Craig Patrick trades
| Hartford Whalers acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1983 tenth round pick (#193-Reine Karlsson) | February 2, 1982 | Rob McClanahan |  |
| Quebec Nordiques acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Jere Gillis | December 30, 1981 | Robbie Ftorek | |
| Dean Talafous | 1982 8th round pick (#160-Brian Glynn) | |||
| (Talafous refused to report - arbitrator substituted Pat Hickey on 1982-03-08) | ||||
| Edmonton Oilers acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Lance Nethery | December 11, 1981 | Ed Mio | |
| Minnesota North Stars acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | cash | October 30, 1981 | rights to Tom Younghans | |
| Toronto Maple Leafs acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1982 5th round pick (#99-Sylvain Charland) | October 16, 1981 | Pat Hickey | |
| Hartford Whalers acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Kotsopoulos | October 2, 1981 | Mike Rogers | |
| Gerry McDonald | 1982 tenth round pick (#193-Simo Saarinen) | |||
| Doug Sulliman | ||||
| Winnipeg Jets acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Doug Soetaert | September 8, 1981 | 1983 3rd round pick (#49-Vesa Salo) | |
| Edmonton Oilers acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Markham | March 10, 1981 | John Hughes | |
| Hartford Whalers acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 5th round pick (#93-Bill Maguire) | January 15, 1981 | Nick Fotiu | |