Talk:2014–15 NHL transactions

Start date
Why is the first day of preseason the first day of the 2014-15 transactions? Shouldn't it be as soon as the playoffs are over? Thricecube 18:15, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
 * I agree. For each NHL team, their season ends when they have played their final regular season game and have been eliminated from the playoffs. The NHL season officially ends when the Stanley Cup is awarded. All transactions made following the end of the season are logically made in preparation for the upcoming season, and to record transactions made in preparation for the new season with the previous season's article does not follow common sense. Dolovis (talk) 19:04, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Officially, the NHL season ends and starts July 1, for the sake of transactions of palyer rights - which is what this page is interested in. That is the day of turnover for all old contracts and the start of new ones. These pages have been built to start on the draft day. There are arguments as to why this was chosen, and why it is a good day to start, however the main reason we do not move to a new format is because it would be inconsistent with every previous season's transaction page (there was a debate about this last year where I felt we should start it July 1, but it eventually came down to starting July 1 for the new pages would mean we'd have to change all the old pages to compliment that, and that is a very large task) -Uncleben85 (talk) 21:32, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

Previous Team: Arizona Coyotes
Shouldn't we still be using Phoenix Coyotes for the "Previous Team" column in free agent signings? After all, that's the name they last played for. Cppallot (talk) 00:41, 9 July 2014 (UTC)


 * I think the way we have been approaching the situation is that Arizona officially changed their name at the start of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. All of the transactions listed on this page take place after the beginning of the Entry Draft, so any player involved in a transaction whose previous team was the Coyotes - although they never played in a game as an Arizona Coyote - is transferring from the Arizona Coyotes to their new team. Another reason to do this is to just avoid the confusion of having Phoenix Coyotes and Arizona Coyotes being listed on the same page without having to include a transfer list of every Phoenix Coyote player becoming an Arizona Coyote. -Uncleben85 (talk) 05:20, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
 * It is the same team; only the name has changed, so no players have been transfered from the Phoenix Coyotes to the Arizona Coyotes. As for players who do change teams - the Coyotes officially changed their name on June 27, 2014, so all transfers before that date are to/from the Phoenix Coyotes, and all transfers on and after that date are to/from the Arizona Coyotes. Dolovis (talk) 03:42, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

Daniel Alfredsson
Before retiring, Daniel Alfredsson signed a one-day contract with the Ottawa Senators so that he could officially retire as an Ottawa Senator. Should we structure our page to reflect that? The contract does not allow him to play a game, but it does allow him to partake in the pre-game warmup and ceremonies and have the Senators listed as his last team. For now, I've treated it as purely ceremonial, and have him retired as a Red Wing, but it wouldn't be difficult to add him to the free agents list, and change his retirement team. -Uncleben85 (talk) 20:41, 4 December 2014 (UTC)

Conditional 3rds in Islanders trades
Just a quick heads up, one the 3rd round picks traded today by the Islanders originally belonged to Vancouver. Deadman137 (talk) 18:54, 2 March 2015 (UTC)