2020–21 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 2020–21 NHL season. It lists which team each player has been traded to, signed by, or claimed by, and for which player(s) or draft pick(s), if applicable. Players who have retired or that have had their contracts terminated are also listed. The 2020–21 NHL trade deadline was on April 12, 2021. Players traded or claimed off waivers after this date were not eligible to play in the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs.
Retirement
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| Date
! Player ! Last Team ! Ref |
|---|
| October 8, 2020
| {{Sortname|Justin|Williams}} |
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| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|Connor|Hobbs}} |
| October 26, 2020
| {{Sortname|Martin|Hanzal}} |
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| October 26, 2020 | {{Sortname|Trevor|Daley}} |
| December 22, 2020
| {{Sortname|Deryk|Engelland}} |
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| December 27, 2020 | {{Sortname|Mark|Letestu}} |
| December 30, 2020
| {{Sortname|Ryan|Callahan}} |
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| January 5, 2021 | {{Sortname|Colin|Wilson|Colin Wilson (ice hockey)}} |
| January 9, 2021
| {{Sortname|Corey|Crawford}} |
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| January 11, 2021 | {{Sortname|Jay|Bouwmeester}} |
| January 15, 2021
| {{Sortname|Casey|Nelson}} |
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| January 28, 2021 | {{Sortname|Jimmy|Howard}} |
| February 9, 2021
| {{Sortname|Mikko|Koivu}} |
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| April 26, 2021 | {{Sortname|Andrew|Shaw|Andrew Shaw (ice hockey)}} | {{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/andrew-shaw-retirement-nhl-1.6002290 |title=Andrew Shaw, plagued by concussions over 10 seasons, retires from NHL Social Sharing |last=Seligman |first=Andrew |publisher=CBC News |date=April 26, 2021}} |
| May 8, 2021
| {{sortname|Ryan|Miller}}{{ref|MillerR|1}} |
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| June 13, 2021 | {{Sortname|Stephen|Johns|Stephen Johns (ice hockey)}} |
| June 15, 2021
| {{Sortname|Drew|Shore}} |
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| June 18, 2021 | {{Sortname|Zach|Trotman}} |
| June 21, 2021
| {{Sortname|J. T.|Brown|J. T. Brown (ice hockey)}} |
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| June 23, 2021 | {{Sortname|Carl|Gunnarsson}} |
| June 25, 2021
| {{Sortname|Beau|Bennett}} |
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| July 13, 2021 | {{Sortname|Pekka|Rinne}} |
| July 14, 2021
| {{sortname|Kevan|Miller}} |
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| July 20, 2021 | {{Sortname|Yannick|Weber}} |
| July 21, 2021
| {{sortname|Ty|Lewis}} |
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| July 22, 2021 | {{sortname|Matt|Calvert}} |
=Notes=
Contract terminations
A team and player may mutually agree to terminate a player's contract at any time. All players must clear waivers before having a contract terminated.
Buyouts can only occur at specific times of the year. For more details on contract terminations as buyouts:
Teams may buy out player contracts (after the conclusion of a season) for a portion of the remaining value of the contract, paid over a period of twice the remaining length of the contract. This reduced number and extended period is applied to the cap hit as well.
- If the player was under the age of 26 at the time of the buyout the player's pay and cap hit will reduced by a factor of 2/3 over the extended period.
- If the player was 26 or older at the time of the buyout the player's pay and cap hit will reduced by a factor of 1/3 over the extended period.
- If the player was 35 or older at the time of signing the contract the player's pay will be reduced by a factor of 1/3, but the cap hit will not be reduced over the extended period.
Injured players cannot be bought out.
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! Date ! Player ! Previous team ! Notes ! Ref |
| October 6, 2020
| {{Sortname|Jack|Johnson|Jack Johnson (ice hockey)}} | Buyout |
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| October 7, 2020 | {{Sortname|Justin|Abdelkader}} | Buyout |
| October 7, 2020
| {{Sortname|Karl|Alzner}} | Buyout |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 8, 2020 | {{Sortname|Steven|Santini}} | Buyout |
| October 8, 2020
| {{Sortname|Kyle|Turris}} | Buyout |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|Cory|Schneider}} | Buyout |
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Alexander|Wennberg}} | Buyout |
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| October 29, 2020 | {{Sortname|Mitchell|Miller|Mitchell Miller (ice hockey)}}{{ref|MillerCT|1}} | Termination |
| December 25, 2020
| {{Sortname|Danil|Yurtaikin}} | Mutual termination |
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| January 1, 2021 | {{Sortname|Alexandre|Alain}} | Mutual termination |
| January 8, 2021
| {{Sortname|Josh|Anderson|Josh Anderson (ice hockey, born 1998)}} | Mutual termination |
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| January 17, 2021 | {{Sortname|Nick|Seeler}} | Mutual termination |
| January 23, 2021
| {{Sortname|Jonathan|Ang}} | Mutual termination |
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| January 27, 2021 | {{Sortname|Jeremy|Bracco}} | Mutual termination |
| February 15, 2021
| {{Sortname|Par|Lindholm|Pär Lindholm}} | Mutual termination |
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| February 26, 2021 | {{Sortname|Filip|Chlapik|Filip Chlapík}} | Mutual termination |
| April 7, 2021
| {{Sortname|Jason|Cotton}} | Mutual termination |
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| April 10, 2021 | {{Sortname|Nikita|Gusev}} | Mutual termination |
| May 18, 2021
| {{Sortname|Pavel|Shen}} | Mutual termination |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| July 13, 2021 | {{Sortname|Zach|Parise}} | Buyout |
| July 13, 2021
| {{Sortname|Ryan|Suter}} | Buyout |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| July 15, 2021 | {{Sortname|Keith|Yandle}} | Buyout |
=Notes=
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.
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| Date
! Player ! New team ! Previous team ! Ref |
|---|
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Wayne|Simmonds}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|Bobby|Ryan}} |
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Radko|Gudas}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|John|Hayden|John Hayden (ice hockey)}} |
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Tyler|Pitlick}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|Jon|Merrill}} |
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Carter|Verhaeghe}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|Henrik|Lundqvist}} |
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Kyle|Turris}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|Cam|Talbot}} |
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Alan|Quine}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|Kevin|Rooney|Kevin Rooney (ice hockey)}} |
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Braden|Holtby}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|Joseph|Cramarossa}} |
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Colin|Blackwell}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|Anton|Forsberg}} |
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Keith|Kinkaid}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|Alexander|Wennberg}} |
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Mark|Jankowski}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|Evan|Rodrigues}} |
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Derek|Grant|Derek Grant (ice hockey, born 1990)}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|Mark|Borowiecki}} |
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Seth|Griffith}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|Kevin|Shattenkirk}} |
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Tobias|Rieder}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|Matt|Benning}} |
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Jack|Johnson|Jack Johnson (ice hockey)}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|Alex|Petrovic}} |
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Justin|Schultz}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|Josh|Currie}} |
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Anthony|Bitetto}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|Dakota|Mermis}} |
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Jacob|Markstrom|Jacob Markström}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|Andreas|Borgman}} |
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Christopher|Gibson}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|Ryan|Lomberg}} |
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Matt|Irwin}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|Brandon|Baddock}} |
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Riley|Barber}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|Kevin|Boyle|Kevin Boyle (ice hockey)}} |
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Kyle|Criscuolo}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|Logan|Shaw}} |
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Miikka|Salomaki|Miikka Salomäki}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|Kiefer|Sherwood}} |
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Mike|Vecchione}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|Jon|Gillies}} |
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Jonny|Brodzinski}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|Anthony|Greco}} |
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Vinnie|Hinostroza}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|T.J.|Brodie|T. J. Brodie}} |
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Nick|Cousins}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|Torey|Krug}} |
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Derrick|Pouliot}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|Brandon|Davidson}} |
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Gavin|Bayreuther}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|Christopher|Tanev}} |
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Corey|Crawford}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|Vinni|Lettieri}} |
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Mark|Alt}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | {{Sortname|Troy|Grosenick}} |
| October 9, 2020
| {{Sortname|Steven|Santini}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 10, 2020 | {{Sortname|Frederick|Gaudreau|Frédérick Gaudreau}} |
| October 10, 2020
| {{Sortname|Maxime|Lagace|Maxime Lagacé}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 10, 2020 | {{Sortname|Andy|Welinski}} |
| October 10, 2020
| {{Sortname|Tomas|Jurco|Tomáš Jurčo}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 10, 2020 | {{Sortname|Thomas|Greiss}} |
| October 10, 2020
| {{Sortname|Craig|Smith|Craig Smith (ice hockey)}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 10, 2020 | {{Sortname|Tyson|Barrie}} |
| October 10, 2020
| {{Sortname|Troy|Stecher}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 10, 2020 | {{Sortname|Cameron|Schilling}} |
| October 10, 2020
| {{Sortname|Mikko|Koivu}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 10, 2020 | {{Sortname|Nate|Thompson}} |
| October 10, 2020
| {{Sortname|Mark|Pysyk}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 10, 2020 | {{Sortname|Curtis|McKenzie|Curtis McKenzie (ice hockey)}} |
| October 10, 2020
| {{Sortname|Johan|Larsson|Johan Larsson (ice hockey, born 1992)}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 10, 2020 | {{Sortname|Sam|Anas}} |
| October 10, 2020
| {{Sortname|Cody|Eakin}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 10, 2020 | {{Sortname|Louis|Domingue}} |
| October 10, 2020
| {{Sortname|Jesper|Fast}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 10, 2020 | {{Sortname|Travis|Boyd}} |
| October 10, 2020
| {{Sortname|Trevor|van Riemsdyk}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 10, 2020 | {{Sortname|Dryden|Hunt}} |
| October 10, 2020
| {{Sortname|Zach|Bogosian}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 10, 2020 | {{Sortname|Dominic|Toninato}} |
| October 10, 2020
| {{Sortname|Paul|LaDue}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 11, 2020 | {{Sortname|Derek|Forbort}} |
| October 11, 2020
| {{Sortname|Daniel|Carr|Daniel Carr (ice hockey)}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 11, 2020 | {{Sortname|Vladislav|Namestnikov}} |
| October 11, 2020
| {{Sortname|Danny|O'Regan}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 11, 2020 | {{Sortname|Scott|Wedgewood}} |
| October 11, 2020
| {{Sortname|Kyle|Clifford}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 11, 2020 | {{Sortname|Taylor|Hall}} |
| October 11, 2020
| {{Sortname|Jimmy|Vesey}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 12, 2020 | {{Sortname|Mattias|Janmark}} |
| October 12, 2020
| {{Sortname|Tyler|Toffoli}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 12, 2020 | {{Sortname|Joakim|Ryan}} |
| October 12, 2020
| {{Sortname|Erik|Gustafsson|Erik Gustafsson (ice hockey, born 1992)}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 12, 2020 | {{Sortname|Brad|Richardson}} |
| October 12, 2020
| {{Sortname|Lucas|Wallmark}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 12, 2020 | {{Sortname|Alex|Pietrangelo}} |
| October 12, 2020
| {{Sortname|Austin|Czarnik}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 13, 2020 | {{Sortname|Kasimir|Kaskisuo}} |
| October 13, 2020
| {{Sortname|Tyler|Lewington}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 13, 2020 | {{Sortname|Patrick|Marleau}} |
| October 13, 2020
| {{Sortname|Matt|Nieto}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 13, 2020 | {{Sortname|Aaron|Dell}} |
| October 14, 2020
| {{Sortname|Callum|Booth|Callum Booth (ice hockey)}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 14, 2020 | {{Sortname|Greg|McKegg}} |
| October 15, 2020
| {{Sortname|Evgenii|Dadonov}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 16, 2020 | {{Sortname|Jeremy|Bracco}} |
| October 16, 2020
| {{Sortname|Sheldon|Rempal}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 16, 2020 | {{Sortname|Joe|Thornton}} |
| October 17, 2020
| {{Sortname|Cody|Ceci}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 19, 2020 | {{Sortname|Steven|Fogarty}} |
| October 19, 2020
| {{Sortname|Jayce|Hawryluk}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 19, 2020 | {{Sortname|Ian|McCoshen}} |
| October 19, 2020
| {{Sortname|Joakim|Nordstrom|Joakim Nordström}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 21, 2020 | {{Sortname|Scott|Wilson|Scott Wilson (ice hockey)}} |
| October 22, 2020
| {{Sortname|Antoine|Bibeau}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 22, 2020 | {{Sortname|Dominik|Simon}} |
| October 22, 2020
| {{Sortname|Dmitry|Kulikov|Dmitri Kulikov (ice hockey)}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 24, 2020 | {{Sortname|Josh|Leivo}} |
| October 28, 2020
| {{Sortname|Alex|Galchenyuk}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 30, 2020 | {{Sortname|Michael|Hutchinson|Michael Hutchinson (ice hockey)}} |
| November 1, 2020
| {{Sortname|Dominik|Kahun}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| November 2, 2020 | {{Sortname|Kurtis|Gabriel}} |
| November 5, 2020
| {{Sortname|Marko|Dano|Marko Daňo}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| November 13, 2020 | {{Sortname|Micheal|Haley}} |
| December 16, 2020
| {{Sortname|Andrew|Hammond|Andrew Hammond (ice hockey)}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| December 17, 2020 | {{Sortname|Anthony|Duclair}} |
| December 21, 2020
| {{Sortname|Drake|Caggiula}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| December 22, 2020 | {{Sortname|Conor|Sheary}} |
| December 23, 2020
| {{Sortname|Michael|Frolik|Michael Frolík}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| December 23, 2020 | {{Sortname|Erik|Haula}} |
| December 26, 2020
| {{Sortname|Slater|Koekkoek}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| December 26, 2020 | {{Sortname|Carl|Soderberg|Carl Söderberg}} |
| December 28, 2020
| {{Sortname|Corey|Perry}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| December 28, 2020 | {{Sortname|Andreas|Athanasiou}} |
| December 30, 2020
| {{Sortname|Zdeno|Chara|Zdeno Chára}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| December 30, 2020 | {{Sortname|Derick|Brassard}} |
| January 7, 2021
| {{Sortname|Sami|Vatanen}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| January 8, 2021 | {{Sortname|Riley|Sheahan}} |
| January 10, 2021
| {{Sortname|Michael|Del Zotto}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| January 10, 2021 | {{Sortname|Fredrik|Claesson}} |
| January 11, 2021
| {{Sortname|Mike|Hoffman|Mike Hoffman (ice hockey, born 1989)}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| January 11, 2021 | {{Sortname|Frederik|Gauthier|Frédérik Gauthier}} |
| January 12, 2021
| {{Sortname|Boo|Nieves}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| January 12, 2021 | {{Sortname|Travis|Hamonic}} |
| January 13, 2021
| {{Sortname|Craig|Anderson|Craig Anderson (ice hockey)}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| January 13, 2021 | {{Sortname|Kevin|Connauton}} |
| January 13, 2021
| {{Sortname|Devin|Shore}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| January 13, 2021 | {{Sortname|Trevor|Lewis}} |
| January 14, 2021
| {{Sortname|Cory|Schneider}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| January 15, 2021 | {{Sortname|Ben|Hutton|Ben Hutton (ice hockey)}} |
| January 17, 2021
| {{Sortname|Brett|Ritchie}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| January 27, 2021 | {{Sortname|Yannick|Weber}} |
| January 28, 2021
| {{Sortname|Madison|Bowey}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| February 7, 2021 | {{Sortname|Scott|Sabourin}} |
| April 11, 2021
| {{Sortname|Cody|Goloubef}} |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| April 11, 2021 | {{Sortname|Nikita|Gusev}} |
=Imports=
This section is for players who were not previously on contract with NHL teams in the past season. Listed is the last team and league they were under contract with.
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| Date
! Player ! New team ! Previous team ! League ! Ref |
|---|
| October 11, 2020
| {{Sortname|Maxim|Golod}} | OHL |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 16, 2020 | {{Sortname|David|Gust}} | AHL |
| October 21, 2020
| {{Sortname|Drew|Shore}} | KHL |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 23, 2020 | {{Sortname|Nikita|Nesterov}} | KHL |
| November 4, 2020
| {{Sortname|Dustin|Tokarski}} | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | AHL |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| January 9, 2021 | {{Sortname|Cam|Johnson|Cam Johnson (ice hockey)}} | ECHL |
| January 21, 2021
| {{Sortname|Peyton|Jones}} | AHL |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| March 3, 2021 | {{Sortname|Mason|Geertsen}} | AHL |
| March 5, 2021
| {{Sortname|Beck|Warm}} | AHL |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| March 14, 2021 | {{Sortname|Josh|Dunne}} | NCAA |
| March 16, 2021
| {{Sortname|Daniil|Miromanov}} | HC Sochi | KHL |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| March 19, 2021 | {{Sortname|Michael|Houser|Michael Houser (ice hockey)}} | AHL |
| March 19, 2021
| {{Sortname|Vladislav|Provolnev}} | KHL |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| March 24, 2021 | {{Sortname|Max|Willman}} | AHL |
| March 28, 2021
| {{Sortname|Alex|Steeves}} | NCAA |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| March 30, 2021 | {{Sortname|Liam|O'Brien|Liam O'Brien (ice hockey)}} | AHL |
| March 30, 2021
| {{Sortname|Mike|Hardman}} | NCAA |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| March 30, 2021 | {{Sortname|Zack|Hayes}} | AHL |
| March 30, 2021
| {{Sortname|Keaton|Middleton}} | AHL |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| March 31, 2021 | {{Sortname|Jordan|Kawaguchi}} | NCAA |
| March 31, 2021
| {{Sortname|Odeen|Tufto}} | NCAA |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| April 1, 2021 | {{Sortname|Matt|Kiersted}} | NCAA |
| April 1, 2021
| {{Sortname|Adam|Scheel}} | NCAA |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| April 2, 2021 | {{Sortname|Corey|Schueneman}} | AHL |
| April 9, 2021
| {{Sortname|Ken|Appleby}} | AHL |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| April 9, 2021 | {{Sortname|Cole|Kehler}} | AHL |
| April 11, 2021
| {{Sortname|Josh|Healey}} | AHL |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| April 11, 2021 | {{Sortname|Walker|Duehr}} | NCAA |
| April 12, 2021
| {{Sortname|Zach|Sawchenko}} | AHL |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| April 13, 2021 | {{Sortname|Jackson|Cates}} | NCAA |
| April 19, 2021
| {{Sortname|Brady|Lyle}} | AHL |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| May 3, 2021 | {{Sortname|Justin|Danforth}} | KHL |
| May 4, 2021
| {{Sortname|Stefanos|Lekkas}} | ECHL |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| May 4, 2021 | {{Sortname|Karel|Vejmelka}} | ELH |
| May 5, 2021
| {{Sortname|Kirill|Semyonov}} | KHL |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| May 11, 2021 | {{Sortname|Cavan|Fitzgerald}} | AHL |
| May 12, 2021
| {{Sortname|Simon|Ryfors}} | Rogle BK | SHL |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| May 12, 2021 | {{Sortname|Luke|Henman}} | Blainville-Boisbriand Armada | QMJHL |
| May 13, 2021
| {{Sortname|Arvid|Soderblom|Arvid Söderblom}} | SHL |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| May 19, 2021 | {{Sortname|Erik|Kallgren|Erik Källgren}} | SHL |
| May 29, 2021
| {{Sortname|Vladimir|Tkachyov|Vladimir Tkachev (ice hockey, born 1995)}} | KHL |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| May 31, 2021 | {{Sortname|Jeff|Malott}} | AHL |
| May 31, 2021
| {{Sortname|Wyatt|Newpower}} | AHL |
Trades
* Retained Salary Transaction: Each team is allowed up to three contracts on their payroll where they have retained salary in a trade (i.e. the player no longer plays with Team A due to a trade to Team B, but Team A still retains some salary). Only up to 50% of a player's contract can be kept, and only up to 15% of a team's salary cap can be taken up by retained salary. A contract can only be involved in one of these trades twice.
{{legend|#FDE3F2|Trade was restructured due to complications of play due to the COVID-19 pandemic.}}
Hover over-retained salary or conditional transactions for more information.
= October =
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| October 6, 2020
| valign="top"| To Columbus Blue Jackets Max Domi 3rd-round pick in 2020 | valign="top"| To Montreal Canadiens Josh Anderson |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 7, 2020 | valign="top"| To Ottawa Senators Matt Murray | valign="top"| To Pittsburgh Penguins Jonathan Gruden 2nd-round pick in 2020 |
| October 7, 2020
| valign="top"| To Minnesota Wild Nick Bonino NJD 2nd-round pick in 2020 MIN 3rd-round pick in 2020 | valign="top"| To Nashville Predators Luke Kunin 4th-round pick in 2020 |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 7, 2020 | valign="top"| To Los Angeles Kings Lias Andersson | valign="top"| To New York Rangers VGK 2nd-round pick in 2020 |
| October 8, 2020
| valign="top"| To Florida Panthers Markus Nutivaara | valign="top"| To Columbus Blue Jackets Cliff Pu |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 8, 2020 | valign="top"| To Ottawa Senators Erik Gudbranson | valign="top"| To Anaheim Ducks EDM 5th-round pick in 2021 |
| October 8, 2020
| valign="top"| To New Jersey Devils Ryan Murray | valign="top"| To Columbus Blue Jackets 5th-round pick in 2021 |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 9, 2020 | valign="top"| To Winnipeg Jets Paul Stastny | valign="top"| To Vegas Golden Knights Carl Dahlstrom conditional 4th-round pick in 2022 |
| October 10, 2020
| valign="top"| To Ottawa Senators Austin Watson | valign="top"| To Nashville Predators COL 4th-round pick in 2021 |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 10, 2020 | valign="top"| To Colorado Avalanche Brandon Saad* Dennis Gilbert | valign="top"| To Chicago Blackhawks Nikita Zadorov Anton Lindholm |
| October 10, 2020
| valign="top"| To New Jersey Devils Andreas Johnsson | valign="top"| To Toronto Maple Leafs Joey Anderson |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 11, 2020 | valign="top"| To New York Islanders A. J. Greer | valign="top"| To Colorado Avalanche Kyle Burroughs |
| October 12, 2020
| valign="top"| To Colorado Avalanche Devon Toews | valign="top"| To New York Islanders 2nd-round pick in 2021 2nd-round pick in 2022 |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 12, 2020 | valign="top"| To Vancouver Canucks Nate Schmidt | valign="top"| To Vegas Golden Knights 3rd-round pick in 2022 |
| class="wikitable" style="border:1px solid #999999; width:680px;"
|+ Pick-only 2020 NHL entry draft trades |
| October 6, 2020
| valign="top"| To New York Rangers 1st-round pick in 2020 (#19 overall) | valign="top"| To Calgary Flames CAR 1st-round pick in 2020 (#22 overall) 3rd-round pick in 2020 (#72 overall) |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 6, 2020 | valign="top"| To Washington Capitals NYR 1st-round pick in 2020 (#22 overall) | valign="top"| To Calgary Flames 1st-round pick in 2020 (#24 overall) ARI 3rd-round pick in 2020 (#80 overall) |
| October 7, 2020
| valign="top"| To Buffalo Sabres 2nd-round pick in 2020 (#34 overall) | valign="top"| To San Jose Sharks 2nd-round pick in 2020 (#38 overall) 4th-round pick in 2020 (#100 overall) |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 7, 2020 | valign="top"| To Ottawa Senators 2nd-round pick in 2020 (#44 overall) | valign="top"| To Toronto Maple Leafs NYI 2nd-round pick in 2020 (#59 overall) 3rd-round pick in 2020 (#64 overall) |
| October 7, 2020
| valign="top"| To Los Angeles Kings EDM 2nd-round pick in 2020 (#45 overall) | valign="top"| To Detroit Red Wings VAN 2nd-round pick in 2020 (#51 overall) 4th-round pick in 2020 (#97 overall) |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 7, 2020 | valign="top"| To Tampa Bay Lightning STL 2nd-round pick in 2020 (#57 overall) | valign="top"| To Montreal Canadiens 4th-round pick in 2020 (#124 overall) 2nd-round pick in 2021 |
| October 7, 2020
| valign="top"| To Minnesota Wild SJS 3rd-round pick in 2020 (#65 overall) | valign="top"| To Detroit Red Wings MIN 3rd-round pick in 2020 (#70 overall) 5th-round pick in 2020 (#132 overall) |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 7, 2020 | valign="top"| To San Jose Sharks 3rd-round pick in 2020 (#76 overall) | valign="top"| To Edmonton Oilers BUF 4th-round pick in 2020 (#100 overall) OTT 5th-round pick in 2020 (#126 overall) |
| October 7, 2020
| valign="top"| To Philadelphia Flyers DET 4th-round pick in 2020 (#94 overall) | valign="top"| To Tampa Bay Lightning 4th-round pick in 2020 (#116 overall) 5th-round pick in 2020 (#147 overall) |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 7, 2020 | valign="top"| To San Jose Sharks ANA 4th-round pick in 2020 (#98 overall) | valign="top"| To Montreal Canadiens WSH 3rd-round pick in 2021 |
| October 7, 2020
| valign="top"| To New York Rangers 5th-round pick in 2020 (#127 overall) | valign="top"| To San Jose Sharks 7th-round pick in 2020 (#196 overall) VAN 7th-round pick in 2020 (#206 overall) |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 7, 2020 | valign="top"| To Vegas Golden Knights 5th-round pick in 2020 (#125 overall) | valign="top"| To Detroit Red Wings 4th-round pick in 2022 |
| October 7, 2020
| valign="top"| To Philadelphia Flyers 5th-round pick in 2020 (#135 overall) | valign="top"| To Nashville Predators MTL 7th-round pick in 2020 (#202 overall) 7th-round pick in 2020 (#209 overall) |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 7, 2020 | valign="top"| To Toronto Maple Leafs TOR 5th-round pick in 2020 (#137 overall) | valign="top"| To Florida Panthers VGK 5th-round pick in 2020 (#153 overall) STL 7th-round pick in 2020 (#212 overall) |
| October 7, 2020
| valign="top"| To Colorado Avalanche 5th-round pick in 2020 (#139 overall) | valign="top"| To Pittsburgh Penguins 5th-round pick in 2020 (#149 overall) 7th-round pick in 2020 (#211 overall) |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 7, 2020 | valign="top"| To Los Angeles Kings MTL 5th-round pick in 2020 (#140 overall) | valign="top"| To Carolina Hurricanes 6th-round pick in 2020 (#159 overall) 7th-round pick in 2021 |
| October 7, 2020
| valign="top"| To Minnesota Wild CAR 5th-round pick in 2020 (#146 overall) | valign="top"| To St. Louis Blues 6th-round pick in 2020 (#163 overall) 7th-round pick in 2020 (#194 overall) |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| rowspan="3" ; align="center"|October 7, 2020 | valign="top"| To Anaheim Ducks 7th-round pick in 2020 (#207 overall) | valign="top"| To Columbus Blue Jackets conditional 7th-round pick in 2021 {{in5|14}}or 7th-round pick in 2022 |
| bgcolor="FDE3F2"
| colspan="3" | Trade restructured due to shortened 2020–21 NHL season |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| valign="top"| To Anaheim Ducks 7th-round pick in 2020 (#207 overall) | valign="top"| To Columbus Blue Jackets conditional 7th-round pick in 2022 {{in5|14}}or 7th-round pick in 2023 |
| October 7, 2020
| valign="top"| To Chicago Blackhawks OTT 7th-round pick in 2020 (#188 overall) | valign="top"| To Montreal Canadiens MTL 7th-round pick in 2021 |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| October 7, 2020 | valign="top"| To Washington Capitals COL 7th-round pick in 2020 (#211 overall) | valign="top"| To Pittsburgh Penguins 7th-round pick in 2021 |
| October 7, 2020
| valign="top"| To Toronto Maple Leafs 7th-round pick in 2020 (#213 overall) | valign="top"| To Boston Bruins 7th-round pick in 2021 |
= December =
| cellspacing=0 class="wikitable" style="border:1px solid #999999; width:680px;" |
| December 11, 2020
| valign="top"| To New York Islanders Dmytro Timashov | valign="top"| To Detroit Red Wings future considerations |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| December 21, 2020 | valign="top"| To Nashville Predators Michael Carcone | valign="top"| To Ottawa Senators Zach Magwood |
| December 26, 2020
| valign="top"| To Ottawa Senators Derek Stepan | valign="top"| To Arizona Coyotes CBJ 2nd-round pick in 2021 |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| December 27, 2020 | valign="top"| To Ottawa Senators Braydon Coburn Cedric Paquette 2nd-round pick in 2022 | valign="top"| To Tampa Bay Lightning Marian Gaborik Anders Nilsson |
= January =
| cellspacing=0 class="wikitable" style="border:1px solid #999999; width:680px;" |
| January 12, 2021
| valign="top"| To Carolina Hurricanes Maxime Lajoie | valign="top"| To Ottawa Senators Clark Bishop |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| January 19, 2021 | valign="top"| To Minnesota Wild Ian Cole* | valign="top"| To Colorado Avalanche Greg Pateryn |
| January 23, 2021
| valign="top"| To Columbus Blue Jackets Patrik Laine* Jack Roslovic | valign="top"| To Winnipeg Jets Pierre-Luc Dubois 3rd-round pick in 2022 |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| January 27, 2021 | valign="top"| To Anaheim Ducks Trevor Carrick | valign="top"| To San Jose Sharks Jack Kopacka |
| January 27, 2021
| valign="top"| To San Jose Sharks Christian Jaros | valign="top"| To Ottawa Senators Jack Kopacka 7th-round pick in 2022 |
= February =
| cellspacing=0 class="wikitable" style="border:1px solid #999999; width:680px;" |
| February 13, 2021
| valign="top"| To Carolina Hurricanes Alex Galchenyuk Cedric Paquette | valign="top"| To Ottawa Senators Ryan Dzingel |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| February 13, 2021 | valign="top"| To Columbus Blue Jackets Gregory Hofmann | valign="top"| To Carolina Hurricanes 7th-round pick in 2022 |
| February 15, 2021
| valign="top"| To Toronto Maple Leafs Alex Galchenyuk | valign="top"| To Carolina Hurricanes Yegor Korshkov David Warsofsky |
= March =
| cellspacing=0 class="wikitable" style="border:1px solid #999999; width:680px;" |
| March 12, 2021
| valign="top"| To Columbus Blue Jackets Mikko Lehtonen | valign="top"| To Toronto Maple Leafs Veini Vehvilainen |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| March 20, 2021 | valign="top"| To Colorado Avalanche Jonas Johansson | valign="top"| To Buffalo Sabres 6th-round pick in 2021 |
| March 24, 2021
| valign="top"| To Anaheim Ducks Alexander Volkov | valign="top"| To Tampa Bay Lightning Antoine Morand conditional 7th-round pick in 2023 {{in5|14}}or 7th-round pick in 2024 |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| March 26, 2021 | valign="top"| To Montreal Canadiens Eric Staal* | valign="top"| To Buffalo Sabres 3rd-round pick in 2021 5th-round pick in 2021 |
| March 27, 2021
| valign="top"| To Los Angeles Kings Brendan Lemieux | valign="top"| To New York Rangers 4th-round pick in 2021 |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| March 29, 2021 | valign="top"| To Ottawa Senators Michael Amadio | valign="top"| To Los Angeles Kings Christian Wolanin |
= April =
| cellspacing=0 class="wikitable" style="border:1px solid #999999; width:680px;" |
| April 2, 2021
| valign="top"| To Chicago Blackhawks Vinnie Hinostroza | valign="top"| To Florida Panthers Brad Morrison |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| April 7, 2021 | valign="top"| To New York Islanders Travis Zajac* Kyle Palmieri* | valign="top"| To New Jersey Devils A. J. Greer Mason Jobst 1st-round pick in 2021 conditional 3rd-round pick in 2022 {{in5|14}}or 3rd-round pick in 2023 {{in5|14}}or 4th-round pick in 2022 |
| April 8, 2021
| valign="top"| To Chicago Blackhawks Brett Connolly Henrik Borgstrom Riley Stillman 7th-round pick in 2021 | valign="top"| To Florida Panthers Lucas Wallmark Lucas Carlsson |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| April 9, 2021 | valign="top"| To Toronto Maple Leafs Riley Nash | valign="top"| To Columbus Blue Jackets conditional 6th-round pick in 2022 {{in5|14}}or 7th-round pick in 2022 |
| April 9, 2021
| valign="top"| To Colorado Avalanche Patrik Nemeth* | valign="top"| To Detroit Red Wings 4th-round pick in 2022 |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| April 10, 2021 | valign="top"| To Florida Panthers Brandon Montour | valign="top"| To Buffalo Sabres 3rd-round pick in 2021 |
| April 10, 2021
| valign="top"| To Colorado Avalanche Devan Dubnyk | valign="top"| To San Jose Sharks Greg Pateryn 5th-round pick in 2021 |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| April 10, 2021 | valign="top"| To Detroit Red Wings David Savard* | valign="top"| To Columbus Blue Jackets Brian Lashoff |
| April 10, 2021
| valign="top"| To Tampa Bay Lightning David Savard* | valign="top"| To Detroit Red Wings 4th-round pick in 2021 |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| April 10, 2021 | valign="top"| To Tampa Bay Lightning Brian Lashoff | valign="top"| To Columbus Blue Jackets 1st-round pick in 2021 3rd-round pick in 2022 |
| April 11, 2021
| valign="top"| To New Jersey Devils Jonas Siegenthaler | valign="top"| To Washington Capitals conditional ARI 3rd-round pick in 2021 {{in5|14}}or NJD 3rd-round pick in 2021 |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| April 11, 2021 | valign="top"| To Montreal Canadiens Jon Merrill | valign="top"| To Detroit Red Wings Hayden Verbeek OTT 5th-round pick in 2021 |
| April 11, 2021
| valign="top"| To San Jose Sharks Nick Foligno* | valign="top"| To Columbus Blue Jackets Stefan Noesen |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| April 11, 2021 | valign="top"| To Toronto Maple Leafs Nick Foligno* | valign="top"| To San Jose Sharks 4th-round pick in 2021 |
| April 11, 2021
| valign="top"| To Toronto Maple Leafs Stefan Noesen | valign="top"| To Columbus Blue Jackets 1st-round pick in 2021 4th-round pick in 2022 |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| April 11, 2021 | valign="top"| To Boston Bruins Mike Reilly | valign="top"| To Ottawa Senators 3rd-round pick in 2022 |
| April 11, 2021
| valign="top"| To Toronto Maple Leafs David Rittich* | valign="top"| To Calgary Flames 3rd-round pick in 2022 |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| April 11, 2021 | valign="top"| To New York Islanders Braydon Coburn | valign="top"| To Ottawa Senators 7th-round pick in 2022 |
| April 12, 2021
| valign="top"| To Boston Bruins Taylor Hall* Curtis Lazar | valign="top"| To Buffalo Sabres Anders Bjork 2nd-round pick in 2021 |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| April 12, 2021 | valign="top"| To Pittsburgh Penguins Jeff Carter* | valign="top"| To Los Angeles Kings conditional 2nd-round pick in 2022 {{in5|14}}or 3rd-round pick in 2022 conditional 3rd-round pick in 2023 {{in5|14}}or 4th-round pick in 2023 |
| April 12, 2021
| valign="top"| To Chicago Blackhawks Adam Gaudette | valign="top"| To Vancouver Canucks Matthew Highmore |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| April 12, 2021 | valign="top"| To Tampa Bay Lightning Fredrik Claesson | valign="top"| To San Jose Sharks Magnus Chrona |
| April 12, 2021
| valign="top"| To Edmonton Oilers Dmitri Kulikov | valign="top"| To New Jersey Devils conditional 3rd-round pick in 2022 {{in5|14}}or 4th-round pick in 2022 |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| April 12, 2021 | valign="top"| To Colorado Avalanche Carl Soderberg | valign="top"| To Chicago Blackhawks Josh Dickinson Ryder Rolston |
| April 12, 2021
| valign="top"| To Montreal Canadiens Erik Gustafsson* | valign="top"| To Philadelphia Flyers STL 7th-round pick in 2022 |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| April 12, 2021 | valign="top"| To Florida Panthers Sam Bennett 6th-round pick in 2022 | valign="top"| To Calgary Flames Emil Heineman 2nd-round pick in 2022 |
| April 12, 2021
| valign="top"| To San Jose Sharks Mattias Janmark* | valign="top"| To Chicago Blackhawks Nick DeSimone |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| April 12, 2021 | valign="top"| To Vegas Golden Knights Mattias Janmark* | valign="top"| To San Jose Sharks BUF 5th-round pick in 2022 |
| April 12, 2021
| valign="top"| To Vegas Golden Knights Nick DeSimone 5th-round pick in 2022 | valign="top"| To Chicago Blackhawks 2nd-round pick in 2021 3rd-round pick in 2022 |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| April 12, 2021 | valign="top"| To Toronto Maple Leafs Ben Hutton | valign="top"| To Anaheim Ducks 5th-round pick in 2022 |
| April 12, 2021
| valign="top"| To Nashville Predators Erik Gudbranson | valign="top"| To Ottawa Senators Brandon Fortunato 7th-round pick in 2023 |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| April 12, 2021 | valign="top"| To Toronto Maple Leafs Antti Suomela | valign="top"| To San Jose Sharks Alexander Barabanov |
| April 12, 2021
| valign="top"| To Anaheim Ducks Haydn Fleury | valign="top"| To Carolina Hurricanes Jani Hakanpaa 6th-round pick in 2022 |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| April 12, 2021 | valign="top"| To Winnipeg Jets Jordie Benn | valign="top"| To Vancouver Canucks 6th-round pick in 2021 |
| April 12, 2021
| valign="top"| To Vancouver Canucks Madison Bowey 5th-round pick in 2021 | valign="top"| To Chicago Blackhawks 4th-round pick in 2021 |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| April 12, 2021 | valign="top"| To Washington Capitals Michael Raffl* | valign="top"| To Philadelphia Flyers VGK 5th-round pick in 2021 |
| April 12, 2021
| valign="top"| To Washington Capitals Anthony Mantha | valign="top"| To Detroit Red Wings Jakub Vrana Richard Panik 1st-round pick in 2021 2nd-round pick in 2022 |
= July =
| cellspacing=0 class="wikitable" style="border:1px solid #999999; width:680px;" |
| July 1, 2021
| valign="top"| To Los Angeles Kings Viktor Arvidsson | valign="top"| To Nashville Predators 2nd-round pick in 2021 3rd-round pick in 2022 |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| July 12, 2021 | valign="top"| To Edmonton Oilers Duncan Keith Tim Soderlund | valign="top"| To Chicago Blackhawks Caleb Jones conditional 2nd-round pick in 2022 {{in5|14}}or 3rd-round pick in 2022 |
| July 14, 2021
| valign="top"| To Carolina Hurricanes Dylan Wells | valign="top"| To Edmonton Oilers future considerations |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| July 15, 2021 | valign="top"| To New Jersey Devils Ryan Graves | valign="top"| To Colorado Avalanche Mikhail Maltsev NYI 2nd-round pick in 2021 |
| July 16, 2021
| valign="top"| To Detroit Red Wings Nick Leddy | valign="top"| To New York Islanders Richard Panik* EDM 2nd-round pick in 2021 |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| July 17, 2021 | valign="top"| To San Jose Sharks Adin Hill 7th-round pick in 2022 | valign="top"| To Arizona Coyotes Josef Korenar 2nd-round pick in 2022 |
| July 17, 2021
| valign="top"| To Vancouver Canucks Jason Dickinson | valign="top"| To Dallas Stars 3rd-round pick in 2021 |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| July 17, 2021 | valign="top"| To Toronto Maple Leafs Jared McCann | valign="top"| To Pittsburgh Penguins Filip Hallander 7th-round pick in 2023 |
| July 17, 2021
| valign="top"| To Philadelphia Flyers Ryan Ellis | valign="top"| To Nashville Predators Philippe Myers Nolan Patrick |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| July 17, 2021 | valign="top"| To Nashville Predators Cody Glass | valign="top"| To Vegas Golden Knights Nolan Patrick |
| July 17, 2021
| valign="top"| To Vegas Golden Knights Brett Howden | valign="top"| To New York Rangers Nick DeSimone WPG 4th-round pick in 2022 |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| July 17, 2021 | valign="top"| To New York Rangers Barclay Goodrow | valign="top"| To Tampa Bay Lightning 7th-round pick in 2022 |
| July 17, 2021
| valign="top"| To Arizona Coyotes Andrew Ladd COL 2nd-round pick in 2021 conditional COL 2nd-round pick in 2022 or NYI 2nd-round pick in 2022 conditional 3rd-round pick in 2023 | valign="top"| To New York Islanders future considerations |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| July 22, 2021 | valign="top"| To Detroit Red Wings Alex Nedeljkovic | valign="top"| To Carolina Hurricanes Jonathan Bernier VGK 3rd-round pick in 2021 |
| July 22, 2021
| valign="top"| To Arizona Coyotes Shayne Gostisbehere 2nd-round pick in 2022 STL 7th-round pick in 2022 | valign="top"| To Philadelphia Flyers future considerations |
| bgcolor="eeeeee"
| July 22, 2021 | valign="top"| To Calgary Flames Tyler Pitlick | valign="top"| To Seattle Kraken 4th-round pick in 2022 |
Waivers
Once an NHL player has played in a certain number of games or a set number of seasons has passed since the signing of his first NHL contract (see here), that player must be offered to all of the other NHL teams before he can be assigned to a minor league affiliate.
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| Date
! Player ! New team ! Previous team ! Ref |
|---|
| January 9, 2021
| {{Sortname|Christian|Djoos}} |
| bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| January 9, 2021 | {{Sortname|Gustav|Forsling}} |
| January 11, 2021
| {{Sortname|Noah|Juulsen}} |
| bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| January 12, 2021 | {{Sortname|Rudolfs|Balcers|Rūdolfs Balcers}} |
| January 12, 2021
| {{Sortname|Eric|Comrie}} |
| bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| January 12, 2021 | {{Sortname|Anton|Forsberg}} |
| January 12, 2021
| {{Sortname|Luca|Sbisa}} |
| bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| January 15, 2021 | {{Sortname|Anton|Forsberg}} |
| January 16, 2021
| {{Sortname|Troy|Grosenick}} |
| bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| January 18, 2021 | {{Sortname|Aaron|Dell}} |
| February 6, 2021
| {{Sortname|Troy|Grosenick}} |
| bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| February 18, 2021 | {{Sortname|Eric|Comrie}} |
| February 24, 2021
| {{Sortname|Mark|Friedman}} |
| bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| February 27, 2021 | {{Sortname|Jarred|Tinordi}} |
| March 1, 2021
| {{Sortname|Alex|Stalock}} |
| bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| March 17, 2021 | {{Sortname|Anton|Forsberg}} |
| March 17, 2021
| {{Sortname|Jimmy|Vesey}} |
| bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| March 22, 2021 | {{Sortname|Travis|Boyd}} |
| April 9, 2021
| {{Sortname|Drake|Caggiula}} |
| bgcolor="#eeeeee"
| April 12, 2021 | {{Sortname|Victor|Mete}} |
| April 12, 2021
| {{Sortname|Sami|Vatanen}} |
Expansion draft
{{Main|2021 NHL expansion draft}}
The 2020–21 season saw the entrance of a 32nd team to the league, the Seattle Kraken. While Seattle did not begin to play until the 2021–22 NHL season, the team was active and allowed to make trades and sign free agents on April 30, 2021, after sending its final expansion payment to the NHL.{{cite news|title=Seattle Kraken make final payment, officially become 32nd NHL team|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2021/04/30/seattle-kraken-final-payment-become-32nd-nhl-team/4897142001/|work=USA Today|agency=Associated Press|date=April 30, 2021|access-date=July 18, 2021}} To create a roster, an expansion draft was held on July 21.
Seattle followed the same rules for this draft as the Vegas Golden Knights in 2017, with the provision that Vegas was exempted from losing a player in the draft.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/seattle-kraken-2021-nhl-expansion-draft-rules-same-as-vegas-golden-knights-followed/c-302586918|title=Seattle 2021 NHL Expansion Draft rules same as Golden Knights followed|date=July 13, 2021|access-date=July 14, 2021}} Thus, Seattle was required to select one player from each of the other 30 existing teams, for a total of 30 players selected. At least 20 of the players selected had to be contracted for the 2021–22 season and Seattle is to take a minimum number of players at each position. Each of the thirty other teams are allowed to protect up to 11 players, but also had to expose a minimum number of players with NHL experience for Seattle to select at each position. Teams are required to protect players with no-movement clauses (or the player must waive it); all first- and second-year professionals, as well as all unsigned draft choices, and players determined to have career-ending injuries are exempt from selection and will not be counted toward their teams' protection limits.
On July 17, the 30 teams excluding Vegas submitted their expansion protection lists and they were published the next day.{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-announces-protected-list-for-2021-nhl-seattle-expansion-draft/c-325681840|title=NHL announces protected list for 2021 NHL Expansion Draft|date=July 18, 2021|access-date=July 22, 2021}} Seattle had from July 18 to 21 to negotiate with all exposed free agents; if Seattle came to terms with a player within this window, that player was counted as their previous team's expansion selection and Seattle was unable to select another player from that team. On July 21, Seattle's final roster was submitted and it was announced later that evening.{{cite news |title=Seattle Kraken expansion draft tracker: Picks, trades, reports and more |url=https://sports.mynorthwest.com/1449751/seattle-kraken-expansion-draft-tracker-picks-trades-reports-and-more/ |access-date=July 22, 2021 |work=710 AM ESPN Seattle |date=July 21, 2021}} Any players picked by Seattle cannot have their contracts bought out by the Kraken until the summer after the 2021–22 season.
See also
References
{{Reflist|24em}}
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{{2020–21 NHL season by team}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:2020-21 NHL transactions}}