1973 NHL Amateur Draft Pick Transactions
yellow = data that is incomplete or uncertain
| Overall # | Round # | Team | Transactions | Player Drafted | |
| Round 1 | |||||
| 1 | 1-1 | Islanders | Denis Potvin | ||
| 2 | 1-2 | Seals | > Canadiens — Traded 1972 second round pick (#28-Stan Weir), opportunity to select Carol Vadnais in 1968 intra-league draft to Seals for 1973 first round pick (#2-Tom Lysiak), 1973 second round pick (later traded) (?-?) on 1972-06-08 | > Flames — Traded 1973 first round pick (#5-John Davidson), 1977 first round pick (#10-Mark Napier), 1978 second round pick (#30-Dale Yakiwchuk) to Canadiens for 1973 first round pick (#2-Tom Lysiak), 1973 first round pick (#16-Vic Mercredi), 1973 second round pick (#21-Eric Vail) on 1973-05-15 | Tom Lysiak |
| 3 | 1-3 | Canucks | Dennis Ververgaert | ||
| 4 | 1-4 | Maple Leafs | Lanny McDonald | ||
| 5 | 1-5 | Flames | > Canadiens — Traded 1973 first round pick (#2-Tom Lysiak), 1973 first round pick (#16-Vic Mercredi), 1973 second round pick (#21-Eric Vail) to Flames for 1973 first round pick (#5-John Davidson), 1977 first round pick (#10-Mark Napier), 1978 second round pick (#30-Dale Yakiwchuk) on 1973-05-15 | > Blues — Traded 1973 first round pick (#8-Bob Gainey), 1973 fourth round pick (#56-Al Hangsleben), 1975 first round pick (#9-Robin Sadler) to Canadiens for 1973 first round pick (#5-John Davidson), 1973 third round pick (#48-Bob Gassoff) on 1973-05-15 | John Davidson |
| 6 | 1-6 | Kings | > Bruins — Traded Ross Lonsberry, Eddie Shack to Kings for Ken Turlik, 1971 first round pick (#6-Ron Jones), 1973 first round pick (#6-Andre Savard) on 1969-05-14 | Andre Savard | |
| 7 | 1-7 | Penguins | Blaine Stoughton | ||
| 8 | 1-8 | Blues | > Canadiens — Traded 1973 first round pick (#5-John Davidson), 1973 third round pick (#48-Bob Gassoff) to Blues for 1973 first round pick (#8-Bob Gainey), 1973 fourth round pick (#56-Al Hangsleben), 1975 first round pick (#9-Robin Sadler) on 1973-05-15 | Bob Gainey | |
| 9 | 1-9 | North Stars | > Canadiens — Traded Danny Grant, Claude Larose to North Stars for 1972 first round pick (#12-Jerry Byers), 1973 first round pick (#9-Bob Dailey), player to be named later (Andre Pronovost) on 1968-06-10 | > Canucks — Traded 1974 first round pick (#4-Cam Connor) to Canadiens for 1973 first round pick (#9-Bob Dailey) on 1973-05-15 | Bob Dailey |
| 10 | 1-10 | Flyers | > Maple Leafs — Traded Bernie Parent, 1973 second round pick (#20-Larry Goodenough) to Flyers for 1973 first round pick (#10-Bob Neely), future considerations (Doug Favell, Willie Brossart) on 1973-05-15 | Bob Neely | |
| 11 | 1-11 | Red Wings | Terry Richardson | ||
| 12 | 1-12 | Sabres | Morris Titanic | ||
| 13 | 1-13 | Blackhawks | Darcy Rota | ||
| 14 | 1-14 | Rangers | Rick Middleton | ||
| 15 | 1-15 | Bruins | > Maple Leafs — Traded Jacques Plante, 1973 first round pick (Doug Gibson) to Bruins for 1973 first round pick (#15-Ian Turnbull), future considerations (Ed Johnston) on 1973-03-03 | Ian Turnbull | |
| 16 | 1-16 | Canadiens | > Flames — Traded 1973 first round pick (#5-John Davidson), 1977 first round pick (#10-Mark Napier), 1978 second round pick (#30-Dale Yakiwchuk) to Canadiens for 1973 first round pick (#2-Tom Lysiak), 1973 first round pick (#16-Vic Mercredi), 1973 second round pick (#21-Eric Vail) on 1973-05-15 | Vic Mercredi | |
| Round 2 | |||||
| 17 | 2-1 | Islanders | > Canadiens
Traded Germain Gagnon to Islanders for Tony Featherstone, Murray Anderson, 1973 second round pick (#17-Glenn Goldup) on 1972-06-26 |
Glenn Goldup | |
| > Canadiens
Traded Denis DeJordy, Glenn Resch, Alex Campbell, future considerations (Germain Gagnon on 1972-06-26) to Islanders for 1973 second round pick (#17-Glenn Goldup), cash on 1972-06-06 per Dejordy's LOH record |
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| 18 | 2-2 | Seals | > Canadiens — Traded opportunity to select Carol Vadnais in 1968 waiver draft to Seals for 1973 first round pick (#2-Tom Lysiak), 1973 second round pick (#18-Blake Dunlop) on 1968-06-12 | > North Stars — Traded 1975 second round pick (#22-Brian Engblom) to Canadiens for 1973 second round pick (#18-Blake Dunlop) on 1973-05-15 | Blake Dunlop |
| 19 | 2-3 | Canucks | Paulin Bordeleau | ||
| 20 | 2-4 | Maple Leafs | > Flyers — Traded 1973 first round pick (#10-Bob Neely), future considerations (Doug Favell, Willie Brossart) to Maple Leafs for Bernie Parent, 1973 second round pick (#20-Larry Goodenough) on 1973-05-15 | Larry Goodenough | |
| 21 | 2-5 | Flames | > Canadiens — Traded Lynn Powis, Rey Comeau to Flames for 1973 second round pick (#21-Eric Vail), cash on 1972-06-16 | > Flames — Traded 1973 first round pick (#5-John Davidson), 1977 first round pick (#10-Mark Napier), 1978 second round pick (#30-Dale Yakiwchuk) to Canadiens for 1973 first round pick (#2-Tom Lysiak), 1973 first round pick (#16-Vic Mercredi), 1973 second round pick (#21-Eric Vail) on 1973-05-15 | Eric Vail |
| 22 | 2-6 | Kings | > Canadiens — Traded Ralph Backstrom to Kings for Gord Labossiere, Ray Fortin, 1973 second round pick (#22-Peter Marrin) on 1971-01-26 | Peter Marrin | |
| 23 | 2-7 | Penguins | Wayne Bianchin | ||
| 24 | 2-8 | Blues | George Pesut | ||
| 25 | 2-9 | North Stars | John Rogers | ||
| 26 | 2-10 | Flyers | Brent Leavins | ||
| 27 | 2-11 | Red Wings | > Penguins — Traded Roy Edwards to Red Wings for 1973 second round pick (#27-Colin Campbell), 1974 second round pick (#27-Jacques Cossette) on 1972-10-06 | Colin Campbell | |
| 28 | 2-12 | Sabres | Jean Landry | ||
| 29 | 2-13 | Blackhawks | Reg Thomas | ||
| 30 | 2-14 | Rangers | Pat Hickey | ||
| 31 | 2-15 | Bruins | Jimmy Jones | ||
| 32 | 2-16 | Canadiens | Ron Andruff | ||
| Round 3 | |||||
| 33 | 3-1 | Islanders | Dave Lewis | ||
| 34 | 3-2 | Seals | Jeff Jacques | ||
| 35 | 3-3 | Canucks | Paul Sheard | ||
| 36 | 3-4 | Maple Leafs | > Bruins — Traded 1973 first round pick (#15-Ian Turnbull), future considerations (Ed Johnston) to Maple Leafs for Jacques Plante, 1973 third round pick (#36-Doug Gibson) on 1973-03-03 | Doug Gibson | |
| 37 | 3-5 | Flames | > Canadiens — Traded Noel Price to Flames for 1973 third round pick (#37-Ed Humphreys), cash on 1972-08-14 | Ed Humphreys | |
| 38 | 3-6 | Kings | Russ Walker | ||
| 39 | 3-7 | Penguins | > Red Wings — Traded Andy Brown to Penguins for 1973 third round pick (#39-Nelson Pyatt), cash on 1973-02-25 | Nelson Pyatt | |
| 40 | 3-8 | Blues | > Flyers — Traded Brent Hughes, Pierre Plante to Blues for Andre Dupont, 1973 third round pick (#40-Bob Stumpf) on 1972-12-14 | Bob Stumpf | |
| 41 | 3-9 | North Stars | Rick Chinnick | ||
| 42 | 3-10 | Flyers | Mike Clarke | ||
| 43 | 3-11 | Red Wings | Robbie Neale | ||
| 44 | 3-12 | Sabres | Andre Deschamps | ||
| 45 | 3-13 | Blackhawks | Randy Holt | ||
| 46 | 3-14 | Rangers | John Campbell | ||
| 47 | 3-15 | Bruins | Al Sims | ||
| 48 | 3-16 | Canadiens | > Blues — Traded 1973 first round pick (#8-Bob Gainey), 1973 fourth round pick (#56-Al Hangsleben), 1975 first round pick (#9-Robin Sadler) to Canadiens for 1973 first round pick (#5-John Davidson), 1973 third round pick (#48-Bob Gassoff) on 1973-05-15 | Bob Gassoff | |
| Round 4 | |||||
| 49 | 4-1 | Islanders | Andre St. Laurent | ||
| 50 | 4-2 | Seals | Ron Serafini | ||
| 51 | 4-3 | Canucks | Keith Mackie | ||
| 52 | 4-4 | Maple Leafs | Frank Rochon | ||
| 53 | 4-5 | Flames | Dean Talafous | ||
| 54 | 4-6 | Kings | Jim McCrimmon | ||
| 55 | 4-7 | Penguins | Dennis Owchar | ||
| 56 | 4-8 | Blues | > Canadiens — Traded 1973 first round pick (#5-John Davidson), 1973 third round pick (#48-Bob Gassoff) to Blues for 1973 first round pick (#8-Bob Gainey), 1973 fourth round pick (#56-Al Hangsleben), 1975 first round pick (#9-Robin Sadler) on 1973-05-15 | Alan Hangsleben | |
| 57 | 4-9 | North Stars | Tom Colley | ||
| 58 | 4-10 | Flyers | Dale Cook | ||
| 59 | 4-11 | Red Wings | Mike Korney | ||
| 60 | 4-12 | Sabres | Yvon Dupuis | ||
| 61 | 4-13 | Blackhawks | Dave Elliott | ||
| 62 | 4-14 | Rangers | Brian Molvik | ||
| 63 | 4-15 | Bruins | Steve Langdon | ||
| 64 | 4-16 | Canadiens | Richard Latulippe | ||
| Round 5 | |||||
| 65 | 5-1 | Islanders | Ron Kennedy | ||
| 66 | 5-2 | Seals | Jim Moxey | ||
| 67 | 5-3 | Canucks | Paul O'Neil | ||
| 68 | 5-4 | Maple Leafs | Gord Titcomb | ||
| 69 | 5-5 | Flames | John Flesch | ||
| 70 | 5-6 | Kings | Dennis Abgrall | ||
| 71 | 5-7 | Penguins | Guido Tenesi | ||
| 72 | 5-8 | Blues | Bill Laing | ||
| 73 | 5-9 | North Stars | Lowell Ostlund | ||
| 74 | 5-10 | Flyers | Michel Latreille | ||
| 75 | 5-11 | Red Wings | Blair Stewart | ||
| 76 | 5-12 | Sabres | Bob Smulders | ||
| 77 | 5-13 | Blackhawks | Dan Hinton | ||
| 78 | 5-14 | Rangers | Pierre Laganiere | ||
| 79 | 5-15 | Bruins | Peter Crosbie | ||
| 80 | 5-16 | Canadiens | Gerard Gibbons | ||
| Round 6 | |||||
| 81 | 6-1 | Islanders | Keith Smith | ||
| 82 | 6-2 | Seals | Willie Trognitz | ||
| 83 | 6-3 | Canucks | Jim Cowell | ||
| 84 | 6-4 | Maple Leafs | Doug Marit | ||
| 85 | 6-5 | Flames | Ken Houston | ||
| 86 | 6-6 | Kings | Blair MacDonald | ||
| 87 | 6-7 | Penguins | Don Seiling | ||
| 88 | 6-8 | Blues | Randy Smith | ||
| 89 | 6-9 | North Stars | David Lee | ||
| 90 | 6-10 | Flyers | Doug Ferguson | ||
| 91 | 6-11 | Red Wings | Glenn Cickello | ||
| 92 | 6-12 | Sabres | Neil Korzack | ||
| 93 | 6-13 | Blackhawks | Garry Doerksen | ||
| 94 | 6-14 | Rangers | Dwayne Pentland | ||
| 95 | 6-15 | Bruins | J.P. Burgoyne | ||
| 96 | 6-16 | Canadiens | Denis Patry | ||
| Round 7 | |||||
| 97 | 7-1 | Islanders | Don Cutts | ||
| 98 | 7-2 | Seals | Paul Tantardini | ||
| 99 | 7-3 | Canucks | Clay Hebenton | ||
| 100 | 7-4 | Maple Leafs | Dan Follet | ||
| 101 | 7-5 | Flames | Tom Machowski | ||
| 102 | 7-6 | Kings | Roly Kimble | ||
| 103 | 7-7 | Penguins | Terry Ewasiuk | ||
| 104 | 7-8 | Blues | John Wensink | ||
| 105 | 7-9 | North Stars | Lou Nistico | ||
| 106 | 7-10 | Flyers | Tom Young | ||
| 107 | 7-11 | Red Wings | Brian Middleton | ||
| 108 | 7-12 | Sabres | Bob Young | ||
| 109 | 7-13 | Blackhawks | Wayne Dye | ||
| 110 | 7-14 | Rangers | > Islanders — Islanders promised Rangers they would not take certain players in 1972 expansion draft in exchange for 1973 seventh round pick (#110-Denis Andersen), 1973 eighth round pick (#126-Denis Desgagnes) on 1972-06-08 | Denis Andersen | |
| 111 | 7-15 | Bruins | Walter Johnson | ||
| 112 | 7-16 | Canadiens | Michel Belisle | ||
| Round 8 | |||||
| 113 | 8-1 | Islanders | Mike Kennedy | ||
| 114 | 8-2 | Seals | Bruce Greig | ||
| 115 | 8-3 | Canucks | John Senkpiel | ||
| 116 | 8-4 | Maple Leafs | Les Burgess | ||
| 117 | 8-5 | Flames | Bob Law | ||
| 118 | 8-6 | Kings | > Red Wings — Traded cash to Kings for 1973 eighth round pick (#118-Dennis Polonich) on 1973-05-15 | Dennis Polonich | |
| 119 | 8-7 | Penguins | Fred Comrie | ||
| 120 | 8-8 | Blues | Jean Tetreault | ||
| 121 | 8-9 | North Stars | George Beveridge | ||
| 122 | 8-10 | Flyers | Norm Barnes | ||
| 123 | 8-11 | Red Wings | George Lyle | ||
| 124 | 8-12 | Sabres | Tim O'Connell | ||
| 125 | 8-13 | Blackhawks | Jim Koleff | ||
| 126 | 8-14 | Rangers | > Islanders — Islanders promised Rangers they would not take certain players in 1972 expansion draft in exchange for 1973 seventh round pick (#110-Denis Andersen), 1973 eighth round pick (#126-Denis Desgagnes) on 1972-06-08 | Denis Desgagnes | |
| 127 | 8-15 | Bruins | Virgil Gates | ||
| 128 | 8-16 | Canadiens | Mario Desjardins | ||
| Round 9 | |||||
| 129 | 9-1 | Islanders | Bob Lorimer | ||
| 130 | 9-2 | Seals | Larry Patey | ||
| 131 | 9-3 | Canucks | Peter Folco | ||
| 132 | 9-4 | Maple Leafs | Dave Pay | ||
| 133 | 9-5 | Flames | Bob Bilodeau | ||
| 134 | 9-6 | Penguins | Gord Lane | ||
| 135 | 9-7 | Blues | > Red Wings — Traded cash to Blues for 1973 ninth round pick (#135-Dennis O'Brien), 1973 tenth round pick (#151-Kevin Neville) on 1973-05-15 | Dennis O'Brien | |
| 136 | 9-8 | North Stars | Jim Johnston | ||
| 137 | 9-9 | Flyers | Dan O'Donohue | ||
| 138 | 9-10 | Red Wings | Tom Newman | ||
| 139 | 9-11 | Sabres | > Red Wings — Traded cash to Sabres for 1973 ninth round pick (#139-Ray Bibeau), 1973 tenth round pick (#155-Mitch Brandt), 1973 eleventh round pick (not exercised) on 1973-05-15 | Ray Bibeau | |
| 140 | 9-12 | Blackhawks | Jack Johnson | ||
| 141 | 9-13 | Rangers | > Blackhawks — Traded cash to Rangers for 1973 ninth round pick (#141-Steve Alley) on 1973-05-15 | Steve Alley | |
| 142 | 9-14 | Bruins | Jim Pettie | ||
| 143 | 9-15 | Canadiens | Bob Wright | ||
| Round 10 | |||||
| 144 | 10-1 | Islanders | > Maple Leafs — Traded cash to Islanders for 1973 tenth round pick (#144-Lee Palmer), 1973 eleventh round pick (#159-Norm McLeod) on 1973-05-15 | Lee Palmer | |
| 145 | 10-2 | Seals | Doug Mahood | ||
| 146 | 10-3 | Canucks | Terry McDougall | ||
| 147 | 10-4 | Maple Leafs | Bob Peace | ||
| 148 | 10-5 | Flames | Glen Surbey | ||
| 149 | 10-6 | Kings | > Flames — Flames promised Kings to not draft certain players in 1972 expansion draft in exchange for 1972 ninth round pick (#132-Jean Lamarre), 1973 tenth round pick (#149-Guy Ross) on 1972-06-06 | Guy Ross | |
| 150 | 10-7 | Penguins | Randy Aimoe | ||
| 151 | 10-8 | Blues | > Red Wings — Traded cash to Blues for 1973 ninth round pick (#135-Dennis O'Brien), 1973 tenth round pick (#151-Kevin Neville) on 1973-05-15 | Kevin Neville | |
| 152 | 10-9 | North Stars | Sam Clegg | ||
| 153 | 10-10 | Flyers | Brian Dick | ||
| 154 | 10-11 | Red Wings | Ken Gibb | ||
| 155 | 10-12 | Sabres | > Red Wings — Traded cash to Sabres for 1973 ninth round pick (#139-Ray Bibeau), 1973 tenth round pick (#155-Mitch Brandt), 1973 eleventh round pick (not exercised) on 1973-05-15 | Mitch Brandt | |
| 156 | 10-13 | Blackhawks | Rick Clubbe | ||
| 157 | 10-14 | Bruins | Yvan Bouillon | ||
| 158 | 10-15 | Canadiens | Alain Labrecque | ||
| Round 11 | |||||
| 159 | 11-1 | Islanders | > Maple Leafs — Traded cash to Islanders for 1973 tenth round pick (#144-Lee Palmer), 1973 eleventh round pick (#159-Norm McLeod) on 1973-05-15 | Norm McLeod | |
| 160 | 11-2 | Seals | Angie Moretto | ||
| 161 | 11-3 | Maple Leafs | > North Stars — Traded cash to Maple Leafs for 1973 eleventh round pick (#161-Russ Wiechnik) on 1973-05-15 | Russ Wiechnik | |
| 162 | 11-4 | Flames | Greg Fox | ||
| 163 | 11-5 | Kings | > North Stars — Traded cash to Kings for 1973 eleventh round pick (#163-Max Hansen) on 1973-05-15 | Max Hansen | |
| 164 | 11-6 | Penguins | Don McLeod | ||
| 165 | 11-7 | Blackhawks | Gene Strate | ||
| 166 | 11-8 | Canadiens | Gord Halliday | ||
| Round 12 | |||||
| 167 | 12-1 | Canadiens | Cap Raeder | ||
| Round 13 | |||||
| 168 | 13-1 | Rangers | > Canadiens — Traded 1973 13th round pick (not exercised) to Rangers for 1973 thirteenth round pick (#168-Louis Chiasson) on 1973-05-15 | Louis Chiasson | |