1977–78 NHL transactions
The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League during the 1977–78 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 23, 1977 | To Los Angeles Kings Randy Manery | To Atlanta Flames Ab DeMarco Jr. |
June
June 14, 1977 | To Philadelphia Flyers 8th-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft (# 136 - Clint Eccles) 9th-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft (# 151 - Michel Bauman) 10th-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft (# 159 - Dave Isherwood) 11th-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft (# 166 - Barry Duench) | To Buffalo Sabres cash |
June 14, 1977 | To Montreal Canadiens 8th-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft (# 137 - Keith Hendrickson) 9th-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft (# 152 - Barry Borrett) 10th-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft (# 160 - Mark Holden) 11th-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft (# 166 - Dan Poulin) 12th-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft (# 173 - Cary Farelli) 13th-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft (# 176 - Mark Wells) 14th-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft (# 179 - Jean Belisle) 15th-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft (# 182 - Bob Boileau) | To New York Islanders cash |
June 17, 1977 | To Los Angeles Kings Steve Short | To Philadelphia Flyers future considerations1 (Paul Evans) |
- Trade completed on November 3, 1977.
August
August, 1977 exact date unknown | To Atlanta Flames future considerations | To Detroit Red Wings Al McDonough |
August 5, 1977 | To Colorado Rockies Mark Suzor | To Philadelphia Flyers Barry Dean |
August 9, 1977 | To St. Louis Blues Dick Redmond | To Chicago Black Hawks Pierre Plante |
August 17, 1977 | To Detroit Red Wings rights to Ron Low 3rd-rd pick - 1979 Amateur Draft (# 46 - Boris Fistric) | To Washington Capitals Walt McKechnie 3rd-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft (# 45 - Jay Johnston) 2nd-rd pick - 1979 Amateur Draft (# 24 - Errol Rausse) |
August 17, 1977 | To Cleveland Barons rights to Mike Eaves | To St. Louis Blues Len Frig |
August 18, 1977 | To Atlanta Flames cash | To Detroit Red Wings Rick Bowness |
August 18, 1977 | To Montreal Canadiens 3rd-rd pick - 1979 Amateur Draft (# 44 - Guy Carbonneau) | To St. Louis Blues Jim Roberts |
August 31, 1977 | To Los Angeles Kings rights to Pete Stemkowski | To New York Rangers future considerations1 (3rd-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft # 45 - Dean Turner) |
- Trade completed on June 15, 1978, at the 1978 Amateur Draft.
September
September 20, 1977 | To Buffalo Sabres Ron Schock | To Pittsburgh Penguins Brian Spencer |
September 22, 1977 | To Buffalo Sabres cash | To Colorado Rockies Rick Jodzio |
October
October 1, 1977 | To Washington Capitals rights to Don Awrey | To Pittsburgh Penguins Bob Paradise |
October 16, 1977 | To Washington Capitals 1st-rd pick - 1979 Entry Draft (MIN - # 10 - Tom McCarthy)1 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Hartland Monahan |
October 20, 1977 | To Detroit Red Wings Andre St. Laurent | To New York Islanders Michel Bergeron |
October 28, 1977 | To Philadelphia Flyers Blake Dunlop 3rd-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft (# 37 - Gord Salt) | To Minnesota North Stars Harvey Bennett Jr. |
- Washington's first-round pick went to Minnesota as the result of a trade on October 18, 1978, that sent Dennis Maruk to Washington in exchange for this pick.
November
November 1, 1977 | To Detroit Red Wings cash | To Philadelphia Flyers Terry Murray |
November 1, 1977 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Jerry Butler | To St. Louis Blues Inge Hammarstrom |
November 2, 1977 | To Los Angeles Kings Syl Apps Jr. Hartland Monahan | To Pittsburgh Penguins Gene Carr Dave Schultz 4th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft (# 61 - Shane Pearsall) |
November 4, 1977 | To Vancouver Canucks Pit Martin | To Chicago Black Hawks future considerations1 (Murray Bannerman) |
November 21, 1977 | To Los Angeles Kings Larry Carriere | To Vancouver Canucks Sheldon Kannegiesser |
November 23, 1977 | To Cleveland Barons Randy Holt | To Chicago Black Hawks Reg Kerr |
November 29, 1977 | To Montreal Canadiens Pierre Larouche future considerations2 (rights to Peter Marsh) | To Pittsburgh Penguins Peter Lee Peter Mahovlich |
- Trade completed on May 27, 1978.
- Trade completed on December 15, 1977.
December
December 2, 1977 | To Colorado Rockies Dennis Owchar | To Pittsburgh Penguins Tom Edur |
December 2, 1977 | To Detroit Red Wings Dennis Hull | To Chicago Black Hawks 4th-rd pick - 1980 Entry Draft (# 67 - Carey Wilson) |
December 9, 1977 | To Cleveland Barons Walt McKechnie | To Washington Capitals Bob Girard 2nd-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft (# 23 - Paul MacKinnon) |
December 12, 1977 | To St. Louis Blues Curt Bennett Barry Gibbs Phil Myre | To Atlanta Flames Yves Belanger Bob MacMillan Dick Redmond 2nd-rd pick - 1979 Entry Draft (# 23 - Mike Perovich) |
January
January 9, 1978 | To Cleveland Barons Chuck Arnason Rick Jodzio | To Colorado Rockies Fred Ahern Ralph Klassen |
January 9, 1978 | To Toronto Maple Leafs cash | To Colorado Rockies Bob Neely |
January 9, 1978 | To Los Angeles Kings Danny Grant | To Detroit Red Wings 3rd-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft (# 53 - Doug Derkson) rights to Barry Long |
January 10, 1978 | To Cleveland Barons Jean-Paul Parise Jean Potvin 4th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft1 | To New York Islanders Wayne Merrick Darcy Regier 4th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft2 |
January 12, 1978 | To Cleveland Barons Dennis O'Brien | To Colorado Rockies Mike Christie |
January 14, 1978 | To Los Angeles Kings 2nd-rd pick - 1980 Entry Draft (# 33 - Greg Terrion) | To St. Louis Blues Neil Komadoski |
January 27, 1978 | To St. Louis Blues cash | To Chicago Black Hawks Eddie Johnston |
January 29, 1978 | To Toronto Maple Leafs cash | To Vancouver Canucks Claire Alexander |
- Draft pick not exercised by Cleveland due to Barons-North Stars merger on June 14, one day prior to the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft.
- Draft pick forfeited by the Islanders due to Barons-North Stars merger on June 14, one day prior to the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft.
February
February 19, 1978 | To Minnesota North Stars Gary Smith | To Washington Capitals cash |
March
March 13, 1978 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Dan Maloney 2nd-rd pick - 1980 Entry Draft (# 25 - Craig Muni) | To Detroit Red Wings Errol Thompson 1st-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft (# 12 - Brent Peterson) 2nd-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft (# 31 - Al Jensen) 1st-rd pick - 1980 Entry Draft (# 11 - Mike Blaisdell) |
March 13, 1978 | To Boston Bruins cash | To Los Angeles Kings Darryl Edestrand |
March 14, 1978 | To Minnesota North Stars rights to Eddie Mio future considerations1 (Pierre Plante) | To Chicago Black Hawks Doug Hicks 3rd-rd pick - 1980 NHL Entry Draft |
- Trade completed on May 4, 1978.
References
Additional sources
- hockeydb.com - search for player and select "show trades"
- "NHL trades for 1977-1978". NHL Trade Tracker. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
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