Washington Capitals trades
| Toronto Maple Leafs acquire | Date | Washington Capitals acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Sylvain Cote | March 24, 1998 | Jeff Brown |  |
| Washington Capitals acquire | Date | Florida Panthers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esa Tikkanen | March 8, 1998 | Dwayne Hay |  |
| conditional 1999 pick (#103-Morgan McCormick) | ||||
| Chicago Blackhawks acquire | Date | Washington Capitals acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Martin Gendron | October 10, 1997 | 1998 5th round pick (#125-Erik Wendell) | |
| 1998 6th round pick (#166-Jonathan Pelletier) | ||||
| Calgary Flames acquire | Date | Washington Capitals acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Eric Charron | September 4, 1997 | future considerations (1998 7th round pick (#179-Nathan Forster)) | |
| Boston Bruins acquire | Date | Washington Capitals acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Jason Allison | March 1, 1997 | Adam Oates | |
| Jim Carey | Bill Ranford | |||
| Anson Carter | Rick Tocchet | |||
| 1997 3rd round pick (#63-Lee Goren) | ||||
| 1998 conditional 2nd round pick (if Capitals re-sign Tocchet) (#52-Bobby Allen) | ||||
| Hartford Whalers acquire | Date | Washington Capitals acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Curtis Leschyshyn | November 9, 1996 | Andrei Nikolishin | |
| Colorado Avalanche acquire | Date | Washington Capitals acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Keith Jones | November 2, 1996 | Curtis Leschyshyn | |
| 1998 1st round pick (#20-Scott Parker) | Chris Simon | |||
| 1998 4th round pick (#106-Krys Barch) | ||||
| Washington Capitals acquire | Date | Philadelphia Flyers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| future considerations | July 18, 1996 | Frank Bialowas |  |
| Dallas Stars acquire | Date | Washington Capitals acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1996 3rd round pick (#70-Jonathan Sim) | June 22, 1996 | 1996 3rd round pick (#58-Sergei Zimakov) | |
| 1996 4th round pick (#90-Mike Hurley) | ||||
| Washington Capitals acquire | Date | Ottawa Senators acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michel Picard | May 21, 1996 | future considerations (cash) |  |
| Colorado Avalanche acquire | Date | Washington Capitals acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 4th round pick (#98-Ben Storey) | April 3, 1996 | Anson Carter | |
| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | Washington Capitals acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | future considerations | March 15, 1996 | Martin Brochu | |
| Anaheim Ducks acquire | Date | Washington Capitals acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Mike Torchia | March 8, 1996 | Todd Krygier | |
| Washington Capitals acquire | Date | Winnipeg Jets acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart Malgunas | February 15, 1996 | Denis Chasse |  |
| St. Louis Blues acquire | Date | Washington Capitals acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Rob Pearson | January 29, 1996 | Denis Chasse | |
| Washington Capitals acquire | Date | Tampa Bay Lightning acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 7th round pick (#170-Eero Somervuori) | November 16, 1995 | Eric Charron |  |
| Chicago Blackhawks acquire | Date | Washington Capitals acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rights to Igor Ulanov | October 17, 1995 | 1996 3rd round pick (#74-Dave Weninger) | |
| Dallas Stars acquire | Date | Washington Capitals acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cash | July 14, 1995 | Mike Torchia | |
| Colorado Avalanche acquire | Date | Washington Capitals acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Slaney | July 12, 1995 | 1996 3rd round pick (#78-Shawn McNeil) | |
| 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) | |||