Biggest trades in NHL history

Dallas Stars acquire	Date	Carolina Hurricanes acquire
Mikko Rantanen	March 7, 2025	Logan Stankoven 2026 conditional 1st round pick 2028 conditional 1st round pick 2026 3rd round pick 2027 3rd round pick
Comment: The 2026 and 2028 1st round picks are top 10 protected. The 2026 pick would turn into an unprotected 2027 1st round pick and the 2028 pick would turn into an unprotected 2029 1st round pick.

Tampa Bay Lightning acquire	Date	Seattle Kraken acquire
Oliver Bjorkstrand Yanni Gourde 2026 5th round pick	March 5, 2025	2027 1st round pick 2026 1st round pick Michael Eyssimont 2025 2nd round pick
Comment: Part of three team trade with Detroit Red Wings where Red Wings retain 25% of Gourde's contract. Seattle retains 50% of Gourde's contract. The 2025 2nd round pick is the Toronto Maple Leafs' pick.

Florida Panthers acquire	Date	Chicago Blackhawks acquire
Seth Jones 2026 4th round pick	March 1, 2025	Spencer Knight 2026 conditional 1st round pick
Comment: Chicago retains 26% of Jones' salary. The 2026 1st rounder will convey to 2027 if the Panthers do not have their 1st round pick in 2026.

New York Rangers acquire	Date	Vancouver Canucks acquire
Erik Brannstrom Jackson Dorrington J.T. Miller	January 31, 2025	Victor Mancini Filip Chytil 2025 conditional 1st round pick
Comment: The 1st round pick is top 13 protected for the 2025 NHL Draft. If it falls inside the top 13 slots, the Canucks will receive an unprotected 1st round pick in 2026 instead and transfer it to Pittsburgh.

Carolina Hurricanes acquire	Date	Colorado Avalanche acquire
Mikko Rantanen	January 24, 2025	Martin Necas Jack Drury 2025 2nd round pick 2026 4th round pick
Comment: Part of three team trade with Chicago Blackhawks where Blackhawks retain 50% of Rantanen's remaining salary.

Carolina Hurricanes acquire	Date	Chicago Blackhawks acquire
Taylor Hall Nils Juntorp	January 24, 2025	2025 3rd round pick
Comment: Part of three team trade with Colorado Avalanche involving Mikko Rantanen. Blackhawks retain 50% of Rantanen's remaining salary.

San Jose Sharks acquire	Date	Nashville Predators acquire
Yaroslav Askarov Nolan Burke 2025 3rd round pick	August 23, 2024	David Edstrom Magnus Chrona 2025 1st round pick

Tampa Bay Lightning acquire	Date	Utah Hockey Club acquire
J.J. Moser Conor Geekie 2024 7th round pick 2025 2nd round pick	June 29, 2024	Mikhail Sergachev

Carolina Hurricanes acquire	Date	Pittsburgh Penguins acquire
Jake Guentzel Ty Smith	March 7, 2024	Michael Bunting Vasily Ponomarev Ville Koivunen Cruz Lucius 2024 conditional 1st round pick 2024 conditional 5th round pick
Comment: 2024 1st rounder if Hurricanes advance to 2024 Stanley Cup Final, else 2nd round pick. Conditional 2024 conditional 5th round pick if Hurricanes win 2024 Stanley Cup.

Vancouver Canucks acquire	Date	Calgary Flames acquire
Elias Lindholm	January 31, 2024	Andrei Kuzmenko Hunter Brzustewicz Joni Jurmo 2024 1st round pick 2024 conditional 4th round pick
Comment: The 2024 4th round pick will turn into a 3rd round pick if the Canucks reach the Western Conference final in 2023-24.

Anaheim Ducks acquire	Date	Philadelphia Flyers acquire
Cutter Gauthier	January 8, 2024	Jamie Drysdale 2025 2nd round pick

Pittsburgh Penguins acquire	Date	Montreal Canadiens acquire
Mike Hoffman Rem Pitlick	August 6, 2023	Jeff Petry Casey DeSmith Nathan Legare 2025 2nd round pick
Comment: Part of 3-team trade with Sharks

Pittsburgh Penguins acquire	Date	San Jose Sharks acquire
Erik Karlsson Dillon Hamaliuk 2026 3rd round pick	August 6, 2023	Mikael Granlund Mike Hoffman Jan Rutta 2024 1st round pick
Comment: Part of 3-team trade with Canadiens.

Detroit Red Wings acquire	Date	Ottawa Senators acquire
Alex DeBrincat	July 9, 2023	Dominik Kubalik Donovan Sebrango 2024 conditional 1st round pick 2024 4th round pick
Comment: Red Wings option of Bruins or Red Wings 2024 1st round pick, if Bruins pick is in top 10 then Bruins have option to send 2025 1st round pick and Red Wings have option of 2025 Red Wings or Bruins picks

New York Islanders acquire	Date	Vancouver Canucks acquire
Bo Horvat	January 30, 2023	Anthony Beauvillier Aatu Raty 2023 conditional first round pick
Comment: The first round pick is top-12 protected, meaning that if the pick finishes in the top-12 of this year's draft, the Islanders keep the 2023 selection and the Canucks receive the Islanders' 2024 first round pick.

Florida Panthers acquire	Date	Calgary Flames acquire
Matthew Tkachuk 2025 conditional 4th round pick	July 22, 2022	Jonathan Huberdeau MacKenzie Weegar Cole Schwindt 2025 conditional 1st round pick
Comment: The Flames get Florida's 2025 first round pick if (a) Florida's 2024 first rounder is not top 10 (and goes to Philadelphia in the Claude Giroux trade) AND (b) Florida's 2025 first round pick is not top 10 (and Florida keeps it). If the Flames get the first rounder, Calgary's 2025 fourth-round pick goes to Florida.

Ottawa Senators acquire	Date	Chicago Blackhawks acquire
Alex DeBrincat	July 7, 2022	2022 1st round pick 2022 2nd round pick 2024 3rd round pick

Vegas Golden Knights acquire	Date	Buffalo Sabres acquire
Jack Eichel 2023 3rd round pick	November 4, 2021	Alex Tuch Peyton Krebs 2022 1st round pick 2023 2nd round pick

Vancouver Canucks acquire	Date	Arizona Coyotes acquire
Oliver Ekman-Larsson Conor Garland	July 23, 2021	Antoine Roussel Jay Beagle Loui Eriksson 2021 1st round pick 2022 2nd round pick 2023 7th round pick

Chicago Blackhawks acquire	Date	Columbus Blue Jackets acquire
Seth Jones 2021 1st round pick 2022 6th round pick	July 23, 2021	Adam Boqvist 2021 1st round pick 2021 2nd round pick 2022 1st round pick