second-round pick went to Buffalo as the result of a trade on June 18, 1998 that sent Steve Shields and a fourth-round pick in the 1998 Entry Draft to San Jose in exchange for Kay Whitmore, a fifth-round pick in the 2000 Entry Draft and this pick.

## December

| Date | | | References |
| December 7, 1997 | To New Jersey DevilsDoug Bodger Dody Wood | To San Jose SharksJohn MacLean Ken Sutton | |
| December 30, 1997 | To Edmonton OilersRoman Hamrlik rights to Paul Comrie | To Tampa Bay LightningJason Bonsignore Steve Kelly Bryan Marchment | |

## January

| Date | | |
| January 2, 1998 | To Toronto Maple LeafsJeff Brown | To Carolina Hurricanesconditional pick - 1999 Entry Draft (NAS - 4th-rd - # 121 - Evgeny Pavlov)$^1$ |
| January 2, 1998 | To Vancouver CanucksSean Burke Enrico Ciccone Geoff Sanderson | To Carolina HurricanesMartin Gelinas Kirk McLean |
| January 4, 1998 | To New Jersey DevilsJason Arnott Bryan Muir | To Edmonton OilersBill Guerin Valeri Zelepukin |
| January 8, 1998 | To New Jersey Devils4th-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (# 96 - Mikko Jokela) future considerations | To Chicago BlackhawksReid Simpson |
| January 9, 1998 | To Mighty Ducks of AnaheimDrew Bannister | To Edmonton OilersBobby Dollas |
| January 15, 1998 | To Tampa Bay LightningMark Fitzpatrick Jody Hull | To Florida PanthersDino Ciccarelli Jeff Norton |
| January 15, 1998 | To Montreal CanadiensPatrick Poulin Igor Ulanov Mick Vukota | To Tampa Bay LightningStephane Richer Darcy Tucker David Wilkie |
| January 17, 1998 | To Philadelphia FlyersAlexandre Daigle | To Ottawa SenatorsPat Falloon Vaclav Prospal 2nd-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (# 58 - Chris Bala) |
* Carolina's acquired fourth-round pick went to Nashville as the result of a trade on June 26, 1999 that sent Eric Fichaud to Carolina in exchange for future considerations and this pick. Conditions of this draft pick in the original trade are unknown.

## February

| Date | | |
| February 1, 1998 | To Montreal CanadiensJonas Hoglund Zarley Zalapski | To Calgary FlamesValeri Bure 4th-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (# 102 - Shaun Sutter) |
| February 4, 1998 | To Buffalo SabresGeoff Sanderson | To Vancouver CanucksBrad May 4th-rd pick - 1999 Entry Draft (TBL - # 88 - Jimmie Olvestad)$^1$ |
| February 5, 1998 | To Mighty Ducks of AnaheimTravis Green Doug Houda Tony Tuzzolino | To New York IslandersJean-Jacques Daigneault Mark Janssens Joe Sacco |
| February 5, 1998 | To Vancouver Canucks5th-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (PHI - # 139 - Garrett Prosofsky)$^2$ | To Philadelphia FlyersMike Sillinger |
| February 5, 1998 | To New Jersey Devils5th-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (# 119 - Anton But) | To Vancouver CanucksPeter Zezel |
| February 6, 1998 | To Vancouver CanucksTodd Bertuzzi Bryan McCabe 3rd-rd pick - 1998 Entry Draft (# 68 - Jarkko Ruutu) | To New York IslandersTrevor Linden |
* Vancouver's acquired fourth-round pick went to Tampa Bay as the result of a trade on June 25, 1999 that sent a first-round pick in the 1999 Entry Draft to Vancouver in exchange for a first-round pick, a third-round pick in the 1998 Entry Draft and this pick.
* Philadelphia fifth-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on March 24, 1998 that sent a third-round pick in the 1998 Entry Draft to Vancouver in exchange for Dave Babych and this pick.

## March

* Trading Deadline: March 24, 1998
| Date | | |
| March 3, 1998 | To Boston BruinsGrant Ledyard | To Vancouver Canucks8th-rd pick – 1998 Entry Draft (# 219 – Curtis Valentine) |
| March 4, 1998 | To Vancouver CanucksGarth Snow | To Philadelphia FlyersSean Burke |
| March 4, 1998 | To Phoenix CoyotesKeith Carney Jim Cummins | To Chicago BlackhawksChad Kilger Jayson More |
| March 7, 1998 | To Toronto Maple LeafsLonny Bohonos | To Vancouver CanucksBrandon Convery |
| March 8, 1998 | To Washington CapitalsEsa Tikkanen | To Florida PanthersDwayne Hay conditional pick – 1999 Entry Draft$^1$ (4th-rd - # 103 – Morgan McCormick) |
| March 9, 1998 | To Edmonton OilersFrank Musil | To Ottawa SenatorsScott Ferguson |
| March 14, 1998 | To Vancouver CanucksJamie Huscroft | To Tampa Bay LightningEnrico Ciccone |
| March 14, 1998 | To Montreal CanadiensMartin Gendron | To Chicago BlackhawksDavid Ling |
| March 17, 1998 | To Toronto Maple Leafs8th-rd pick – 1998 Entry Draft (# 215 – Dwight Wolfe) | To Ottawa SenatorsPer Gustafsson |
| March 23, 1998 | To Colorado AvalancheTom Fitzgerald | To Florida Panthersrights to Mark Parrish 3rd-rd pick – 1998 Entry Draft (# 63 – Lance Ward) |
| March 23, 1998 | To Florida PanthersKirk McLean | To Carolina HurricanesRay Sheppard |
| March 23, 1998 | To Vancouver CanucksJason Strudwick | To New York IslandersGino Odjick |
| March 24, 1998 | To Toronto Maple Leafs8th-rd pick – 1998 Entry Draft (# 228 – Michal Travnicek) | To Dallas StarsMike Kennedy |
| March 24, 1998 | To Dallas StarsMike Keane Brian Skrudland conditional 6th-rd pick$^2$ – 1998 Entry Draft (# 153 – Pavel Patera) or 1999 Entry Draft | To New York RangersBob Errey Todd Harvey 4th-rd pick – 1998 Entry Draft (# 114 – Boyd Kane) |
| March 24, 1998 | To San Jose SharksJoe Murphy | To St. Louis BluesTodd Gill |
| March 24, 1998 | To San Jose SharksBryan Marchment David Shaw | To Tampa Bay LightningAndrei Nazarov Tampa Bay's conditional right to swap 1st-rd picks – 1998 Entry Draft (# 1 – Vincent Lecavalier)$^3$ |
| March 24, 1998 | To San Jose SharksJason Muzzatti | To New York RangersRich Brennan |
| March 24, 1998 | To Buffalo SabresJason Holland Paul Kruse | To New York IslandersJason Dawe |
| March 24, 1998 | To Toronto Maple Leafs4th-rd pick – 1998 Entry Draft (# 87 – Alexei Ponikarovsky) | To Detroit Red WingsJamie Macoun |
| March 24, 1998 | To Mighty Ducks of AnaheimJamie Pushor 4th-rd pick – 1998 Entry Draft (# 112 – Viktor Wallin) | To Detroit Red WingsDmitri Mironov |
| March 24, 1998 | To Chicago BlackhawksRyan VandenBussche | To New York RangersRyan Risidore |
| March 24, 1998 | To St. Louis BluesMike Eastwood | To New York RangersHarry York |
| March 24, 1998 | To Mighty Ducks of Anaheimrights to Patrick Lalime | To Pittsburgh PenguinsSean Pronger |
| March 24, 1998 | To Edmonton OilersJanne Niinimaa | To Philadelphia FlyersDan McGillis 2nd-rd pick – 1998 Entry Draft (# 42 – Jason Beckett) |
| March 24, 1998 | To Mighty Ducks of AnaheimJosef Marha | To Colorado AvalancheWarren Rychel conditional pick – 1999 Entry Draft (4th-rd - # 112 – Sanny Lindstrom)$^4$ |
| March 24, 1998 | To Toronto Maple LeafsSylvain Cote | To Washington CapitalsJeff Brown |
| March 24, 1998 | To Calgary FlamesJason Wiemer | To Tampa Bay LightningSandy McCarthy 3rd-rd pick – 1998 Entry Draft (# 64 – Brad Richards) 5th-rd pick – 1998 Entry Draft (# 121 – Curtis Rich) |
| March 24, 1998 | To Phoenix CoyotesMark Janssens | To New York Islanders9th-rd pick – 1998 Entry Draft (# 242 – Jason Doyle) |
| March 24, 1998 | To Vancouver Canucks3rd-rd pick – 1998 Entry Draft (# 81 – Justin Morrison) | To Philadelphia FlyersDave Babych 5th-rd pick – 1998 Entry Draft (# 139 – Garrett Prosofsky) |
* Conditions of this draft pick are unknown.
* Conditions of this draft pick are unknown.
* Tampa Bay did swap its first-round pick with San Jose for the 1998 Entry Draft.
* Conditions of this draft pick are unknown.