Lou Lamoriello trades
| New Jersey Devils acquire | Date | Hartford Whalers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Jim Thomson | October 31, 1989 | Chris Cichocki |  |
| New Jersey Devils acquire | Date | Toronto Maple Leafs acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 1st round pick (#3-Scott Niedermayer) | October 16, 1989 | Tom Kurvers |  |
| New Jersey Devils acquire | Date | Washington Capitals acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Sundstrom | June 19, 1989 | 1991 tenth round pick (#209-Rob Leask) |  |
| New Jersey Devils acquire | Date | Winnipeg Jets acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 3rd round pick (#56-Brad Bombardir) | June 17, 1989 | 1989 3rd round pick (#46-Jason Cirone) |  |
| New Jersey Devils acquire | Date | Quebec Nordiques acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Poddubny | June 17, 1989 | Joe Cirella |  |
| 1990 4th round pick (#64-Mike Bodnarchuk) | Claude Loiselle | |||
| 1990 8th round pick (#158-Alexander Karpovtsev) | ||||
| New Jersey Devils acquire | Date | Hartford Whalers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sylvain Turgeon | June 17, 1989 | Pat Verbeek | |
| New Jersey Devils acquire | Date | Edmonton Oilers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 1st round pick (#18-Jason Miller) | June 17, 1989 | Corey Foster |  |
| New Jersey Devils acquire | Date | Vancouver Canucks acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Vilgrain | March 7, 1989 | Tim Lenardon |  |
| New Jersey Devils acquire | Date | Los Angeles Kings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyle Phair | December 13, 1988 | cash |  |
| New Jersey Devils acquire | Date | Quebec Nordiques acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Albelin | December 12, 1988 | future considerations (1989 4th round pick (#68-Niklas Andersson)) | |
| New Jersey Devils acquire | Date | Boston Bruins acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jean-Marc Lanthier | December 9, 1988 | Dan Dorion |  |
| New Jersey Devils acquire | Date | Winnipeg Jets acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Rooney | July 19, 1988 | Alain Chevrier | |
| 1990 3rd round pick (#56-Brad Bombardir) | 1989 7th round pick (#131-Doug Evans) | |||
| New Jersey Devils acquire | Date | Boston Bruins acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 tenth round pick (#207-Alexander Semak) | March 8, 1988 | Steve Tsujiura | |
| New Jersey Devils acquire | Date | Winnipeg Jets acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George McPhee | October 7, 1987 | 1989 7th round pick (#131-Doug Evans) | |
| New Jersey Devils acquire | Date | Vancouver Canucks acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrik Sundstrom | September 15, 1987 | Greg D. Adams | |
| 1988 4th round pick (#65-Matt Ruchty) | Kirk McLean | |||
| Devils option to swap 1988 2nd round picks (#23-Jeff Christian) | Devils option to swap 1988 2nd round picks (#33-Leif Rohlin) | |||
| New Jersey Devils acquire | Date | Montreal Canadiens acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Maley | June 13, 1987 | 1987 3rd round pick (#44-Mathieu Schneider) |  |
| New Jersey Devils acquire | Date | Buffalo Sabres acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Kurvers | June 13, 1987 | 1987 3rd round pick (#53-Andrew MacVicar) |  |
| 1989 tenth round pick (#194-Mark Astley) | ||||
| New Jersey Devils acquire | Date | Vancouver Canucks acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shayne Doyle | June 1, 1987 | 1987 twelfth round pick (#233-Neil Eisenhut) | |