1976 NHL Amateur Draft Pick Transactions
yellow = data that is incomplete or uncertain
| Overall # | Round # | Team | Transactions | Player Drafted | |
| Round 1 | |||||
| 1 | 1-1 | Capitals | Rick Green | ||
| 2 | 1-2 | Scouts | > Penguins — Traded Steve Durbano, Chuck Arnason, 1976 first round pick (#11-Paul Gardner) to Scouts for Simon Nolet, Ed Gilbert, 1976 first round pick (#2-Blair Chapman) on 1976-01-09 | Blair Chapman | |
| 3 | 1-3 | North Stars | Glen Sharpley | ||
| 4 | 1-4 | Red Wings | Fred Williams | ||
| 5 | 1-5 | Golden Seals | Bjorn Johansson | ||
| 6 | 1-6 | Rangers | Don Murdoch | ||
| 7 | 1-7 | Blues | Bernie Federko | ||
| 8 | 1-8 | Canucks | > Flames — Traded Curt Ridley to Canucks for 1976 first round pick (#8-Dave Shand) on 1976-01-20 | Dave Shand | |
| 9 | 1-9 | Blackhawks | Real Cloutier | ||
| 10 | 1-10 | Flames | Harold Phillipoff | ||
| 11 | 1-11 | Penguins | > Scouts — Traded Simon Nolet, Ed Gilbert, 1976 first round pick (#2-Blair Chapman) to Penguins for Steve Durbano, Chuck Arnason, 1976 first round pick (#11-Paul Gardner) on 1976-01-09 | Paul Gardner | |
| 12 | 1-12 | Maple Leafs | > Canadiens — Traded Wayne Thomas to Maple Leafs for 1976 first round pick (#12-Peter Lee) on 1975-06-17 | Peter Lee | |
| 13 | 1-13 | Kings | > Canadiens
Traded Terry Harper to Kings for 1974 second round pick (#30-Gary MacGregor), 1975 third round pick (#51-Paul Woods), 1976 first round pick (#13-Rod Schutt) on 1972-08-22
Traded Terry Harper to Kings for 1974 second round pick (#30-Gary MacGregor), 1975 first round pick (#15-Pierre Mondou), 1975 third round pick (#51-Paul Woods), 1976 first round pick (#13-Rod Schutt) on 1972-08-22 per Harper's LOH record |
Rod Schutt | |
| 14 | 1-14 | Islanders | Alex McKendry | ||
| 15 | 1-15 | Sabres | > Flames — Traded Jacques Richard to Sabres for Larry Carriere, 1976 first round pick (#15-Greg Carroll), cash on 1975-10-01 | > Capitals — Traded Bill Clement to Flames for Gerry Meehan, Jean Lemieux, 1976 first round pick (#15-Greg Carroll) on 1976-06-22 | Greg Carroll |
| 16 | 1-16 | Bruins | Clayton Pachal | ||
| 17 | 1-17 | Flyers | Mark Suzor | ||
| 18 | 1-18 | Canadiens | Bruce Baker | ||
| Round 2 | |||||
| 19 | 2-1 | Capitals | > Penguins — Traded Bob Paradise to Capitals for 1976 second round pick (#19-Greg Malone) on 1975-11-26 | Greg Malone | |
| 20 | 2-2 | Scouts | > Blues — Traded Craig Patrick, Denis Dupere, cash to Scouts for Lynn Powis, 1976 second round pick (#20-Brian Sutter) on 1975-06-18 | Brian Sutter | |
| 21 | 2-3 | North Stars | > Kings — Traded Tim Young to North Stars for 1976 second round pick (#21-Steve Clippingdale) on 1975-08-15 | Steve Clippingdale | |
| 22 | 2-4 | Red Wings | Reed Larson | ||
| 23 | 2-5 | Golden Seals | Vern Stenlund | ||
| 24 | 2-6 | Rangers | Dave Farrish | ||
| 25 | 2-7 | Blues | John Smrke | ||
| 26 | 2-8 | Canucks | Bob Manno | ||
| 27 | 2-9 | Blackhawks | Jeff McDill | ||
| 28 | 2-10 | Flames | Bobby Simpson | ||
| 29 | 2-11 | Penguins | Peter Marsh | ||
| 30 | 2-12 | Maple Leafs | Randy Carlyle | ||
| 31 | 2-13 | Kings | > Red Wings — Sent Bart Crashley to Kings and received Terry Harper, Dan Maloney, 1976 second round pick (#31-Jim Roberts) on 1975-06-23 as compensation for Kings signing of free agent Marcel Dionne |
> North Stars — Traded Dennis Hextall to Red Wings for Bill Hogaboam, 1976 second round pick (#31-Jim Roberts) on 1976-02-27 | Jim Roberts |
| 32 | 2-14 | Islanders | Mike Kaszycki | ||
| 33 | 2-15 | Sabres | Joe Kowal | ||
| 34 | 2-16 | Bruins | Lorry Gloeckner | ||
| 35 | 2-17 | Flyers | Drew Callander | ||
| 36 | 2-18 | Canadiens | Barry Melrose | ||
| Round 3 | |||||
| 37 | 3-1 | Capitals | Tom Rowe | ||
| 38 | 3-2 | Scouts | Mike Kitchen | ||
| 39 | 3-3 | North Stars | Don Jackson | ||
| 40 | 3-4 | Red Wings | Fred Berry | ||
| 41 | 3-5 | Golden Seals | Mike Fidler | ||
| 42 | 3-6 | Rangers | Mike McEwen | ||
| 43 | 3-7 | Blues | Jim Kirkpatrick | ||
| 44 | 3-8 | Canucks | Rob Flockhart | ||
| 45 | 3-9 | Blackhawks | Thomas Gradin | ||
| 46 | 3-10 | Flames | Rick Hodgson | ||
| 47 | 3-11 | Penguins | Morris Lukowich | ||
| 48 | 3-12 | Maple Leafs | Alain Belanger | ||
| 49 | 3-13 | Kings | Don Moores | ||
| 50 | 3-14 | Islanders | Garth MacGuigan | ||
| 51 | 3-15 | Sabres | > North Stars — Traded Fred Stanfield to Sabres for Norm Gratton, 1976 third round pick (#51-Ron Zanussi) on 1975-01-27 | Ron Zanussi | |
| 52 | 3-16 | Bruins | > Maple Leafs — Traded 1975 fourth round pick (#60-Rick Adduono) to Bruins for 1976 third round pick (#52-Gary McFadyen) on 1975-06-03 | Gary McFadyen | |
| 53 | 3-17 | Flyers | Craig Hanmer | ||
| 54 | 3-18 | Canadiens | Bill Baker | ||
| Round 4 | |||||
| 55 | 4-1 | Capitals | Al Glendinning | ||
| 56 | 4-2 | Scouts | > Blues — Traded Larry Giroux to Scouts for Chris Evans, 1976 fourth round pick (#56-Mike Liut) on 1974-10-29 | Mike Liut | |
| 57 | 4-3 | North Stars | Mike Fedorko | ||
| 58 | 4-4 | Red Wings | Kevin Schamehorn | ||
| 59 | 4-5 | Golden Seals | Warren Young | ||
| 60 | 4-6 | Rangers | Claude Periard | ||
| 61 | 4-7 | Blues | Paul Skidmore | ||
| 62 | 4-8 | Canucks | Elmer Ray | ||
| 63 | 4-9 | Blackhawks | Dave Debol | ||
| 64 | 4-10 | Flames | Kent Nilsson | ||
| 65 | 4-11 | Penguins | Greg Redquest | ||
| 66 | 4-12 | Maple Leafs | Tim Williams | ||
| 67 | 4-13 | Kings | Bob Mears | ||
| 68 | 4-14 | Islanders | Ken Morrow | ||
| 69 | 4-15 | Sabres | Rocky Maze | ||
| 70 | 4-16 | Bruins | Bob Miller | ||
| 71 | 4-17 | Flyers | Dave Hynek | ||
| 72 | 4-18 | Canadiens | Ed Clarey | ||
| Round 5 | |||||
| 73 | 5-1 | Capitals | Doug Patey | ||
| 74 | 5-2 | Scouts | Rick McIntyre | ||
| 75 | 5-3 | North Stars | Phil Verchota | ||
| 76 | 5-4 | Red Wings | Dwight Schofield | ||
| 77 | 5-5 | Golden Seals | Darcy Regier | ||
| 78 | 5-6 | Rangers | Doug Caines | ||
| 79 | 5-7 | Blues | > Golden Seals — Traded Dave Hrechkosy to Blues for 1976 fifth round pick (#79-Cal Sandbeck), 1977 third round pick (#41-Reg Kerr) on 1976-03-09 | Cal Sandbeck | |
| 80 | 5-8 | Canucks | Rick Durston | ||
| 81 | 5-9 | Blackhawks | Terry McDonald | ||
| 82 | 5-10 | Flames | Mark Earp | ||
| 83 | 5-11 | Penguins | Brendan Lowe | ||
| 84 | 5-12 | Maple Leafs | Greg Hotham | ||
| 85 | 5-13 | Kings | Rob Palmer | ||
| 86 | 5-14 | Islanders | Mike Hordy | ||
| 87 | 5-15 | Sabres | Ron Roscoe | ||
| 88 | 5-16 | Bruins | Peter Vandemark | ||
| 89 | 5-17 | Flyers | Robin Lang | ||
| 90 | 5-18 | Canadiens | Maurice Barrette | ||
| Round 6 | |||||
| 91 | 6-1 | Capitals | Jim Bedard | ||
| 92 | 6-2 | Scouts | Larry Skinner | ||
| 93 | 6-3 | North Stars | Dave Delich | ||
| 94 | 6-4 | Red Wings | Tony Horvath | ||
| 95 | 6-5 | Golden Seals | Jouni Rinne | ||
| 96 | 6-6 | Rangers | Barry Scully | ||
| 97 | 6-7 | Blues | Nels Goddard | ||
| 98 | 6-8 | Canucks | Rob Tudor | ||
| 99 | 6-9 | Blackhawks | John Peterson | ||
| 100 | 6-10 | Flames | > Capitals — Traded Tim Ecclestone to Flames for 1976 sixth round pick (#100-Don Wilson) on 1974-11-02 | Don Wilson | |
| 101 | 6-11 | Penguins | Vic Sirko | ||
| 102 | 6-12 | Maple Leafs | Dan Djakalovic | ||
| 103 | 6-13 | Kings | Larry McRae | ||
| 104 | 6-14 | Islanders | Yvon Vautour | ||
| 105 | 6-15 | Sabres | Don Lemieux | ||
| 106 | 6-16 | Bruins | Ted Olson | ||
| 107 | 6-17 | Flyers | Paul Klasinski | ||
| 108 | 6-18 | Canadiens | Pierre Brassard | ||
| Round 7 | |||||
| 109 | 7-1 | Capitals | Dale Rideout | ||
| 110 | 7-2 | North Stars | Jeff Barr | ||
| 111 | 7-3 | Red Wings | Fern LeBlanc | ||
| 112 | 7-4 | Rangers | Remi Levesque | ||
| 113 | 7-5 | Blues | Mike Eaves | ||
| 114 | 7-6 | Canucks | Brad Rhiness | ||
| 115 | 7-7 | Blackhawks | John Rothstein | ||
| 116 | 7-8 | Maple Leafs | Charlie Skjodt | ||
| 117 | 7-9 | Flyers | Ray Kurpis | ||
| 118 | 7-10 | Canadiens | Rich Gosselin | ||
| Round 8 | |||||
| 119 | 8-1 | Capitals | Al Dumba | ||
| 120 | 8-2 | Red Wings | Claude Legris | ||
| 121 | 8-3 | Blues | Jacques Soguel | ||
| 122 | 8-4 | Canucks | Stu Ostlund | ||
| 123 | 8-5 | Canadiens | John Gregory | ||
| Round 9 | |||||
| 124 | 9-1 | Blues | Dave Dornseif | ||
| 125 | 9-2 | Canadiens | Bruce Horsch | ||
| Round 10 | |||||
| 126 | 10-1 | Blues | Brad Wilson | ||
| 127 | 10-2 | Canadiens | John Tavella | ||
| Round 11 | |||||
| 128 | 11-1 | Blues | Dan Hoene | ||
| 129 | 11-2 | Canadiens | Mark Davidson | ||
| Round 12 | |||||
| 130 | 12-1 | Blues | Goran Lindblom | ||
| 131 | 12-2 | Canadiens | Bill Wells | ||
| Round 13 | |||||
| 132 | 13-1 | Blues | Jim Bales | ||
| 133 | 13-2 | Canadiens | Ron Wilson | ||
| Round 14 | |||||
| 134 | 14-1 | Blues | Anders Hakansson | ||
| Round 15 | |||||
| 135 | 15-1 | Blues | Juhani Wallenius | ||