This list is for 1995–96 NHL transactions within professional ice hockey league of players in North America. The following contains team-to-team transactions that occurred in the National Hockey League during the 1995–96 NHL season. It lists what team each player has been traded to, or claimed by, and for which players or draft picks, if applicable.
May
Date References May 31, 1995 To Hartford Whalers4th-rd pick – 1995 entry draft(# 85 – Ian MacNeil) To Los Angeles KingsJan Vopat
June
Date References June 7, 1995 To Los Angeles Kings5th-rd pick – 1995 entry draft(# 118 – Jason Morgan) To Dallas StarsJeff Mitchell June 27, 1995 To Winnipeg JetsJeff Finley To Philadelphia FlyersRuss Romaniuk June 29, 1995 To Montreal CanadiensMarc Bureau To Tampa Bay LightningBrian Bellows
July
Date References July 7, 1995 To Calgary FlamesDavid Ling9th-rd pick – 1995 entry draft(# 233 – Steve Shirreffs) To Colorado Avalanche9th-rd pick – 1995 entry draft(# 228 – Chris George) July 8, 1995 To Buffalo SabresMichael PecaMike Wilson1st-rd pick – 1995 entry draft(# 15 – Jay McKee) To Vancouver CanucksAlexander Mogilny5th-rd pick – 1995 entry draft(# 120 – Todd Norman) July 8, 1995 To Montreal CanadiensStephane Quintal To Winnipeg Jets2nd-rd pick – 1995 entry draft(# 34 – Jason Doig) July 8, 1995 To Dallas Stars3rd-rd pick – 1995 entry draft(# 69 – Sergei Gusev) To Winnipeg Jets2nd-rd pick – 1996 entry draftCHI - (# 31 – Remi Royer)1 July 8, 1995 To New Jersey Devils4th-rd pick – 1995 entry draft(# 79 – Alyn McCauley) To Ottawa SenatorsJaroslav Modry July 8, 1995 To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim6th-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 149 – Blaine Russell) To St. Louis Blues6th-rd pick – 1995 entry draft(# 153 – Denis Hamel) July 8, 1995 To Los Angeles KingsByron DafoeDmitri Khristich To Washington Capitals1st-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 4 – Alexandre Volchkov)4th-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 85 – Justin Davis) July 8, 1995 To Toronto Maple LeafsLarry Murphy To Pittsburgh PenguinsDmitri Mironov2nd-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(NJD - # 41 – Josh DeWolf)2 July 8, 1995 To Toronto Maple LeafsRob Zettler To Philadelphia Flyers5th-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 124 – Per-Ragnar Bergkvist) July 8, 1995 To Toronto Maple LeafsSergio Momesso To Vancouver CanucksMike Ridley July 12, 1995 To Colorado Avalanche3rd-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(WAS - # 78 – Shawn McNeil)36th-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 160 – Kai Fischer) To Philadelphia FlyersGarth Snow July 12, 1995 To Colorado AvalancheJohn Slaney To Washington Capitals3rd-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 78 – Shawn McNeil) July 14, 1995 To Dallas Starscash To Washington CapitalsMike Torchia July 27, 1995 To Hartford WhalersBrendan Shanahan To St. Louis BluesChris Pronger July 28, 1995 To St. Louis BluesJay Wells To New York RangersDoug Lidster San Jose's second-round pick went to Chicago as the result of a trade on June 22, 1996 that sent a first-round pick in the 1996 entry draft to San Jose in exchange for a second-round pick in the 1996 entry draft (# 46 overall) and this pick. San Jose previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 18, 1996 that sent Craig Janney to Winnipeg in exchange for Darren Turcotte and this pick. Pittsburgh's second-round pick went to New Jersey as the result of a trade on June 22, 1996 that sent a second-round pick in the 1996 entry draft (# 28 overall) to Pittsburgh in exchange for a second-round pick in the 1996 entry draft (# 49 overall) and this pick. Colorado's third-round pick went to Washington as the result of a trade on July 12, 1995 that sent John Slaney to Colorado in exchange for this pick.
August
Date References August 1, 1995 To Boston BruinsKevin StevensShawn McEachern To Pittsburgh PenguinsGlen MurrayBryan Smolinski3rd-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 72 – Boyd Kane) August 4, 1995 To St. Louis Blues2nd-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(BUF - # 27 – Cory Sarich)1 To Ottawa SenatorsSteve Duchesne August 4, 1995 To Edmonton OilersCurtis Josephrights to Mike Grier To St. Louis Blues1st-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 14 – Marty Reasoner)1st-rd pick – 1997 entry draft(LAK - # 15 – Matt Zultek)2 August 17, 1995 To Detroit Red WingsMarc BergevinBen Hankinson To Tampa Bay LightningShawn Burr3rd-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(BOS - # 80 – Jason Doyle)3 August 17, 1995 To Boston Bruins3rd-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 80 – Jason Doyle) To Tampa Bay LightningDavid Shaw August 24, 1995 To Vancouver Canucks6th-rd pick – 1997 entry draft(# 148 – Larry Shapley) To Edmonton OilersBrett Hauer August 30, 1995 To Toronto Maple LeafsDmitry Yushkevich2nd-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 50 – Francis Larivee) To Philadelphia Flyers1st-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 15 – Dainius Zubrus)4th-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(LAK -# 84 – Mikael Simons)42nd-rd pick – 1997 entry draft(# 30 – Jean-Marc Pelletier) August 31, 1995 To Pittsburgh PenguinsPetr NedvedSergei Zubov To New York RangersLuc RobitailleUlf Samuelsson St. Louis' second-round pick went to Buffalo as the result of a trade on March 20, 1996 that sent Yuri Khmylev and an eighth-round pick in the 1996 entry draft to St. Louis in exchange for Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre, a third-round pick in the 1997 entry draft and this pick. St. Louis' first-round pick went to Los Angeles as the result of a trade on February 27, 1996 that sent Wayne Gretzky to St. Louis in exchange for Craig Johnson, Patrice Tardif, Roman Vopat, a fifth-round pick of the 1996 entry draft and this pick. Tampa Bay's third-round pick went to Boston as the result of a trade on August 17, 1995 that sent David Shaw to Tampa Bay in exchange for this pick. Philadelphia's fourth-round pick went to Los Angeles as the result of a trade on March 19, 1996 that sent John Druce and a seventh-round pick in the 1997 entry draft to Philadelphia in exchange for this pick.
September
Date References September 14, 1995 To Tampa Bay Lightning5th-rd pick – 1997 entry draft(# 112 – Karel Betik) To New York IslandersAlexander Semak September 20, 1995 To Colorado AvalancheJean-Francois Labbe To Ottawa Senatorsfuture considerations September 20, 1995 To Winnipeg JetsAndre Faust To Philadelphia Flyers7th-rd pick – 1997 entry draft(ANA - # 178 – Tony Mohagen)1 September 21, 1995 To Dallas Starscash To New York IslandersJason Herter September 28, 1995 To St. Louis BluesDallas Eakins To Florida Panthers4th-rd pick – 1997 entry draft(# 95 – Ivan Novoseltsev) Philadelphia's seventh-round pick went to Anaheim as the result of a trade on February 6, 1996 that sent Bob Corkum to Philadelphia in exchange for Chris Herperger and this pick.
October
Date References October 2, 1995 To Toronto Maple Leafs7th-rd pick – 1997 entry draft(# 190 – Shawn Thornton) To Colorado AvalancheWarren Rychel October 2, 1995 To Dallas StarsGuy Carbonneau To St. Louis BluesPaul Broten October 2, 1995 To Boston BruinsRick Zombo To St. Louis BluesFred Knipscheer October 3, 1995 To New Jersey DevilsSteve Thomas To New York IslandersClaude Lemieux October 3, 1995 To Colorado AvalancheClaude Lemieux To New York IslandersWendel Clark October 5, 1995 To New York RangersSteve Larouche To Ottawa SenatorsJean-Yves Roy October 5, 1995 To Colorado Avalanche4th-rd pick – 1997 entry draft(# 87 – Brad Larsen) To Tampa Bay LightningSteven Finn October 6, 1995 To Hartford WhalersNelson Emerson To Winnipeg JetsDarren Turcotte October 7, 1995 To Calgary Flames4th-rd pick – 1997 entry draft(# 92 – Chris St. Croix) To Ottawa SenatorsFrank Musil October 17, 1995 To Chicago Blackhawksrights to Igor Ulanov To Washington Capitals3rd-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 74 – Dave Weninger) October 24, 1995 To San Jose SharksRay Sheppard To Detroit Red WingsIgor Larionov October 26, 1995 To San Jose SharksOwen Nolan To Colorado AvalancheSandis Ozolinsh October 30, 1995 To Mighty Ducks of AnaheimBobby Marshall To Calgary FlamesJarrod Skalde
November
Date References November 1, 1995 To Calgary FlamesClaude Lapointe To Colorado Avalanche7th-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 176 – Samuel Pahlsson) November 1, 1995 To New Jersey DevilsDarin Kimble To Chicago BlackhawksBill ArmstrongMike Vukonich November 1, 1995 To New Jersey DevilsEsa Tikkanen To St. Louis Blues3rd-rd pick – 1997 entry draft(COL - # 78 – Ville Nieminen)1 November 7, 1995 To Montreal CanadiensPat Jablonski To St.Louis BluesJean-Jacques Daigneault November 13, 1995 To Los Angeles KingsSteven Finn To Tampa Bay LightningMichel Petit November 15, 1995 To New Jersey Devils2nd-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(PIT - # 28 – Pavel Skrbek)2 To San Jose SharksChris Terreri November 16, 1995 To San Jose Sharks1st-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(PHO - # 24 – Daniel Briere)34th-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(BUF - # 106 – Mike Martone)4rights to Martin Spanhel To Philadelphia FlyersPat Falloon November 16, 1995 To Buffalo SabresVáclav Varaďa1st-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(PHO - # 24 – Daniel Briere)54th-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 106 – Mike Martone)rights to Martin Spanhel To San Jose SharksDoug Bodger November 16, 1995 To Washington Capitals7th-rd pick – 1997 entry draft(# 170 – Eero Somervuori) To Tampa Bay LightningEric Charron November 23, 1995 To New Jersey Devils2nd-rd pick – 1996 entry draft(# 38 – Wes Mason) To Vancouver CanucksEsa Tikkanen November 25, 1995 To Montreal Canadiens8th-rd pick – 1997 entry draft(# 197 – Petr Kubos) To Calgary FlamesCraig FergusonYves Sarault November 29, 1995 To Hartford WhalersDan Kesaconditional pick – 1997 entry draft6 To Dallas StarsRobert Petrovicky St. Louis' third-round pick went to Colorado as the result of a trade on June 21, 1997 that sent two fourth-round picks in the 1996 entry draft (# 98 and # 106 overall) to St. Louis in exchange for a fifth-round pick in the 1998 entry draft and this pick. New Jersey's second-round pick went to Pittsburgh as the result of a trade on June 22, 1996 that sent two second-round picks in the 1996 Entry Draft (# 41 and # 49 overall) to New Jersey in exchange for this pick. Buffalo's acquired first-round pick went to Winnipeg as the result of a trade on February 15, 1996 that sent Michal Grosek and Darryl Shannon to Buffalo in exchange for Craig Muni and this pick. Winnipeg relocated to Arizona after the 1995–96 NHL season. Buffalo previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on November 16, 1995 that sent Doug Bodger to San Jose in exchange for Vaclav Varada, a fourth-round pick in the 1996 entry draft, rights to Martin Spanhel and this pick. San Jose's acquired fourth-round pick went to Buffalo as the result of a trade on November 16, 1995 that sent Doug Bodger to San Jose in exchange for Vaclav Varada, a first-round pick in the 1996 entry draft, rights to Martin Spanhel and this pick. Buffalo's acquired first-round pick went to Winnipeg as the result of a trade on February 15, 1996 that sent Michal Grosek and Darryl Shannon to Buffalo in exchange for Craig Muni and this pick. Winnipeg relocated to Arizona after the 1995–96 NHL season. Conditions of this draft pick are unknown. Hartford made no pick selection belonging to Dallas in the 1997 entry draft.
December