Robbie Ftorek trades
| Quebec Nordiques acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Jere Gillis | December 30, 1981 | Robbie Ftorek |  |
| Dean Talafous | 1982 8th round pick (#160-Brian Glynn) | |||
| (Talafous refused to report - arbitrator substituted Pat Hickey on 1982-03-08) | ||||