1975–76 NHL transactions
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The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League during the 1975–76 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.
Trades between teams
[edit]June
[edit]- The Golden Seals relocated to become the Cleveland Barons for the 1976–77 NHL season.
- Detroit's second-round pick went to Minnesota as the result of a trade on February 27, 1976 that sent Dennis Hextall to Detroit in exchange for Bill Hogaboam and this pick.
July
[edit]| July 3, 1975 | To Buffalo Sabres cash |
To St. Louis Blues rights to Gilles Gratton |
| July 9, 1975 | To Montreal Canadiens 3rd-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft (# 43 - Alain Cote) cash |
To Minnesota North Stars Glen Sather |
August
[edit]| August 15, 1975 | To Minnesota North Stars Tim Young |
To Los Angeles Kings 2nd-rd pick - 1976 Amateur Draft (# 21 - Steve Clippingdale) |
| August 22, 1975 | To Kansas City Scouts Gary Bergman Bill McKenzie |
To Detroit Red Wings Glen Burdon Peter McDuffe |
September
[edit]| September, 1975 exact date unknown |
To Toronto Maple Leafs Tom Cassidy |
To Los Angeles Kings cash |
| September 9, 1975 | To Atlanta Flames Curt Ridley |
To New York Rangers Jerry Byers |
| September 20, 1975 | To St. Louis Blues Bob MacMillan |
To New York Rangers Larry Sacharuk |
| September 23, 1975 | To California Golden Seals cash |
To Atlanta Flames Claude St. Sauveur |
October
[edit]| October 1, 1975 | To Buffalo Sabres cash |
To Kansas City Scouts Rocky Farr |
| October 1, 1975 | To Buffalo Sabres Jacques Richard |
To Atlanta Flames Larry Carriere 1st-rd pick - 1976 Amateur Draft (WSH - # 15 - Greg Carroll)1 cash |
| October 13, 1975 | To Kansas City Scouts Buster Harvey |
To Atlanta Flames Richard Lemieux 2nd-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft (# 20 - Miles Zaharko) |
| October 22, 1975 | To California Golden Seals cash |
To St. Louis Blues Rick Smith |
| October 28, 1975 | To Chicago Black Hawks Gilles Villemure |
To New York Rangers Doug Jarrett |
| October 30, 1975 | To St. Louis Blues Derek Sanderson |
To New York Rangers 1st-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft (# 8 - Lucien DeBlois) |
- Buffalo's first-round pick went to Washington as the result of a trade on January 22, 1976 that sent Bill Clement to Atlanta in exchange for Jean Lemieux, Gerry Meehan and this pick.
November
[edit]| November, 1975 exact dte unknown |
To Kansas City Scouts Frank Bathe |
To Detroit Red Wings Hank Lehvonen |
| November 7, 1975 | To Boston Bruins Brad Park Jean Ratelle Joe Zanussi |
To New York Rangers Phil Esposito Carol Vadnais |
| November 14, 1975 | To Boston Bruins cash |
To New York Rangers Al Simmons |
| November 20, 1975 | To Detroit Red Wings rights to Jean-Paul LeBlanc |
To Chicago Black Hawks 2nd-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft (# 19 - Jean Savard) |
| November 21, 1975 | To Minnesota North Stars Bryan Hextall Jr. |
To Detroit Red Wings Rick Chinnick |
| November 24, 1975 | To California Golden Seals Wayne Merrick |
To St. Louis Blues Larry Patey 3rd-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft (CLE - # 41 - Reg Kerr)1 |
| November 25, 1975 | To Minnesota North Stars Pierre Jarry |
To Detroit Red Wings Don Martineau |
| November 26, 1975 | To Washington Capitals Bob Paradise |
To Pittsburgh Penguins 2nd-rd pick - 1976 Amateur Draft (# 19 - Greg Malone) |
- Cleveland's third-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on March 9, 1976 that sent Dave Hrechkosy to St. Louis in exchange for a fifth-round pick in 1976 and this pick. The Golden Seals relocated to become the Cleveland Barons for the 1976–77 NHL season.
December
[edit]| December 9, 1975 | To Kansas City Scouts rights to Henry Boucha |
To Minnesota North Stars 2nd-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft (# 24 - Steve Christoff) |
| December 15, 1975 | To Washington Capitals Bob Sirois |
To Philadelphia Flyers future considerations1 (John Paddock) |
| December 16, 1975 | To Washington Capitals Harvey Bennett Jr. |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Stan Gilbertson |
- Trade completed on September 1, 1976.
January
[edit]| January 9, 1976 | To Kansas City Scouts Chuck Arnason Steve Durbano 1st-rd pick - 1976 Amateur Draft (# 11 - Paul Gardner) |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Ed Gilbert Simon Nolet 1st-rd pick - 1976 Amateur Draft (# 2 - Blair Chapman) |
| January 14, 1976 | To Kansas City Scouts Phil Roberto |
To Detroit Red Wings Buster Harvey |
| January 14, 1976 | To Los Angeles Kings Ab DeMarco Jr. |
To Vancouver Canucks 2nd-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft (ATL - # 31 - Brian Hill)1 |
| January 20, 1976 | To Vancouver Canucks Curt Ridley |
To Atlanta Flames 1st-rd pick - 1976 Amateur Draft (# 8 - David Shand) |
| January 22, 1976 | To Atlanta Flames Bill Clement |
To Washington Capitals Jean Lemieux Gerry Meehan 1st-rd pick - 1976 Amateur Draft (# 15 - Greg Carroll) |
- Vancouver's second-round pick went to Atlanta as the result of a trade on December 2, 1976 that sent Larry Carriere and Hilliard Graves to Vancouver in exchange for John Gould and this pick.
February
[edit]| February 27, 1976 | To Minnesota North Stars Bill Hogaboam 2nd-rd pick - 1976 Amateur Draft (# 31 - Jim Roberts) |
To Detroit Red Wings Dennis Hextall |
March
[edit]| March 6, 1976 | To Los Angeles Kings Bert Wilson rights to Curt Brackenbury |
To St. Louis Blues cash |
| March 8, 1976 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Bobby Taylor Ed Van Impe |
To Philadelphia Flyers Gary Inness future considerations1 (8th-rd pick 1977 Amateur Draft - # 135 - Pete Peeters) (9th-rd pick 1977 Amateur Draft - # 150 - Tom Bauer) (10th-rd pick 1977 Amateur Draft - # 128 - Rob Nicholson) (11th-rd pick 1977 Amateur Draft - # 165 - Jim Trainor) (12th-rd pick 1977 Amateur Draft - # 172 - Mike Laycock) |
| March 9, 1976 | To St. Louis Blues Doug Grant |
To Detroit Red Wings future considerations2 (Rick Wilson) |
| March 9, 1976 | To California Golden Seals 5th-rd pick 1976 Amateur Draft (# 79 - Cal Sandbeck) 3rd-rd pick 1977 Amateur Draft (CLE - # 41 - Reg Kerr)3 |
To St. Louis Blues Dave Hrechkosy |
- Trade completed on June 14, 1977 at the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft.
- Trade completed on June 16, 1976.
- The Golden Seals relocated to become the Cleveland Barons for the 1976–77 NHL season.
Additional sources
[edit]- hockeydb.com - search for player and select "show trades"
- "NHL trades for 1975-1976". NHL Trade Tracker. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
