Phil Esposito

Calgary Flames acquire	Date	Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Jason Wiemer	March 24, 1998	Sandy McCarthy 1998 3rd round pick (#64-Brad Richards) 1998 5th round pick (#121-Curtis Rich)

San Jose Sharks acquire	Date	Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Bryan Marchment David Shaw Lightning conditional right to swap 1998 1st round picks (#2-David Legwand)	March 24, 1998	Andrei Nazarov Lightning conditional right to swap 1998 1st round picks (#1-Vincent Lecavalier)

Vancouver Canucks acquire	Date	Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Jamie Huscroft	March 14, 1998	Enrico Ciccone

Montreal Canadiens acquire	Date	Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Patrick Poulin Igor Ulanov Mick Vukota	January 15, 1998	Stephane Richer Darcy Tucker David Wilkie

Tampa Bay Lightning acquire	Date	Florida Panthers acquire
Mark Fitzpatrick Jody Hull	January 15, 1998	Dino Ciccarelli Jeff Norton

Edmonton Oilers acquire	Date	Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Roman Hamrlik rights to Paul Comrie	December 30, 1997	Jason Bonsignore Steve Kelly Bryan Marchment

Tampa Bay Lightning acquire	Date	Philadelphia Flyers acquire
Karl Dykhuis Mikael Renberg	August 20, 1997	1998 1st round pick (#22-Simon Gagne) 1999 1st round pick (#22-Maxime Ouellet) 2000 1st round pick (#28-Justin Williams) 2001 1st round pick (#23-Tim Gleason)

Edmonton Oilers acquire	Date	Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Brantt Myhres 1998 3rd round pick (#67-Alex Henry)	July 16, 1997	Vladimir Vujtek 1998 3rd round pick (#72-Dimitri Afanasenkov)

Calgary Flames acquire	Date	Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Rick Tabaracci	June 21, 1997	1998 4th round pick (#92-Eric Beaudoin)

San Jose Sharks acquire	Date	Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Shawn Burr	June 21, 1997	1997 5th round pick (#108-Mark Thompson)

Calgary Flames acquire	Date	Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Tyler Moss	March 18, 1997	Jamie Huscroft

Edmonton Oilers acquire	Date	Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Drew Bannister 1997 6th round pick (#141-Peter Sarno)	March 18, 1997	Jeff Norton

Toronto Maple Leafs acquire	Date	Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Craig Wolanin	January 31, 1997	1998 3rd round pick (#67-Alex Henry)

Calgary Flames acquire	Date	Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Aaron Gavey	November 19, 1996	Rick Tabaracci

Anaheim Ducks acquire	Date	Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Brian Bellows	November 18, 1996	1997 6th round pick (#153-Andrei Skopintsev)

Detroit Red Wings acquire	Date	Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
1998 4th round pick (#87-Alexei Ponikarovsky)	August 27, 1996	Dino Ciccarelli

Los Angeles Kings acquire	Date	Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Petr Klima	August 22, 1996	1997 5th round pick (#109-Jan Sulc)

Colorado Avalanche acquire	Date	Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
1998 2nd round pick (#28-Ramzi Abid)	July 29, 1996	Craig Wolanin

New Jersey Devils acquire	Date	Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Jeff Reese 1996 2nd round pick (#47-Pierre Dagenais) 1996 8th round pick (#205-Jason Bertsch)	June 22, 1996	Corey Schwab

Chicago Blackhawks acquire	Date	Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Enrico Ciccone 1996 2nd round pick (#42-Jeff Paul)	March 20, 1996	Patrick Poulin Igor Ulanov 1996 2nd round pick (#47-Pierre Dagenais)