Traded Dale McCourt, rights to restricted free agent Rogie Vachon to Red Wings for Andre St. Laurent, 1980 first round pick (#4-Larry Murphy), 1980 second round pick or 1981 first round pick (Kings option) (1981 #2-Doug Smith) on 1979-08-22

Traded 1981 first round pick (#5-Joe Cirella), 1981 second round pick (#26-Rich Chernomaz) to Rockies for 1981 first round pick (#3-Bobby Carpenter), 1981 third round pick (#45-Eric Calder) on 1981-06-10

Traded 1981 first round pick (#3-Bobby Carpenter), 1981 third round pick (#45-Eric Calder) to Capitals for 1981 first round pick (#5-Joe Cirella), 1981 second round pick (#26-Rich Chernomaz) on 1981-06-10

Traded • Rod Schutt to Penguins for • 1981 first round pick (#7-Mark Hunter) on 1978-10-18

Traded • Murray Wilson • 1979 first round pick (#16-Jay Wells) to Kings for • 1981 first round pick (#18-Gilbert Delorme) on 1978-10-05

Traded • Jack Valiquette to Rockies for • 1981 second round pick (#24-Gary Yaremchuk) on 1978-10-19

Traded • Mike Veisor to Whalers for • 1981 or 1982 second round pick (Blackhawks option) (1981 #25-Kevin Griffin) on 1980-06-14

Traded • 1981 first round pick (#3-Bobby Carpenter) • 1981 third round pick (#45-Eric Calder) to Capitals for • 1981 first round pick (#5-Joe Cirella) • 1981 second round pick (#26-Rich Chernomaz) on 1981-06-10

Traded • Ron Zanussi • 1981 third round pick (#55-Ernie Godden) to Maple Leafs for • 1981 second round pick (#27-Dave Donnelly) on 1981-03-10

Traded • Per-Olov Brasar to Canucks for • 1981 second round pick (#31-Mike Sands) on 1979-12-10

Traded • Canadiens promise to take Danny Geoffrion and Alain Cote rather than Marc Tardif and/or Richard David from Nordiques in 1979 NHL reclaim draft to Nordiques for • 1980 third round pick (#45-John Newberry) • 1981 second round pick (#32-Lars Eriksson) • Nordiques promise to take Alain Cote in NHL expansion draft on 1979-06-09

Traded • Glen Sharpley to Blackhawks for • Ken Solheim • 1981 second round pick (#33-Tom Hirsch) on 1980-12-29

Traded • rights to Garry Unger to Flames for • Ed Kea • Don Laurence • 1981 second round pick (#36-Hakan Nordin) on 1979-10-10

Traded • Bob Stewart • future considerations (Harvey Bennett Jr. on 08-28) to Blues for • 1981 second round pick (#41-Jali Wahlsten) on 1978-06-15

Traded • 1981 first round pick (#5-Joe Cirella) • 1981 second round pick (#26-Rich Chernomaz) to Rockies for • 1981 first round pick (#3-Bobby Carpenter) • 1981 third round pick (#45-Eric Calder) on 1981-06-10

Traded • Rick Meagher • 1981 third round pick (#61-Paul MacDermid) • 1981 fifth round pick (#103-Dan Bourbonnais) to Whalers for • 1981 third round pick (#46-Dieter Hegen) • 1981 fifth round pick (#88-Steve Rooney) on 1980-06-05

Traded • Wayne Stephenson to Capitals for • 1981 third round pick (#47-Barry Tabobondung) on 1979-08-16

Traded • Rene Robert to Maple Leafs for • 1981 third round pick (#48-Uli Hiemer) on 1981-01-30

Traded • Don Murdoch to Oilers for • Cam Connor • 1980 or 1981 third round pick (Oilers option) (1981 #50-Peter Sundstrom) on 1980-03-11

Traded • 1981 second round pick (#27-Dave Donnelly) to North Stars for • Ron Zanussi • 1981 third round pick (#55-Ernie Godden) on 1981-03-10

Traded • Jim Craig to Bruins for • 1980 second round pick (#39-Steve Konroyd) • 1981 third round pick (#56-Mike Vernon) on 1980-06-02

Traded • Alex McKendry to Flames for • 1981 third round pick (#57-Ron Handy) on 1980-10-09

Traded • Rick Martin to Kings for • 1981 third round pick (#60-Colin Chisholm) • 1983 first round pick (#5-Tom Barrasso) on 1981-03-10

Traded • 1981 third round pick (#46-Dieter Hegen) • 1981 fifth round pick (#88-Steve Rooney) to Canadiens for • Rick Meagher • 1981 third round pick (#61-Paul MacDermid) • 1981 fifth round pick (#103-Dan Bourbonnais) on 1980-06-05

Traded • Dennis Sobchuk to Red Wings for • 1981 conditional third or fourth round pick (#65-Dave Michayluk) on 1979-09-04

Traded • Paul Harrison to Maple Leafs for • 1981 fourth round pick (#69-Terry Tait) on 1978-06-14

Traded • Bill Stewart to Blues for • Bob Hess • 1981 fourth round pick (#83-Anders Wikberg) on 1980-10-30

Traded • Rick Meagher • 1981 third round pick (#61-Paul MacDermid) • 1981 fifth round pick (#103-Dan Bourbonnais) to Whalers for • 1981 third round pick (#46-Dieter Hegen) • 1981 fifth round pick (#88-Steve Rooney) on 1980-06-05

Traded • Gary Rissling to Penguins for • 1981 fifth round pick (#91-Peter Sidorkiewicz) on 1981-01-02

Traded • Nick Fotiu to Rangers for • 1981 fifth round pick (#93-Bill Maguire) on 1981-01-15

Traded • Richard Brodeur • 1981 fifth round pick (#105-Moe Lemay) to Canucks for • 1981 fifth round pick (#94-Jacques Sylvestre) on 1980-10-06

Traded • Jim Rutherford to Kings for • 1981 fifth round pick (#102-Barry Brigley) on 1981-03-10

Traded • 1981 third round pick (#46-Dieter Hegen) • 1981 fifth round pick (#88-Steve Rooney) to Canadiens for • Rick Meagher • 1981 third round pick (#61-Paul MacDermid) • 1981 fifth round pick (#103-Dan Bourbonnais) on 1980-06-05

Traded • 1981 fifth round pick (#94-Jacques Sylvestre) to Islanders for • Richard Brodeur • 1981 fifth round pick (#105-Moe Lemay) on 1980-10-06

Traded • Gilles Lupien to Whalers for • 1981 sixth round pick (#109-Paul Edwards) on 1981-02-20

Traded • Reg Thomas to Maple Leafs for • 1981 sixth round pick (#111-Steve Smith) on 1979-08-22

Traded • Garry Unger to Oilers for • 1981 seventh round pick (#134-Craig Hurley) on 1981-03-10

Traded • Andre Dupont to Nordiques for • 1981 seventh round pick (#137-Vladimir Svitek) • cash on 1980-09-15