1977–78 NHL transactions

The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League during the 1977–78 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

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May 23, 1977 To Los Angeles Kings
Randy Manery
To Atlanta Flames
Ab DeMarco Jr.

June

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June 14, 1977 To Philadelphia Flyers
8th-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft
(# 136 - Clint Eccles)
9th-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft
(# 151 - Michel Bauman)
10th-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft
(# 159 - Dave Isherwood)
11th-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft
(# 166 - Barry Duench)
To Buffalo Sabres
cash
June 14, 1977 To Montreal Canadiens
8th-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft
(# 137 - Keith Hendrickson)
9th-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft
(# 152 - Barry Borrett)
10th-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft
(# 160 - Mark Holden)
11th-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft
(# 166 - Dan Poulin)
12th-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft
(# 173 - Cary Farelli)
13th-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft
(# 176 - Mark Wells)
14th-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft
(# 179 - Jean Belisle)
15th-rd pick - 1977 Amateur Draft
(# 182 - Bob Boileau)
To New York Islanders
cash
June 17, 1977 To Los Angeles Kings
Steve Short
To Philadelphia Flyers
future considerations1
(Paul Evans)
  1. Trade completed on November 3, 1977.

August

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August, 1977
exact date unknown
To Atlanta Flames
future considerations
To Detroit Red Wings
Al McDonough
August 5, 1977 To Colorado Rockies
Mark Suzor
To Philadelphia Flyers
Barry Dean
August 9, 1977 To St. Louis Blues
Dick Redmond
To Chicago Black Hawks
Pierre Plante
August 17, 1977 To Detroit Red Wings
rights to Ron Low
3rd-rd pick - 1979 Amateur Draft
(# 46 - Boris Fistric)
To Washington Capitals
Walt McKechnie
3rd-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 45 - Jay Johnston)
2nd-rd pick - 1979 Amateur Draft
(# 24 - Errol Rausse)
August 17, 1977 To Cleveland Barons
rights to Mike Eaves
To St. Louis Blues
Len Frig
August 18, 1977 To Atlanta Flames
cash
To Detroit Red Wings
Rick Bowness
August 18, 1977 To Montreal Canadiens
3rd-rd pick - 1979 Amateur Draft
(# 44 - Guy Carbonneau)
To St. Louis Blues
Jim Roberts
August 31, 1977 To Los Angeles Kings
rights to Pete Stemkowski
To New York Rangers
future considerations1
(3rd-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
# 45 - Dean Turner)
  1. Trade completed on June 15, 1978, at the 1978 Amateur Draft.

September

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September 20, 1977 To Buffalo Sabres
Ron Schock
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Brian Spencer
September 22, 1977 To Buffalo Sabres
cash
To Colorado Rockies
Rick Jodzio

October

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October 1, 1977 To Washington Capitals
rights to Don Awrey
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Bob Paradise
October 16, 1977 To Washington Capitals
1st-rd pick - 1979 Entry Draft
(MIN - # 10 - Tom McCarthy)1
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Hartland Monahan
October 20, 1977 To Detroit Red Wings
Andre St. Laurent
To New York Islanders
Michel Bergeron
October 28, 1977 To Philadelphia Flyers
Blake Dunlop
3rd-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 37 - Gord Salt)
To Minnesota North Stars
Harvey Bennett Jr.
  1. Washington's first-round pick went to Minnesota as the result of a trade on October 18, 1978, that sent Dennis Maruk to Washington in exchange for this pick.

November

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November 1, 1977 To Detroit Red Wings
cash
To Philadelphia Flyers
Terry Murray
November 1, 1977 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Jerry Butler
To St. Louis Blues
Inge Hammarstrom
November 2, 1977 To Los Angeles Kings
Syl Apps Jr.
Hartland Monahan
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Gene Carr
Dave Schultz
4th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 61 - Shane Pearsall)
November 4, 1977 To Vancouver Canucks
Pit Martin
To Chicago Black Hawks
future considerations1
(Murray Bannerman)
November 21, 1977 To Los Angeles Kings
Larry Carriere
To Vancouver Canucks
Sheldon Kannegiesser
November 23, 1977 To Cleveland Barons
Randy Holt
To Chicago Black Hawks
Reg Kerr
November 29, 1977 To Montreal Canadiens
Pierre Larouche
future considerations2
(rights to Peter Marsh)
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Peter Lee
Peter Mahovlich
  1. Trade completed on May 27, 1978.
  2. Trade completed on December 15, 1977.

December

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December 2, 1977 To Colorado Rockies
Dennis Owchar
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Tom Edur
December 2, 1977 To Detroit Red Wings
Dennis Hull
To Chicago Black Hawks
4th-rd pick - 1980 Entry Draft
(# 67 - Carey Wilson)
December 9, 1977 To Cleveland Barons
Walt McKechnie
To Washington Capitals
Bob Girard
2nd-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 23 - Paul MacKinnon)
December 12, 1977 To St. Louis Blues
Curt Bennett
Barry Gibbs
Phil Myre
To Atlanta Flames
Yves Belanger
Bob MacMillan
Dick Redmond
2nd-rd pick - 1979 Entry Draft
(# 23 - Mike Perovich)

January

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January 9, 1978 To Cleveland Barons
Chuck Arnason
Rick Jodzio
To Colorado Rockies
Fred Ahern
Ralph Klassen
January 9, 1978 To Toronto Maple Leafs
cash
To Colorado Rockies
Bob Neely
January 9, 1978 To Los Angeles Kings
Danny Grant
To Detroit Red Wings
3rd-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 53 - Doug Derkson)
rights to Barry Long
January 10, 1978 To Cleveland Barons
Jean-Paul Parise
Jean Potvin
4th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft1
To New York Islanders
Wayne Merrick
Darcy Regier
4th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft2
January 12, 1978 To Cleveland Barons
Dennis O'Brien
To Colorado Rockies
Mike Christie
January 14, 1978 To Los Angeles Kings
2nd-rd pick - 1980 Entry Draft
(# 33 - Greg Terrion)
To St. Louis Blues
Neil Komadoski
January 27, 1978 To St. Louis Blues
cash
To Chicago Black Hawks
Eddie Johnston
January 29, 1978 To Toronto Maple Leafs
cash
To Vancouver Canucks
Claire Alexander
  1. Draft pick not exercised by Cleveland due to Barons-North Stars merger on June 14, one day prior to the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft.
  2. Draft pick forfeited by the Islanders due to Barons-North Stars merger on June 14, one day prior to the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft.

February

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February 19, 1978 To Minnesota North Stars
Gary Smith
To Washington Capitals
cash

March

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March 13, 1978 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Dan Maloney
2nd-rd pick - 1980 Entry Draft
(# 25 - Craig Muni)
To Detroit Red Wings
Errol Thompson
1st-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 12 - Brent Peterson)
2nd-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 31 - Al Jensen)
1st-rd pick - 1980 Entry Draft
(# 11 - Mike Blaisdell)
March 13, 1978 To Boston Bruins
cash
To Los Angeles Kings
Darryl Edestrand
March 14, 1978 To Minnesota North Stars
rights to Eddie Mio
future considerations1
(Pierre Plante)
To Chicago Black Hawks
Doug Hicks
3rd-rd pick - 1980 NHL Entry Draft
  1. Trade completed on May 4, 1978.

References

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Additional sources

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  • hockeydb.com - search for player and select "show trades"
  • "NHL trades for 1977-1978". NHL Trade Tracker. Retrieved July 22, 2021.