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| DATE | PLAYER | 2015-16 TEAM | PREVIOUS TEAM | DETAILS |
| OCTOBER 5 | F Scottie Upshall | St. Louis | Florida | Read story ›› |
| OCTOBER 4 | G Jonas Gustavsson | Boston | Detroit | Read story ›› |
| OCTOBER 4 | F Tomas Fleischmann | Montreal | Anaheim | Read story ›› |
| SEPTEMBER 28 | D Mark Fraser | Ottawa | New Jersey | Read story ›› |
| SEPTEMBER 27 | F Brad Boyes | Toronto | Florida | Read story ›› |
| SEPTEMBER 19 | D Michal Rozsival | Chicago | Chicago | Read story ›› |
| SEPTEMBER 18 | D Marek Zidlicky | NY Islanders | Detroit | Read story ›› |
| SEPTEMBER 17 | F Steve Bernier | NY Islanders | New Jersey | Read story ›› |
| SEPTEMBER 17 | F Jonathan Huberdeau | Florida | Florida | Read story ›› |
| SEPTEMBER 16 | F Brock Nelson | NY Islanders | NY Islanders | Read story ›› |
| SEPTEMBER 16 | F Jiri Tlusty | New Jersey | Winnipeg | Read story ›› |
| SEPTEMBER 11 | F Marcus Kruger | Chicago | Chicago | Read story ›› |
| SEPTEMBER 10 | F Micheal Ferland | Calgary | Calgary | Read story ›› |
| SEPTEMBER 10 | D David Schlemko | New Jersey | Calgary | Read story ›› |
| SEPTEMBER 10 | D Cody Franson | Buffalo | Nashville | Read story ›› |
| SEPTEMBER 5 | G Louis Domingue | Arizona | Arizona | Read story ›› |
| SEPTEMBER 4 | F Daniel Cleary | Detroit | Detroit | Read story ›› |
| AUGUST 26 | F Adam Cracknell | Vancouver | St. Louis | Read story ›› |
| AUGUST 23 | D Christian Ehrhoff | Los Angeles | Pittsburgh | Read story ›› |
| AUGUST 17 | F Mike Santorelli | Anaheim | Nashville | Read story ›› |
| AUGUST 14 | F Carl Hagelin | Anaheim | Anaheim | Read story ›› |
| AUGUST 10 | F Jarret Stoll | NY Rangers | Los Angeles | Read story ›› |
| AUGUST 8 | F Chris Porter | Philadelphia | St. Louis | Read story ›› |
| AUGUST 7 | F Jakob Silfverberg | Anaheim | Anaheim | Read story ›› |
| AUGUST 6 | F Matt Cullen | Pittsburgh | Nashville | Read story ›› |
| AUGUST 6 | G Calvin Pickard | Colorado | Colorado | Read story ›› |
| AUGUST 6 | D Brandon Gormley | Arizona | Arizona | Read story ›› |
| AUGUST 5 | D Viktor Svedberg | Chicago | Chicago | Read story ›› |
| AUGUST 3 | G Aaron Dell | San Jose | San Jose | Read story ›› |
| AUGUST 3 | F Mike Hoffman | Ottawa | Ottawa | Read story ›› |
| AUGUST 2 | G Jonathan Bernier | Toronto | Toronto | Read story ›› |
| AUGUST 2 | F Erik Haula | Minnesota | Minnesota | Read story ›› |
| JULY 31 | F Marcus Johansson | Washington | Washington | Read story ›› |
| JULY 30 | F Alex Galchenyuk | Montreal | Montreal | Read story ›› |
| JULY 28 | F Sven Baertschi | Vancouver | Vancouver | Read story ›› |
| JULY 28 | F Eric Fehr | Pittsburgh | Washington | Read story ›› |
| JULY 27 | F Joey Hishon | Colorado | Colorado | Read story ›› |
| JULY 27 | F Colin Wilson | Nashville | Nashville | Read story ›› |
| JULY 27 | F Derek Stepan | NY Rangers | NY Rangers | Read story ›› |
| JULY 26 | F Paul Byron | Calgary | Calgary | Read story ›› |
| JULY 26 | F Alex Chiasson | Ottawa | Ottawa | Read story ›› |
| JULY 25 | D Adam Larsson | New Jersey | New Jersey | Read story ›› |
| JULY 24 | F Tomas Jurco | Detroit | Detroit | Read story ›› |
| JULY 24 | G Braden Holtby | Washington | Washington | Read story ›› |
| JULY 24 | F Josh Jooris | Calgary | Calgary | Read story ›› |
| JULY 24 | D Ryan Stanton | Washington | Vancouver | Read story ›› |
| JULY 24 | F Alex Semin | Montreal | Carolina | Read story ›› |
| JULY 23 | F Michael Chaput | Columbus | Columbus | Read story ›› |
| JULY 23 | F Jerry D'Amigo | Buffalo | Buffalo | Read story ›› |
| JULY 23 | F Lance Bouma | Calgary | Calgary | Read story ›› |
| JULY 21 | F Johan Larsson | Buffalo | Buffalo | Read story ›› |
| JULY 21 | F Tye McGinn | Tampa Bay | Arizona | Read story ›› |
| JULY 21 | F Teemu Pulkkinen | Detroit | Detroit | Read story ›› |
| JULY 20 | F Craig Smith | Nashville | Nashville | Read story ›› |
| JULY 20 | F Jordan Martinook | Arizona | Arizona | Read story ›› |
| JULY 20 | D Klas Dahlbeck | Arizona | Arizona | Read story ›› |
| JULY 18 | D Seth Helgeson | New Jersey | New Jersey | Read story ›› |
| JULY 17 | F Vladislav Namestnikov | Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay | Read story ›› |
| JULY 17 | D Luke Witkowski | Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay | Read story ›› |
| JULY 17 | F Calle Jarnkrok | Nashville | Nashville | Read story ›› |
| JULY 17 | F Louis Leblanc | NY Islanders | Anaheim | Read story ›› |
| JULY 17 | D Mat Bodie | NY Rangers | NY Rangers | Read story ›› |
| JULY 17 | F Dominik Uher | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | Read story ›› |
| JULY 16 | F Chris Brown | Washington | Washington | Read story ›› |
| JULY 16 | F Chris Wagner | Anaheim | Anaheim | Read story ›› |
| JULY 16 | F Michael Sgarbossa | Anaheim | Anaheim | Read story ›› |
| JULY 16 | D Shane O'Brien | Anaheim | Florida | Read story ›› |
| JULY 16 | F Tyler Pitlick | Edmonton | Edmonton | Read story ›› |
| JULY 16 | G Nathan Lieuwen | Buffalo | Buffalo | Read story ›› |
| JULY 16 | D Jerome Leduc | Buffalo | Buffalo | Read story ›› |
| JULY 16 | F Tim Schaller | Buffalo | Buffalo | Read story ›› |
| JULY 16 | D Vincent LoVerde | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | Read story ›› |
| JULY 16 | F Nic Dowd | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | Read story ›› |
| JULY 16 | F Andrew Crescenzi | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | Read story ›› |
| JULY 16 | F Jordan Weal | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | Read story ›› |
| JULY 16 | F Nick Shore | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | Read story ›› |
| JULY 16 | F Mikhail Grigorenko | Colorado | Colorado | Read story ›› |
| JULY 16 | D Michael Del Zotto | Philadelphia | Philadelphia | Read story ›› |
| JULY 16 | D Brandon Davidson | Edmonton | Edmonton | Read story ›› |
| JULY 16 | F Zach Sill | Washington | Toronto | Read story ›› |
| JULY 16 | D Mat Clark | Colorado | Colorado | Read story ›› |
| JULY 16 | F Andrew Agozzino | Colorado | Colorado | Read story ›› |
| JULY 16 | D Philip Samuelsson | Arizona | Arizona | Read story ›› |
| JULY 16 | F Brendan Shinnimin | Arizona | Arizona | Read story ›› |
| JULY 16 | D Taylor Aronson | Nashville | Nashville | Read story ›› |
| JULY 15 | F Andy Andreoff | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | Read story ›› |
| JULY 15 | F Drew Shore | Calgary | Calgary | Read story ›› |
| JULY 15 | F Beau Bennett | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | Read story ›› |
| JULY 15 | D Jarred Tinordi | Montreal | Montreal | Read story ›› |
| JULY 15 | F Jesper Fast | NY Rangers | NY Rangers | Read story ›› |
| JULY 15 | F J.T. Miller | NY Rangers | NY Rangers | Read story ›› |
| JULY 15 | F Louis-Marc Aubry | Detroit | Detroit | Read story ›› |
| JULY 15 | D Johnny Oduya | Dallas | Chicago | Read story ›› |
| JULY 15 | F Shane Prince | Ottawa | Ottawa | Read story ›› |
| JULY 15 | F John McFarland | Florida | Florida | Read story ›› |
| JULY 15 | F Quinton Howden | Florida | Florida | Read story ›› |
| JULY 15 | D Alex Petrovic | Florida | Florida | Read story ›› |
| JULY 15 | D Dylan McIlrath | NY Rangers | NY Rangers | Read story ›› |
| JULY 15 | F Brody Sutter | Carolina | Carolina | Read story ›› |
| JULY 14 | D Mark Pysyk | Buffalo | Buffalo | Read story ›› |
| JULY 14 | D Eric Gelinas | New Jersey | New Jersey | Read story ›› |
| JULY 14 | F Michael Bournival | Montreal | Montreal | Read story ›› |
| JULY 14 | F Emerson Etem | NY Rangers | NY Rangers | Read story ›› |
| JULY 14 | F Oscar Lindberg | NY Rangers | NY Rangers | Read story ›› |
| JULY 14 | D Kevin Czuczman | NY Islanders | NY Islanders | Read story ›› |
| JULY 14 | F Mike Halmo | NY Islanders | NY Islanders | Read story ›› |
| JULY 13 | F Bobby Farnham | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | Read story ›› |
| JULY 13 | F Taylor Beck | Toronto | Nashville | Read story ›› |
| JULY 13 | F Philip Varone | Buffalo | Buffalo | Read story ›› |
| JULY 13 | D Nick Jensen | Detroit | Detroit | Read story ›› |
| JULY 13 | F Mitch Callahan | Detroit | Detroit | Read story ›› |
| JULY 13 | D Anthony Bitetto | Nashville | Nashville | Read story ›› |
| JULY 12 | F Chris Stewart | Anaheim | Minnesota | Read story ›› |
| JULY 12 | F Justin Shugg | Carolina | Carolina | Read story ›› |
| JULY 10 | F John Scott | Arizona | San Jose | Read story ›› |
| JULY 10 | F Alexandre Grenier | Vancouver | Vancouver | Read story ›› |
| JULY 10 | F Brian McGrattan | Anaheim | Calgary | Read story ›› |
| JULY 10 | F Marek Hrivik | NY Rangers | NY Rangers | Read story ›› |
| JULY 10 | F Gustav Nyquist | Detroit | Detroit | Read story ›› |
| JULY 10 | D Paul Postma | Winnipeg | Winnipeg | Read story ›› |
| JULY 10 | D Matt Irwin | Boston | San Jose | Read story ›› |
| JULY 9 | F Dennis Rasmussen | Chicago | Chicago | Read story ›› |
| JULY 9 | D Martin Marincin | Toronto | Toronto | Read story ›› |
| JULY 9 | D Jamie Oleksiak | Dallas | Dallas | Read story ›› |
| JULY 9 | F Matt Calvert | Columbus | Columbus | Read story ›› |
| JULY 8 | D Frank Corrado | Vancouver | Vancouver | Read story ›› |
| JULY 8 | D Adam Clendening | Vancouver | Vancouver | Read story ›› |
| JULY 8 | F Greg McKegg | Florida | Florida | Read story ›› |
| JULY 8 | F Magnus Paajarvi | St. Louis | St. Louis | Read story ›› |
| JULY 8 | F Philippe Paradis | Tampa Bay | Tampa Bay | Read story ›› |
| JULY 8 | F Eric Tangradi | Detroit | Montreal | Read story ›› |
| JULY 8 | F Paul Carey | Washington | Boston | Read story ›› |
| JULY 7 | F Garrett Wilson | Florida | Florida | Read story ›› |
| JULY 7 | F Corban Knight | Florida | Florida | Read story ›› |
| JULY 7 | F Mikkel Boedker | Arizona | Arizona | Read story ›› |
| JULY 7 | F Vladimir Tarasenko | St. Louis | St. Louis | Read story ›› |
| JULY 7 | F Zach Boychuk | Carolina | Carolina | Read story ›› |
| JULY 6 | F Evgeny Kuznetsov | Washington | Washington | Read story ›› |
| JULY 6 | F Brandon DeFazio | Boston | Vancouver | Read story ›› |
| JULY 6 | F Brett Connolly | Boston | Boston | Read story ›› |
| JULY 6 | F Jimmy Hayes | Boston | Florida | Read story ›› |
| JULY 6 | D Andre Benoit | St. Louis | Buffalo | Read story ›› |
| JULY 6 | F Shawn Matthias | Toronto | Vancouver | Read story ›› |
| JULY 5 | F Nazem Kadri | Toronto | Toronto | Read story ›› |
| JULY 4 | G Devan Dubnyk | Minnesota | Minnesota | Read story ›› |
| JULY 4 | G Dan Ellis | Washington | Florida | Read story ›› |
| JULY 3 | D Reid McNeill | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | Read story ›› |
| JULY 3 | F Dmitrij Jaskin | St. Louis | St. Louis | Read story ›› |
| JULY 3 | D Jamie McBain | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | Read story ›› |
| JULY 3 | F Harry Zolnierczyk | Anaheim | NY Islanders | Read story ›› |
| JULY 3 | F Shawn Horcoff | Anaheim | Dallas | Read story ›› |
| JULY 3 | F Joel Ward | San Jose | Washington | Read story ›› |
| JULY 3 | F Carlo Colaiacovo | Buffalo | Philadelphia | Read story ›› |
| JULY 3 | F Brandon Saad | Columbus | Columbus | Read story ›› |
| JULY 3 | F Andrew Desjardins | Chicago | Chicago | Read story ›› |
| JULY 3 | D John Ramage | Columbus | Calgary | Read story ›› |
| JULY 3 | F Colin McDonald | Philadelphia | NY Islanders | Read story ›› |
| JULY 3 | G Jake Allen | St. Louis | St. Louis | Read story ›› |
| JULY 3 | D Andrew MacWilliam | Winnipeg | Toronto | Read story ›› |
| JULY 3 | F Brendan Lemieux | Winnipeg | Winnipeg | Read story ›› |
| JULY 3 | F Luke Adam | NY Rangers | Columbus | Read story ›› |
| JULY 2 | F Micheal Haley | San Jose | San Jose | Read story ›› |
| JULY 2 | F Cole Schneider | Ottawa | Ottawa | Read story ›› |
| JULY 2 | F Kyle Brodziak | St. Louis | Minnesota | Read story ›› |
| JULY 2 | F Matt Fraser | Winnipeg | Edmonton | Read story ›› |
| JULY 2 | F Patrice Cormier | Winnipeg | Winnipeg | Read story ›› |
| JULY 2 | G Jason LaBarbera | Philadelphia | Anaheim | Read story ›› |
| JULY 2 | D Robert Bortuzzo | St. Louis | St. Louis | Read story ›› |
| JULY 2 | D Korbinian Holzer | Anaheim | Anaheim | Read story ›› |
| JULY 2 | D Chris Breen | Boston | Boston | Read story ›› |
| JULY 2 | D Cameron Schilling | Chicago | Washington | Read story ›› |
| JULY 2 | F Max Reinhart | Nashville | Nashville | Read story ›› |
| JULY 2 | F Gabriel Bourque | Nashville | Nashville | Read story ›› |
| JULY 2 | F Christian Thomas | Montreal | Montreal | Read story ›› |
| JULY 2 | F Joe Whitney | NY Islanders | New Jersey | Read story ›› |
| JULY 2 | F Ben Holmstrom | NY Islanders | Carolina | Read story ›› |
| JULY 2 | F Justin Florek | NY Islanders | Boston | Read story ›› |
| JULY 2 | F Rob Flick | Florida | Boston | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Justin Williams | Washington | Los Angeles | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Matt Beleskey | Boston | Anaheim | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Antoine Vermette | Arizona | Chicago | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | D Dylan Reese | Arizona | Arizona | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Jason Akeson | Buffalo | Philadelphia | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | D Davis Drewiskie | Philadelphia | Montreal | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Chris Connor | Philadelphia | Washington | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Daniel Winnik | Toronto | Pittsburgh | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | D Mark Barberio | Montreal | Tampa Bay | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Gregory Campbell | Columbus | Boston | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | G Matt Hackett | Anaheim | Buffalo | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Chris Mueller | Anaheim | NY Rangers | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | D Joe Piskula | Anaheim | Nashville | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Carter Camper | Washington | Ottawa | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Sean Collins | Washington | Columbus | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | D Mike Moore | Washington | Washington | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | D Aaron Ness | Washington | NY Islanders | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Brad Richards | Detroit | Chicago | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | D Cameron Gaunce | Florida | Dallas | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | D Brent Regner | Florida | St. Louis | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Ruslan Fedotenko | Minnesota | Minnesota | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Zac Dalpe | Minnesota | Buffalo | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F PA Parenteau | Toronto | Montreal | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Mark Arcobello | Toronto | Arizona | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | D Matt Hunwick | Toronto | NY Rangers | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Steve Downie | Arizona | Pittsburgh | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | D Mike Green | Detroit | Washington | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | D John Moore | New Jersey | Arizona | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Erik Condra | Tampa Bay | Ottawa | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Brian Gibbons | NY Rangers | Columbus | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Cody Hodgson | Nashville | Buffalo | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Richard Panik | Toronto | Toronto | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | D Chris Butler | St. Louis | St. Louis | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Viktor Stalberg | NY Rangers | Nashville | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | D Barret Jackman | Nashville | St. Louis | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | D Taylor Fedun | Vancouver | San Jose | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | D Paul Martin | San Jose | Pittsburgh | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Michael Frolik | Calgary | Winnipeg | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | G Karri Ramo | Calgary | Calgary | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | G Anders Lindback | Arizona | Buffalo | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Eric O'Dell | Ottawa | Winnipeg | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Ryan Carter | Minnesota | Minnesota | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Matt Lindblad | NY Rangers | Boston | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Jayson Megna | NY Rangers | Pittsburgh | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | D Taylor Chorney | Washington | Pittsburgh | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | D Raphael Diaz | NY Rangers | Calgary | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | G Richard Bachman | Vancouver | Edmonton | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Patrick Eaves | Dallas | Dallas | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | G Jhonas Enroth | Los Angeles | Dallas | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | G Mike McKenna | Florida | Arizona | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | D Zbynek Michalek | Arizona | St. Louis | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Mark Letestu | Edmonton | Columbus | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | D Andrej Sekera | Edmonton | Los Angeles | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Riley Nash | Carolina | Carolina | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | D Rasmus Rissanen | Carolina | Carolina | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Brad Richardson | Arizona | Vancouver | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | G Michal Neuvirth | Philadelphia | NY Islanders | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | D Matt Bartkowski | Vancouver | Boston | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | D Francois Beauchemin | Colorado | Anaheim | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Blake Comeau | Colorado | Pittsburgh | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | D Nate Prosser | Minnesota | Minnesota | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Matt Halischuk | Winnipeg | Winnipeg | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | D Thomas Hickey | NY Islanders | NY Islanders | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | D Adam Pardy | Winnipeg | Winnipeg | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | G Thomas Greiss | NY Islanders | Pittsburgh | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | D Yannick Weber | Vancouver | Vancouver | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Stanislav Galiev | Washington | Washington | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Mike Ribeiro | Nashville | Nashville | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Artem Anisimov | Chicago | Chicago | Read story ›› |
| JULY 1 | F Mikael Granlund | Minnesota | Minnesota | Read story ›› |
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