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
1977–78 NHL season
The 1977–78 NHL season was the List of NHL seasons, 61st Season (sports), season of the National Hockey League. The Montreal Canadiens won their third Stanley Cup in a row, defeating the Boston Bruins four games to two in the 1978 Stanley Cup F ...
. It lists what team each player has been traded to, signed by, or claimed by, and for which player(s) or
draft pick
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(s), if applicable.
Trades between teams
May
June
# Trade completed on November 3, 1977.
August
# Trade completed on June 15, 1978, at the
1978 Amateur Draft.
September
October
# Washington's first-round pick went to Minnesota as the result of a trade on October 18, 1978, that sent
Dennis Maruk
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to Washington in exchange for this pick.
November
# Trade completed on May 27, 1978.
# Trade completed on December 15, 1977.
December
January
# Draft pick not exercised by Cleveland due to Barons-North Stars merger on June 14, one day prior to the
1978 NHL Amateur Draft.
# 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
March
# Trade completed on May 4, 1978.
References
Additional sources
hockeydb.com- search for player and select "show trades"
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NHL transactions
1977–78 NHL season