Traded Byron Dafoe, Dmitri Khristich to Kings for 1996 first round pick (#4-Alexandre Volchkov), 1996 fourth round pick (#85-Justin Davis) on 1995-07-08

Traded Glen Wesley to Whalers for 1995 first round pick (#9-Kyle McLaren), 1996 first round pick (#8-Jonathan Aitken), 1997 first round pick (#8-Sergei Samsonov) on 1994-08-26

Received 1996 first round pick (#14-Marty Reasoner) 1997 first round pick (#15-Matt Zultek) from Blues on 1995-07-28 as compensation for free agent Shayne Corson

Traded Curtis Joseph, rights to Mike Grier to Oilers for 1996 first round pick (#14-Marty Reasoner), 1997 first round pick (#15-Matt Zultek) on 1995-08-04

Traded Dmitry Yushkevich, 1996 second round pick (#50-Francis Larivee) to Maple Leafs for 1996 first round pick (#15-Dainius Zubrus), 1997 second round pick (#30-Jean-Marc Pelletier), 1996 fourth round pick (#84-Mikael Simons) on 1995-08-30

Traded Bill Ranford to Bruins for Mariusz Czerkawski, rights to Sean Brown, 1996 first round pick (#19-Matthieu Descoteaux) on 1996-01-11

Traded two 1996 second round picks (#31-Remi Royer) (#46-Geoff Peters) to Blackhawks for 1996 first round pick (#21-Marco Sturm) on 1996-06-22

Traded Pat Falloon to Flyers for rights to Martin Spanhel, 1996 first round pick (#24-Daniel Briere), 1996 fourth round pick (#106-Mike Martone) on 1995-11-16

Traded Doug Bodger to Sharks for Vaclav Varada, rights to Martin Spahnel, 1996 first round pick (#24-Daniel Briere), 1996 fourth round pick (#106-Mike Martone) on 1995-11-16

Traded Michal Grosek, Darryl Shannon to Sabres for Craig Muni, 1996 first round pick (#24-Daniel Briere) on 1996-02-15

Jets moved to phoenix and renamed Coyotes in 1996

Traded Steve Duchesne to Senators for 1996 second round pick (#27-Cory Sarich) on 1995-08-04

Traded Yuri Khmylev, 1996 eighth round pick (#196-Andrei Podkonicky) to Blues for Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre, 1996 second round pick (#27-Cory Sarich), 1997 third round pick (#69-Maxim Afinogenov) on 1996-03-20

Traded Chris Terreri to Sharks for 1996 second round pick (#28-Pavel Skrbek) on 1995-11-15

Traded two 1996 second round picks (#41-Josh DeWolf) (#49-Colin White) to Devils for 1996 second round pick (#28-Pavel Skrbek) on 1996-06-22

Traded 1995 third round pick (#69-Sergei Gusev) to Stars for 1996 second round pick (#31-Remi Royer) on 1995-07-08

Traded Craig Janney to Jets for Darren Turcotte, 1996 second round pick (#31-Remi Royer) on 1996-03-18

Traded 1996 first round pick (#21-Marco Sturm) to Sharks for two 1996 second round picks (#31-Remi Royer) (#46-Geoff Peters) on 1996-06-22

Traded Dave Andreychuk to Devils for 1996 second round pick (#36-Marek Posmyk), option of 1998 fourth round pick or 1999 third round pick (1998 #113-Kristian Antila) on 1996-03-13

Traded Brent Thompson, cash to Jets (who became Coyotes) for rights to Ruslan Batyrshin, 1996 second round pick (#37-Marian Cisar) on 1994-08-08

Traded Esa Tikkanen to Canucks for 1996 second round pick (#38-Wes Mason) on 1995-11-23

Traded Al MacInnis, 1997 fourth round pick (#86-Didier Tremblay) to Blues for Phil Housley, 1996 second round pick (#40-Steve Begin), 1997 second round pick (#42-John Tripp) on 1994-07-04

Traded Larry Murphy to Maple Leafs for Dmitri Mironov, 1996 second round pick (#41-Josh DeWolf) on 1995-07-08

Traded 1996 second round pick (#28-Pavel Skrbek) to Penguins for two 1996 second round picks (#41-Josh DeWolf) (#49-Colin White) on 1996-06-22

Traded Patrick Poulin, Igor Ulanov, 1996 second round pick (#47-Pierre Dagenais) to Lightning for Enrico Ciccone, 1996 second round pick (#42-Jeff Paul) on 1996-03-20

Traded Ray Sheppard, 1996 fourth round pick (#82-Joey Tetarenko) to Panthers for 1996 second round pick (#46-Geoff Peters), 1996 fourth round pick (#102-Matt Bradley) on 1996-03-16

Traded 1996 first round pick (#21-Marco Sturm) to Sharks for two 1996 second round picks (#31-Remi Royer) (#46-Geoff Peters) on 1996-06-22

Traded Enrico Ciccone, 1996 second round pick (#42-Jeff Paul) to Blackhawks for Patrick Poulin, Igor Ulanov, 1996 second round pick (#47-Pierre Dagenais) on 1996-03-20

Traded Corey Schwab to Lightning for Jeff Reese, 1996 second round pick (#47-Pierre Dagenais), 1996 eighth round pick (#205-Jay Bertsch) on 1996-06-22

Traded 1996 second round pick (#28-Pavel Skrbek) to Penguins for two 1996 second round picks (#41-Josh DeWolf) (#49-Colin White) on 1996-06-22

Traded 1996 first round pick (#15-Dainius Zubrus), 1997 second round pick (#30-Jean-Marc Pelletier), 1996 fourth round pick (#84-Mikael Simons) to Flyers for Dmitry Yushkevich, 1996 second round pick (#50-Francis Larivee) on 1995-08-30

Traded Shawn McEachern to Senators for Trent McCleary, 1996 third round pick (#53-Eric Naud) on 1996-06-22

Traded 1996 third round pick (#70-Jonathan Sim), 1996 fourth round pick (#90-Mike Hurley) to Stars for 1996 third round pick (#58-Sergei Zimakov) on 1996-06-22

Traded Bob Boughner to Sabres for 1996 third round pick (#60-Chris Allen) on 1996-02-01

Traded Teemu Selanne, Marc Chouinard, 1996 fourth round pick (#92-Kim Staal) to Mighty Ducks for Chad Kilger, Oleg Tverdovsky, 1996 third round pick (#62-Per-Anton Lundstrom) on 1996-02-07

Jets moved to phoenix and renamed Coyotes in 1996

Traded Dominic Roussel to Jets (who became Coyotes) for Tim Cheveldae, 1996 third round pick (#64-Chester Gallant) on 1996-02-17

Traded Jesse Belanger to Canucks for 1996 third round pick (#65-Oleg Kvasha), 1997 conditional pick (not exercised?) on 1996-03-20

Traded Dave Gagner to Flames for 1996 third round pick (#66-Mike Lankshear) on 1996-06-22

Traded 1996 third round pick (#58-Sergei Zimakov) to Capitals for 1996 third round pick (#70-Jonathan Sim), 1996 fourth round pick (#90-Mike Hurley) on 1996-06-22

Traded Kevin Stevens, Shawn McEachern to Bruins for Glen Murray, Bryan Smolinski, 1996 third round pick (#72-Boyd Kane) on 1995-08-01

Traded Magnus Svensson, Robert Svehla to Panthers for 1996 third round pick (#73-Dmitri Vlasenkov), 1997 fourth round pick (#100-Ryan Ready) on 1994-09-29

Traded Igor Ulanov to Blackhawks for 1996 third round pick (#74-Dave Weninger) on 1995-10-17

Traded Garth Snow to Flyers for 1996 third round pick (#78-Shawn McNeil), 1996 sixth round pick (#157-Kai Fischer) on 1995-07-12

Traded John Slaney to Avalanche for 1996 third round pick (#78-Shawn McNeil) on 1995-07-12

Traded Marc Bergevin, Ben Hankinson to Red Wings for Shawn Butt, 1996 third round pick (#80-Jason Doyle) on 1995-08-17

Traded David Shaw to Lightning for 1996 third round pick (#80-Jason Doyle) on 1995-08-17

Traded 1996 second round pick (#46-Geoff Peters), 1996 fourth round pick (#102-Matt Bradley) to Sharks for Ray Sheppard, 1996 fourth round pick (#82-Joey Tetarenko) on 1996-03-16

Traded Yanic Perreault to Kings for 1996 fourth round pick (#84-Mikael Simons) on 1994-07-11

Traded Dmitry Yushkevich, 1996 second round pick (#50-Francis Larivee) to Maple Leafs for 1996 first round pick (#15-Dainius Zubrus), 1997 second round pick (#30-Jean-Marc Pelletier), 1996 fourth round pick (#84-Mikael Simons) on 1995-08-30

Traded John Druce, 1997 seventh round pick (#164-Todd Fedoruk) to Flyers for 1996 fouth round pick (#84-Mikael Simons) on 1996-03-19

Traded Mike Donnelly, 1996 seventh round pick (#166-Eoin McInerney) to Stars for 1996 fourth round pick (#85-Justin Davis) on 1995-02-17

Traded Byron Dafoe, Dmitri Khristich to Kings for 1996 first round pick (#4-Alexandre Volchkov), 1996 fourth round pick (#85-Justin Davis) on 1995-07-08

Traded Kent Manderville to Oilers for Peter White, 1996 fourth round pick (#86-Jason Sessa) on 1995-12-04

Traded Todd Krygier to Mighty Ducks for 1996 fourth round pick (#90-Mike Hurley) on 1995-02-02

Traded 1996 third round pick (#58-Sergei Zimakov) to Capitals for 1996 third round pick (#70-Jonathan Sim), 1996 fourth round pick (#90-Mike Hurley) on 1996-06-22

Traded Chad Kilger, Oleg Tverdovsky, 1996 third round pick (#62-Per-Anton Lundstrom) to Jets (who became Coyotes) for Teemu Selanne, Marc Chouinard, 1996 fourth round pick (#92-Kim Staal) on 1996-02-07

Traded Ken Baumgartner to Mighty Ducks for 1996 fourth round pick (#92-Kim Staal) on 1996-03-20

Traded Paul DiPietro to Maple Leafs for 1996 fourth round pick (#92-Kim Staal) on 1995-04-06

Traded Dixon Ward, Guy Leveque, Shayne Toporowski, Kelly Fairchild to Maple Leafs for Eric Lacroix, Chris Snell, 1996 fourth round pick (#96-Eric Belanger) on 1994-10-03

Traded Jason Ruff, future considerations (1994 fourth round pick (#86-Dmitri Klevakin), 1995 fifth round pick (#108-Konstantin Golokhvasto), 1996 sixth round pick (#152-Nikolai Ignatov)) to Lightning for Basil McRae, Doug Crossman, 1996 fourth round choice (#97-Andrei Petrakov) on 1993-01-28

Traded Anson Carter to Capitals for 1996 fourth round pick (#98-Ben Storey) on 1996-04-03

Traded Ray Sheppard, 1996 fourth round pick (#82-Joey Tetarenko) to Panthers for 1996 second round pick (#46-Geoff Peters), 1996 fourth round pick (#102-Matt Bradley) on 1996-03-16

Traded Ravil Gusmanov to Blackhawks for 1996 fourth round pick (#103-Vladimir Antipov) on 1996-03-20

Jets moved to Phoenix and renamed Coyotes in 1996

Traded Mike Gartner to Coyotes for 1996 fourth round pick (#103-Vladmir Antipov) on 1996-06-22

Traded Pat Verbeek to Rangers for Glen Featherstone, Michael Stewart, 1995 first round pick (#13-Jean-Sebastien Giguere), 1996 fourth round pick (#104-Steve Wasylko) on 1995-03-23

Traded Pat Falloon to Flyers for rights to Martin Spanhel, 1996 first round pick (#24-Daniel Briere), 1996 fourth round pick (#106-Mike Martone) on 1995-11-16

Traded Doug Bodger to Sharks for Vaclav Varada, rights to Martin Spahnel, 1996 first round pick (#24-Daniel Briere), 1996 fourth round pick (#106-Mike Martone) on 1995-11-16

Traded Jason Zent to Senators for 1996 fifth round pick (#109-Andy "Bubba" Berenzweig) on 1994-10-15

Traded Todd Gill to Sharks for Jamie Baker, 1996 fifth round pick (#110-Peter Cava) on 1996-06-14

Traded Eric Fichaud to Islanders for Benoit Hogue, 1995 third round pick (#54-Ryan Pepperall), 1996 fifth round pick (#111-Brandon Sugdon) on 1995-04-06

Traded Shane Churla, Doug Zmolek to Kings for Darryl Sydor, 1996 fifth round pick (#112-Ryan Christie) on 1996-02-17

Traded Wayne Gretzky to Blues for Craig Johnson, Patrice Tardif, Roman Vopat, 1996 fifth round pick (#123-Peter Hogan), 1997 first round pick (#15-Matt Zultek) on 1996-02-27

Traded Rob Zettler to Maple Leafs for 1996 fifth round pick (#124-Per-Ragna Bergquist) on 1995-07-08

Traded Dean Chynoweth to Bruins for 1996 fifth round pick (#128-Petr Sachl) on 1995-12-09

Traded Kevin Miller to Penguins for 1996 fifth round pick (#132-Elias Abrahamsson) on 1996-03-20

Traded Al Iafrate to Sharks for Jeff Odgers, 1996 fifth round pick (#132-Elias Abrahamsson) on 1996-06-21

Traded rights to Ruslan Batyrshin, 1996 second round pick (#37-Marian Cisar), Jets option to swap 1995 sixth round picks (#146-Brian Willsie) to Kings for Brent Thompson, Jets option to swap 1995 sixth round picks (#139-Robert Esche), cash on 1994-08-08

Jets moved to Phoenix and renamed Coyotes on 1996-07-01

Traded Randy Wood, Benoit Hogue to Stars for Dave Gagner, 1996 sixth round pick (#140-Dmitri Yakushin) on 1996-01-28

Traded Mike Sillinger, Jason York to Mighty Ducks for Stu Grimson, Mark Ferner, 1996 sixth round pick (#144-Magnus Nilsson) on 1995-04-04

Traded Brent Thompson, Jets (who became Coyotes) option to swap 1995 sixth round picks (#139-Robert Esche), cash to Jets (who became Coyotes) for rights to Ruslan Batyrshin, 1996 second round pick (#37-Marian Cisar), Jets (who became Coyotes) option to swap 1995 sixth round picks (#146-Brian Willsie) on 1994-08-08

Traded John Slaney to Kings for 1996 conditional sixth round pick (#146-Brian Willsie) on 1995-12-28

Traded Nikolai Borschevsky to Flames for 1996 sixth round pick (#148-Chris Bogas) on 1995-04-06

Traded 1995 sixth round pick (#153-Denis Hamel) to Blues for 1996 sixth round pick (#149-Blaine Russell) on 1995-07-08

Traded Pat Jablonski, Darin Kimble, Rob Robinson, Steve Tuttle to Lightning for future considerations (1994 fourth round pick (#86-Dmitri Klevakin), 1995 fifth round pick (#108-Konstantin Golokhvasto), 1996 sixth round pick (#152-Nikolai Ignatov)) on 1992-06-19

Traded Basil McRae, Doug Crossman, 1996 fourth round choice (#97-Andrei Petrakov) to Blues for Jason Ruff, future considerations (1994 fourth round pick (#86-Dmitri Klevakin), 1995 fifth round pick (#108-Konstantin Golokhvasto), 1996 sixth round pick (#152-Nikolai Ignatov)) on 1993-01-28

Traded Denis Savard to Blackhawks for 1996 sixth round pick (#157-Xavier Delisle) on 1995-04-06

Traded Jean-Jacques "J.J." Daigneault to Penguins for 1996 sixth round pick (#159-Stephen Wagner) on 1996-03-20

Traded Garth Snow to Flyers for 1996 third round pick (#78-Shawn McNeil), 1996 sixth round pick (#160-Kai Fischer) on 1995-07-12

Traded Dave Hannan to Avalanche for 1996 sixth round pick (#161-Darren Mortier) on 1996-03-20

Traded 1996 fourth round pick (#85-Justin Davis) to Kings for Mike Donnelly, 1996 seventh round pick (#166-Eoin McInerney) on 1995-02-17

Traded Iain Fraser to Stars for 1995 seventh round pick (#167-Dan Hinote) on 1995-01-31

Traded Denis Hamel to Sabres for Charlie Huddy, 1996 seventh round pick (#169-Daniel Corso) on 1996-03-19

Traded Tyler Wright to Penguins for 1996 seventh round pick (#170-Brandon Lafrance) on 1996-06-22

Traded Claude Lapointe to Flames for 1996 seventh round pick (#176-Samuel Pahlsson) on 1995-11-01

Traded Kevin Brown to Senators for Jaroslav Modry, 1996 eighth round pick (#190-Steve Valiquette) on 1996-03-20

Traded Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre, 1996 second round pick (#27-Cory Sarich), 1997 third round pick (#69-Maxim Afinogenov) to Sabres for Yuri Khmylev, 1996 eighth round pick (#196-Andrei Podkonicky) on 1996-03-20

Traded Corey Schwab to Lightning for Jeff Reese, 1996 second round pick (#47-Pierre Dagenais), 1996 eighth round pick (#205-Jay Bertsch) on 1996-06-22

Traded Dave McLlwain to Penguins for 1996 eighth round pick (#212-Erich Goldmann) on 1996-03-01

Traded Jeff Reese to Lightning for 1996 ninth round pick (#231-Askhat Rakhmatulin) on 1995-12-01

Traded Kerry Huffman to Flyers for 1996 ninth round pick (#239-Sami Salo) on 1996-03-19