Larry Pleau trades
| Hartford Whalers acquire | Date | Quebec Nordiques acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Pierre Lacroix | December 3, 1982 | Blake Wesley |  |
| New Jersey Devils acquire | Date | Hartford Whalers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Garry Howatt | October 15, 1982 | Merlin Malinowski | |
| Rick Meagher | rights to Scott Fusco | |||
| Toronto Maple Leafs acquire | Date | Hartford Whalers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1983 tenth round pick (#184-Greg Rolston) | October 5, 1982 | Paul Marshall | |
| Hartford Whalers acquire | Date | Boston Bruins acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| future considerations | October 1, 1982 | Marty Howe |  |
| Hartford Whalers acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Hospodar | October 1, 1982 | Kent-Erik Andersson |  |
| Hartford Whalers acquire | Date | Minnesota North Stars acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent-Erik Andersson | October 1, 1982 | 1984 5th round pick (#89-Jiri Poner) |  |
| Mark Johnson | future considerations (Jordy Douglas) | |||
| Hartford Whalers acquire | Date | Edmonton Oilers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risto Siltanen | August 19, 1982 | Ken Linseman |  |
| rights to Brent Loney | Don Nachbaur | |||
| Hartford Whalers acquire | Date | Philadelphia Flyers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg C. Adams | August 19, 1982 | Mark Howe |  |
| Ken Linseman | 1983 3rd round pick (#44-Derrick Smith) | |||
| 1983 1st round pick (#20-David Jensen) | ||||
| 1983 3rd round pick (#61-Leif Carlsson) | ||||
| Hartford Whalers acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 tenth round pick (#193-Reine Karlsson) | February 2, 1982 | Rob McClanahan | |
| Hartford Whalers acquire | Date | Quebec Nordiques acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michel Plasse | January 12, 1982 | John Garrett | |
| 1983 4th round pick (#72-Ron Chyzowski) | ||||
| Hartford Whalers acquire | Date | Pittsburgh Penguins acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russ Anderson | December 29, 1981 | Rick MacLeish |  |
| 1983 8th round pick (#143-Chris Duperron) | ||||
| Hartford Whalers acquire | Date | Montreal Canadiens acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Larouche | December 21, 1981 | 1984 1st round pick (#5-Petr Svoboda) |  |
| 1984 1st round pick (#11-Sylvain Cote) | 1984 2nd round pick (#26-Brian Benning) | |||
| 1985 3rd round pick (#58-Bruce Racine) | 1985 3rd round pick (#47-Rocky Dundas) | |||
| 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 | ||||
| Hartford Whalers acquire | Date | New York Islanders acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garry Howatt | October 2, 1981 | 1983 5th round pick (#84-Bob Caulfield) |  |
| Hartford Whalers acquire | Date | Philadelphia Flyers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Gillen | July 3, 1981 | Ray Allison | |
| Rick MacLeish | Fred Arthur | |||
| Blake Wesley | 1982 1st round pick (#4-Ron Sutter) | |||
| 1982 1st round pick (#14-Paul Lawless) | 1982 3rd round pick (#46-Miroslav Dvorak) | |||
| 1982 2nd round pick (#35-Mark Paterson) | ||||
| 1982 3rd round pick (#56-Kevin Dineen) | ||||