Notable deals
| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | Calgary Flames acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1983 2nd round pick (#35-Todd Francis) | September 10, 1982 | Doug Risebrough |  |
| 1984 3rd round pick (#54-Graeme Bonar) | 1983 2nd round pick (#38-Frantisek Musil) | |||
| Toronto Maple Leafs acquire | Date | Washington Capitals acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Mike Palmateer | September 9, 1982 | cash |  |
| Hartford Whalers acquire | Date | Philadelphia Flyers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Greg C. Adams | August 19, 1982 | Mark Howe |  |
| Ken Linseman | 1983 3rd round pick (#44-Derrick Smith) | |||
| 1983 1st round pick (#20-David Jensen) | ||||
| 1983 3rd round pick (#61-Leif Carlsson) | ||||
| Calgary Flames acquire | Date | Washington Capitals acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Walker | June 9, 1982 | Ken Houston | |
| George White | Pat Riggin | |||
| 1982 6th round pick (#118-Mats Kihlstrom) | ||||
| 1983 3rd round pick (#55-Perry Berezan) | ||||
| 1984 2nd round pick (#38-Paul Ranheim) | ||||
| Boston Bruins acquire | Date | Philadelphia Flyers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Pete Peeters | June 9, 1982 | Brad McCrimmon | |
| Buffalo Sabres acquire | Date | Calgary Flames acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1982 1st round pick (#9-Paul Cyr) | June 8, 1982 | Richie Dunn | |
| 1982 2nd round pick (#30-Jens Johansson) | Don Edwards | |||
| 1983 2nd round pick (#31-John Tucker) | 1982 2nd round pick (#37-Rich Kromm) | |||
| Sabres option to swap 1983 1st round picks (#10-Normand Lacombe) | Sabres option to swap 1983 1st round picks (#13-Dan Quinn) | |||
| Toronto Maple Leafs acquire | Date | Philadelphia Flyers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Costello | January 20, 1982 | Darryl Sittler | |
| 1982 2nd round pick (#25-Peter Ihnacak) | ||||
| future considerations (Ken Strong) | ||||
| Quebec Nordiques acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Jere Gillis | December 30, 1981 | Robbie Ftorek |  |
| Dean Talafous | 1982 8th round pick (#160-Brian Glynn) | |||
| (Talafous refused to report - arbitrator substituted Pat Hickey on 1982-03-08) | ||||
| Hartford Whalers acquire | Date | Montreal Canadiens acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Larouche | December 21, 1981 | 1984 1st round pick (#5-Petr Svoboda) | |
| 1984 1st round pick (#11-Sylvain Cote) | 1984 2nd round pick (#26-Brian Benning) | |||
| 1985 3rd round pick (#58-Bruce Racine) | 1985 3rd round pick (#47-Rocky Dundas) | |||
| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | Winnipeg Jets acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 6th round pick (#117-Ernie Vargas) | December 19, 1981 | Serge Savard |  |
| Edmonton Oilers acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Lance Nethery | December 11, 1981 | Ed Mio | |
| Buffalo Sabres acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Foligno | December 2, 1981 | Danny Gare |  |
| Dale McCourt | Jim Schoenfeld | |||
| Brent R. Peterson | Derek R. Smith | |||
| Colorado Rockies acquire | Date | Calgary Flames acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Don Lever | November 25, 1981 | Lanny McDonald | |
| Bob MacMillan | 1983 4th round pick (#65-Mikko Makela) | |||
| Calgary Flames acquire | Date | Philadelphia Flyers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mel Bridgman | November 11, 1981 | Brad Marsh | |
| Colorado Rockies acquire | Date | Winnipeg Jets acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Ashton | July 15, 1981 | Lucien DeBlois | |
| 1982 3rd round pick (#54-Dave Kasper) | ||||
| Toronto Maple Leafs acquire | Date | Montreal Canadiens acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michel Bunny Larocque | March 10, 1981 | Robert Picard | |
| Buffalo Sabres acquire | Date | Los Angeles Kings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 3rd round pick (#60-Colin Chisholm) | March 10, 1981 | Rick Martin |  |
| 1983 1st round pick (#5-Tom Barrasso) | ||||
| Boston Bruins acquire | Date | Chicago Blackhawks acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike O`Connell | December 18, 1980 | Al Secord |  |
| Boston Bruins acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rogatien Vachon | July 15, 1980 | Gilles Gilbert | |
| Calgary Flames acquire | Date | Washington Capitals acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| future considerations (cash) | July 1, 1980 | Jean Pronovost | |