Sam McMaster trades
| Los Angeles Kings acquire | Date | Pittsburgh Penguins acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Glen Murray | March 18, 1997 | Ed Olczyk |  |
| Los Angeles Kings acquire | Date | Florida Panthers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Smyth | November 28, 1996 | 1997 3rd round pick (#56-Vratislav Cech) |  |
| New Jersey Devils acquire | Date | Los Angeles Kings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | future considerations | November 22, 1996 | Neal Broten | |
| Los Angeles Kings acquire | Date | New York Islanders acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Marinucci | November 19, 1996 | Nicholas Vachon |  |
| Los Angeles Kings acquire | Date | Pittsburgh Penguins acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 conditional pick (not exercised) | October 25, 1996 | Petr Klima | |
| Los Angeles Kings acquire | Date | Tampa Bay Lightning acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petr Klima | August 22, 1996 | 1997 5th round pick (#109-Jan Sulc) |  |
| Los Angeles Kings acquire | Date | Colorado Avalanche acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Lacroix | June 20, 1996 | Stephane Fiset |  |
| 1998 1st round pick (#21-Mathieu Biron) | 1998 1st round pick (#17-Martin Skoula) | |||
| Los Angeles Kings acquire | Date | Ottawa Senators acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaroslav Modry | March 20, 1996 | Kevin Brown |  |
| 1996 8th round pick (#190-Stephen Valiquettee) | ||||
| Los Angeles Kings acquire | Date | Philadelphia Flyers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 fouth round pick (#84-Mikael Simons) | March 19, 1996 | John Druce |  |
| 1997 7th round pick (#164-Todd Fedoruk) | ||||
| Los Angeles Kings acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Ferraro | March 14, 1996 | Shane Churla |  |
| Nathan Lafayette | Jari Kurri | |||
| Ian Laperriere | Marty McSorley | |||
| Mattias Norstrom | ||||
| 1997 4th round pick (#99-Sean Blanchard) | ||||
| Los Angeles Kings acquire | Date | St. Louis Blues acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Johnson | February 27, 1996 | Wayne Gretzky |  |
| Patrice Tardif | ||||
| Roman Vopat | ||||
| 1996 5th round pick (#123-Peter Hogan) | ||||
| 1997 1st round pick (#15-Matt Zultek) | ||||
| Los Angeles Kings acquire | Date | Dallas Stars acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Churla | February 17, 1996 | Darryl Sydor |  |
| Doug Zmolek | 1996 5th round pick (#112-Ryan Christie) | |||
| Los Angeles Kings acquire | Date | Calgary Flames acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Ferguson | February 10, 1996 | Pat Conacher |  |
| Boston Bruins acquire | Date | Los Angeles Kings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Rick Tocchet | January 25, 1996 | Kevin Stevens | |
| Los Angeles Kings acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Larouche | January 14, 1996 | Chris Snell | |
| Los Angeles Kings acquire | Date | Colorado Avalanche acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Slaney | December 28, 1995 | 1996 conditional 6th round pick (#146-Brian Willsie) | |
| Los Angeles Kings acquire | Date | Tampa Bay Lightning acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Finn | November 13, 1995 | Michel Petit | |
| Los Angeles Kings acquire | Date | Washington Capitals acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron Dafoe | July 8, 1995 | 1996 1st round pick (#4-Alexandre Volchkov) |  |
| Dmitri Khristich | 1996 4th round pick (#85-Justin Davis) | |||
| Los Angeles Kings acquire | Date | Dallas Stars acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 5th round pick (#118-Jason Morgan) | June 7, 1995 | Jeff Mitchell | |
| Hartford Whalers acquire | Date | Los Angeles Kings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1995 4th round pick (#85-Ian MacNeil) | May 31, 1995 | Jan Vopat | |