1973–74 NHL transactions
The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League during the 1973–74 NHL season. It lists what team each player has been traded to, signed by, or claimed by, and for which players or draft picks, if applicable.
Trades
May
May 14, 1973 | To Chicago Black Hawks Dale Tallon | To Vancouver Canucks Jerry Korab Gary Smith |
May 15, 1973 | To Detroit Red Wings Rick Foley | To Philadelphia Flyers Serge Lajeunesse |
May 15, 1973 | To Atlanta Flames 1st-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft (# 2 - Tom Lysiak) 1st-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft (# 16 - Vic Mercredi) 2nd-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft (# 21 - Eric Vail) | To Montreal Canadiens 1st-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft (STL - # 5 - John Davidson)1 1st-round pick - 1977 Amateur Draft (#10 - Mark Napier) 2nd-round pick - 1978 Amateur Draft (# 30 - Dale Yakiwchuk) |
May 15, 1973 | To Montreal Canadiens 1st-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft (# 8 - Bob Gainey) 4th-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft (# 56 - Alan Hangsleben) 1st-round pick - 1975 Amateur Draft (# 9 - Robin Sadler) | To St. Louis Blues 1st-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft (# 5 - John Davidson) 3rd-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft (# 48 - Bob Gassoff) |
May 15, 1973 | To Montreal Canadiens 1st-round pick - 1974 Amateur Draft (# 5 - Cam Connor) | To Vancouver Canucks 1st-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft (# 9 - Bob Dailey) |
May 15, 1973 | To Philadelphia Flyers Bernie Parent 2nd-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft (# 20 - Larry Goodenough) | To Toronto Maple Leafs 1st-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft (# 10 - Bob Neely) future considerations2 (Doug Favell) |
May 15, 1973 | To Minnesota North Stars 2nd-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft (# 18 - Blake Dunlop) | To Montreal Canadiens 2nd-round pick - 1975 Amateur Draft (# 22 - Brian Engblom) |
May 15, 1973 | To Detroit Red Wings 8th-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft (#118 - Dennis Polonich) | To Los Angeles Kings cash |
May 15, 1973 | To Detroit Red Wings 9th-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft (# 135 - Dennis O'Brien) 10th-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft (# 151 - Kevin Neville) | To St. Louis Blues cash |
May 15, 1973 | To Buffalo Sabres cash | To Detroit Red Wings 9th-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft (# 139 - Ray Bibeau) 10th-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft (# 155 - Mitch Brandt) 11th-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft3 |
May 15, 1973 | To Chicago Black Hawks 9th-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft (#141 - Steve Alley) | To New York Rangers cash |
May 15, 1973 | To New York Islanders cash | To Toronto Maple Leafs 10th-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft (# 144 - Lee Palmer) 11th-round pick in 1973 Amateur Draft (# 159 - Norm McLeod) |
May 15, 1973 | To Minnesota North Stars 11th-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft (# 161 - Russ Wiechnik) | To Toronto Maple Leafs cash |
May 15, 1973 | To Los Angeles Kings cash | To Minnesota North Stars 11th-round pick in 1973 Amateur Draft (# 163 - Max Hansen) |
May 15, 1973 | To Montreal Canadiens 13th-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft (# 168 - Louis Chiasson) | To New York Rangers 13th-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft4 |
May 22, 1973 | To Boston Bruins Gilles Gilbert | To Minnesota North Stars Fred Stanfield |
May 23, 1973 | To Philadelphia Flyers cash | To Toronto Maple Leafs Willie Brossart |
May 29, 1973 | To Minnesota North Stars Murray Anderson Tony Featherstone | To Montreal Canadiens cash |
May 29, 1973 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Dunc Wilson | To Vancouver Canucks Murray Heatley Larry McIntyre |
May 29, 1973 | To Los Angeles Kings Bob Murdoch Randy Rota | To Montreal Canadiens 1st-round pick - 1974 Amateur Draft (# 12 - Mario Tremblay) cash |
May 29, 1973 | To Atlanta Flames Dale Hoganson | To Montreal Canadiens cash |
May 29, 1973 | To Atlanta Flames Chuck Arnason | To Montreal Canadiens 1st-round pick - 1974 Amateur Draft (# 10 - Rick Chartraw) |
May 29, 1973 | To Atlanta Flames Bob Murray 4th-round pick in 1977 Amateur Draft (# 72 - Jim Ctraig) | To Montreal Canadiens 3rd-round pick in 1977 Amateur Draft (# 46 - Pierre Lagace) 4th-round pick in 1977 Amateur Draft (# 64 - Robert Holland) |
- This pick went to St. Louis as the result of a trade on May 15, 1973, that sent that sent St. Louis' first-round and fourth-round pick in 1973 NHL Amateur Draft and first-round pick in 1975 NHL Amateur Draft in exchange for Montreal's third-round pick in 1973 NHL Amateur Draft and this pick.
- Trade completed on July 27, 1973.
- Detroit passed on making a selection.
- The Rangers passed on making a selection.
June
June 10, 1973 | To Atlanta Flames cash | To California Golden Seals Ted Tucker |
June 14, 1973 | To Buffalo Sabres Paul Curtis | To St. Louis Blues Jake Rathwell |
July
July 3, 1973 | To Pittsburgh Penguins cash | To Toronto Maple Leafs Eddie Shack |
August
August 30, 1973 | To Atlanta Flames Mike Baumgartner | To Chicago Black Hawks Lynn Powis |
September
September, 1973 exact date unknown | To Minnesota North Stars cash | To Montreal Canadiens Gary Geldart |
September 8, 1973 | To New York Rangers Don Borgeson Norm Dennis | To St. Louis Blues Bob Kelly |
October
October 4, 1973 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Bob Johnson | To St. Louis Blues Nick Harbaruk |
October 5, 1973 | To Boston Bruins Jake Rathwell 2nd-round pick - 1974 Amateur Draft (# 25 - Mark Howe) cash | To St. Louis Blues Don Awrey |
October 17, 1973 | To Detroit Red Wings Terry Clancy | To Toronto Maple Leafs cash |
October 25, 1973 | To Boston Bruins Darryl Edestrand | To Pittsburgh Penguins Nick Beverley |
October 27, 1973 | To Detroit Red Wings Brent Hughes | To St. Louis Blues cash |
October 28, 1973 | To New York Rangers Jack Egers | To St. Louis Blues Glen Sather Rene Villemure |
November
November, 1973 exact date unknown | To Philadelphia Flyers George Pesut | To St. Louis Blues Bob Stumpf |
November 7, 1973 | To Detroit Red Wings Ted Harris | To Minnesota North Stars Gary Bergman |
November 23, 1973 | To Boston Bruins cash | To Detroit Red Wings Doug Roberts |
November 28, 1973 | To Detroit Red Wings Pierre Jarry | To Toronto Maple Leafs Tim Ecclestone |
November 30, 1973 | To Los Angeles Kings Sheldon Kannegiesser Mike Murphy Tom Williams | To New York Rangers Real Lemieux Gilles Marotte |
December
December, 1973 exact date unknown | To Philadelphia Flyers Ray Schultz | To St. Louis Blues Frank Spring |
December 10, 1973 | To St. Louis Blues John Wright | To Vancouver Canucks Mike Lampman |
December 27, 1973 | To Buffalo Sabres Jerry Korab | To Vancouver Canucks John Gould Tracy Pratt |
January
January 4, 1974 | To Atlanta Flames Al McDonough | To Pittsburgh Penguins Chuck Arnason Bob Paradise |
January 17, 1974 | To Detroit Red Wings Jack Lynch Jim Rutherford | To Pittsburgh Penguins Ron Stackhouse |
January 17, 1974 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Ab DeMarco Jr. Steve Durbano Bob Kelly | To St. Louis Blues Greg Polis Bryan Watson 2nd-round pick - 1974 Amateur Draft (# 26 - Bob Hess) |
January 21, 1974 | To Buffalo Sabres Real Lemieux | To New York Rangers Paul Curtis |
February
February 7, 1974 | To Boston Bruins Bobby Schmautz | To Vancouver Canucks Chris Oddleifson Fred O'Donnell Mike Walton |
February 14, 1974 | To Detroit Red Wings Chris Evans Jean Hamel Bryan Watson | To St. Louis Blues Garnet Bailey Bill Collins Ted Harris |
February 14, 1974 | To Los Angeles Kings Gene Carr | To New York Rangers 1st-round pick in 1977 Amateur Draft) (# 13 - Ron Duguay) |
February 28, 1974 | To Detroit Red Wings Claude Houde | To New York Rangers Brian Lavender |
March
March 1, 1974 | To Los Angeles Kings Jim McElmury | To Minnesota North Stars cash |
March 7, 1974 | To Chicago Black Hawks Germain Gagnon | To New York Islanders cash future considerations1 (Walt Ledingham) |
March 9, 1974 | To Montreal Canadiens 1st-round pick - 1974 Amateur Draft (# 7 - Doug Risebrough) | To St. Louis Blues Dave Gardner |
March 10, 1974 | To Buffalo Sabres Brian Spencer | To New York Islanders Doug Rombough |
March 12, 1974 | To California Golden Seals cash | To Los Angeles Kings Tom Cassidy |
- Trade completed on May 24, 1974.
Additional sources
- "NHL trades for 1972-1973". NHL Trade Tracker.