Traded • Viktor Kozlov • 1998 conditional fifth round pick (#117-Jaroslav Spacek) to Panthers for • Dave Lowry • 1998 first round pick (#1-Vincent Lecavalier) on 1997-11-13

Traded • Bryan Marchment • David Shaw • Lightning conditional right to swap 1998 first round picks (#2-David Legwand) to Sharks for • Andrei Nazarov • Lightning conditional right to swap 1998 first round picks (#1-Vincent Lecavalier) on 1998-03-24

Traded • Andrei Nazarov • Lightning conditional right to swap 1998 first round picks (#1-Vincent Lecavalier) to Lightning for • Bryan Marchment • David Shaw • Lightning conditional right to swap 1998 first round picks (#2-David Legwand) on 1998-03-24

Traded • 1998 first round pick (#3-Brad Stuart) • 1998 second round pick (#29-Jonathan Cheechoo) to Sharks for • 1998 first round pick (#2-David Legwand) • 1998 third round pick (#85-Geoff Koch) on 1998-06-27

Traded • 1998 first round pick (#2-David Legwand) • 1998 third round pick (#85-Geoff Koch) to Predators for • 1998 first round pick (#3-Brad Stuart) • 1998 second round pick (#29-Jonathan Cheechoo) on 1998-06-27

Traded • 1998 first round pick (#10-Nik Antropov) • 1998 third round pick (#69-Jamie Hodson) • 1998 fifth round pick (#126-Morgan Warren) to Maple Leafs for • 1998 first round pick (#8-Mark Bell) • 1998 fourth round pick (#94-Matthias Trattnig) on 1998-06-27

Traded • 1998 first round pick (#8-Mark Bell) • 1998 fourth round pick (#94-Matthias Trattnig) to Blackhawks for • 1998 first round pick (#10-Nik Antropov) • 1998 third round pick (#69-Jamie Hodson) • 1998 fifth round pick (#126-Morgan Warren) on 1998-06-27

Traded • Mike Ricci • 1998 second round pick (#50-Jaroslav Kristek) to Sharks for • Shean Donovan • 1998 first round pick (#12-Alex Tanguay) on 1997-11-20

Traded • Eric Lacroix • 1998 first round pick (#21-Mathieu Biron) to Kings for • Stephane Fiset • 1998 first round pick (#17-Martin Skoula) on 1996-06-20

Traded • Landon Wilson • Anders Myrvold to Bruins for • 1998 first round pick (#19-Robyn Regehr) on 1996-11-22

Traded • Curtis Leschyshyn • Chris Simon to Capitals for • Keith Jones • 1998 first round pick (#20-Scott Parker) • 1998 fourth round pick (#106-Krys Barch) on 1996-11-02

Traded • Stephane Fiset • 1998 first round pick (#17-Martin Skoula) to Avalanche for • Eric Lacroix • 1998 first round pick (#21-Mathieu Biron) on 1996-06-20

Received • 1998 first round pick (#22-Simon Gagne) • 1999 first round pick (#22-Maxime Ouellet) • 2000 first round pick (#28-Justin Williams) • 2001 first round pick (#23-Tim Gleason) from Flyers on 1997-08-20 as compensation for Group II free agent Chris Gratton

Traded • Mikael Renberg • Karl Dykhuis to Lightning for • 1998 first round pick (#22-Simon Gagne) • 1999 first round pick (#22-Maxime Ouellet) • 2000 first round pick (#28-Justin Williams) • 2001 first round pick (#23-Tim Gleason) on 1997-08-20

Traded • 1998 second round pick (#39-John Erskine) • 1998 second round pick (#57-Tyler Bouck) to Stars for • 1998 first round pick (#27-Scott Gomez) on 1998-06-27

Traded • Craig Wolanin to Lightning for • 1998 second round pick (#28-Ramzi Abid) on 1996-07-29

Traded • 1998 first round pick (#2-David Legwand) • 1998 third round pick (#85-Geoff Koch) to Predators for • 1998 first round pick (#3-Brad Stuart) • 1998 second round pick (#29-Jonathan Cheechoo) on 1998-06-27

Traded • Pat LaFontaine to Rangers for • 1998 second round pick (#34-Andrew Peters) • 2000 conditional fifth round pick (not exercised) on 1997-09-29

compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for 1996 first round pick Lance Ward not signed

Traded • Tuomas Gronman to Blackhawks for • 1998 second round pick (#38-Philippe Sauve) on 1996-07-10

Traded • Jim Dowd • 1997 second round pick (#51-Dmitri Kokorev) to Whalers (who became Hurricanes) for • Jocelyn Lemieux • 1998 second round pick (#39-John Erskine) on 1995-12-19

Traded • 1998 first round pick (#27-Scott Gomez) to Devils for • 1998 second round pick (#39-John Erskine) • 1998 second round pick (#57-Tyler Bouck) on 1998-06-27

compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Mark Messier

Traded • Mike Vernon • 1999 fifth round pick (#149-Andrei Maximenko) to Sharks for • 1998 second round pick (#41-Maxim Linnik) • 1999 second round pick (#47-Sheldon Keefe) on 1997-08-18

Traded • 1998 second round pick (#55-Ryan Barnes) • 1998 fourth round pick (#111-Brent Hobday) to Red Wings for • 1998 second round pick (#41-Maxim Linnik) on 1998-06-27

Traded • Janne Niinimaa to Oilers for • Dan McGillis • 1998 second round pick (#42-Jason Beckett) on 1998-03-24

Traded • Shean Donovan • 1998 first round pick (#12-Alex Tanguay) to Avalanche for • Mike Ricci • 1998 second round pick (#50-Jaroslav Kristek) on 1997-11-20

Traded • Steve Shields • 1998 fourth round pick (#104-Miroslav Zalesak) to Sharks for • Kay Whitmore • 1998 second round pick (#50-Jaroslav Kristek) • 2000 fifth round pick (#150-Tyler Kolarik) on 1998-06-18

compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Rick Tocchet

Traded • Bill Ranford • Adam Oates • Rick Tocchet to Capitals for • Jason Allison • Jim Carey • Anson Carter • 1997 third round pick (#63-Lee Goren) • 1998 conditional second round pick (if Capitals re-sign Tocchet) (#52-Bobby Allen) on 1997-03-01

compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for 1996 first round pick Peter Ratchuk not signed

Traded • 1998 second round pick (#41-Maxim Linnik) to Blues for • 1998 second round pick (#55-Ryan Barnes) • 1998 fourth round pick (#111-Brent Hobday) on 1998-06-27

Traded • 1998 first round pick (#27-Scott Gomez) to Devils for • 1998 second round pick (#39-John Erskine) • 1998 second round pick (#57-Tyler Bouck) on 1998-06-27

Traded • 1997 third round pick (#77-Steve Gainey) to Stars for • 1998 second round pick (#58-Chris Bala) on 1997-06-21

Traded • Alexandre Daigle to Flyers for • Vaclav Prospal • Pat Falloon • 1998 second round pick (#58-Chris Bala) on 1998-01-17

Traded • Bill Ranford to Lightning for • 1998 third round pick (#59-Todd Hornung) • 1999 second round pick (#29-Michal Sivek) on 1998-06-18

Traded • Jim Dowd • Frantisek Kucera • 1997 second round pick (#34-Ryan Bonni) to Canucks for • Jeff Brown • 1998 third round pick (#62-Paul Manning) on 1995-12-19

Traded • Steve Chiasson • 1997 third round pick (#80-Francis Lessard) to Whalers for • Hnat Domenichelli • Glen Featherstone • 1997 second round pick (#51-Dmitry Kokorev) • 1998 third round pick (#62-Paul Manning) on 1997-03-05

Traded • Scott Young to Mighty Ducks for • 1998 third round pick (#63-Lance Ward) on 1997-09-17

Traded • Tom Fitzgerald to Avalanche for • rights to Mark Parrish • 1998 third round pick (#63-Lance Ward) on 1998-03-23

Traded • Jason Wiemer to Flames for • Sandy McCarthy • 1998 third round pick (#64-Brad Richards) • 1998 fifth round pick (#121-Curtis Rich) on 1998-03-24

compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Ed Belfour

Traded • Craig Wolanin to Maple Leafs for • 1998 third round pick (#67-Alex Henry) on 1997-01-31

Traded • Vladimir Vujtek • 1998 third round pick (#72-Dimitry Afanasenkov) to Lightning for • Brantt Myhres • 1998 third round pick (#67-Alex Henry) on 1997-07-16

Traded • Trevor Linden to Islanders for • Todd Bertuzzi • Bryan McCabe • 1998 third round pick (#68-Jarkko Ruutu) on 1998-02-03

Traded • 1998 first round pick (#8-Mark Bell) • 1998 fourth round pick (#94-Matthias Trattnig) to Blackhawks for • 1998 first round pick (#10-Nik Antropov) • 1998 third round pick (#69-Jamie Hodson) • 1998 fifth round pick (#126-Morgan Warren) on 1998-06-27

Traded • 1997 first round pick (#23-Scott Hannan) to Sharks for • 1997 second round pick (#28-Brad DeFauw) • 1998 third round pick (#71-Erik Cole) on 1997-06-21

Traded • Brantt Myhres • 1998 third round pick (#67-Alex Henry) to Oilers for • Vladimir Vujtek • 1998 third round pick (#72-Dimitry Afanasenkov) on 1997-07-16

Traded • 1998 fourth round pick (#106-Krys Barch) • 1998 fourth round pick (#107-Chris Corrinet) • 1998 fifth round pick (#118-Mike Siklenka) to Capitals for • 1998 third round pick (#79-Evgeny Lazarev) on 1998-06-27

Traded • Francois Leroux to Avalanche for • 1998 third round pick (#80-David Cameron) on 1997-09-28

Traded • Dave Babych • 1998 fifth round pick (#139-Garrett Prosofsky) to Flyers for • 1998 third round pick (#81-Justin Morrison) on 1998-03-24

Traded • Jiri Slegr to Penguins for • 1998 third round pick (#82-Brian Gionta) on 1997-08-12

Traded • rights to Fredrik Lindquist • 1998 fourth round pick (#113-Kristian Antila) • 1998 fifth round pick (#144-Oleg Smirnov) to Oilers for • 1998 third round pick (#82-Brian Gionta) on 1998-06-27

Traded • Vlastimil Kroupa to Devils for • 1998 third round pick (#85-Geoff Koch) on 1997-08-22

Traded • 1998 first round pick (#3-Brad Stuart) • 1998 second round pick (#29-Jonathan Cheechoo) to Sharks for • 1998 first round pick (#2-David Legwand) • 1998 third round pick (#85-Geoff Koch) on 1998-06-27

Traded • Dino Ciccarelli to Lightning for • 1998 fourth round pick (#87-Alexei Ponikarovsky) on 1996-08-27

Traded • Jamie Macoun to Red Wings for • 1998 fourth round pick (#87-Alexei Ponikarovsky) on 1998-03-24

Traded • Mark Janssens to Mighty Ducks for • Bates Battaglia • 1998 fourth round pick (#91-Josef Vasicek) on 1997-03-18

Whalers moved to Carolina and renamed Hurricanes on 1997-06-25

Traded • Rick Tabaracci to Flames for • 1998 fourth round pick (#92-Eric Beaudoin) on 1997-06-21

Traded • Jason Muzzatti to Rangers for • 1998 fourth round pick (#93-Tommy Westlund) on 1997-08-08

Traded • 1998 first round pick (#10-Nik Antropov) • 1998 third round pick (#69-Jamie Hodson) • 1998 fifth round pick (#126-Morgan Warren) to Maple Leafs for • 1998 first round pick (#8-Mark Bell) • 1998 fourth round pick (#94-Matthias Trattnig) on 1998-06-27

Traded • Reid Simpson to Blackhawks for • 1998 fourth round pick (#96-Mikko Jokela) • future considerations (?) on 1998-01-08

Traded • Jonas Hoglund • Zarley Zalapski to Canadiens for • Valeri Bure • 1998 fourth round pick (#102-Shaun Sutter) on 1998-02-01

Traded • Kay Whitmore • 1998 second round pick (#50-Jaroslav Kristek) • 2000 fifth round pick (#150-Tyler Kolarik) to Sabres for • Steve Shields • 1998 fourth round pick (#104-Miroslav Zalesak) on 1998-06-18

Traded • Byron Dafoe • Dmitri Khristich to Bruins for • Jozef Stumpel • Sandy Moger • 1998 fourth round pick (#105-Pierre Dagenais) on 1997-08-29

Traded • Doug Bodger to Kings for • 1998 fourth round pick (#105-Pierre Dagenais) on 1998-06-18

Traded • Curtis Leschyshyn • Chris Simon to Capitals for • Keith Jones • 1998 first round pick (#20-Scott Parker) • 1998 fourth round pick (#106-Krys Barch) on 1996-11-02

Traded • 1998 third round pick (#79-Evgeny Lazarev) to Avalanche for • 1998 fourth round pick (#106-Krys Barch) • 1998 fourth round pick (#107-Chris Corrinet) • 1998 fifth round pick (#118-Mike Siklenka) on 1998-06-27

Traded • 1998 third round pick (#79-Evgeny Lazarev) to Avalanche for • 1998 fourth round pick (#106-Krys Barch) • 1998 fourth round pick (#107-Chris Corrinet) • 1998 fifth round pick (#118-Mike Siklenka) on 1998-06-27

compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Dave Gagner

Traded • 1998 second round pick (#41-Maxim Linnik) to Blues for • 1998 second round pick (#55-Ryan Barnes) • 1998 fourth round pick (#111-Brent Hobday) on 1998-06-27

Traded • Dmitri Mironov to Red Wings for • Jamie Pushor • 1998 fourth round pick (#112-Viktor Wallin) on 1998-03-24

Traded • 1998 third round pick (#82-Brian Gionta) to Devils for • rights to Fredrik Lindquist • 1998 fourth round pick (#113-Kristian Antila) • 1998 fifth round pick (#144-Oleg Smirnov) on 1998-06-27

Traded • Brian Skrudland • Mike Keane • 1998 or 1999 conditional sixth round pick (1998 #153-Pavel Patera) to Stars for • Todd Harvey • Bob Errey • 1998 fourth round pick (#114-Boyd Kane) on 1998-03-24

Traded • Craig Janney to Lightning for • Louie DeBrusk • 1998 fifth round pick (#115-Jay Leach) on 1998-06-11

Traded • Ville Peltonen to Predators for • Predators agreed to not select Tony Granato from Sharks in 1998 expansion draft • 1998 fifth round pick (#116-Josh Blackburn) on 1998-06-26

Traded • 1999 fifth round pick (#145-Marc-Andre Thinel) to Sharks for • 1998 fifth round pick (#116-Josh Blackburn) on 1998-06-27

Traded • Johan Garpenlov to Panthers for • 1998 conditional fifth round pick (#117-Jaroslav Spacek) on 1995-03-03

Traded • Dave Lowry • 1998 first round pick (#1-Vincent Lecavalier) to Sharks for • Viktor Kozlov • 1998 conditional fifth round pick (#117-Jaroslav Spacek) on 1997-11-13

compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Mike Keane

Traded • 1998 third round pick (#79-Evgeny Lazarev) to Avalanche for • 1998 fourth round pick (#106-Krys Barch) • 1998 fourth round pick (#107-Chris Corrinet) • 1998 fifth round pick (#118-Mike Siklenka) on 1998-06-27

Traded • Peter Zezel to Canucks for • 1998 fifth round pick (#119-Anton But) on 1998-02-05

Received • 1998 fifth round pick (#120-Brent Gauvreau) from Mighty Ducks on 1997-08-09 as compensation for head coach Pierre Page

Traded • Jason Wiemer to Flames for • Sandy McCarthy • 1998 third round pick (#64-Brad Richards) • 1998 fifth round pick (#121-Curtis Rich) on 1998-03-24

Traded • Darby Hendrickson to Maple Leafs for • 1998 conditional fifth or sixth round pick (#123-Jiri Dopita) on 1996-10-10

Traded • Dmitri Nabokov to Islanders for • Jean-Pierre Dumont • 1998 fifth round pick (#124-Francis Belanger) on 1998-05-30

Traded • Paul Coffey to Blackhawks for • 1998 fifth round pick (#124-Francis Belanger) on 1998-06-27

Traded • Martin Gendron • 1998 sixth round pick (#166-Jonathan Pelletier) to Blackhawks for • 1998 fifth round pick (#125-Erik Wendell) on 1997-10-10

Traded • Enrico Ciccone to Hurricanes for • Ryan Risidore • 1998 fifth round pick (#126-Morgan Warren) on 1997-07-25

Traded • 1998 first round pick (#8-Mark Bell) • 1998 fourth round pick (#94-Matthias Trattnig) to Blackhawks for • 1998 first round pick (#10-Nik Antropov) • 1998 third round pick (#69-Jamie Hodson) • 1998 fifth round pick (#126-Morgan Warren) on 1998-06-27

compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Glenn Healy

Traded • Jason Woolley to Sabres for • 1998 fifth round pick (#134-Rob Scuderi) on 1997-09-24

Received • 1998 fifth round pick (#136-David Jonsson) from Capitals on 1997-06-09 as compensation for general manager George McPhee

compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Garry Galley

Traded • Predators agreed to not select certain unspecified player(s) in 1998 NHL expansion draft to Avalanche for • 1998 fifth round pick (#138-Martin Beauchesne) on 1998-06-26

Traded • Mike Sillinger to Flyers for • 1998 conditional round pick (#139-Garrett Prosofsky) on 1998-02-05

Traded • 1998 third round pick (#81-Justin Morrison) to Canucks for • Dave Babych • 1998 fifth round pick (#139-Garrett Prosofsky) on 1998-03-24

Traded • Josef Beranek to Penguins for • future considerations (1998 fifth round pick (#140-Rick Bertran)) on 1997-03-18

Traded • 1997 fourth round pick (#98-Jan Horacek) • 1997 fourth round pick (#106-Jame Pollock) to Blues for • 1997 third round pick (#78-Ville Nieminen) • 1998 fifth round pick (#141-K.C. Timmons) on 1997-06-21

compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Dave Ellett

Traded • 1998 third round pick (#82-Brian Gionta) to Devils for • rights to Fredrik Lindquist • 1998 fourth round pick (#113-Kristian Antila) • 1998 fifth round pick (#144-Oleg Smirnov) on 1998-06-27

Traded • Sergei Gorbachev to Stars for • 1998 fifth round pick (#145-Mikael Samuelsson) on 1996-08-15

compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Tomas Sandstrom

Traded • Scott Fraser to Flames for • David Ling • 1998 sixth round pick (#152-Gordie Dwyer) on 1996-10-24

Traded • Todd Harvey • Bob Errey • 1998 fourth round pick (#114-Boyd Kane) to Rangers for • Brian Skrudland • Mike Keane • 1998 or 1999 conditional sixth round pick (1998 #153-Pavel Patera) on 1998-03-24

Traded • Steve Leach to Hurricanes for • Alexander Godynyuk • 1998 sixth round pick (#157-Brad Voth) on 1997-06-27

Traded • Murray Craven to Sharks for • Petri Varis • 1998 sixth round pick (#158-Jari Viuhkola) on 1997-07-25

Traded • Mike Prokopec to Senators for • Denis Chasse • rights to Kevin Bolibruck • 1998 sixth round pick (#161-Chris Neil) on 1997-03-18

Traded • Kirk Daubenspeck to Blackhawks for • 1998 sixth round pick (#161-Chris Neil) • future considerations (?) on 1997-09-24

Traded • 1998 fifth round pick (#125-Erik Wendell) to Capitals for • Martin Gendron • 1998 sixth round pick (#166-Jonathan Pelletier) on 1997-10-10

Traded • Dominic Roussel • Jeff Staples to Predators for • Predators agreed to not select Paul Coffey from Flyers in 1998 expansion draft • 1998 seventh round pick (#175-Cam Ondrik) on 1998-06-26

Traded • Eric Charron to Flames for • future considerations (1998 seventh round pick (#179-Nathan Forster)) on 1997-09-04

Traded • Mike Sullivan to Bruins for • 1998 seventh round pick (#192-Radek Duda) on 1997-06-21

Traded • 1999 sixth round pick (#158-Anders Lovdahl) to Avalanche for • 1998 seventh round pick (#194-Oak Hewer) • 1998 eighth round pick (#221-Dan Hulak) • 1998 ninth round pick (#252-Martin Cibak) on 1998-06-27

Received • 1998 eighth round pick (#201-Craig Murray) from Lightning on 1998-02-01 as compensation for head coach Jacques Demers

Traded • Kelly Chase to Maple Leafs for • 1998 eighth round pick (#208-Jaroslav Svoboda) on 1997-03-18

Whalers moved to Carolina and renamed Hurricanes on 1997-06-25

Traded • Per Gustafsson to Senators for • 1998 eighth round pick (#215-Dwight Wolfe) on 1998-03-17

Traded • Grant Ledyard to Bruins for • 1998 eighth round pick (#219-Curtis Valentine) on 1998-03-03

Traded • 1999 sixth round pick (#158-Anders Lovdahl) to Avalanche for • 1998 seventh round pick (#194-Oak Hewer) • 1998 eighth round pick (#221-Dan Hulak) • 1998 ninth round pick (#252-Martin Cibak) on 1998-06-27

compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Bob Errey

Traded • 1999 eighth round pick (#241-Doug Murray) to Sharks for • 1998 eighth round pick (#223-Sergei Verenkin) on 1998-06-27

Traded • Mike Kennedy to Stars for • 1998 eighth round pick (#228-Mihail Travnicek) on 1998-03-24

Traded • rights to Gary Suter to Sharks for • 1998 ninth round pick (#240-Andrei Yershov) on 1998-06-27

Traded • Mark Janssens to Coyotes for • 1998 ninth round pick (#242-Jason Doyle) on 1998-03-24

compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Michel Petit

compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Craig Muni

compensatory pick received from NHL as compensation for free agent Brian Bellows

Traded • 1999 ninth round pick (#247-Mikko Eloranta) to Bruins for • 1998 ninth round pick (#250-Radek Matejovsky) on 1998-06-27

Traded • 1999 sixth round pick (#158-Anders Lovdahl) to Avalanche for • 1998 seventh round pick (#194-Oak Hewer) • 1998 eighth round pick (#221-Dan Hulak) • 1998 ninth round pick (#252-Martin Cibak) on 1998-06-27

Traded • 1999 ninth round pick (#265-Jamie Chamberlain) to Stars for • 1998 ninth round pick (#258-Sergei Skrobot) on 1998-06-26