1980–81 NHL transactions

The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that occurred in the National Hockey League during the 1980–81 NHL season. It lists what team each player was traded to, signed by, or claimed by, and for which player(s) or draft pick(s), if applicable.

Trades between teams

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May 26, 1980 To Quebec Nordiques
cash
To Winnipeg Jets
Barry Legge

June

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June 2, 1980 To Boston Bruins
Jim Craig
To Calgary Flames
2nd-rd pick - 1980 Entry Draft
(# 39 - Steve Konroyd)
3rd-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft
(# 56 - Mike Vernon)
June 5, 1980 To Hartford Whalers
Rick Meagher
3rd-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft
(# 61 - Paul MacDermid)
5th-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft
(# 103 - Dan Bourbonnais)
To Montreal Canadiens
3rd-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft
(# 46 - Dieter Hegen)
5th-rd pick in 1981 Entry Draft
(# 88 - Steve Rooney)
June 6, 1980 To Minnesota North Stars
Alex Pirus
To Detroit Red Wings
cash
June 6, 1980 To Los Angeles Kings
Garry Unger
To Calgary Flames
Randy Holt
Bert Wilson
June 10, 1980 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Dave Shand
3rd-rd pick - 1980 Entry Draft
(WSH - # 55 - Torrie Robertson)1
To Calgary Flames
2nd-rd pick in 1980 NHL Entry Draft
(# 32 - Kevin LaVallee)
June 11, 1980 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Tim Coulis
Robert Picard
2nd-rd pick - 1980 Entry Draft
(# 26 - Bob McGill)
To Washington Capitals
Mike Palmateer
3rd-rd pick - 1980 Entry Draft
(# 55 - Torrie Robertson)
June 11, 1980 To Edmonton Oilers
Barry Dean
To Philadelphia Flyers
Ron Areshenkoff
10th-rd pick - 1980 Entry Draft
(# 195 - Bob O'Brien)
June 19, 1980 To Hartford Whalers
Mike Veisor
To Chicago Black Hawks
2nd-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft
(# 25 - Kevin Griffin)
June 19, 1980 To St. Louis Blues
Craig Norwich
To Winnipeg Jets
Rick Bowness
  1. Toronto's third-round pick went to Washington as the result of a trade on June 11, 1980 that sent Tim Coulis, Robert Picard and a second-round pick in the 1980 Entry Draft (26th overall) to Toronto in exchange for Mike Palmateer and this pick.

July

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July 1, 1980 To Calgary Flames
cash
To Washington Capitals
Jean Pronovost
July 4, 1980 To Minnesota North Stars
future considerations
To New York Islanders
Alex Pirus
July 15, 1980 To Boston Bruins
Rogatien Vachon
To Detroit Red Wings
Gilles Gilbert

August

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August 6, 1980 To Winnipeg Jets
cash
To New York Rangers
Gord Smith
August 11, 1980 To Quebec Nordiques
John Paddock
To Philadelphia Flyers
cash
August 21, 1980 To Washington Capitals
Bob Kelly
To Philadelphia Flyers
3rd-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft
(# 47 - Bill Campbell)

September

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September 1,
1980
To Montreal Canadiens
Dave Gorman
To Calgary Flames
Tim Burke
September 4,
1980
To Hartford Whalers
cash
To Colorado Rockies
Al Smith
September 15,
1980
To Quebec Nordiques
Andre Dupont
To Philadelphia Flyers
7th-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft
(# 137 - Vladimir Svitek)
cash
September 26,
1980
To Montreal Canadiens
Canadiens option to swap
3rd-rd pick - 1983 Entry Draft1
(WIN - # 33 - Peter Taglianetti)2
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Gilles Lupien
September 26,
1980
To Montreal Canadiens
2nd-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft
(# 33 - David Maley)
To Winnipeg Jets
Norm Dupont
  1. Montreal exercised the option and swap the 58th pick for the 43rd overall pick in 1983.
  2. Montreal's third-round pick went to Winnipeg with $50,000 cash as compensation to allow Montreal to hire Serge Savard as the new general manager on April 28, 1983.

October

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October 6,
1980
To Vancouver Canucks
Richard Brodeur
5th-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft
(# 105 - Moe Lemay)
To New York Islanders
5th-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft
(# 94 - Jacques Sylvestre)
October 8,
1980
To Quebec Nordiques
cash
To Winnipeg Jets
Danny Geoffrion
October 9,
1980
To Calgary Flames
Alex McKendry
To New York Islanders
3rd-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft
(# 57 - Ron Handy)
October 30,
1980
To Buffalo Sabres
Bob Hess
4th-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft
(# 83 - Anders Wikberg)
To St. Louis Blues
Bill Stewart
October 31,
1980
To Detroit Red Wings
cash
To Winnipeg Jets
Barry Long

November

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November 11, 1980 To Vancouver Canucks
Mario Marois
Jim Mayer
To New York Rangers
Jeff Bandura
Jere Gillis
November 18, 1980 To Calgary Flames
Frank Beaton
To New York Rangers
Dale Lewis
November 18, 1980 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Kim Davies
Paul Marshall
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Dave Burrows
Paul Gardner
November 21, 1980 To Hartford Whalers
Norm Barnes
Jack McIlhargey
To Philadelphia Flyers
2nd-rd pick in 1982 Entry Draft
(TOR - # 25 - Peter Ihnacak)1
  1. Philadelphia's second-round pick went to Toronto as the result of a trade on January 20, 1982 that sent Darryl Sittler to Philadelphia in exchange for Rich Costello, future considerations (Ken Strong) and this pick.

December

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December 1, 1980 To Chicago Black Hawks
Peter Marsh
To Winnipeg Jets
Doug Lecuyer
Tim Trimper
December 2, 1980 To Toronto Maple Leafs
cash
To Winnipeg Jets
Richard Mulhern
December 4, 1980 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Jim Rutherford
To Detroit Red Wings
Mark Kirton
December 8, 1980 To Colorado Rockies
cash
To Vancouver Canucks
Mike Christie
December 12, 1980 To Los Angeles Kings
cash
To Quebec Nordiques
Ron Grahame
December 16, 1980 To Hartford Whalers
Mike Fidler
To Minnesota North Stars
Gordie Roberts
December 18, 1980 To Boston Bruins
Mike O'Connell
To Chicago Black Hawks
Al Secord
December 26, 1980 To Washington Capitals
Dwayne Lowdermilk
To New York Islanders
future considerations
December 29, 1980 To Minnesota North Stars
Ken Solheim
2nd-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft
(# 33 - Tom Hirsch)
To Chicago Black Hawks
Glen Sharpley

January

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January 2,
1981
To Washington Capitals
5th-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft
(# 91 - Peter Sidorkiewicz)
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Gary Rissling
January 8,
1981
To Detroit Red Wings
Gary McAdam
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Errol Thompson
January 15,
1981
To Hartford Whalers
5th-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft
(# 83 - Bill Maguire)
To New York Rangers
Nick Fotiu
January 30,
1981
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Rene Robert
To Colorado Rockies
3rd-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft
(# 48 - Uli Hiemer)
January 30,
1981
To Quebec Nordiques
Dan Bouchard
To Calgary Flames
Jamie Hislop

February

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February, 1981
exact date
unknown
To Hartford Whalers
John Stewart
To Calgary Flames
future considerations
February 2,
1981
To Minnesota North Stars
future considerations1
(3rd-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft -
# 59 - Wally Chapman)
To Edmonton Oilers
Gary Edwards
February 3,
1981
To Calgary Flames
Dan Labraaten
To Detroit Red Wings
Earl Ingarfield Jr.
February 10,
1981
To Quebec Nordiques
cash
To Winnipeg Jets
Michel Dion
February 17,
1981
To Montreal Canadiens
2nd-rd pick - 1983 Entry Draft
(# 26 - Claude Lemieux)
To Los Angeles Kings
Rick Chartraw
February 18,
1981
To Boston Bruins
Mike Gillis
To Colorado Rockies
Bob Miller
February 18,
1981
To Toronto Maple Leafs
Ron Sedlbauer
To Chicago Black Hawks
cash
February 20,
1981
To Hartford Whalers
Gilles Lupien
To Pittsburgh Penguins
6th-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft
(# 109 - Paul Edwards)
February 24,
1981
To Calgary Flames
future considerations2
(Rick Vasko)
To Detroit Red Wings
Brad Smith
February 26,
1981
To Colorado Rockies
Phil Myre
To Philadelphia Flyers
cash
  1. Trade completed on June 9, 1982, at the 1982 NHL Entry Draft.
  2. Trade completed on May 28, 1981.

March

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  • Trading Deadline: March 10, 1981[1]
March 8, 1981 To Los Angeles Kings
5th-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft
(# 95 - Ulf Isaksson)
future considerations1
(Gary Bromley)
To Vancouver Canucks
Doug Halward
March 10, 1981 To Buffalo Sabres
6th-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft
(# 111 - Jeff Parker)
cash
To Los Angeles Kings
Don Luce
March 10, 1981 To Buffalo Sabres
3rd-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft
(# 60 - Colin Chisholm)
1st-rd pick in 1983 Entry Draft
(# 5 - Tom Barrasso)
To Los Angeles Kings
Rick Martin
March 10, 1981 To Montreal Canadiens
3rd-rd pick - 1983 Entry Draft
(# 45 - Daniel Letendre)
Canadiens option to swap
4th-rd pick - 1984 Entry Draft
(# 65 - Lee Brodeur)2
To Colorado Rockies
Bill Baker
March 10, 1981 To Colorado Rockies
Chico Resch
Steve Tambellini
To New York Islanders
Jari Kaarela
Mike McEwen
March 10, 1981 To Edmonton Oilers
Ray Markham
To New York Rangers
John Hughes
March 10, 1981 To Edmonton Oilers
Pat Hughes
To Pittsburgh Penguins
Pat Price
March 10, 1981 To Quebec Nordiques
Mario Marois
To Vancouver Canucks
Garry Lariviere
March 10, 1981 To Vancouver Canucks
Blair MacDonald
rights to Lars-Gunnar Pettersson
To Edmonton Oilers
Ken Berry
Garry Lariviere
March 10, 1981 To Los Angeles Kings
7th-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft
(# 134 - Craig Hurley)
To Edmonton Oilers
Garry Unger
March 10, 1981 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Ron Zanussi
3rd-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft
(# 55 - Ernie Godden)
To Minnesota North Stars
2nd-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft
(# 27 - Dave Donnelly)
March 10, 1981 To Toronto Maple Leafs
Michel Larocque
To Montreal Canadiens
Robert Picard
March 10, 1981 To Toronto Maple Leafs
5th-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft
(# 102 - Barry Brigley)
To Los Angeles Kings
Jim Rutherford
  1. Trade completed on May 12, 1981.
  2. Montreal exercised the option and swap the 74th pick for the 65th overall pick in 1984.

Additional sources

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  • hockeydb.com - search for player and select "show trades"
  • "NHL trades for 1980-1981". NHL Trade Tracker. Retrieved July 22, 2021.

References

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