This list is for 1997–98 NHL transactions within professional

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of players in North America. The following contains team-to-team transactions that occurred in the

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during the

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. It lists what team each player has been traded to, or claimed by, and for which players or

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s, if applicable.

May

# Conditions of this draft pick are unknown Colorado made no pick selection belonging to St. Louis in the 2000 entry draft.

June

# Philadelphia's acquired second-round pick went to Ottawa as the result of a trade on January 17, 1998 that sent

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to Philadelphia in exchange for

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, Vaclav Prospal and this pick.

July

# Chicago's acquired fifth-round pick went to Toronto as the result of a trade on June 27, 1998 that sent a first-round pick and a fourth-round pick in the 1998 entry draft to Chicago in exchange for a first-round pick and a third-round pick in the 1998 entry draft along with this pick.

August

# Edmonton's acquired third-round pick went to New Jersey as the result of a trade on June 27, 1998 that sent the rights to

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, a fourth-round and fifth-round picks in the 1998 entry draft to Edmonton in exchange for this pick. # Detroit's fifth-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on June 26, 1999 that sent a fifth-round pick in the 2000 entry draft to San Jose in exchange for this pick. # Detroit's acquired second-round pick went to St. Louis as the result of a trade on June 27, 1998 that sent second-round and fourth-round picks in the 1998 entry draft to Detroit in exchange for this pick. # Detroit's acquired second-round pick went to Tampa Bay as the result of a trade on March 23, 1999 that sent

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and a sixth-round pick in the 1999 entry draft to Detroit in exchange for Kevin Hodson and this pick. # Philadelphia's first-round pick went to Ottawa as the result of a trade on June 23, 2001 that sent a first-round and a seventh-round compensatory pick in the 2001 entry draft along with a second-round pick the 2002 entry draft in exchange for this pick. # Los Angeles' acquired fourth-round pick went to New Jersey as the result of a trade on June 18, 1998 that sent

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to Los Angeles in exchange for this pick.

September

# Trade completed on June 27, 1998 # Colorado's acquired third-round pick went to Florida as the result of a trade on March 23, 1998 that sent Tom Fitzgerald to Colorado in exchange for the rights to

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and this pick. # Conditions of this draft pick are unknown. Buffalo made no pick selection belonging to the Rangers in the 2000 entry draft.

October

November

# San Jose's acquired first-round pick went to Tampa Bay as the result of a trade on March 24, 1998 that sent

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and David Shaw to San Jose in exchange for

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and Tampa Bay's conditional right to swap first-round pick in the 1998 entry draft (this pick). # Conditions of this draft pick are unknown. # Conditions of this draft pick are unknown and no pick was taken. # San Jose's acquired second-round pick went to Buffalo as the result of a trade on June 18, 1998 that sent Steve Shields and a fourth-round pick in the 1998 Entry Draft to San Jose in exchange for Kay Whitmore, a fifth-round pick in the 2000 entry draft and this pick.

December

January

# Carolina's acquired fourth-round pick went to Nashville as the result of a trade on June 26, 1999 that sent

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to Carolina in exchange for future considerations and this pick. Conditions of this draft pick in the original trade are unknown.

February

# Vancouver's acquired fourth-round pick went to Tampa Bay as the result of a trade on June 25, 1999 that sent a first-round pick in the 1999 entry draft to Vancouver in exchange for a first-round pick, a third-round pick in the 1998 entry draft and this pick. # Philadelphia fifth-round pick was re-acquired as the result of a trade on March 24, 1998 that sent a third-round pick in the 1998 Entry Draft to Vancouver in exchange for

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and this pick.

March

* Trading Deadline: March 24, 1998NHL trade deadline: Deals since 1980 , Habs Inside/Out
# Conditions of this draft pick are unknown. # Conditions of this draft pick are unknown. # Tampa Bay did swap its first-round pick with San Jose for the 1998 entry draft. # Conditions of this draft pick are unknown.

References

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