Buffalo Sabres trades
| Buffalo Sabres acquire | Date | Pittsburgh Penguins acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | cash | October 3, 1986 | Craig Muni |  |
| Buffalo Sabres acquire | Date | Calgary Flames acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Korn | October 3, 1986 | Brian Engblom |  |
| Buffalo Sabres acquire | Date | Edmonton Oilers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Muni | October 2, 1986 | cash |  |
| Buffalo Sabres acquire | Date | Winnipeg Jets acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Arniel | June 21, 1986 | Gilles Hamel |  |
| Buffalo Sabres acquire | Date | Los Angeles Kings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 8th round pick (#153-Tim Roberts) | April 22, 1986 | 1987 3rd round pick (#43-Ross Wilson) |  |
| future considerations | ||||
| New Jersey Devils acquire | Date | Buffalo Sabres acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1986 twelfth round pick (#236-Doug Kirton) | March 11, 1986 | Phil Russell | |
| Buffalo Sabres acquire | Date | Los Angeles Kings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Engblom | January 29, 1986 | Ken Baumgartner | |
| Doug Smith | Sean McKenna | |||
| Larry Playfair | ||||
| Buffalo Sabres acquire | Date | Chicago Blackhawks acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 3rd round pick (#56-Kevin Kerr) | October 15, 1985 | Bob Sauve |  |
| Buffalo Sabres acquire | Date | Pittsburgh Penguins acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Hughes | October 4, 1985 | Randy Cunneyworth | |
| Mike Moller | ||||
| Buffalo Sabres acquire | Date | Pittsburgh Penguins acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cash | September 16, 1985 | Ted Nolan | |
| New Jersey Devils acquire | Date | Buffalo Sabres acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cash | September 9, 1985 | Don Lever | |
| Buffalo Sabres acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Maloney | December 6, 1984 | Steve Patrick |  |
| Chris Renaud | Jim Wiemer | |||
| Buffalo Sabres acquire | Date | Quebec Nordiques acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Cloutier | June 8, 1983 | Tony McKegney |  |
| 1983 1st round pick (#11-Adam Creighton) | Jean-Francois Sauve | |||
| Andre Savard | ||||
| 1983 3rd round pick (#54-Iiro Jarvi) | ||||
| Buffalo Sabres acquire | Date | Washington Capitals acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 2nd round pick (#26-Mike Anderson) | June 9, 1982 | Alan Haworth |  |
| 1982 4th round pick (#68-Timo Jutila) | 1982 3rd round pick (#58-Milan Novy) | |||
| Buffalo Sabres acquire | Date | Washington Capitals acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 twelfth round pick (#235-Kermit Salfi) | June 9, 1982 | 1982 twelfth round pick (#247-Marco Kallas) | |
| Buffalo Sabres acquire | Date | Calgary Flames acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 1st round pick (#9-Paul Cyr) | June 8, 1982 | Richie Dunn | |
| 1982 2nd round pick (#30-Jens Johansson) | Don Edwards | |||
| 1983 2nd round pick (#31-John Tucker) | 1982 2nd round pick (#37-Rich Kromm) | |||
| Sabres option to swap 1983 1st round picks (#10-Normand Lacombe) | Sabres option to swap 1983 1st round picks (#13-Dan Quinn) | |||
| Buffalo Sabres acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| conditional draft pick (not exercised) | December 2, 1981 | Bob Sauve |  |
| Buffalo Sabres acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Foligno | December 2, 1981 | Danny Gare | |
| Dale McCourt | Jim Schoenfeld | |||
| Brent R. Peterson | Derek R. Smith | |||
| Buffalo Sabres acquire | Date | Los Angeles Kings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 3rd round pick (#60-Colin Chisholm) | March 10, 1981 | Rick Martin | |
| 1983 1st round pick (#5-Tom Barrasso) | ||||
| Buffalo Sabres acquire | Date | Los Angeles Kings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 6th round pick (#111-Jeff Parker) | March 10, 1981 | Don Luce | |
| cash | ||||