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1972–73 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 1972–73 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

=May=

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May 24, 1972

| valign="top"| To Detroit Red Wings

Gary Doak
Rick Newell

| valign="top"| To New York Rangers

Joe Zanussi
1st-round pick - 1972 Amateur Draft
(# 10 - Al Blanchard)

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/d/doakga01.html |title=Transactions |publisher=www.hockey-reference.com}}

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|May 24, 1972

| valign="top"| To St. Louis Blues

Steve Durbano

| valign="top"| To New York Rangers

future considerations
(Curt Bennett)
(Peter McDuffe)2

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/b/bennecu01.html |title=Transactions |publisher=www.hockey-reference.com}}

  1. Trade completed on June 7, 1972.

= June =

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June 6, 1972

| valign="top"| To Buffalo Sabres

future considerations1

| valign="top"| To New York Islanders

7th-round pick - 1972 Amateur Draft
(# 101 - Don McLaughlin)
8th-round pick - 1972 Amateur Draft
(# 117 - Rene Levasseur)
9th-round pick - 1972 Amateur Draft
(# 133 - Bill Ennos)
10th-round pick - 1972 Amateur Draft
(# 146 - Rene Lambert)

| {{cite web |url= https://www.prosportstransactions.com/hockey/DraftTrades/Years/1972.htm |title=1972 NHL Amateur Draft Pick Transactions |publisher=prosportstransactions.com}}

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| June 6, 1972

| valign="top"| To New York Rangers

future considerations2

| valign="top"| To Atlanta Flames

9th-round pick - 1972 Amateur Draft3

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June 6, 1972

| valign="top"| To Minnesota North Stars

cash

| valign="top"| To Atlanta Flames

Bob Paradise

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/p/paradbo01.html |title=Transactions |publisher=www.hockey-reference.com}}

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| June 6, 1972

| valign="top"| To Minnesota North Stars

future considerations (cash)

| valign="top"| To New York Islanders

Gord Labossiere

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/l/labosgo01.html |title=Transactions |publisher=www.hockey-reference.com}}

June 6, 1972

| valign="top"| To Los Angeles Kings

future considerations2

| valign="top"| To Atlanta Flames

9th-round pick - 1972 Amateur Draft
(# 132 - Jean Lamarre)
10th-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft
(# 149 - Guy Ross)

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| June 6, 1972

| valign="top"| To Montreal Canadiens

2nd-round pick 9 1973 Amateur Draft
(# 17 - Glenn Goldup)
cash

| valign="top"| To New York Islanders

Alex Campbell
Denis DeJordy
Glenn Resch
future considerations4
(Germain Gagnon)

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/r/reschgl01.html |title=Transactions |publisher=www.hockey-reference.com}}

June 6, 1972

| valign="top"| To New York Rangers

future considerations1

| valign="top"| To New York Islanders

7th-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft
(#110 - Denis Anderson)
8th-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft
(# 126 - Denis Desgagnes)

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| June 7, 1972

| valign="top"| To Montreal Canadiens

2nd-round pick - 1972 Amateur Draft
(# 66 - Bill Nyrop)
cash

| valign="top"| To Atlanta Flames

Ted Tucker
2nd-round pick - 1972 Amateur Draft
(# 78 - Jean-Paul Martin)

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June 8, 1972

| valign="top"| To Buffalo Sabres

Ron Busniuk

| valign="top"| To Montreal Canadiens

cash
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| June 8, 1972

| valign="top"| To Minnesota North Stars

8th-round pick - 1972 Amateur Draft
( # 116 - Scott MacPhail)

| valign="top"| To Los Angeles Kings

cash

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June 8, 1972

| valign="top"| To St. Louis Blues

cash

| valign="top"| To New York Rangers

9th-round pick - 1972 Amateur Draft
(# 137 - Pierre Archambault)

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| June 8, 1972

| valign="top"| To Toronto Maple Leafs

9th-round pick - 1972 Amateur Draft
(# 143 - Garry Schofield)

| valign="top"| To Boston Bruins

cash

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June 8, 1972

| valign="top"| To Minnesota North Stars

10th-round pick - 1972 Amateur Draft
(# 145 - Steve Lyon)

| valign="top"| To Los Angeles Kings

cash

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| June 8, 1972

| valign="top"| To California Golden Seals

cash

| valign="top"| To Minnesota North Stars

10th-round pick - 1972 Amateur Draft
(# 147 - Juri Kudrasovs)

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June 8, 1972

| valign="top"| To Minnesota North Stars

10th-round pick - 1972 Amateur Draft
(# 148 - Marcel Comeau)

| valign="top"| To Philadelphia Flyers

cash

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| June 8, 1972

| valign="top"| To Toronto Maple Leafs

cash

| valign="top"| To Minnesota North Stars

10th-round pick - 1972 Amateur Draft5

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June 9, 1972

| valign="top"| To Montreal Canadiens

cash

| valign="top"| To Atlanta Flames

Lynn Powis

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| June 16, 1972

| valign="top"| To Atlanta Flames

Bill Hogaboam

| valign="top"| To New York Rangers

Bill Heindl

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=2321 |title=Show Trades |publisher=www.hockeydb.com}}

June 16, 1972

| valign="top"| To Montreal Canadiens

cash

| valign="top"| To Atlanta Flames

Rey Comeau

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  1. The Islanders agrees to not select certain players in the 1972 NHL Expansion Draft.
  2. Atlanta agrees to not select certain players in the 1972 NHL Expansion Draft.
  3. Atlanta passed on making a selection.
  4. Trade completed on June 26, 1972.
  5. Minnesota passed on making a selection.

=August=

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August, 1972
(exact date unknown)

| valign="top"| To St. Louis Blues

cash

| valign="top"| To New York Islanders

Dave Pulkkinen

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/p/pulkkda01.html#all_transactions |title=Transactions |publisher=www.hockey-reference.com}}

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| August 3, 1972

| valign="top"| To Boston Bruins

cash

| valign="top"| To Philadelphia Flyers

John McKenzie

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/m/mckenjo01.html#all_transactions |title=Transactions |publisher=www.hockey-reference.com}}

August 10, 1972

| valign="top"| To Montreal Canadiens

3rd-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft
(# 37 - Ed Humphreys)
cash

| valign="top"| To Atlanta Flames

Noel Price

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/p/priceno01.html |title=Transactions |publisher=www.hockey-reference.com}}

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| August 22, 1972

| valign="top"| To Montreal Canadiens

2nd-round pick - 1974 Amateur Draft
(# 30 - Gary MacGregor)
3rd-round pick - 1975 Amateur Draft
(# 51 - Paul Woods)
1st-round pick - 1976 Amateur Draft
(# 13 - Rod Schutt)

| valign="top"| To Los Angeles Kings

Terry Harper

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/h/harpete01.html |title=Transactions |publisher=www.hockey-reference.com}}

=September=

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September 1, 1972

| valign="top"| To St. Louis Blues

cash

| valign="top"| To New York Islanders

Brian Lavender

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/l/lavenbr01.html |title=Transactions |publisher=www.hockey-reference.com}}

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| September 15, 1972

| valign="top"| To St. Louis Blues

Christian Bordeleau

| valign="top"| To Chicago Black Hawks

rights to John Garrett

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/b/bordech01.html |title=Transactions |publisher=www.hockey-reference.com}}

=October=

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October 4, 1972

| valign="top"| To Detroit Red Wings

Denis DeJordy
Don McLaughlin

| valign="top"| To New York Islanders

Arnie Brown
Gerry Gray

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/d/dejorde01.html |title=Transactions |publisher=www.hockey-reference.com}}

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| October 6, 1972

| valign="top"| To Detroit Red Wings

Roy Edwards

| valign="top"| To Pittsburgh Penguins

cash

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/e/edwarro01.html |title=Transactions |publisher=www.hockey-reference.com}}

October 30, 1972

| valign="top"| To Atlanta Flames

Brian McKenzie

| valign="top"| To Pittsburgh Penguins

cash

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/m/mckenbr01.html |title=Transactions |publisher=www.hockey-reference.com}}

=November=

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November 14, 1972

| valign="top"| To New York Rangers

cash

| valign="top"| To New York Islanders

Ron Stewart

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/s/stewaro01.html |title=Transactions |publisher=www.hockey-reference.com}}

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| November 28, 1972

| valign="top"| To Atlanta Flames

Leon Rochefort

| valign="top"| To Detroit Red Wings

Bill Hogaboam

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=4621 |title=Show Trades |publisher=www.hockeydb.com}}

November 4, 1970

| valign="top"| To Atlanta Flames

Curt Bennett

| valign="top"| To New York Rangers

Ron Harris

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=322 |title=Show Trades |publisher=www.hockeydb.com}}

=December=

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December 5, 1972

| valign="top"| To California Golden Seals

Darryl Maggs

| valign="top"| To Chicago Black Hawks

Dick Redmond
rights to Bobby Sheehan

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/r/redmodi01.html |title=Transactions |publisher=www.hockey-reference.com}}

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| December 14, 1972

| valign="top"| To St. Louis Blues

Brent Hughes
Pierre Plante

| valign="top"| To Philadelphia Flyers

Andre Dupont
3rd-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft
(# 40 - Bob Stumpf)

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=1490 |title=Show Trades |publisher=www.hockeydb.com}}

=January=

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January 17, 1973

| valign="top"| To Detroit Red Wings

Brian Lavender
Ken Murray

| valign="top"| To New York Islanders

Bob Cook
Ralph Stewart

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=3010 |title=Show Trades |publisher=www.hockeydb.com}}

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| January 22, 1973

| valign="top"| To Los Angeles Kings

Frank St. Marseille

| valign="top"| To St. Louis Blues

Paul Curtis

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/c/curtipa01.html |title=Transactions |publisher=www.hockey-reference.com}}

=February=

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February 13, 1973

| valign="top"| To Atlanta Flames

Arnie Brown

| valign="top"| To New York Islanders

Ernie Hicke
future considerations1
(Bill MacMillan)

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/b/brownar01.htmls |title=Transactions |publisher=www.hockey-reference.com}}

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| February 14, 1973

| valign="top"| To Buffalo Sabres

Norm Gratton

| valign="top"| To Atlanta Flames

Butch Deadmarsh

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=2010 |title=Show Trades |publisher=www.hockeydb.com}}

February 25, 1973

| valign="top"| To Detroit Red Wings

3rd-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft
(# 39 - Nelson Pyatt)
cash

| valign="top"| To Pittsburgh Penguins

Andy Brown

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/b/brownan01.html |title=Transactions |publisher=www.hockey-reference.com}}

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| February 26, 1973

| valign="top"| To Los Angeles Kings

Dan Maloney

| valign="top"| To Chicago Black Hawks

Ralph Backstrom

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=163 |title=Show Trades |publisher=www.hockeydb.com}}

  1. Trade completed on May 29, 1973.

=March=

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March 1, 1973

| valign="top"| To Boston Bruins

Gary Doak

| valign="top"| To Detroit Red Wings

Garnet Bailey
future considerations1
(Murray Wing)

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| March 1, 1973

| valign="top"| To Minnesota North Stars

Don Blackburn

| valign="top"| To New York Islanders

cash

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=8739 |title=Show Trades |publisher=www.hockeydb.com}}

March 2, 1973

| valign="top"| To St. Louis Blues

Ab DeMarco Jr.

| valign="top"| To New York Rangers

Mike Murphy

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/d/demarab02.html |title=Transactions |publisher=www.hockey-reference.com}}

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| March 2, 1973

| valign="top"| To Pittsburgh Penguins

future considerations2
(Steve Andrascik)

| valign="top"| To New York Rangers

Sheldon Kannegiesser

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/k/kannesh01.html |title=Transactions |publisher=www.hockey-reference.com}}

March 3, 1973

| valign="top"| To Toronto Maple Leafs

1st-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft
(# 15 - Ian Turnbull)
future considerations3
(Eddie Johnston)

| valign="top"| To Boston Bruins

Jacques Plante
3rd-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft
(# 36 - Doug Gibson)

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=4310 |title=Show Trades |publisher=www.hockeydb.com}}

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| March 4, 1973

| valign="top"| To California Golden Seals

cash
future considerations4
(Gary Coalter)
(Dave Hrechkosy)

| valign="top"| To New York Rangers

Bert Marshall

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/m/marshbe01.html |title=Transactions |publisher=www.hockey-reference.com}}

March 5, 1973

| valign="top"| To Philadelphia Flyers

Terry Crisp

| valign="top"| To New York Islanders

Jean Potvin
future considerations5
(Glen Irwin)

| {{cite web |url= https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/c/crispte01.html |title=Transactions |publisher=www.hockey-reference.com}}

  1. Trade completed on June 4, 1973.
  2. Trade completed on May 16, 1973.
  3. Trade completed on May 22, 1973.
  4. Trade completed on May 17, 1973.
  5. Trade completed on May 18, 1973.

Expansion Draft

{{Main|1972 NHL Expansion Draft}}

The 1972–73 NHL season saw the entrance of a 15th and 16th team to the league, the New York Islanders and Atlanta Flames. Each team selected 21 players from across the league, for a total of 42 selections.

Additional sources

  • [http://www.hockeydb.com hockeydb.com] - search for player and select "show trades"
  • {{Cite web |title=NHL trades for 1970-1971 |url=http://www.nhltradetracker.com/user/trade_list_by_season/1972-73/1 |website=NHL Trade Tracker}}

References

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{{1972–73 NHL season by team}}

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Transactions

Category:NHL transactions