1981–82 NHL transactions

The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League during the 1981–82 NHL season. It lists what team each player has been traded to, signed by, or claimed by, and for which player(s) or draft pick(s), if applicable.

July

 * 1) A compensation trade for Boston as Colorado signed restricted free agent Dwight Foster.
 * 2) Boston exercised the option and swap the 18th pick for the 1st overall pick in 1982.

August

 * 1)  Minnesota's third-round pick was re-acquired on draft day to complete a trade on February 2, 1981 that sent Gary Edwards to Edmonton in exchange for future considerations.

November

 * 1)  Calgary's second-round pick went to Montreal as the result of a trade on September 10, 1982 that sent the Doug Risebrough and Montreal's second-round pick in 1983 NHL Entry Draft to Calgary in exchange for Calgary's third-round pick in 1984 NHL Entry Draft and this pick.

December

 * 1)  This is a compensation trade.  Savard retired from the NHL on August 12, 1981.  The Jets selected him in the NHL waiver draft on October 5, 1981.  The trade was completed upon Savard's return to the NHL with the Jets.
 * 2)  Hartford's third-round pick went to Pittsburgh as the result of a trade on September 30, 1983 that sent Greg Malone to Hartford in exchange for this pick.
 * 3)  Montreal's second-round pick went to St. Louis as the result of a trade on June 9, 1984 that sent St. Louis' first-round and second-round picks in 1984 NHL Entry Draft to Montreal in exchange for Rick Wamsley, Montreal's second-round pick (32nd overall) and third-round pick in 1984 NHL Entry Draft along with this pick.
 * 4)  Dean Talafous did not report to Quebec and retired from hockey.  Pat Hickey was substituted to complete the trade after an arbitrator's decision on March 8, 1982.

January

 * 1)  Trade completed in May, 1982.

February

 * 1)  Washington's sixth-round pick went to Calgary as the result of a trade on June 9, 1982 that sent Ken Houston and Pat Riggin to Washington in exchange for Howard Walker, George White, Washington's third-round pick in 1983 NHL Entry Draft, second-round pick in 1984 NHL Entry Draft and this pick.
 * 2)  Trade completed on June 9, 1982 at the 1982 NHL Entry Draft.

March

 * Trading Deadline: March 9, 1982

Additional sources

 * hockeydb.com - search for player and select "show trades"