The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; , ''LNH'') is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Cana ...

during the

1972–73 NHL season The 1972–73 NHL season was the 56th season of the National Hockey League. Sixteen teams each played 78 games. Two new teams, the New York Islanders and the Atlanta Flames, made their debuts. The Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup by beatin ...

. It lists what team each player has been traded to, signed by, or claimed by, and for which player(s) or

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(s), if applicable.

Trades

May

# Trade completed on June 7, 1972.

June

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

August

September

October

November

December

January

February

# Trade completed on May 29, 1973.

March

# Trade completed on June 4, 1973. # Trade completed on May 16, 1973. # Trade completed on May 22, 1973. # Trade completed on May 17, 1973. # Trade completed on May 18, 1973.

Expansion Draft

The

saw the entrance of a 15th and 16th team to the league, the

New York Islanders The New York Islanders (colloquially known as the Isles) are a professional ice hockey team based in Elmont, New York. The Islanders compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (N ...

and

Atlanta Flames The Atlanta Flames were a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta from 1972 until 1980. They played home games in the Omni Coliseum and were members of the West and later Patrick divisions of the National Hockey League (NHL). Along with t ...

. Each team selected 21 players from across the league, for a total of 42 selections.

Additional sources

hockeydb.com
- search for player and select "show trades" *

References

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