2001–02 NHL transactions

The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League during the 2001–02 NHL season. It lists what team each player has been traded to, signed by, or claimed by, and for which players or draft picks, if applicable.

Free agency
Note: This does not include players who have re-signed with their previous team as an Unrestricted Free Agent or as a Restricted Free Agent.

May

 * 1)  Florida's acquired second-round pick went to New Jersey as the result of a trade on June 23, 2001 that sent a first-round pick in the 2001 Entry Draft to Florida in exchange for a second-round pick (# 44 overall) in the 2001 Entry Draft and this pick.
 * 2)  Atlanta's acquired third-round pick went to Buffalo as the result of a trade on June 22, 2002 that sent Vyacheslav Kozlov and a second-round pick (# 41 overall) in the 2002 Entry Draft to Atlanta in exchange for a second-round pick (# 31 overall) in the 2002 Entry Draft and this pick.
 * Atlanta previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 22, 2002 that sent future considerations (Atlanta's promise not to draft Jay Bouwmeester # 2 overall in 2002 NHL draft) to Florida in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2003 Entry Draft and this pick.

June

 * 1)  Phoenix's acquired second-round pick went to Calgary as the result of a trade on June 23, 2001, that sent a first-round pick in the 2001 Entry Draft (# 11 overall) to Phoenix in exchange for a first-round pick in the 2001 Entry Draft (# 14 overall) and this pick.
 * 2)  Washington's acquired second-round pick went to Vancouver as the result of a trade on November 10, 2001 that sent a first-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft and a third-round pick in the 2003 Entry Draft to Washington in exchange for Trevor Linden and this pick.
 * Washington previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 23, 2001 that sent a second-round pick in the 2003 Entry Draft to Tampa Bay in exchange for this pick.
 * 1)  Tampa Bay's acquired second-round pick went to Dallas as the result of a trade on June 22, 2002 that sent Brad Lukowich and a seventh-round pick in the 2003 Entry Draft to Tampa Bay in exchange for this pick.
 * Tampa Bay previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 21, 2002 that sent a first-round pick (# 4 overall) in the 2002 Entry Draft to Philadelphia in exchange for Ruslan Fedotenko, a second-round pick (# 52 overall) in the 2002 Entry Draft and this pick.
 * 1)  Florida's acquired second-round pick went to Calgary as the result of a trade on June 23, 2001 that sent the Valeri Bure and Jason Wiemer to Florida in exchange for Rob Niedermayer and this pick.
 * 2)  Ottawa's acquired third-round pick went to Tampa Bay as the result of a trade on June 23, 2001, that sent a fourth-round pick and seventh-round pick in the 2001 Entry Draft to Ottawa in exchange for this pick.
 * 3)  Washington's acquired second-round pick went to Vancouver as the result of a trade on November 10, 2001 that sent a first-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft and a third-round pick in the 2003 Entry Draft to Washington in exchange for Trevor Linden and this pick.
 * 4)  Florida third-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on June 22, 2002 that sent Eric Godard to the Islanders in exchange for this pick.
 * 5)  New Jersey's acquired fourth-round pick went to Atlanta as the result of a trade on June 24, 2001 that sent a third-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft to New Jersey in exchange for a seventh-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft and this pick.
 * 6)  Philadelphia's acquired fourth-round pick went to Carolina as the result of a trade on June 24, 2001 that sent a third-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft to Philadelphia in exchange for this pick.
 * 7)  Carolina's third-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on June 22, 2002 that sent a sixth-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft and a third-round pick in the 2003 Entry Draft to Philadelphia in exchange for this pick.
 * Atlanta's acquired seventh-round pick went to San Jose as the result of a trade on June 23, 2002 that sent an eighth-round in the 2002 Entry Draft and a seventh-round pick in the 2003 Entry Draft to Atlanta in exchange for this pick.
 * 1)  Atlanta's acquired seventh-round pick went to San Jose as the result of a trade on June 23, 2002 that sent an eighth-round in the 2002 Entry Draft and a seventh-round pick in the 2003 Entry Draft to Atlanta in exchange for this pick.
 * 2)  Philadelphia's acquired third-round pick went to Vancouver as the result of a trade on December 17, 2001 that sent Donald Brashear and a sixth-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft in exchange for Jan Hlavac this pick.
 * 3)  Tampa Bay's acquired sixth-round pick went to Colorado as the result of a trade on June 24, 2001 that sent Nolan Pratt to Tampa Bay in exchange for this pick.
 * 4)  Calgary's acquired fifth-round pick went to Detroit as the result of a trade on June 18, 1998 that sent a fifth-round pick (# 164 overall) and a seventh-round pick in the 2001 Entry Draft to Calgary in exchange for this pick.
 * 5)  Calgary's acquired seventh-round pick went to the Rangers as the result of a trade on June 24, 2001 that sent a seventh-round pick (# 207 overall) in the 2001 Entry Draft to Calgary in exchange for this pick.
 * 6)  Colorado's acquired ninth-round pick went to Nashville as the result of a trade on March 1, 2002 that sent a ninth-round pick in the D.J. Smith to Colorado in exchange for this pick.
 * 7)  Columbus' acquired first-round pick went to Atlanta as the result of a trade on June 22, 2002 that sent a second-round pick and a third-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft to Columbus in exchange for this pick.
 * Columbus previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 22, 2002 that sent a first-round pick (# 20 overall) in the 2002 Entry Draft to Buffalo in exchange for the rights to Mike Pandolfo and this pick.
 * 1)  The conditions of the conditional pick are unknown and the pick was not exercised.

July

 * 1)  Tampa Bay's acquired second-round pick went to San Jose as the result of a trade on June 22, 2002 that sent a second-round pick (# 60 overall) and a fifth-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft to Tampa Bay in exchange for this pick.
 * Tampa Bay previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 21, 2002 that sent a first-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft to Philadelphia in exchange for Ruslan Fedotenko, a second-round pick (# 34 overall) in the 2002 Entry Draft and this pick.
 * 1)  Tampa Bay's sixth-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on June 21, 2003 that sent a first-round pick in the 2003 Entry Draft to Florida in exchange for two second-round picks (# 34 & # 41 overall) in the 2003 Entry Draft and this pick.
 * 2)  Philadelphia's acquired third-round pick went to Phoenix as the result of a trade on June 12, 2002 that sent Robert Esche and Michal Handzuš to Philadelphia in exchange for Brian Boucher and this pick.

August

 * 1)  The conditions of this pick was the Rangers would gain a 2003 first-round draft pick if Lindros sustained a concussion during the preseason or the first 50 regular season games and did not return for at least 12 months.  The conditions were not met.

November

 * 1)  Washington's acquired third-round pick went to Edmonton as the result of a trade on October 7, 2002 that sent Mike Grier to Washington in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2003 Entry Draft and this pick.

December

 * 1)  St. Louis' acquired fourth-round pick went to Atlanta as the result of a trade on March 18, 2002 that sent Ray Ferraro to St. Louis in exchange for this pick.
 * 2)  Philadelphia's acquired sixth-round pick went to Columbus as the result of a trade on June 23, 2002 that sent a fifth-round pick in the 2003 Entry Draft to Philadelphia in exchange for a seventh-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft and this pick.
 * 3)  Phoenix's third-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on March 11, 2003 that sent Brad May to Vancouver in exchange for a conditional pick in the 2003 Entry Draft (this pick).  Conditions of this draft pick are unknown.

March 1–18

 * 1)  Nashville's third-round pick went to Detroit as the result of a trade on June 22, 2002 that sent a third-round pick in the 2003 Entry Draft to Nashville in exchange for this pick.·
 * Nashville previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 22, 2002 that sent future considerations (Nashville agreed not to select Joffrey Lupul in 2002 Entry Draft) to Anaheim in exchange for this pick.
 * 1)  Nashville's acquired third-round pick went to Anaheim as the result of a trade on June 23, 2003 that sent a fourth-round pick and fifth-round pick in the 2004 Entry Draft to Nashville in exchange for this pick.
 * 2)  Philadelphia's acquired third-round pick went to Phoenix as the result of a trade on March 10, 2003 that sent Tony Amonte to Philadelphia in exchange for Guillaume Lefebvre a second-round pick in the 2004 Entry Draft and this pick.
 * 3)  Philadelphia's acquired seventh-round pick went to San Jose as the result of a trade on June 22, 2003 that sent a sixth-round pick in the 2004 Entry Draft to Philadelphia in exchange for this pick.
 * 4)  The conditions of this draft pick are unknown.
 * 5)  The conditions of this draft pick are unknown.
 * 6)  Florida's acquired first-round pick went to Calgary as the result of a trade on June 22, 2002 that sent a first-round pick (# 9 overall) in the 2002 Entry Draft to Florida in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft and this pick.
 * 7)  Florida's acquired first-round pick went to Atlanta as the result of a trade on June 22, 2002 that sent future considerations (Atlanta's promise not to draft Jay Bouwmeester #2 overall in 2002 Entry Draft) to Florida in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft and this pick.

March 19 - trade deadline

 * 1)  Atlanta's acquired third-round pick went to Columbus as the result of a trade on June 22, 2002 that sent a first-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft to Atlanta in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft and this pick.
 * 2)  Columbus' acquired first-round pick went to Buffalo as the result of a trade on June 22, 2002 that sent the rights to Mike Pandolfo and a first-round pick (# 30 overall) in the 2002 Entry Draft to Columbus in exchange for this pick.
 * Columbus previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 18, 2002 that sent Ron Tugnutt and a second-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft to Dallas in exchange for this pick.
 * 1)  Florida's acquired fifth-round pick went to Los Angeles as the result of a trade on November 26, 2002 that sent Jaroslav Bednář and Andreas Lilja to Florida in exchange for Dmitry Yushkevich and this pick.
 * 2)  Washington's acquired first-round pick went to Dallas as the result of a trade on June 12, 2002 that sent a first-round pick (# 13 overall) in the 2002 Entry Draft to Washington in exchange for a second-round pick and a sixth-round pick in the 2002 Entry Draft along with this pick.