NHL 2k3 by Sega and Visual Concepts
Transaction FAQ Version 3.13 - March 13th
PS2 Verision
by dynamitehack91
[email protected]


-NOTE- Because of the huge volume of trades that occured at the deadline, there
may be a couple mistakes. I'm taking a long time to proof read it so I figured
for those who need it, I'll post this up for you to make some of the changes. I
could get a greater proof reading going if other people checked it out with me
going. The final update shall be finished no later than the playoffs as I'm
working on the NHL2003 guide as well. I apologize for any mistakes made in this
last update and I'd appreicate any errors found.

-END NOTE-
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                                CONENTS TABLE

I.   Legal Disclaimers
II.  Version History
III. Intro to the FAQ
IV.  Frequently Asked Questions to the Author
V.   Transaction List
VI.  Contributions

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I.   Legal Disclaimers (because I have to)

         This document is intended for the sole use of all NHL 2k3 users and
may be distributed freely amongst the internet as long as the contributions
section, my contact info and the credits to me, Jeff French, are left in tact.
This document was orginally posted on and for the use of www.gamefaqs.com.
         I am in no way affliated with the NHL, their 30 hockey clubs, the
American Hockey League and it's clubs, Sega, Visual Concepts.  All the names in
this document are protected by the NHLPA.
         For anyone reading this document not from www.gamefaqs.com you can
always go to www.gamefaqs.com for the latest version or contact me and I'll be
more than happy to send it to you.

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II.   Version History

        -IMPORTANT-
        Do NOT email me about the following : Do NOT email me about gameplay
questions, there's the gamefaqs board or the instruction manual for that. Do
NOT email me wondering how you can score less goals. Most sports games today
have SLIDER SETTINGS that you can put against your favor to make it harder. Try
there. And if that doesn't work, stop shooting so much. You can't score 15
goals a game if you don't shoot. There, problem solved.
        DO NOT email me about trades and such thinking I don't know about
them. I know about them. I just haven't had time to add it or such. This
document has fallen down my list of 'side-projects' to do and even farther down
my list of things I must do. You'll have everything finally updated some time
after the trade deadline freeze and before the playoffs. I promise you guys
that, I'll have everything done before the playoffs. If you want an analysis of
a trade or want to talk about it in a breakdown, yes please feel free to
contact me over it. I'd appreicate that and I'd be more than over joyed to do
so in that case. I apologize if this sounds rude to some, it's not meant to.
It's just meant to hopefully enforce the guidelines I had set.

         March 12, 2003 - Version 3.12 - Massive trade deadline day update. Hopefully
will be the last update until the late rounds of the playoffs. These are in no
particular order...

        First two were missed in hurried updates last time around...
        Gordie Dwyer RW from Tampa Bay to Montreal via Rangers
        Todd Gill D from Free Agents to Chicago

        Daniel McGillis D from Philadelphia via San Jose to Boston
        Ian Moran D from Pittsburgh to Boston
        Mathieu Schneider D from Los Angeles to Detroit
        Sean Avery C from Detroit to Los Angeles
        Maxim Kuznetsov D from Detroit to Los Angeles
        Dean McAmmond LW from Colorado to Calgary
        Shean Donovon RW from Pittsburgh to Calgary
        Micki Dupont D from Calgary to Pittsburgh
        Radim Vrbata RW from Colorado to Carolina
        Bates Battaglia LW from Carolina to Colorado
        Janne Niinimaa D from Edmonton to Islanders
        Brad Isbister LW from Islanders to Edmonton
        Raffi Torres LW from Islanders to Edmonton *
        Anson Carter RW from Edmonton to Rangers
        Ales Pisa D from Edmonton to Rangers
        Corey Cross D from Free Agents via Rangers to Edmonton
        Radek Dvorak RW from Rangers to Edmonton
        Bryan Smolinski C from Los Angeles to Ottawa
        Peter White C from Chicago to Philadelphia
        Matt Bradley RW from San Jose to Pittsburgh
        Wayne Primeau C from Pittsburgh to San Jose
        Chris Osgood G from Islanders to St Louis
        Justin Papineau C from St Louis to Islanders
        Val Bure RW from Florida to St Louis
        Janne Laukkanen D from Pittsburgh via Rangers to Tampa Bay
        Marc Bergevin D from Pittsburgh to Tampa Bay
        Brian Holzinger C from Tampa Bay to Pittsburgh
        Doug Gilmour C from Montreal to Toronto
        Phil Housely D from Chicago to Toronto
        Brad May LW from Phoenix to Vancouver
        Glen Wesley D from Carolina to Toronto
        Sergei Berezin LW from Chicago to Washington
        Jan Hrdina LW from Pittsburgh to Phoenix
        Dan Focht D from Phoenix to Pittsburgh
        Gill Lefebvre LW from Philadelphia via Phoenix to Pittsburgh
        Igor Kravchuk D from Free Agents to Florida
        Todd Warriner RW from Vancouver via Philadelphia to Nashville
        Johan Holmqvist G from Rangers to Minnesota
        Rob Ray RW from Buffalo to Ottawa
        Stu Barnes C from Buffalo to Dallas
        Lyle Odelein D from Chicago to Dallas
        Sami Helenius D from Dallas to Chicago
        Bob Wren C from Toronto via Nashville to Ottawa
        Tony Amonte RW from Phoenix to Philadelphia
        Chris Gratton C from Buffalo to Phoenix
        Daniel Briere C from Phoenix to Buffalo
        Richard Smehlik D from Atlanta to New Jersey
        Grant Marshall RW from Columbus to New Jersey
        Wade Flaherty G from Florida to Nashville
        Pascal Trepanier D from Nashville to Florida
        Randy Robitaille C from Pittsburgh to Islanders
        Claude LaPointe C from Islanders to Philadelphia
        Mike Van Ryn D from St Louis to Florida
        Rob Niedermayer C from Calgary to Anaheim
        Mike Commodore D from Anaheim to Calgary
        JF Damphousse G from Calgary to Anaheim
        Steve Thomas RW from Chicago to Anaheim

         March 09, 2003 - Version 3.09 - Last update until the trade deadline
on tuesday. Bear with me as there's a lot to go over in no real particular
order.

         Bryan Marchment D from San Jose to Colorado
         Brad Ference D from Florida to Phoenix
         Darcy Hordichuk LW from Phoenix to Florida
         Owen Nolan RW from San Jose to Toronto
         Alyn McCauley C from Toronto to San Jose
         Joey Tetarenko RW from Florida to Ottawa *
         Simon Lajeunesse G from Ottawa to Florida *
         Oleg Petrov RW from Montreal to Nashville
         Dmitry Yushkevich D from Florida to Philadelphia via Los Angeles
         Vaclav Varada RW from Buffalo to Ottawa
         Pascal Rheaume C from Atlanta to New Jersey
         Jon Sim LW from Dallas to Los Angeles via Nashville
         Andy Berenzweig D from Nashville to Dallas


         February 16, 2003 - Version 2.16 - Bigger update as I've been busy and I
know no one really reads this thing anyway. Go see Daredevil the movie first of
all. Okay for me it was ruining a childhood hero but I want to see this suceed
so he goes mainstream and we get a (hopefully better) sequel. As for trades
updated in here...

         Matt Cullen (16), Pavel Trnka (7) to Florida from Anaheim
         Sandis Ozolinsh (8), Lance Ward (4) to Anaheim from Florida
         Greg Koehler (??) to Los Angeles from Nashville
         Chris McAllister to Colorado from Philadelphia
         Todd Warriner to Philadelphia from Vancouver
         Pavel Brendl (55) Bruno St. Jacques (24) to Carolina from Philly
         Sami Kapanen (24) to Philadelphia from Carolina
         Shawn Heins to Pittsburgh from San Jose
         Andrew Ference to Calgary from Pittsburgh
         Alexei Kovalev, Dan LaCouture, Janne Laukkanen, Mike Wilson for
         Mikael Samuelsson, Joel Bouchard, Richard Linter, Rico Fata
         Check Pittsburgh and Rangers.

         Now leave me alone about not updating.

         January 29, 2003 - Version 1.29 - Eric Chouinard packs his bags for
Philadelphia. Second Round Pick, that popular guy, goes to Montreal. Early
congrats and best wishes to the Dwayne Roloson family. Roloson's wife should be
giving birth to their second child any time now.

         January 24, 2003 - Version 1.24 - Hackett makes a second stint in San
Jose only for a couple seconds as he winds up next in Boston. Nik Sundstrom
finds his way to Montreal, Jillson gets swapped for McLaren. Calgary makes a
couple moves shipping out Jamie Wright to Philadelphia and bringing in Matt
Mottau from the Rangers. Atlanta acquires a new young gun in Jeff Farkas for
Herpeger and Neilsen.

         January 20, 2003 - Version 1.20 - Small update as Darren Van Impe
signs a contract with Columbus. Odd and people complained about the length of
time Dafoe sat as a free agent.

         January 17, 2003 - Version 1.17 - Claude Lemieux finds rebirth in Big
D, Harold Druken is heading back to Carolina via waivers, Jay Henderson moving
to the Rangers...oh wait they forgot good ole Jay in this game...nevermind.
Scotty Pellerin moves to Phoenix in the deal for Claude.
Kevin Hodson announces his retirement from professional hockey. He will stay on
with the Lightning as a goaltending coach for the youngsters. For a guy that
only played 56 NHL games, you're attitude and good nature will be missed.

         January 15, 2003 - Version 1.10 - Got sick of just moving up a
hundreth each time so this is now desginated 1.10 instead of 1.07 even though
nothing major is added beyond a couple trades and waiver movements. John
Grahame sent packing in Boston to Tampa where he'll be backing up Khabby. Josh
Green moves from the Rangers to the Caps (remember he's orginaly on the Oilers
for those starting from scratch) while the Caps pirate defenseman Joel
Kwiatkowski from the Sens and the Blues steal Steve Martins from the Sens. I
keep forgetting to move Denny Lambert to Nashville, don't do the same. May I
also add Mike Danton (New Jersey) is a moron.

         January 08, 2003 - Version 1.06 - Oliwa now enforcing Bean Town and
Mironov shipped off to the Rangers. Oliwa (NYR-BOS) Mironov (CHI-NYR) Tom
Barrasso signs with the Penguins and retires.

         January 04, 2003 - Version 1.05 - Dopita and Barrasso heading to the
FA pile, Kallio making his third spot of the season this time in the city of
brotherly love. Toronto and Nashville do a deal, Carolina and Phoenix argee.
Sacco surfaces in Philly.

         December 20, 2002 - Version 1.04 - Forgot the Boumedienne for
Melanson deal. Check Ottawa and Washington respectively. Christmas trade
deadline hits with Paul Ranheim changing teams, Check out Philadelphia.

         December 18, 2002 - Version 1.03 - Rangers sign some warm bodies
(Cross, Tibbets.) Florida also signing a warm body (J.Rivers) Look them up in
your Free Agents section.

         December 14, 2002 - Version 1.02 - McGillis for Ragnarsson. Look at
Philadelphia and San Jose for details. Fixed Robert Petrovicky's name. Players
find new homes Nielson (CLM-ATL), Kallio (ATL-CLM), Dunham (NSH-NYR), Eastwood
(STL-CHI), Murray (NYR-NSH), Kloucek (NYR-NSH), Green (EDM-NYR), Druken
(VAN-CAR-TOR). Reid Simpson to Nashville FINALLY added.

         November 27, 2002 - Version 1.01 - Yushkevich, Lilja, Bednar all find
new homes.

         November 23, 2002 - Version 1.00 - Due to mainly lack of interest,
lack of time, lack of heart in the project and lack of the ability to use CAPs
(create-A-Players) in franchise mode, I've decided to scratch the whole roster
and CAP updates. If you need line combinations, 23 man rosters and information
for the basic players not in this game, head over to my NHL2003 FAQs. I'm only
updating this one for transactions. It seems mute to give you Ivan Majesky's
stats and CAP ratings if the damn game won't even let you use them in the game
mode they emphasis the most. Also add the release of Metroid Prime as another
main reason I'm not doing this document...though that could also go under lack
of time.

         November 14, 2002 - Version 0.50 - Document started; Transactions
listed; Create-a-Players (CAPs) still to come

         Whats Coming Next - Version 1.?? - I seriously do not know. I'm going
to tend to keep it down to transactions but if I get the motivations to do the
other things, I might in fact go for the whole she-bang but right now that
looks doubtful. Next Update will probably be just to fix up some more
transactions as well as take out any references and questions about me doing 23
man rosters and CAP sections. I apologize for any inconveince but my NHL2003
document will be the only thing I update so head over there for line
combinations and such. It can always be found at gamefaqs.com exclusively (for
the moment.) Maybe I can hook up with a web site maker and put something better
together. If you need any help or opinions on created players, drop me a line
and I'd be more than happy to discuss players with you. I'm always up for
debate.

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III.  Introduction

         This FAQ will NOT be on how to play NHL2k3 because well, isn't that
what the game manual is for? In time I might add hints and strategies to this
document but right now I'm concentrating on the roster aspect of the game.
When you open up any sports game you will immediately notice that most of the
roster seems out of date because they set the roster for shipping long before
shipping so many of the transactions that occur in the league between the
roster set date and the shipping date, don't make the game.  Other mistakes
come from the guy in charge of the rosters being lazy and forgetful to where a
player has signed. I cannot blame him because it is a lot of work and a lot of
these players are just career minor leaguers or fringe players and hard to keep
track of any way.

         That is where I come in.  I have to the trouble of listing every
single omission to the rosters of NHL2K3 for the Playstation 2 and XBox.  This
FAQ will be updated a couple times from the current rosters until it's complete
and then it will only be updated every month (reflecting call-ups and such)
unless a major trade occurs, in which case I'll add that to the list. But for
the most part the NHL Line Combinations and the NHL 23-Man Rosters sections
will only be updated once a month. It's hopefully enough to keep you coming
back for more.

        For anyone wanting to check out what I hope this document to ressemble
can jet over to my work on NHL2003 (The EA Sports Hockey game) also placed on
www.gamefaqs.com and look there. The NHL2003 document is still my main priority
and this NHL2k3 thing is just a side project and because I take pity on you
Sega fans.

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IV.  FAQs to the Author

        Here's where you can send in YOUR questions for me to answer. Since I
started these roster projects I've been getting a lot more mail and a
lot more mail means I'm probably getting a lot more questions and for some
reason a lot of those questions are centered around this document or the NHL
now. Not that I'm complaining because I'm getting something other than spam for
once in my mail box. I'm still accepting questions for this section so if you
have one or a suggestion, just contact me. What? How do you contact me? Well
keep reading this section and you'll find out.

Q  When do you update this FAQ?
A   When I have time basically. There's a lot of projects I have ahead of this
  one.

Q  Where can I contact you?
A    You can email me exclusively at [email protected] or if you really
    need to get a hold of me I'm on AOL Instant Messanger at dags91 as well
    as Yahoo Messanger at my email address. I don't mind talking to people on
    there so don't be shy. Just don't be rude. I'm also away from my computer
    alot without my away message up so if I don't answer back in a couple
    minutes, don't think I'm trying to snub you or being rude, I just forgot
    to take the couple seconds to put up the away message. So just leave your
    message there and where I can get a hold of you online and I'll get back
    to you ASAP.

Q  Where can I get the latest update of this document?
A    I'll always post this document on www.gamefaqs first. I do not have a
    website so this is my best exposure. So check gamefaqs.com for each
    update. If the document gets around to other sites (still legally in tact)
    then that's great but I'm only going to post the newest ones on
    www.gamefaqs.com.


Q  Have you done any other FAQs?
A    Yes actually. I did the same thing for EA Sports' NHL2003 and that can
    also be found on www.gamefaqs.com. That document is still my main priority
    but I will try not to neglect you 2k3 users too much.

Q  You have So-and-So on the wrong team, you have So-and- So's jersey number
  wrong, you have So-and-So's position wrong, you have So-and-So under the
  wrong team transaction, ect.
A     Chances are I know about it but have not gotten around to fixing it.
     However, I won't mind a polite email about it and that can key me in what
     needs to be fixed. I'd even appreciate it in some cases.  Some of the
     positions will be different from what the game lists them as because I
     didn't write down the positions while I was writing down who needed to go
     where so I typed in the position I know they play which will very from
     what the game has usually. The player probably can play that position but
     I'd like an email about it because I want to get this as accurate to the
     game as I can get, not as accurate as to what I know. I'd be deeply in
     your debt there.  Also if I have a player on the wrong team transaction
     list, then PLEASE do drop a line because I didn't write down all the
     transactions when I was going through  the game and I forgot where some
     of the players came from originally in this game and that is what
     happened in those instances.

Q  Do you have any rules for contacting you via mail or AIM?
A     Yes. Please don't email me about trades, signings, call-ups or any roster
        moves. Chances are I know it before you. I'm pretty aware of what goes
on         in the league and I'm not trying to be rude but you're wasting your
time.         Small low minor transactions might throw me off for a while but
I'll get          them before too long. Also do not email me about anything to
do with the          real game itself. Most likely it's in the manual and if
it's not in the           manual, it's probably not in the game. I use the PC
version so I can't            help most console users anyway. If you want my
strong (and usually long)          opinion of a deal I might be more than
willing to talk about it over AIM          or an email conversation but for the
most part don't contact me about             current roster moves, they should
be in the next update.

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V. Roster Transactions

         Teams come in alphabetical order and this only includes players in
the database. I feel it's pretty self-explanatory.

Anaheim :
To Anaheim :
    Rob Niedermayer C from Calgary
    Steve Thomas RW from Chicago
    Sandis Ozolinsh D from Florida
    Lance Ward D from Florida
    Mike Brown LW from Vancouver
From Anaheim :
    Mike Commodore D to Calgary
    JF Damphousse G to Calgary
    Matt Cullen C to Florida
    Pavel Trnka D to Florida
    Jason York D to Nashville
    Denny Lambert LW to Nashville
Released from Anaheim :

Atlanta :
To Atlanta :
    Marc Savard C from Calgary
    Jeff Farkas C from Vancouver
    Bryon Dafoe G from Free Agents
    Damian Rhodes G from Free Agents (Rhodes had his rights returned to ATL)
From Atlanta :
    Pascal Rheaume C to New Jersey
    Richard Smehlik D to New Jersey
    Tomi Kallio LW to Philadelphia via Columbus
    Chris Herperger C to Vancouver
Released from Atlanta :

Boston :
To Boston :
    Jeff Hackett G from Montreal via San Jose
    Krzysztof Oliwa LW from Rangers
    Ian Moran D from Pittsburgh
    Daniel McGillis D from Philadelphia via San Jose
    Jeff Jillson D from San Jose
From Boston :
    Kyle McLaren D to San Jose
    John Grahame G to Tampa Bay
Released from Boston :


Buffalo :
To Buffalo :
    Daniel Briere C from Phoenix
From Buffalo :
    Stu Barnes C to Dallas
    Jason Woolley D to Detroit
    Rob Ray RW to Ottawa
    Vaclav Varada RW to Ottawa
    Chris Gratton C to Phoenix
Released from Buffalo :

Carolina :
To Carolina :
    Pavel Brendl RW from Philadelphia
    Bruno St.Jacques D from Philadelphia
    Patrick DesRochers G from Phoneix
    Jan Hlavac LW from Vancouver
    Harold Druken C from Vancouver via Toronto
    Jeff Daw C from Free Agents
From Carolina :
    Sami Kapanen LW to Philadelphia
    Glen Wesley D to Toronto
    Marek Malik D to Vancouver
    Darren Langdon LW to Vancouver
Released from Carolina :

Calgary :
To Calgary :
    Mike Commodore D from Anaheim
    JF Damphousse G from Anaheim
    Dean McAmmond LW from Colorado (ruled ineligible for the season however)
    Mike Mottau D from Rangers
    Shean Donovan RW from Pittsburgh
    Andrew Ference D from Pittsburgh
    Ryan Christie LW from Free Agents
    Dave Lowry LW from Free Agents
From Calgary :
    Rob Niedermayer C to Anaheim
    Marc Savard C to Atlanta
    Jamie Wright LW to Philadelphia
    Micki Dupont D to Pittsburgh
Released from Calgary :
    Brad Werenka D (Retirement looming, Has not played in almost 2 years)

Chicago :
To Chicago :
    Sami Helenuis D from Dallas
    Mike Eastwood C from StLouis
    Andrei Nikolishin C from Washington
    Chris Simon LW from Washington
    Todd Gill D from Free Agents
From Chicago :
    Steve Thomas RW to Anaheim
    Lyle Odelien D to Dallas
    Boris Mironov D to Rangers
    Peter White C to Philadelphia
    Phil Housley D to Toronto
    Sergei Berezin LW to Washington
    Michal Nylander C to Washington
Released from Chicago :

Colorado :
To Colorado :
    Bates Battaglia LW from Carolina
    Chris McAllister D from Philadelphia
    Bryan Marchment D from San Jose
From Colorado :
    Radim Vrbata RW to Carolina
    Dean McAmmond LW to Calgary
Released from Colorado :

Columbus :
To Columbus :
    Darren Van Impe D from Free Agents
From Columbus :
    Grant Marshall RW to New Jersey
    Chris Neilsen C to Vancouver via Atlanta
Released from Columbus :
    Kevin Dineen RW (Retired)
    Robert Kron C
    Martin Spanhel LW (Sparta Praha Czech League)
    Petr Tenkrat RW (Karpat Oulu SM-Ligga)

Dallas :
To Dallas :
    Stu Barnes C from Buffalo
    Lyle Odelein D from Chicago
    Andy Berenzweig D from Nashville
    Claude Lemieux LW from Phoenix
From Dallas :
    Sami Helenius D to Chicago
    Jon Sim LW to Los Angeles via Nashville
    Scotty Pellerin LW to Phoenix
Released from Dallas :

Detroit :
To Detroit :
    Jason Woolley D from Buffalo
    Mathieu Schneider D from Los Angeles
From Detroit :
    Sean Avery C to Los Angeles
    Maxim Kuznetsov D to Los Angeles
Released from Detroit :

Edmonton :
To Edmonton :
    Brad Isbister LW from Islanders
    Radek Dvorak RW from Rangers
    Corey Cross D from Free Agents via Rangers
From Edmonton :
    Janne Niinimaa D to Islanders
    Ales Pisa D to Rangers
    Anson Carter RW to Rangers
    Josh Green LW to Washington via Rangers
Released from Edmonton :
    Jiri Dopita C (Returning to the Czech Republic)

Florida :
To Florida :
    Matt Cullen C from Anaheim
    Pavel Trnka D from Anaheim
    Pascal Trepanier D from Nashville
    Jaroslav Bednar RW from Los Angeles
    Andreas Lilja D from Los Angeles
    Juraj Kolnik RW from Islanders
    Simon Lajeunesse G from Ottawa
    Darcy Hordichuk LW from Phoenix
    Mike Van Ryn D from St Louis
    Jamie Rivers D from Free Agents
    Gaeten Royer RW from Free Agents
    Igor Kravchuk D from Free Agents
From Florida :
    Sandis Ozolinsh D to Anaheim
    Lance Ward D to Anaheim
    Wade Flaherty G to Nashville
    Sven Butenschon D to Islanders
    Dmitry Yushkevich D to Philadelphia via Los Angeles
    Brad Ference D to Phoenix
    Valeri Bure RW to St Louis
Released from Florida :

Los Angeles :
To Los Angeles :
    Jon Sim LW from Dallas via Nashville
    Sean Avery C from Detroit
    Maxim Kuznetsov D from Detroit
    Greg Koehler C from Nashville
    Brad Norton D from Free Agents
From Los Angeles :
    Mathieu Schneider D to Detroit
    Jaroslav Bednar RW to Florida
    Andreas Lilja D to Florida
    Bryan Smolinski C to Ottawa
Released from Los Angeles :

Minnesota :
To Minnesota :
    Andrei Zyuzin D from New Jersey
    Johan Holmqvist G from Rangers
From Minnesota :
    Slyvain Blouin LW to Montreal
Released from Minnesota :

Montreal :
To Montreal :
    Slyvain Blouin LW from Minnesota
    Francis Bouillon D from Nashville
    Gordie Dwyer RW from Tampa Bay via Rangers
    Nik Sundstrom RW from San Jose
From Montreal :
    Jeff Hackett G to Boston via San Jose
    Oleg Petrov RW to Nashville
    Doug Gilmour C to Toronto
Released from Montreal :

Nashville :
To Nashville :
    Jason York D from Anaheim
    Denny Lambert LW from Anaheim
    Wade Flaherty G from Nashville
    Oleg Petrov RW from Montreal
    Rem Murrray LW from Rangers
    Tomas Kloucek D from Rangers
    Todd Warriner RW from Vancouver via Philadelphia
    Reid Simpson LW from Free Agents
From Nashville :
    Andy Berenzweig D to Dallas
    Greg Koehler C to Los Angeles
    Francis Bouillon D to Montreal
    Pascal Trepanier D to Florida
    Mike Dunham G to Rangers
    Nathan Perrot LW to Toronto
Released from Nashville :
    Jiri Karalahti D (Suspensed, HIFK Helsinki, Will NOT return)
    Pavel Skrebek D (Kladno Czech League)

New Jersey :
To New Jersey :
    Pascal Rheaume C from Atlanta
    Richard Smehlik D from Atlanta
    Grant Marshall RW from Columbus
From New Jersey :
    Andrei Zyuzin D to Minnesota
    Andreas Salomonsson RW to Washington
Released from New Jersey :

New York Islanders :
To Islanders :
    Janne Niinimaa D from Edmonton
    Sven Butenschon D from Florida
    Randy Robitaille C from Pittsburgh
    Justin Papineau C from St Louis
    Ray Schultz D from Free Agents
From Islanders :
    Brad Isbister LW to Edmonton
    Juraj Kolnik RW to Florida
    Claude Lapointe C to Philadelphia
    Chris Osgood G to St Louis
Released from Islanders :
    Kevin Haller D (Retired)
    Marko Kiprusoff D (TPS Turku SM-Ligga)
    Evgeny Korolev D (Yaroslav Russian League, NYI retains his rights)
    Robert Petrovicky C (HC Ambri-Piotta SUI)

New York Rangers :
To Rangers :
    Boris Mironov D from Chicago
    Anson Carter RW from Edmonton
    Ales Pisa D from Edmonton
    Mike Dunham G from Nashville
    Alexei Kovalev RW from Pittsburgh
    Dan LaCouture LW from Pittsburgh
    Mike Wilson D from Pittsburgh
    William Tibbets LW from Free Agents
From Rangers :
    Krzysztof Oliwa LW to Boston
    Mike Mottau D to Calgary
    Radek Dvorak RW to Edmonton
    Rem Murray LW to Nashville
    Tomas Kloucek D to Nashville
    Mikael Samuelsson LW to Pittsburgh
    Rico Fata LW to Pittsburgh
    Joel Bouchard D to Pittsburgh
    Richard Linter D to Pittsburgh
Released from Rangers :

Ottawa :
To Ottawa :
    Vaclav Varada RW from Buffalo
    Rob Ray RW from Buffalo
    Bryan Smolinski C from Los Angeles
    Bob Wren LW from Toronto via Nashville
    Dean Melanson D from Washington
From Ottawa :
    Simon Lajeunesse G to Florida
    Steve Martins C to St Louis
    Josef Boumedienne D to Washington
    Joel Kwiatkowski D to Washington
Released from Ottawa :

Philadelphia :
To Philadelphia :
    Tomi Kallio LW from Atlanta via Columbus
    Jamie Wright LW from Calgary
    Sami Kapanen LW from Carolina
    Claude Lapointe C from Islanders
    Tony Amonte RW from Phoenix
    Marcus Ragnarsson D from San Jose
    Joe Sacco RW from Free Agents
From Philadelphia :
    Pavel Brendl LW to Carolina
    Bruno St.Jacques D to Carolina
    Daniel McGillis D to Boston via San Jose
    Paul Ranheim RW to Phoenix
    Gil Lefebvre LW to Pittsburgh via Phoenix
Released from Philadelphia :
    Tomas Divisek LW (HC Pardubice Czech League)

Phoenix :
To Phoenix :
    Chris Gratton C from Buffalo
    Scotty Pellerin LW from Dallas
    Brad Ference D from Florida
    Paul Ranheim RW from Philadelphia
    Jan Hrdina C from Pittsburgh
    Deron Quint D from Free Agents
From Phoenix :
    Daniel Briere C to Buffalo
    Patrick DesRochers G to Carolina
    Claude Lemieux LW to Dallas
    Darcy Hordichuk LW to Florida
    Tony Amonte RW to Philadelphia
    Dan Focht D to Pittsburgh
    Brad May LW to Vancouver
Released from Phoenix :

Pittsburgh :
To Pittsburgh :
    Mikael Samuelsson LW from Rangers
    Rico Fata LW from Rangers
    Joel Bouchard D from Rangers
    Richard Linter D from Rangers
    Dan Focht D from Phoenix
    Shawn Heins D from San Jose
    Matt Bradley RW from San Jose
    Brian Holzinger C from Tampa Bay
From Pittsburgh :
    Ian Moran D to Boston
    Andrew Ference D to Calgary
    Randy Robitaille C to Islanders
    Alexei Kovalev RW to Rangers
    Dan LaCouture LW to Rangers
    Mike Wilson D to Rangers
    Jan Hrdina C to Phoenix
    Wayne Primeau C to San Jose
    Marc Bergevin D to Tampa Bay
    Janne Laukkanen D to Tampa Bay via Rangers
Released from Pittsburgh :

San Jose :
To San Jose :
    Kyle McLaren D from Boston
    Wayne Primeau C from Pittsburgh
    Alyn McCauley C from Toronto
From San Jose :
    Jeff Jillson D to Boston
    Bryan Marchment D to Colorado
    Nik Sundstrom RW to Montreal
    Marcus Ragnarsson D to Philadlephia
    Shawn Heins D to Pittsburgh
    Matt Bradley RW to Pittsburgh
    Owen Nolan RW to Toronto
Released from San Jose :
    Alexander Korolyuk LW (AK Bars Kazan Russian League)

St Louis :
To St Louis :
    Val Bure RW from Florida
    Chris Osgood G from Islanders
    Steve Martins C from Ottawa
    Martin Rucinsky LW from Free Agents
From St Louis :
    Mike Eastwood C to Chicago
    Mike Van Ryn D to Florida
    Justin Papineau C to Islanders
Released from St Louis :

Tampa Bay :
To Tampa Bay :
    John Grahame G from Boston
    Marc Bergevin D from Pittsburgh
    Janne Laukkanen D from Pittsburgh via Rangers
From Tampa Bay :
    Gordie Dwyer LW to Montreal via Rangers
    Brian Holzinger C to Pittsburgh
Released from Tampa Bay :
    Zdeno Cigar LW (HC Bratislava  Slovak League)
    Kevin Hodson G (Retired - Tampa Bay goalie coach)

Toronto :
To Toronto :
    Glen Wesley D from Carolina
    Phil Housley D from Chicago
    Doug Gilmour C from Montreal
    Nathan Perrott LW from Nashville
    Owen Nolan RW from San Jose
    Harold Druken C from Vancouver via Carolina
From Toronto :
    Bob Wren LW to Ottawa via Nashville
    Alyn McCauley C to San Jose
Released Toronto :

Vancouver :
To Vancouver :
    Chris Herperger C from Atlanta
    Marek Malik D from Carolina
    Darren Langdon LW from Carolina
    Chris Neilsen C from Columbus via Atlanta
    Brad May LW from Phoenix
    Herbert Vasiljevs C from Free Agents
From Vancouver :
    Mike Brown LW to Anaheim
    Jeff Farkas C to Atlanta
    Jan Hlavac LW to Carolina
    Todd Warriner RW to Nashville via Philadelphia
    Harold Druken C to Toronto via Carolina
Released Vancouver :

Washington :
To Washington :
    Sergei Berezin LW from Chicago
    Michal Nylander C from Chicago
    Josh Green LW from Edmonton via Rangers
    Josef Boumedienne D from Ottawa
    Joel Kwiatkowski D from Ottawa
From Washington :
    Andrei Nikolishin C to Chicago
    Chris Simon LW to Chicago
    Dean Melanson D to Ottawa
Released from Washington :
    Slyvain Cote D (Retired)

Free Agents List

Retirements :
    Tom Barrasso G
    Stephane Fiset G
    Kevin Hodson G
    Grant Ledyard D
    Dave Manson D
    Joe Reekie D

Playing In Europe :
    Kelly Fairchild C (Eisbaren Berlin German League)
    Valeri Kamensky LW (Metallurg Magnitogorsk Russian League)
    Dmirtri Khristich RW (Ukraine National Team)
    Alex Kharitonov RW (Dynamo Moscow Russian League)
    Sergei Nemchinov C (Yaroslavl Russian League)
    Jiri Slegr D (Omsk Russian League)
    Marko Tuomainen RW (HIFK Helsinki SM-Ligga)


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VII. Contributions

 Ryan Bergey for the note on Joe Sacco's signing. I passed that one over on
accident.
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