1978–79 NHL transactions

The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League during the 1978–79 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 11, 1978 To Cleveland Barons
Fred Ahern
To Colorado Rockies
cash
May 15, 1978 To Toronto Maple Leafs
cash
future considerations1
(rights to Owen Lloyd)
To Minnesota North Stars
Jim McKenny
May 30, 1978 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Bob Neely
To Colorado Rockies
cash
  1. Trade completed on October 28, 1978.

June

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June 2, 1978 To Philadelphia Flyers
1st-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 7 - Ken Linseman)
To New York Rangers
rights to hire Fred Shero
as new Rangers head coach
June 12, 1978 To Vancouver Canucks
4th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 56 - Harald Luckner)
future considerations
To St. Louis Blues
Mike Walton
June 13, 1978 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Dave Burrows
6th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 92 - Mel Hewitt)
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Randy Carlyle
George Ferguson
June 14, 1978 To Pittsburgh Penguins
Tom Bladon
Orest Kindrachuk
Ross Lonsberry
To Philadelphia Flyers
1st-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 6 - Behn Wilson)
future considerations1
(8th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft -
# 126 - Jerry Price)
June 14, 1978 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Paul Harrison
To Minnesota North Stars
4th-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft
(# 69 - Terry Tait)
June 14, 1978 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Dave Hutchison
Lorne Stamler
To Los Angeles Kings
Scott Garland
Brian Glennie
Kurt Walker
2nd-rd pick - 1979 Entry Draft
(# 30 - Mark Hardy)
June 15, 1978 To Minnesota North Stars
2nd-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft
(# 41 - Jali Wahlsten)
To St. Louis Blues
Bob Stewart
future considerations2
(Harvey Bennett Jr.)
June 15, 1978 To Colorado Rockies
2nd-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 27 - Merlin Malinowski)
To Philadelphia Flyers
2nd-rd pick - 1979 Entry Draft
(# 22 - Blake Wesley)
June 15, 1978 To St. Louis Blues
7th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 109 - Paul MacLean)
9th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 143 - Rick Simpson)
10th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 160 - Bob Froese)
11th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 175 - Dan Hermansson)
12th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 191 - Don Boyd)
13th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 205 - Carl Bloomberg)
14th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 216 - Joe Casey)
To Pittsburgh Penguins
cash
June 15, 1978 To Philadelphia Flyers
10th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 167 - Rick Berard)
11th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 182 - Mark Berge)
To Buffalo Sabres
cash
June 15, 1978 To Boston Bruins
cash
To St. Louis Blues
10th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 170 -Dan Lerg)
11th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 185 - John Sullivan)
12th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 200 - Gerd Truntschka)
13th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 211 - Mike Pidgeon)
June 15, 1978 To Toronto Maple Leafs
cash
To St. Louis Blues
11th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 181 - Jean-Francois Boutin)
12th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 197 - Paul Stasiuk)
13th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 212 - Brian Crombeen)
14th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 221 - Blair Wheeler)
June 15, 1978 To Vancouver Canucks
cash
To Washington Capitals
12th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 189 - Steve Barger)
June 15, 1978 To Chicago Black Hawks
cash
To Philadelphia Flyers
12th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 195 - Jim Olson)
June 15, 1978 To Los Angeles Kings
cash
To St. Louis Blues
13th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 207 - Terry Kitching)
14th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 218 - Jim Farrell)
June 15, 1978 To Atlanta Flames
cash
To St. Louis Blues
13th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 209 - Brian O'Connor)
14th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 220 - Frank Johnson)
June 15, 1978 To Colorado Rockies
cash
To Washington Capitals
14th-rd pick - 1978 Amateur Draft
(# 215 - Ray Irwin)
June 16, 1978 To Vancouver Canucks
rights to Thomas Gradin
To Chicago Black Hawks
2nd-rd pick - 1980 Entry Draft3
(# 28 - Steve Ludzik)
  1. Trade completed on June 15, 1978.
  2. Trade completed on August 28, 1978.
  3. Chicago had the option of the 2nd-rd pick in 1979 or 1980 NHL Entry Draft. They selected in the 1980 draft.

July

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July 27, 1978 To Minnesota North Stars
rights to Jack Carlson
To Detroit Red Wings
future considerations

August

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August 8, 1978 To Minnesota North Stars
cash
To St. Louis Blues
Bob Murdoch
August 31, 1978 To Colorado Rockies
Joe Watson
To Philadelphia Flyers
cash

September

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September 6, 1978 To Boston Bruins
Dick Redmond
To Atlanta Flames
Gregg Sheppard
September 6, 1978 To Atlanta Flames
Jean Pronovost
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Gregg Sheppard
September 13, 1978 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Garry Monahan
To Vancouver Canucks
cash
September 18, 1978 To Boston Bruins
future considerations
To Los Angeles Kings
Doug Halward

October

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October 5, 1978 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Walt McKechnie
To Minnesota North Stars
3rd-rd pick - 1980 Entry Draft
(# 53 - Randy Velischek)
October 5, 1978 To Montreal Canadiens
1st-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft
(# 18 - Gilbert Delorme)
To Los Angeles Kings
Murray Wilson
1st-rd pick - 1979 Entry Draft
(# 16 - Jay Wells)
October 7, 1978 To Montreal Canadiens
Mike Korney
To St. Louis Blues
Gord McTavish
October 9, 1978 To Chicago Black Hawks
2nd-rd pick - 1980 Entry Draft
(# 30 - Ken Solheim)
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Dale Tallon
October 9, 1978 To Boston Bruins
1st-rd pick - 1979 Entry Draft
(# 8 - Ray Bourque)
To Los Angeles Kings
Ron Grahame
October 10, 1978 To Minnesota North Stars
cash
To Atlanta Flames
Gerry O'Flaherty
October 10, 1978 To St. Louis Blues
Rick Bowness
To Detroit Red Wings
cash
October 11, 1978 To Boston Bruins
Mark Suzor
To Colorado Rockies
Clayton Pachal
October 18, 1978 To Montreal Canadiens
1st-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft
(# 7 - Mark Hunter)
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Rod Schutt
October 18, 1978 To Minnesota North Stars
1st-rd pick - 1979 Entry Draft
(# 10 - Tom McCarthy)
To Washington Capitals
Dennis Maruk
October 19, 1978 To Toronto Maple Leafs
2nd-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft
(# 24 - Gary Yaremchuk)
To Colorado Rockies
Jack Valiquette
October 19, 1978 To Washington Capitals
Michel Bergeron
To New York Islanders
2nd-rd pick - 1979 Entry Draft
(# 25 - Tomas Jonsson)

November

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November, 1978
exact date unknown
To Colorado Rockies
Don Awrey
To New York Rangers
cash
November 4, 1978 To Atlanta Flames
Rod Seiling
To St. Louis Blues
cash
November 17, 1978 To Vancouver Canucks
Dunc Wilson
To Pittsburgh Penguins
cash
November 18, 1978 To Colorado Rockies
Nick Beverley
To Los Angeles Kings
4th-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft
(# 64 - Dave Gans)

December

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December 6, 1978 To Los Angeles Kings
rights to Steve Carlson
To Detroit Red Wings
Steve Short
December 29, 1978 To Vancouver Canucks
Drew Callander
Kevin McCarthy
To Philadelphia Flyers
Dennis Ververgaert
December 31, 1978 To Los Angeles Kings
Randy Holt
To Vancouver Canucks
Don Kozak

January

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January 16, 1979 To Los Angeles Kings
Richard Mulhern
2nd-rd pick - 1980 Entry Draft
(CGY - # 31 - Tony Curtale)1
To Atlanta Flames
Bob Murdoch
2nd-rd pick - 1980 Entry Draft
(# 34 - Dave Morrison)
  1. Atlanta relocated to Calgary for the 1980-81 NHL season.

February

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February 6, 1979 To Buffalo Sabres
Dave Schultz
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Gary McAdam

March

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March 3, 1979 To Colorado Rockies
Don Saleski
To Philadelphia Flyers
future considerations
March 12, 1979 To Buffalo Sabres
3rd-rd pick - 1979 Entry Draft
(# 55 - Jacques Cloutier)
3rd-rd pick - 1980 Entry Draft
(# 56 - Sean McKenna)
To New York Rangers
Jocelyn Guevremont
March 12, 1979 To Minnesota North Stars
future considerations
To Washington Capitals
Chuck Arnason
March 13, 1979 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Paul Gardner
To Colorado Rockies
Don Ashby
Trevor Johansen
March 13, 1979 To Atlanta Flames
Ivan Boldirev
Darcy Rota
Phil Russell
To Chicago Black Hawks
Greg Fox
Tom Lysiak
Harold Phillipoff
Pat Ribble
Miles Zaharko

April

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April 24, 1979 To Minnesota North Stars
Chuck Arnason
To Washington Capitals
cash

References

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  • "NHL trades for 1978-1979". NHL Trade Tracker. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  • "The Internet Hockey Database". HockeyDB. Retrieved September 26, 2022. search for player and select "show trades"