# 1975–76 NHL transactions

The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League during the 1975–76 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
### June

| June 1, 1975 | To California Golden SealsJim Pappin 3rd-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft (CLE - # 42 - Guy Lash)$^1$ | To Chicago Black HawksJoey Johnston |
| June 3, 1975 | To Washington CapitalsBill Clement Don McLean 1st-rd pick - 1975 Amateur Draft (# 18 - Alex Forsyth) | To Philadelphia Flyers1st-rd pick - 1975 Amateur Draft (# 1 - Mel Bridgman) |
| June 3, 1975 | To Toronto Maple Leafs3rd-rd pick - 1976 Amateur Draft (# 52 - Gary McFayden) | To Boston Bruins4th-rd pick - 1975 Amateur Draft (# 60 - Rick Adduono) |
| June 3, 1975 | To Toronto Maple Leafs10th-rd pick - 1975 Amateur Draft (# 166 - Paul Crowley) | To Chicago Black Hawkscash |
| June 3, 1975 | To Detroit Red Wings11th-rd pick - 1975 Amateur Draft (# 176 - Dave Hanson) | To Washington Capitalscash |
| June 3, 1975 | To Toronto Maple Leafs11th-rd pick - 1975 Amateur Draft (# 180 - Jack Laine) | To Chicago Black Hawkscash |
| June 3, 1975 | To Toronto Maple Leafs12th-rd pick - 1975 Amateur Draft (# 188 - Ken Holland) | To Washington Capitalscash |
| June 3, 1975 | To Toronto Maple Leafs12th-rd pick - 1975 Amateur Draft (# 189 - Bob Barnes) | To Kansas City Scoutscash |
| June 3, 1975 | To Toronto Maple Leafs12th-rd pick - 1975 Amateur Draft (# 193 - Jim Montgomery) | To St. Louis Bluescash |
| June 3, 1975 | To St. Louis Bluescash | To New York Rangers13th-rd pick - 1975 Amateur Draft (# 200 - Steve Roberts) |
| June 5, 1975 | To Atlanta FlamesDave Kryskow | To Detroit Red WingsBryan Hextall Jr. |
| June 17, 1975 | To Toronto Maple LeafsWayne Thomas | To Montreal Canadiens1st-rd pick - 1976 Amateur Draft (# 12 - Peter Lee) |
| June 18, 1975 | To Kansas City ScoutsDenis Dupere Craig Patrick cash | To St. Louis BluesLynn Powis 2nd-rd pick - 1976 Amateur Draft (# 20 - Brian Sutter) |
| June 18, 1975 | To St. Louis BluesJerry Butler Ted Irvine Bert Wilson | To New York RangersBill collins John Davidson |
| June 20, 1975 | To Toronto Maple LeafsStan Weir | To California Golden SealsGary Sabourin |
| June 23, 1975 | To Los Angeles KingsBart Crashley Marcel Dionne | To Detroit Red WingsTerry Harper Dan Maloney 2nd-rd pick - 1976 Amateur Draft (MIN - # 31 - Jim Roberts)$^1$ |
| June 26, 1975 | To Toronto Maple LeafsGreg Hubick | To Montreal CanadiensDoug Jarvis |
* The Golden Seals relocated to become the Cleveland Barons for the 1976–77 NHL season.
* Detroit's second-round pick went to Minnesota as the result of a trade on February 27, 1976 that sent Dennis Hextall to Detroit in exchange for Bill Hogaboam and this pick.

### July

| July 3, 1975 | To Buffalo Sabrescash | To St. Louis Bluesrights to Gilles Gratton |
| July 9, 1975 | To Montreal Canadiens3rd-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft (# 43 - Alain Cote) cash | To Minnesota North StarsGlen Sather |

### August

| August 15, 1975 | To Minnesota North StarsTim Young | To Los Angeles Kings2nd-rd pick - 1976 Amateur Draft (# 21 - Steve Clippingdale) |
| August 22, 1975 | To Kansas City ScoutsGary Bergman Bill McKenzie | To Detroit Red WingsGlen Burdon Peter McDuffe |

### September

| September, 1975 exact date unknown | To Toronto Maple LeafsTom Cassidy | To Los Angeles Kingscash |
| September 9, 1975 | To Atlanta FlamesCurt Ridley | To New York RangersJerry Byers |
| September 20, 1975 | To St. Louis BluesBob MacMillan | To New York RangersLarry Sacharuk |
| September 23, 1975 | To California Golden Sealscash | To Atlanta FlamesClaude St. Sauveur |

### October

| October 1, 1975 | To Buffalo Sabrescash | To Kansas City ScoutsRocky Farr |
| October 1, 1975 | To Buffalo SabresJacques Richard | To Atlanta FlamesLarry Carriere 1st-rd pick - 1976 Amateur Draft (WSH - # 15 - Greg Carroll)$^1$ cash |
| October 13, 1975 | To Kansas City ScoutsBuster Harvey | To Atlanta FlamesRichard Lemieux 2nd-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft (# 20 - Miles Zaharko) |
| October 22, 1975 | To California Golden Sealscash | To St. Louis BluesRick Smith |
| October 28, 1975 | To Chicago Black HawksGilles Villemure | To New York RangersDoug Jarrett |
| October 30, 1975 | To St. Louis BluesDerek Sanderson | To New York Rangers1st-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft (# 8 - Lucien DeBlois) |
* Buffalo's first-round pick went to Washington as the result of a trade on January 22, 1976 that sent Bill Clement to Atlanta in exchange for Jean Lemieux, Gerry Meehan and this pick.

### November

| November, 1975 exact dte unknown | To Kansas City ScoutsFrank Bathe | To Detroit Red WingsHank Lehvonen |
| November 7, 1975 | To Boston BruinsBrad Park Jean Ratelle Joe Zanussi | To New York RangersPhil Esposito Carol Vadnais |
| November 14, 1975 | To Boston Bruinscash | To New York RangersAl Simmons |
| November 20, 1975 | To Detroit Red Wingsrights to Jean-Paul LeBlanc | To Chicago Black Hawks2nd-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft (# 19 - Jean Savard) |
| November 21, 1975 | To Minnesota North StarsBryan Hextall Jr. | To Detroit Red WingsRick Chinnick |
| November 24, 1975 | To California Golden SealsWayne Merrick | To St. Louis BluesLarry Patey 3rd-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft (CLE - # 41 - Reg Kerr)$^1$ |
| November 25, 1975 | To Minnesota North StarsPierre Jarry | To Detroit Red WingsDon Martineau |
| November 26, 1975 | To Washington CapitalsBob Paradise | To Pittsburgh Penguins2nd-rd pick - 1976 Amateur Draft (# 19 - Greg Malone) |
* Cleveland's third-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on March 9, 1976 that sent Dave Hrechkosy to St. Louis in exchange for a fifth-round pick in 1976 and this pick. The Golden Seals relocated to become the Cleveland Barons for the 1976–77 NHL season.

### December

| December 9, 1975 | To Kansas City Scoutsrights to Henry Boucha | To Minnesota North Stars2nd-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft (# 24 - Steve Christoff) |
| December 15, 1975 | To Washington CapitalsBob Sirois | To Philadelphia Flyersfuture considerations$^1$ (John Paddock) |
| December 16, 1975 | To Washington CapitalsHarvey Bennett Jr. | To Pittsburgh PenguinsStan Gilbertson |
* Trade completed on September 1, 1976.

### January

| January 9, 1976 | To Kansas City ScoutsChuck Arnason Steve Durbano 1st-rd pick - 1976 Amateur Draft (# 11 - Paul Gardner) | To Pittsburgh PenguinsEd Gilbert Simon Nolet 1st-rd pick - 1976 Amateur Draft (# 2 - Blair Chapman) |
| January 14, 1976 | To Kansas City ScoutsPhil Roberto | To Detroit Red WingsBuster Harvey |
| January 14, 1976 | To Los Angeles KingsAb DeMarco Jr. | To Vancouver Canucks2nd-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft (ATL - # 31 - Brian Hill)$^1$ |
| January 20, 1976 | To Vancouver CanucksCurt Ridley | To Atlanta Flames1st-rd pick - 1976 Amateur Draft (# 8 - David Shand) |
| January 22, 1976 | To Atlanta FlamesBill Clement | To Washington CapitalsJean Lemieux Gerry Meehan 1st-rd pick - 1976 Amateur Draft (# 15 - Greg Carroll) |
* Vancouver's second-round pick went to Atlanta as the result of a trade on December 2, 1976 that sent Larry Carriere and Hilliard Graves to Vancouver in exchange for John Gould and this pick.

### February

| February 27, 1976 | To Minnesota North StarsBill Hogaboam 2nd-rd pick - 1976 Amateur Draft (# 31 - Jim Roberts) | To Detroit Red WingsDennis Hextall |

### March

| March 6, 1976 | To Los Angeles KingsBert Wilson rights to Curt Brackenbury | To St. Louis Bluescash |
| March 8, 1976 | To Pittsburgh PenguinsBobby Taylor Ed Van Impe | To Philadelphia FlyersGary Inness future considerations$^1$ (8th-rd pick 1977 Amateur Draft - # 135 - Pete Peeters) (9th-rd pick 1977 Amateur Draft - # 150 - Tom Bauer) (10th-rd pick 1977 Amateur Draft - # 128 - Rob Nicholson) (11th-rd pick 1977 Amateur Draft - # 165 - Jim Trainor) (12th-rd pick 1977 Amateur Draft - # 172 - Mike Laycock) |
| March 9, 1976 | To St. Louis BluesDoug Grant | To Detroit Red Wingsfuture considerations$^2$ (Rick Wilson) |
| March 9, 1976 | To California Golden Seals5th-rd pick 1976 Amateur Draft (# 79 - Cal Sandbeck) 3rd-rd pick 1977 Amateur Draft (CLE - # 41 - Reg Kerr)$^3$ | To St. Louis BluesDave Hrechkosy |
* Trade completed on June 14, 1977 at the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft.
* Trade completed on June 16, 1976.
* The Golden Seals relocated to become the Cleveland Barons for the 1976–77 NHL season.

## Additional sources

* hockeydb.com - search for player and select "show trades"
* "NHL trades for 1975-1976". NHL Trade Tracker. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
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