Brian Lawton trades
| New Jersey Devils acquire | Date | San Jose Sharks acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Brian Lawton | January 22, 1993 | future considerations |  |
| Hartford Whalers acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Brian Lawton | December 26, 1988 | Carey Wilson |  |
| Norm Maciver | 1990 5th round pick (#99-Lubos Rob) | |||
| Don Maloney | ||||
| Minnesota North Stars acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Paul Jerrard | October 11, 1988 | Brian Lawton | |
| Mike Sullivan | Igor Liba | |||
| Mark Tinordi | rights to Rick Bennett | |||
| 1989 3rd round pick (#60-Murray Garbutt) | ||||
| rights to Bret Barnett | ||||