Rick Dudley

Anaheim Ducks acquire Date Florida Panthers acquire
Sandis Ozolinsh
 Lance Ward
January 30, 2003
Matt Cullen
 Pavel Trnka
 2003 4th round pick (#124-James Pemberton)
Los Angeles Kings acquire Date Florida Panthers acquire
Dmitry Yushkevich
 2003 5th round pick (#152-Brady Murray)
November 26, 2002
Jaroslav Bednar
 Andreas Lilja
Florida Panthers acquire Date New York Islanders acquire
Juraj Kolnik
 2003 9th round pick (#276-Carter Lee)
October 11, 2002
Sven Butenschon
Columbus Blue Jackets acquire Date Florida Panthers acquire
rights to Petr Tenkrat
October 4, 2002
Mathieu Biron
Florida Panthers acquire Date Ottawa Senators acquire
Jani Hurme
October 1, 2002
Billy Thompson
 Greg Watson
Toronto Maple Leafs acquire Date Florida Panthers acquire
rights to Robert Svehla
July 18, 2002
Dmitry Yushkevich
San Jose Sharks acquire Date Florida Panthers acquire
2003 7th round pick (#201-Jonathan Tremblay)
July 16, 2002
Hannes Hyvonen
Florida Panthers acquire Date New York Islanders acquire
Branislav Mezei
July 3, 2002
Jason Wiemer
Columbus Blue Jackets acquire Date Florida Panthers acquire
2002 9th round pick (#263-Sergei Mozyakin)
June 23, 2002
2003 9th round pick (#264-John Hecimovic)
Florida Panthers acquire Date New York Islanders acquire
2002 3rd round pick (#67-Gregory Campbell)
June 22, 2002
Eric Godard
Calgary Flames acquire Date Florida Panthers acquire
2002 1st round pick (#10-Eric Nystrom)
2002 4th round pick (#99-Michael Lambert)
June 22, 2002
2002 1st round pick (#9-Petr Taticek)
Columbus Blue Jackets acquire Date Florida Panthers acquire
2002 1st round pick (#1-Rick Nash)
Panthers option to swap 2003 1st round picks (not exercised)
June 22, 2002
2002 1st round pick (#3-Jay Bouwmeester)
 Panthers option to swap 2003 1st round picks (not exercised)
Florida Panthers acquire Date Atlanta Thrashers acquire
Thrashers promise not to draft Jay Bouwmeester #2 overall in 2002 NHL draft
June 22, 2002
2002 3rd round pick (#82-John Adams)
 2003 4th round pick (#116-Guillaume Desbiens)
Chicago Blackhawks acquire Date Florida Panthers acquire
2003 9th round pick (#276-Carter Lee)
June 21, 2002
Dmitri Tolkunov