The Trading Post 2017-18

For many NHL teams, Septembers rosters will be pretty well set through the season, barring a major injury the teams that roll into the new season in high gear, rarely make major changes through the year, with only a trade deadline acquisition to perhaps shore up a weak spot or bring in depth for the playoff battle ahead.

Others however, quickly learn that the planning of July and August and September's training camps haven't really solved a lot of their problems and that the only way to get back on track is to bring new faces and ship out those that aren't fitting into where the team hopes to be going by the time the Spring rolls around.

It's at those points that the General Managers of each of the NHL's member clubs start to earn their pay, making decisions on which players need a fresh start, or which perhaps have seen their best days slip by, or when it's time to just shake things up and snap a team out of its lethargy.

Below we will track the deals of 2017-18, providing some background for the names that suddenly find that movers and change of address notifications are part of the NHL experience.

It all of course leads up to the Spring time madness known as the Trade Deadline, a day where hockey fans perhaps suddenly come down with a bad cold or some other suitable malady that will require at least a day at home, perhaps even in front of the television.

The preamble to the Spring trading deadline starts with the first puck drop of game one, the listings of the relocated can be found below:

Regular Season Trading Period commenced as of October 4, 2017.
Trade Deadline  -- February 26, 2018

Trades updated as to October 16, 2017

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October 9 -- Philadelphia/Anaheim -- the Flyers acquire goaltender Dustin Torkarksi from the Anaheim Ducks for  future Considerations

October 6 -- Toronto/Las Vegas -- the  Maple Leafs acquire goaltendar Calvin Pickard from the Golden Knights, in exchange for Tobias Lindberg and a sixth round pick in the 2018 draft (NHL Trade Alert)

October 4 -- Chicago/Montreal -- the Blackhawks acquired forward Andreas Martinsen from the Canadiens for forward Kyle Baun (NHL Trade Alert)

October 4 -- Buffalo/ Montreal -- The Sabres send forward Nicholas Deslauriers to the Canadiens in exchange for defenceman Zach Redmond (NHL Trade Alert)


Transactions Counter:  4 Trades to date
(As of start of Regular Season)

Anaheim Ducks -- 1
Arizona Coyotes -- 
Boston Bruins -- 
Buffalo Sabres -- 1
Calgary Flames -- 
Carolina Hurricanes -- 
Colorado Avalanche -- 
Columbus Blue Jackets -- 
Chicago Blackhawks --  1
Dallas Stars -- 
Detroit Red Wings -- 
Edmonton Oilers -- 
Florida Panthers --  
Las Vegas Knights -- 1
Los Angeles Kings -- 
Minnesota Wild -- 
Montreal Canadiens -- 2
Nashville Predators -- 
New Jersey Devils -- 
New York Islanders -- 
New York Rangers --
Ottawa Senators -- 
Philadelphia Flyers -- 1
Pittsburgh Penguins -- 
San Jose Sharks-- 
St. Louis Blues -- 
Tampa Bay Lightning -- 
Toronto Maple Leafs -- 1
Vancouver Canucks -- 
Washington Capitals-- 
Winnipeg Jets --

The link to these Trading Post dispatches can be found in our right hand column in the GM's Office section.

NHL Trade Tracker  can be viewed here