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Tampa Bay Lightning |
| Arena: The Ice Palace (Arena Class) - Capacity: 23,000/28,000 | |
| General Manager: Dan Hooper | |
| Franchise Date: August 10, 1999 | |
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TBL |
Current Coach: Alain Vigneault |
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| Season-by-Season Team Standings | ||||||||||
| Season # | GP | W | L | T | Pts | GF | GA | Win% | Conference | Division |
| Season 1 | 86 | 46 | 35 | 5 | 97 | 261 | 233 | .563 | 5th, Wales | 4th, Patrick |
| Season 2 | 86 | 47 | 33 | 6 | 100 | 269 | 259 | .581 | 3rd, Wales | 3rd, Patrick |
| Season 3 | 86 | 30 | 50 | 6 | 66 | 240 | 313 | .383 | 14th, Wales | 7th, Patrick |
| Season 4 | 84 | 30 | 41 | 13 | 73 | 275 | 317 | .434 | 15th, Wales | 6th, Patrick |
| Season 5 | 86 | 45 | 32 | 9 | 99 | 282 | 252 | .575 | 3rd, Wales | 2nd, Patrick |
| Season 6 | 86 | 35 | 32 | 19 | 89 | 298 | 300 | .517 | 7th, Wales | 4th, Patrick |
| Season 7 | 86 | 43 | 39 | 4 | 90 | 328 | 325 | .523 | 7th, Wales | 4th, Patrick |
| Season 8 | 86 | 39 | 42 | 5 | 83 | 307 | 324 | .482 | 11th, Wales | 6th, Patrick |
| Season 9 | 86 | 51 | 26 | 9 | 111 | 328 | 279 | .645 | 2nd, Wales | 1st, Patrick |
| Season 10 | 84 | 50 | 31 | 3 | 103 | 312 | 255 | .613 | 2nd, Wales | 1st, Patrick |
| Totals | 856 | 416 | 361 | 79 | 911 | 2900 | 2857 | .532 | -- | -- |
| XtraStats Year-End Statistics | |
| Season Seven Team vs Team | Season Seven Players vs Team |
| Season Eight Team vs Team | Season Eight Players vs Team |
| Season Nine Team vs Team | Season Nine Players vs Team |
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Playoff History |
| Season 1 | |||||
| Wales Conference Quarter Finals | |||||
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(5) Tampa Bay |
Washington (4) |
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| Capitals win Conference Quarter Finals 4-3 | |||||
| Game #1 - Lightning 5 at Capitals 1 | |||||
| Game #2 - Lightning 2 at Capitals 1 | |||||
| Game #3 - Capitals 1 at Lightning 3 | |||||
| Game #4 - Capitals 3 at Lightning 2 | |||||
| Game #5 - Lightning 1 at Capitals 4 | |||||
| Game #6 - Capitals 7 at Lightning 1 | |||||
| Game #7 - Lightning 2 at Capitals 4 | |||||
| Season 2 | |||||
| Wales Conference Quarter Finals | |||||
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(4) Tampa Bay |
Washington (5) |
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| Capitals win Conference Quarter Finals 4-1 | |||||
| Game #1 - Capitals 3 at Lightning 2 | |||||
| Game #2 - Capitals 3 at Lightning 1 | |||||
| Game #3 - Lightning 2 at Capitals 4 | |||||
| Game #4 - Lightning 2 at Capitals 0 | |||||
| Game #5 - Capitals 4 at Lightning 1 | |||||
| Season 3 |
| Failed to Make Playoffs |
| Season 4 |
| Failed to Make Playoffs |
| Season 5 | |||||
| Wales Conference Quarter Finals | |||||
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(3) Tampa Bay |
Pittsburgh (6) |
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| Penguins win Conference Quarter Finals 4-3 | |||||
| Game #1 - Penguins 4 at Lightning 5 | |||||
| Game #2 - Penguins 3 at Lightning 5 | |||||
| Game #3 - Lightning 4 at Penguins 5 | |||||
| Game #4 - Lightning 3 at Penguins 2 | |||||
| Game #5 - Penguins 5 at Lightning 2 | |||||
| Game #6 - Lightning 3 at Penguins 8 | |||||
| Game #7 - Penguins 5 at Lightning 3 | |||||
| Season 6 | |||||
| Wales Conference Quarter Finals | |||||
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(7) Tampa Bay |
New York (2) |
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| Islanders win Conference Quarter Finals 4-0 | |||||
| Game #1 - Lightning 0 at Islanders 4 | |||||
| Game #2 - Lightning 4 at Islanders 6 | |||||
| Game #3 - Islanders 3 at Lightning 1 | |||||
| Game #4 - Islanders 4 at Lightning 2 | |||||
| Season 7 | |||||
| Wales Conference Quarter Finals | |||||
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(7) Tampa Bay |
Hartford (2) |
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| Whalers win Conference Quarter Finals 4-0 | |||||
| Game #1 - Lightning 4 at Whalers 6 | |||||
| Game #2 - Lightning 2 at Whalers 4 | |||||
| Game #3 - Whalers 5 at Lightning 1 | |||||
| Game #4 - Whalers 9 at Lightning 1 | |||||
| Season 8 |
| Failed to Make Playoffs |
| Season 9 | |||||
| Wales Conference Quarter Finals | |||||
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(2) Tampa Bay |
New York (7) |
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| Islanders win Conference Quarter Finals 4-3 | |||||
| Game #1 - Islanders 4 at Lightning 2 | |||||
| Game #2 - Islanders 3 at Lightning 5 | |||||
| Game #3 - Lightning 4 at Islanders 2 | |||||
| Game #4 - Lightning 7 at Islanders 6 | |||||
| Game #5 - Islanders 5 at Lightning 3 | |||||
| Game #6 - Lightning 2 at Islanders 4 | |||||
| Game #7 - Islanders 6 at Lightning 4 | |||||
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Awards |
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Season 3 |
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Calder Trophy |
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Jani Rita (23 goals - 48 assists - 71 points) |
| The Calder Trophy is awarded to the best rookie |
Season 5 |
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| Vezina Trophy | Bob Johnson Award |
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| Garth Snow (2.57 GAA) |
Tampa Bay
Lightning (+26) |
| The Vezina Trophy is awarded to the goalie with the lowest goals against average (40 games) | The Bob Johnson Award is awarded to the most improved team, points-wise (regular season) |
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| Dryden-Esposito Award | Jim Robson All-League Team |
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Garth Snow (.905 save %) |
Garth
Snow (goaltender) |
| The Dryden-Esposito Award is awarded to the goalie with the highest save percentage (40 games) | The Jim Robson All-League team is presented to the best player at his position |
Season 9 |
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| Bob Johnson Award | The "Currently Unnamed But One Day We're Going to Find a Fitting Title to This Trophy" Trophy |
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| Tampa Bay
Lightning (+28) |
Alex Tousignant (Tampa Bay Lightning) |
| The Bob Johnson Award is awarded to the most improved team, points-wise (regular season) | The "Currently Unnamed But One Day We're Going to Find a Fitting Title to This Trophy" Trophy is awarded to the Best New General Manager in the GFHL. To qualify, a GM must have been named after the trade deadline of the preceding season |
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| Glenn Hall Award | |
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Brian Finley (50W-25L-9T, 3.15 GAA) |
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| The Glenn Hall Award is awarded to the best goaltender as voted by the General Managers | |
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Player of the Week Awards |
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Season 3 |
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Week |
Position | Player | Stats |
| 11/12 | Rookie | Jani Rita | 10GP, 4G, 7A, 11pts, -2, 20 SOG |
| 19/20 | Rookie | Nathan Barrett | 9GP, 8G, 5A, 13pts, +4, 26 SOG |
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Season 5 |
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Position | Player | Stats |
| 7 | Goal | Garth Snow | 4GP, 4W, 105 SV, 115 ShA, .913 SV% |
| 13 | Goal | Garth Snow | 6GP, 6W, 2 ShO, 153 SV, 161 ShA, .950 SV% |
| 18 | Forward | Michal Sivek | 5GP, 7G, 5A, 12pts, +6, 18 SOG, 4 PiM, 8 HT, 110 MP |
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Season 6 |
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Position | Player | Stats |
| 10 | Goal | Brian Finley | 4GP, 3W, 1T, 100 SV, 111 ShA, .901 SV% |
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Season 7 |
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Week |
Position | Player | Stats |
| 4 | Forward | Jarome Iginla | 5GP, 4G, 7A, 11pts, +8, 15 SOG, 2 PiM, 12 HT, 128 MP |
| 4 | Defence | Peter Smrek | 5GP, 3G, 7A, 10pts, +7, 15 SOG, 0 PiM, 19 HT, 119 MP |
| 13 | Goal | Brian Finley | 5GP, 4W, 1L, 127 SV, 139 SOG, .914 SV% |
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Season 9 |
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Week |
Position | Player | Stats |
| 2 | Defense | Peter Smrek | 5GP, 1G, 7A, 8pts, +11, 12 SOG, 8 HT, 108 MP |
| 5 | Goal | Brian Finley | 5GP, 5W, 116 SV, 130 SOG, .892 SV% |
| 11 | Goal | Brian Finley | 4GP, 4W, 96 SV, 105 SOG, .914 SV% |
| 13 | Goal | Brian Finley | 4GP, 4W, 97 SV, 105 SOG, .924 SV% |
| 16 | Goal | Brian Finley | 5GP, 5W, 125 SV, 135 SOG, .926 SV% |
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Trades & Transactions |
| February 3, 2007 | |
Team |
Transaction
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| TBL | Dan Hooper hired as Lightning GM |
| January 26, 2007 | |
Team |
Transaction
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| TBL | Alex Tousignant resigns as Lightning GM |
| November 2, 2005 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Marc Cavosie | NJD | Bobby Holik |
| October 21, 2005 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Brad Moran | NJD | Mike Brown, Steve Passmore |
| July 16, 2005 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Matthew Stajan, $500,000 | BOS | TBL 9 Rnd 2 |
| July 8, 2005 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Brian Passmore | DET | Eric Beaudoin |
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July 2, 2005 |
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Team |
Transaction |
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TBL |
Alex Tousignant hired as Lightning GM |
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January 3, 2005 |
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Team |
Transaction |
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TBL |
Tim Taylor resigns as Lightning GM |
| November 22, 2004 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Matthieu Chouinard | QUE |
TBL 8 Rnd 1, TBL 8 Rnd 2 |
| November 20, 2004 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Bobby Holik, BUF 8 Rnd 1 | BUF | Jeff Tagge, Martin Sonnenberg, Pavel Frolov, Tim Connoly |
| November 18, 2004 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Michael Pinc | CGY | TBL 8 Rnd 2 |
| November 17, 2004 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Ed Hill, Martin Samuelsson, NYI 8 Rnd 1, NYI 8 Rnd 2 | NYI | Jozef Stumpel, Kristian Huselius, Tom Barrasso, $500,000 (Partial Salary) |
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March 6, 2004 |
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Team |
Transaction |
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TBL |
Tim Taylor hired as Lightning GM |
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March 6, 2004 |
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Team |
Transaction |
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TBL |
Phil Wedow resigns as Lightning GM |
| February 21, 2004 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | $10,000,000 | CHI | TBL 8 Rnd 4, TBL 9 Rnd 3, TBL 9 Rnd 4 |
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February 6, 2004 |
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Team |
Transaction |
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TBL |
Phil Wedow hired as Lightning GM |
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February 6, 2004 |
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Team |
Transaction |
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TBL |
Jordan Smith resigned as Lightning GM |
| January 6, 2004 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Alexander Frolov, Robert Dome |
PIT |
Markus Naslund |
| December 31, 2003 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Jeff Taffe, Sergei Gusev |
PIT |
Oleg Saprykin, TBL 8 Rnd 3 |
| December 30, 2003 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Radoslav Suchy, Tom Barrasso, Vadim Khomitski | OAK | Ryan Bayda, JS Giguere |
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December 9, 2003 |
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Team |
Transaction |
| TBL | Jordan Smith hired as Lightning GM |
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December 6, 2003 |
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Team |
Transaction |
| TBL | Al Vira resigns as Lightning GM |
| September 28, 2003 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | BUF Rnd 1 Dispersal Draft Pick | BUF | Mattias Norstrom |
| July 12, 2003 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Chris Hajt, Evgeny Konstantinov, Tim Connolly | BUF | Scott Heffernan, Teemu Laine, Vaclav Nederost, TOR 7 Rnd 4 |
| July 9, 2003 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Andreas Karlsson, JS Giguere, TOR 7 Rnd 4 | TOR | Garth Snow, Sergei Kliazmine |
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June 17, 2003 |
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Team |
Transaction |
| TBL | Al Vira hired as Lightning GM |
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June 16, 2003 |
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Team |
Transaction |
| TBL | Philipp Gittersberger resigns as Lightning GM |
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February 10, 2003 |
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Team |
Transaction |
| TBL | Philipp Gittersberger hired as Lightning GM |
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September 21, 2002 |
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Team |
Transaction |
| TBL | Jon Harruff hired as Lightning GM |
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September 20, 2002 |
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Team |
Transaction |
| TBL | Philipp Gittersberger resigns as Lightning GM |
| August 22, 2002 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Josef Marha | VAN | Rene Vydareny, DET 6 Rnd 4 |
| August 3, 2002 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Markus Naslund, POR 7 Rnd 2 | POR |
Alexander Krevsun, Mike Commodore, Radim Vrbata, Sven Helfenstein, Tomas Vokoun, Yuri Butsayev |
| July 27, 2002 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Alexander Krevsun, Brian Finley, Michal Sivek, $2,000,000 | BOS |
Evgeni Nabakov, Marco Sturm, Matt McRae, Trevor
Linden, TBL 7 Rnd 1, FLA 7 Rnd 4 |
| July 17, 2002 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Brian Gaffaney, Martin Sonnenberg, Vaclav Nedorost | DET | Brad Defauw, Randy Robitaille, DET 6 Rnd 2 |
| May 26, 2002 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Yuri Butsayev | CLE | Manny Fernandez |
| May 26, 2002 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Evgeni Nabokov, QUE 6 Rnd 3 | TOR | Andy Hilbert, Pavel Datsyuk |
| May 24, 2002 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Jarome Iginla, Sven Helfenstein | FLA | Alexei Kovalev, Jani Rita, TBL 10 Rnd 1 |
| May 3, 2002 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | $24,000 | OTT | Benoit Brunet |
| April 21, 2002 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Garth Snow, DET 6 Rnd 2 | HFD | Roman Rozakov |
| April 8, 2002 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | FLA 7 Rnd 4, VAN 7 Rnd 4 | FLA | David Karpa, Terry Ryan |
| April 8, 2002 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Kyle Clark | FLA | Deryk Engelland, Patrick Cote |
| April 4, 2002 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Deryk Engelland, Ryan Bayda, Scott Heffernan | PHX | Andy Delmore, Kristian Kovac, Mike Knuble, Sami Salo |
| March 29, 2002 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Petr Smrek, BOS 6 Rnd 3 | BOS |
Anton Volchenkov, Barrett Jackman, Vladimir
Orszagh, TBL 6 Rnd 1 |
| March 17, 2002 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Mike Commodore | COL | ex-VAN 5 Rnd 3 |
| January 30, 2002 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Andy Hilbert, Marco Sturm | FLA | Mattias Weinhandl, Vaclav Nedorost |
| January 30, 2002 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Andy Delmore, MOS 5 Rnd 1 | SJS | SJS 5 Rnd 1, $500,000 |
| October 28, 2001 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Barrett Jackman, Matt McRae, VAN 5 Rnd 3 | SJS | Jason Smith, Jeff Heerema, TBL 5 Rnd 2 |
| October 12, 2001 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Paul Mara, Future Considerations | FLA | Keith Carney, Marian Gaborik |
| October 8, 2001 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Sergei Kliazmine | OTT | Kevyn Adams |
| October 2, 2001 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | $425,000 | NYI | Denny Lambert |
| September 18, 2001 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | $525,000 | NYI | Valeri Zelepukin |
| September 17, 2001 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Brad Defaux, Stephen Heinze | SJS | Brian Rafalski, Jan Lasak |
| August 19, 2001 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Corey Hirsch | OAK | $500,000 |
| August 13, 2001 | |||
| Team | Acquisition | Team |
Acquisition |
| TBL | Nelson Emerson | CHI | $5,000 |
| August 10, 2001 | |||
