2012–13 NHL transactions
The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League during the lockout shortened 2012–13 NHL season. It lists what team each player has been officially released by, traded to, signed by, or claimed by, and for which player(s) or draft pick(s), if applicable. Players who have retired are also listed.
The 2012–13 trade deadline was set for April 3, 2013, at 3 pm EST.[1] Players involved in any trades after this deadline are ineligible to participate in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Retirement
Contract terminations
At any time, a team and a player can mutually agree to terminate a player's contract.
For more details on contract terminations:
Teams may buy out player contracts (after the conclusion of a season) for a portion of the remaining value of the contract, paid over a period of twice the remaining length of the contract. This reduced number and extended period is applied to the cap hit as well.
- If the player was under the age of 26 at the time of the buyout the player's pay and cap hit will reduced by a factor of 2/3 over the extended period.
- If the player was 26 or older at the time of the buyout the player's pay and cap hit will reduced by a factor of 1/3 over the extended period.
- If the player was 35 or older at the time of signing the contract the player's pay will be reduced by a factor of 1/3, but the cap hit will not be reduced over the extended period.
All players must clear waivers before having a contract terminated. Injured players cannot be bought out.
† - Following the 2012–13 NHL lockout each team was granted two compliance buyouts (to be exercised after the 2012–13 season and/or after the 2013–14 season that would not count against the salary cap in any further year, regardless of the player's age. After using an compliance buyout on a player, that player is prohibited from rejoining the team that bought him out for one year; the NHL deemed that the re-signing of a player following a trade and a subsequent compliance buyout would be ruled as cap circumvention.
‡ - Following the 2012–13 NHL lockout each team was granted one accelerated compliance buyout on a player with a salary cap hit of $3 million U.S. or more before the regular season began. If an accelerated compliance buyout is used, that team will only have one more compliance buyout left, and they must use it after the completion of the 2012–13 season (and before the start of 2013–14 season). The player's cap hit is applied in full to the team's salary cap for the 2012–13 season, but for no season after, regardless of contract length.
| Date | Name | Last team | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 28, 2012 | Eric Godard | Dallas Stars | Buyout |
| June 30, 2012 | Eric Boulton | New Jersey Devils | Buyout |
| June 30, 2012 | Matt Bradley | Florida Panthers | Buyout |
| June 30, 2012 | Derek Joslin | Carolina Hurricanes | Buyout |
| June 30, 2012 | Colby Armstrong | Toronto Maple Leafs | Buyout |
| June 30, 2012 | Oskars Bartulis | Philadelphia Flyers | Buyout |
| July 27, 2012 | Bobby Butler | Ottawa Senators | Buyout |
| September 11, 2012 | Nick Petersen | Pittsburgh Penguins | Mutual termination |
| January 13, 2013 | Alain Berger | Montreal Canadiens | Mutual termination |
| January 17, 2013 | Scott Gomez | Montreal Canadiens | Accelerated compliance buyout‡ |
| January 17, 2013 | Wade Redden | New York Rangers | Accelerated compliance buyout‡ |
| January 17, 2013 | Corey Elkins | Anaheim Ducks | Mutual termination |
| May 2, 2013 | Alexander Avtsin | Montreal Canadiens | Mutual termination |
| June 26, 2013 | Danny Briere | Philadelphia Flyers | Compliance buyout† |
| June 26, 2013 | Ilya Bryzgalov | Philadelphia Flyers | Compliance buyout† |
| June 28, 2013 | Tomas Kaberle | Montreal Canadiens | Compliance buyout† |
| June 28, 2013 | Rostislav Olesz | Chicago Blackhawks | Compliance buyout† |
| June 28, 2013 | Steve Montador | Chicago Blackhawks | Compliance buyout† |
| June 28, 2013 | Vincent Lecavalier | Tampa Bay Lightning | Compliance buyout† |
Free agency
Offer sheets
An offer sheet is a contract offered to a restricted free agent by a team other than the one for which he played during the prior season. If the player signs the offer sheet, his current team has seven days to match the contract offer and keep the player or else he goes to the team that gave the offer sheet, with compensation going to his first team.
| Date Offered | Player | Original Team | Offer Team | Date Resolved | Result | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 19, 2012 | Shea Weber | Nashville Predators | Philadelphia Flyers | July 24, 2012 | matched | none |
| February 28, 2013 | Ryan O'Reilly | Colorado Avalanche | Calgary Flames | February 28, 2013 | matched | none |
Trades
* - Following the 2012–13 NHL lockout each team was granted to have up to three contracts on their payroll where they have retained salary in a trade (i.e. the player no longer plays with Team A due to a trade to Team B, but Team A still retains some salary). Only up to 50% of a player's contract can be kept, and only up to 15% of a team's salary cap can be taken up by retained salary. A contract can only be involved in one of these trades twice.
June
| June 22, 2012 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Sergei Bobrovsky[2] |
To Philadelphia Flyers OTT's 2nd-round pick in 2012 (Anthony Stolarz) VAN's 4th-round pick in 2012 (Taylor Leier) PHX's 4th-round pick in 2013 (Justin Auger) | ||||||||||||||||||
| June 22, 2012 | To New York Islanders Lubomir Visnovsky[3] |
To Anaheim Ducks 2nd-round pick in 2013 (Nick Sorensen) | ||||||||||||||||||
| June 22, 2012 | To Washington Capitals Mike Ribeiro |
To Dallas Stars Cody Eakin 2nd-round pick in 2012 (Mike Winther) | ||||||||||||||||||
| June 22, 2012 | To Carolina Hurricanes Jordan Staal[4] |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Brandon Sutter Brian Dumoulin 1st-round pick in 2012 (Derrick Pouliot) | ||||||||||||||||||
| June 22, 2012 | To Phoenix Coyotes Zbynek Michalek[5] |
To Pittsburgh Penguins Harrison Ruopp Marc Cheverie PHI's 3rd-round pick in 2012 (Oskar Sundqvist) | ||||||||||||||||||
Pick-only 2012 NHL Entry Draft trades
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| June 23, 2012 | To Tampa Bay Lightning Benoit Pouliot |
To Boston Bruins Michel Ouellet 5th-round pick in 2012 (#131 overall - Seth Griffith) | ||||||||||||||||||
| June 23, 2012 | To Winnipeg Jets Jonas Gustavsson |
To Toronto Maple Leafs conditional 7th-round pick in 2013 (The condition was not fulfilled as Gustavsson signed with the Detroit Red Wings on July 1, 2012) | ||||||||||||||||||
| June 23, 2012 | To Toronto Maple Leafs James van Riemsdyk |
To Philadelphia Flyers Luke Schenn | ||||||||||||||||||
| June 27, 2012 | To Calgary Flames Dennis Wideman |
To Washington Capitals Jordan Henry 5th-round pick in 2013 (#127 overall - Tucker Poolman) | ||||||||||||||||||
July
| July 1, 2012 | To Columbus Blue Jackets Nick Foligno |
To Ottawa Senators Marc Methot |
| July 2, 2012 | To Dallas Stars Derek Roy |
To Buffalo Sabres Steve Ott Adam Pardy |
| July 10, 2012 | To Tampa Bay Lightning B.J. Crombeen 5th-round pick in 2014 |
To St. Louis Blues 4th-round pick in 2013 4th-round pick in 2014 |
| July 20, 2012 | To Florida Panthers Casey Wellman |
To New York Rangers 5th-round pick in 2014 |
| July 23, 2012 | To New York Rangers Rick Nash Steven Delisle conditional 3rd-round pick |
To Columbus Blue Jackets Brandon Dubinsky Artem Anisimov Tim Erixon 1st-round pick in 2013 |
August to December
No trades due to the 2012–13 NHL lockout.
January
February
March
April
June (2013)
| June 6, 2013 | To Dallas Stars Sergei Gonchar |
To Ottawa Senators conditional 6th-round pick in 2013 |
| June 12, 2013 | To Philadelphia Flyers Mark Streit |
To New York Islanders Shane Harper 4th-round pick in 2014 |
| June 14, 2013 | To Florida Panthers Bobby Butler |
To Nashville Predators T.J. Brennan |
| June 18, 2013 | To Calgary Flames Corban Knight |
To Florida Panthers 4th-round pick in 2013 |
| June 23, 2013 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Jonathan Bernier |
To Los Angeles Kings Matt Frattin* Ben Scrivens* 2nd-round pick in 2014 or 2015 |
| June 24, 2013 | To Pittsburgh Penguins Harry Zolnierczyk |
To Anaheim Ducks Alex Grant |
| June 27, 2013 | To Colorado Avalanche Alex Tanguay Cory Sarich |
To Calgary Flames David Jones Shane O'Brien |
For details concerning conditional draft picks see the appropriate Entry Draft pages.
Waivers
Once an NHL player has played in a certain number of games or a set number of seasons has passed since the signing of his first NHL contract (see here), that player must be offered to all of the other NHL teams before he can be assigned to a minor league affiliate.
See also
References
- http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2013/01/15/nhl_important_dates_2013_season/
- The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014. Toronto: Diamond Sports Data, Inc. 2013. p. 593. ISBN 978-1-894801-26-3.
- The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014. Toronto: Diamond Sports Data, Inc. 2013. p. 573. ISBN 978-1-894801-26-3.
- The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014. Toronto: Diamond Sports Data, Inc. 2013. p. 551. ISBN 978-1-894801-26-3.
- The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2014. Toronto: Diamond Sports Data, Inc. 2013. p. 487. ISBN 978-1-894801-26-3.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2014-06-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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