1970–71 NHL transactions
The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League during the 1970–71 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
May 11, 1970 | To Los Angeles Kings Ray Fortin | To St. Louis Blues Bob Wall |
May 18, 1970 | To St. Louis Blues cash | To Toronto Maple Leafs Jacques Plante |
May 20, 1970 | To Los Angeles Kings Mike Byers | To Philadelphia Flyers Brent Hughes |
May 22, 1970 | To Montreal Canadiens Francois Lacombe 1st-round pick - 1971 Amateur Draft (# 1 - Guy Lafleur) cash | To Oakland Seals Ernie Hicke 1st-round pick - 1970 Amateur Draft (# 10 - Chris Oddleifson) |
May 22, 1970 | To Montreal Canadiens cash | To Oakland Seals Dennis Hextall |
May 22, 1970 | To Minnesota North Stars Jude Drouin | To Montreal Canadiens future considerations (Bill Collins)1 |
May 22, 1970 | To Minnesota North Stars Murray Oliver | To Toronto Maple Leafs Brian Conacher Terry O'Malley |
May 22, 1970 | To Los Angeles Kings Lucien Grenier Larry Mickey Jack Norris | To Montreal Canadiens Gregg Boddy Leon Rochefort Wayne Thomas |
May 22, 1970 | To Montreal Canadiens cash | To St. Louis Blues Christian Bordeleau |
May 26, 1970 | To Boston Bruins 1st-round pick - 1970 Amateur Draft (# 10 - Ron Plumb) | To St. Louis Blues Jim Lorentz |
- Trade completed on June 10, 1970.
June
June 9, 1970 | To Minnesota North Stars Norm Beaudin | To Montreal Canadiens cash |
June 10, 1970 | To Minnesota North Stars Bobby Rousseau | To Montreal Canadiens Claude Larose |
June 10, 1970 | To Buffalo Sabres Ted Hodgson | To New York Rangers cash |
June 10, 1970 | To Buffalo Sabres Roger Crozier | To Detroit Red Wings Tom Webster |
June 10, 1970 | To Chicago Black Hawks cash | To Pittsburgh Penguins Dave Dryden |
June 10, 1970 | To Pittsburgh Penguins future considerations1 | To Vancouver Canucks 8th-round pick - 1971 Amateur Draft (# 102 - Bob Murphy) |
June 10, 1970 | To St. Louis Blues 7th-round pick - 1970 Amateur Draft (# 85 - Jack Taggart) 9th-round pick - 1970 Amateur Draft (# 108 - Bob Winograd) cash | To Vancouver Canucks Andre Boudrias |
June 10, 1970 | To Montreal Canadiens cash | To St. Louis Blues Murray Flegel |
June 10, 1970 | To Montreal Canadiens cash | To St. Louis Blues Lyle Carter |
June 11, 1970 | To Philadelphia Flyers George Swarbrick | To Pittsburgh Penguins Terry Ball |
- Vancouver agrees to not select certain players in the 1970 NHL Expansion Draft.
August
August, 1970 (exact date unknown) | To Minnesota North Stars Bob McCord | To Montreal Canadiens cash |
August, 1970 (exact date unknown) | To Toronto Maple Leafs Pat Hannigan Ted McCaskill | To Vancouver Canucks Andre Hinse |
August 10, 1970 | To Minnesota North Stars cash | To St. Louis Blues Bob McCord |
August 31, 1970 | To Buffalo Sabres Floyd Smith | To Toronto Maple Leafs cash |
August 31, 1970 | To Buffalo Sabres Brent Imlach | To Toronto Maple Leafs cash |
September
September, 1970 (exact date unknown) | To Toronto Maple Leafs loan of Andre Hinse | To Vancouver Canucks cash |
September 3, 1970 | To Los Angeles Kings Bob Pulford | To Toronto Maple Leafs Garry Monahan Brian Murphy |
September 9, 1970 | To New York Rangers cash | To St. Louis Blues Gerry Lemire |
October
October, 1970 (exact date unknown) | To Buffalo Sabres cash | To St. Louis Blues loan of Gary Edwards |
October, 1970 (exact date unknown) | To Buffalo Sabres cash | To Oakland Seals Howie Menard |
October 2, 1970 | To Buffalo Sabres Ron Anderson | To St. Louis Blues Craig Cameron |
October 2, 1970 | To Montreal Canadiens cash | To Pittsburgh Penguins Robin Burns |
October 8, 1970 | To Los Angeles Kings Bob Berry | To Montreal Canadiens cash |
October 9, 1970 | To Buffalo Sabres Dave Dryden | To Pittsburgh Penguins cash |
October 19, 1970 | To Buffalo Sabres cash | To St. Louis Blues Bill Sutherland |
October 31, 1970 | To Detroit Red Wings Larry Brown | To New York Rangers Pete Stemkowski |
November
November 2, 1970 | To Detroit Red Wings Don Luce | To New York Rangers Steve Andrascik |
November 3, 1970 | To Montreal Canadiens Germain Gagnon | To Vancouver Canucks cash |
November 4, 1970 | To Buffalo Sabres Larry Keenan Jean-Guy Talbot | To St. Louis Blues Bobby Baun |
November 13, 1970 | To St. Louis Blues Brit Selby | To Toronto Maple Leafs Bobby Baun |
November 24, 1970 | To Buffalo Sabres Dick Duff Eddie Shack | To Los Angeles Kings Mike McMahon Jr. 7th-round pick - 1971 Amateur Draft (# 89 - Peter Harasym) 8th-round pick - 1971 Amateur Draft (# 103 - Lorne Stamler) |
December
December 3, 1970 | To St. Louis Blues John Arbour | To Vancouver Canucks cash |
December 11, 1970 | To Montreal Canadiens cash | To St. Louis Blues Michel Plasse |
December 23, 1970 | To Montreal Canadiens Terry Clancy | To Toronto Maple Leafs cash |
January
January 13, 1971 | To Detroit Red Wings Guy Charron Bill Collins Mickey Redmond | To Montreal Canadiens Frank Mahovlich |
January 24, 1971 | To Buffalo Sabres Terry Ball | To Pittsburgh Penguins Jean-Guy Lagace |
January 26, 1971 | To New York Rangers Glen Sather | To Pittsburgh Penguins Syl Apps Jr. Sheldon Kannegiesser |
January 26, 1971 | To Los Angeles Kings Ralph Backstrom | To Montreal Canadiens Ray Fortin Gord Labossiere 2nd-round pick - 1973 Amateur Draft (# 22 - Peter Marrin) |
January 26, 1971 | To Minnesota North Stars Gord Labossiere | To Montreal Canadiens Rey Comeau |
January 28, 1971 | To Montreal Canadiens 2nd-round pick - 1971 Amateur Draft (# 24 - Michel DeGuise) | To St. Louis Blues Fran Huck |
January 31, 1971 | To Philadelphia Flyers Bruce Gamble Mike Walton 1st-round pick - 1971 Amateur Draft (# 9 - Pierre Plante) | To Toronto Maple Leafs Bernie Parent 2nd-round pick - 1971 Amateur Draft (# 22 - Rick Kehoe) |
January 31, 1971 | To Boston Bruins Mike Walton | To Philadelphia Flyers Rick MacLeish Danny Schock |
February
February 1, 1971 | To Los Angeles Kings Red Armstrong | To Toronto Maple Leafs Don Westbrooke |
February 1, 1971 | To Detroit Red Wings Arnie Brown Tom Miller Mike Robitaille | To New York Rangers Larry Brown Bruce MacGregor |
February 5, 1971 | To California Golden Seals 8th-round pick in 1971 Amateur Draft (# 104 - Rod Lyons) cash | To Los Angeles Kings Harry Howell |
February 6, 1971 | To Detroit Red Wings Red Berenson Tim Ecclestone | To St. Louis Blues Wayne Connelly Garry Unger |
February 22, 1971 | To Detroit Red Wings future considerations1 (Mike Lowe) (Ab McDonald) (Bob Wall) | To St. Louis Blues Carl Brewer |
February 22, 1971 | To Chicago Black Hawks Danny O'Shea | To Minnesota North Stars Terry Caffery Doug Mohns |
- Trade completed on May 12, 1971.
March
March, 1971 (exact date unknown) | To Los Angeles Kings Wayne Schultz Steve Sutherland | To Minnesota North Stars Terry Holbrook |
March 2, 1971 | To Detroit Red Wings Jim Krulicki | To New York Rangers Dale Rolfe |
March 7, 1971 | To California Golden Seals Dick Redmond Tom Williams | To Minnesota North Stars Ted Hampson Wayne Muloin |
Expansion Draft
The 1970–71 NHL season saw the entrance of a 13th and 14th team to the league, the Buffalo Sabres and Vancouver Canucks. Each team selected 20 players from across the league, for a total of 40 selections.
Additional sources
- hockeydb.com - search for player and select "show trades"
- "NHL trades for 1970-1971". NHL Trade Tracker.