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1970-71
Deadline: Unknown
| No Deadline Trades |
1971-72
Deadline: March 5, 1972
13-37-15 (6th, Eastern Division)
| March 5, 1972 | To Buffalo: Cash |
To NY Rangers: Phil Goyette |
1972-73
Deadline: March 3, 1973
33-21-10 (4th, Eastern Division)
| No Deadline Trades |
1973-74
Deadline: March 10, 1974
28-27-9 (5th, Eastern Division)
| March 10, 1974 | To Buffalo: Brian Spencer |
To NY Islanders: Doug Rombough |
1974-75
Deadline: Unknown
| March 3, 1975 | To Buffalo: Rights to Gerry Desjardins |
To NY Islanders: Rights to Garry Lariviere |
1975-76
Deadline: March 10, 1976
36-19-12 (3rd, Wales Conference)
| No Deadline Trades |
1976-77
Deadline: March 8, 1977
41-20-6 (2nd, Wales Conference)
| March 3, 1977 | To Buffalo: Cash |
To Washington: Roger Crozier |
1977-78
Deadline: March 15, 1978
39-14-15 (3rd, Wales Conference)
| No Deadline Trades |
1978-79
Deadline: March 13, 1979
28-24-14 (3rd, Wales Conference)
| March 12, 1979 | To Buffalo: 3rd Rd. Pick, 1979 (Jacques Cloutier) 3rd Rd. Pick, 1980 (Sean McKenna) |
To NY Rangers: Jocelyn Guevremont |
1979-80
Deadline: March 1, 1980
41-17-10 (1st,Wales Conference)
| March 10, 1980 | To Buffalo: 1st Rd. Pick, 1982 (Phil Housley) |
To Los Angeles: Jerry Korab |
1980-81
Deadline: March 10, 1981
32-15-19 (3rd, Wales Conference)
| March 10, 1981 |
To Buffalo: |
To Los Angeles: Rick Martin |
| March 10, 1981 |
To Buffalo: |
To Los Angeles: Don Luce |
1981-82
Deadline: March 9, 1982
33-20-14 (4th, Wales Conference)
| No Deadline Trades |
1982-83
Deadline: March 8, 1983
34-22-12 (5th, Wales Conference)
| No Deadline Trades |
1983-84
Deadline: March 6, 1984
40-21-7 (1st, Wales Conference)
| No Deadline Trades |
1984-85
Deadline: March 12, 1985
32-21-13 (4th, Wales Conference)
| No Deadline Trades |
1985-86
Deadline: March 11, 1986
32-30-6 (6th, Wales Conference)
| March 11, 1986 | To Buffalo: Phil Russell |
To New Jersey: 12th Rd. Pick, 1986 (Doug Kirton) |
1986-87
Deadline: March 10, 1987
25-35-7 (9th, Wales Conference)
| March 6, 1987 | To Buffalo: Mark Napier Lee Fogolin 4th Rd. Pick, 1987 (John Bradley) |
To Edmonton: Norm Lacombe Rights to Wayne Van Dorp 4th Rd. Pick, 1987 (Peter Eriksson) |
1987-88
Deadline: March 8, 1988
31-27-9 (6th, Wales Conference)
| No Deadline Trades |
1988-89
Deadline: March 7, 1989
30-31-6 (7th, Wales Conference)
| March 6, 1989 | To Buffalo: Clint Malarchuk Grant Ledyard 6th Rd. Pick, 1991 (Brian Holzinger) |
To Washington: Calle Johansson 2nd Rd. Pick, 1989 (Byron Dafoe) |
| March 7, 1989 | To Buffalo: 5th Rd. Pick, 1990 (Richard Smehlik) |
To NY Rangers: Lindy Ruff |
1989-90
Deadline: March 6, 1990
37-24-7 (2nd, Wales Conference)
| March 5, 1990 | To Buffalo: Jay Wells 4th Rd. Pick, 1991 (Peter Ambroziak) |
To Philadelphia: Kevin Maguire 2nd Rd. Pick, 1990 (Mikael Renberg) |
1990-91
Deadline: March 5, 1991
25-25-16 (7th, Wales Conference)
| March 5, 1991 | To Buffalo: Tony Tanti |
To Pittsburgh: Rights to Ken Priestlay |
| March 5, 1991 | To Buffalo: Steve Weeks |
To Vancouver: Future Considerations |
1991-92
Deadline: March 10, 1992
25-31-11 (9th, Wales Conference)
| March 9, 1992 | To Buffalo: Wayne Presley |
To San Jose: Dave Snuggerud |
| March 9, 1992 | To Buffalo: Randy Moller |
To NY Rangers: Jay Wells |
| March 10, 1992 | To Buffalo: Peter Svoboda |
To San Jose: Kevin Haller |
| March 10, 1992 | To Buffalo: Dave Hannan |
To Toronto: 6th Rd. Pick, 1992 (Chris Deruiter) |
1992-93
Deadline: March 22, 1993
34-27-10 (6th, Wales Conference)
| March 2, 1993 | To Buffalo: Bob Errey |
To Pittsburgh: Mike Ramsey |
1993-94
Deadline: March 21, 1994
37-27-9 (6th, Wales Conference)
| No Deadline Trades |
1994-95
Deadline: April 7, 1995
16-12-6 (6th, Eastern Conference)
| April 7, 1995 | To Buffalo: Garry Galley |
To Philadelphia: Petr Svoboda |
| April 7, 1995 | To Buffalo: Scott Pearson |
To Edmonton: Ken Sutton |
1995-96
Deadline: March 20, 1996
27-36-7 (11th, Eastern Conference)
| March 19, 1996 | To Buffalo: Denis Hamel |
To St. Louis: Charlie Huddy 7th Rd. Pick, 1996 (Daniel Corso) |
| March 20, 1996 | To Buffalo: 6th Rd. Pick, 1996 (Darren Mortier) |
To Colorado: Dave Hannan |
| March 20, 1996 | To Buffalo: Jean-Luc Grand-Pierre 2nd Rd. Pick, 1996 (Cory Sarich) 3rd Rd. Pick, 1997 (Maxim Afinogenov) |
To St. Louis: Yuri Khmylev 8th Rd. Pick, 1996 (Andrei Podkonicky) |
1996-97
Deadline: March 18, 1997
37-21-11 (3rd, Eastern Conference)
| March 18, 1997 | To Buffalo: Miroslav Satan |
To Edmonton: Barrie Moore Craig Millar |
1997-98
Deadline: March 24, 1998
28-25-15 (7th, Eastern Conference)
| March 24, 1998 | To Buffalo: Paul Kruse Jason Holland |
To NY Islanders: Jason Dawe |
1998-99
Deadline: March 24, 1998
32-23-13 (6th, Eastern Conference)
| March 11, 1999 | To Buffalo: Stu Barnes |
To Pittsburgh: Matthew Barnaby |
| March 23, 1999 | To Buffalo: Joe Juneau 3rd Rd. Pick, 1999 (Tim Preston) |
To Washington: Alexei Tezikov |
| March 23, 1999 | To Buffalo: Rhett Warrener 5th Rd. Pick, 1999 (Ryan Miller) |
To Florida: Mike Wilson |
| March 23, 1999 | To Buffalo: 2nd Rd. Pick, 1999 (Michael Zigomanis) |
To Dallas: Derek Plante |
1999-00
Deadline: March 14, 2000
28-30-10-2 (11th, Eastern Conference)
| March 10, 2000 | To Buffalo: Chris Gratton 2nd Rd. Pick, 2001 (Derek Roy) |
To Tampa Bay: Wayne Primeau Brian Holzinger Cory Sarich 3rd Rd. Pick, 2000 (Alexander Kharitonov) |
| March 10, 2000 | To Buffalo: Doug Gilmour Jean-Pierre Dumont |
To Chicago: Michal Grosek |
2000-01
Deadline: March 13, 2001
36-26-5-1 (6th, Eastern Conference)
| March 13, 2001 | To Buffalo: Donald Audette |
To Atlanta: Kamil Piros 4th Rd. Pick, 2001 (Igor Valeyev) |
| March 13, 2001 | To Buffalo: Steve Heinze |
To Columbus: 3rd Rd. Pick, 2001 (Per Mars) |
2001-02
Deadline: March 19, 2002
28-30-9-1 (10th, Eastern Conference)
| March 19, 2002 | To Buffalo: Bob Corkum |
To Atlanta: 5th Rd. Pick, 2002 (Paul Flache) |
2002-03
Deadline: March 11, 2003
21-32-9-6 (13th, Eastern Conference)
| March 10, 2003 | To Buffalo: Mike Ryan 2nd Rd. Pick, 2003 (Branislav Fabry) |
To Dallas: Stu Barnes |
| March 10, 2003 | To Buffalo: Future Considerations |
To Ottawa: Rob Ray |
| March 11, 2003 | To Buffalo: Daniel Briere 3rd Rd. Pick, 2004 (Andrej Sekera) |
To Phoenix: Chris Gratton 4th Rd. Pick, 2004 (Liam Reddox) |
2003-04
Deadline: March 9, 2004
30-31-6-1 (9th, Eastern Conference)
| March 8, 2004 | To Buffalo: Brad Brown 6th Rd. Pick, 2005 (Vyacheslav Buravchikov) |
To Minnesota: 4th Rd. Pick, 2005 (Kyle Bailey) |
| March 9, 2004 | To Buffalo: Jeff Jillson 9th Rd. Pick, 2005 (Andrew Orpik) |
To San Jose: Curtis Brown Andy Delmore |
| March 9, 2004 | To Buffalo: Mike Grier |
To Washington: Jakub Klepis |
2005-06
Deadline: March 9, 2006
39-16-5 (3rd, Eastern Conference)
| March 9, 2006 | To Buffalo: 2nd Rd. Pick, 2006 (Jhonas Enroth) |
To Vancouver: Mika Noronen |
2006-07
Deadline: February 27, 2007
39-16-5 (3rd, Eastern Conference)
| February 27, 2007 |
To Buffalo: Dainius Zubrus Timo Helbling |
To Washington: Jiri Novotny |
| February 27, 2007 |
To Buffalo: Mikko Lehtonen |
To Nashville: 4th Rd. Pick, 2007 (Mike Santorelli) |
| February 27, 2007 |
To Buffalo: Ty Conklin |
To Columbus: 5th Rd. Pick, 2007 (Michael Neal) |
| February 27, 2007 |
To Buffalo: 2nd Rd. Pick, 2007 (TJ Brennan) |
To Philadelphia: Martin Biron |
2007-08
Deadline: February, 26, 2008
30-24-9 (9th, Eastern Conference)
| February 26, 2008 | To Buffalo: Steve Bernier 1st Rd. Pick, 2008 (Tyler Ennis) |
To San Jose: Brian Campbell 7th Rd. Pick, 2007 (Drew Daniels) |
2008-09
Deadline: March 4, 2009
31-25-7 (10th, Eastern Conference)
| March 4, 2009 | To Buffalo: Mikael Tellqvist |
To Phoenix: 4th Rd. Pick, 2010 (Mark MacMillan) |
| March 4, 2009 | To Buffalo: 2nd Rd. Pick, 2009 (Jesse Blacker) |
To Edmonton: Ales Kotalik |
| March 4, 2009 | To Buffalo: Dominic Moore |
To Toronto: 2nd Rd. Pick, 2009 (Jesse Blacker) |
2009-10
Deadline: March 3, 2010
33-19-9 (5th, Eastern Conference)
| March 3, 2010 | To Buffalo: Raffi Torres |
To Columbus: Nathan Paetsch 2nd Rd. Pick, 2010 (Petr Straka) |
| March 3, 2010 | To Buffalo: 3rd Rd. Pick, 2010 (Jerome Gauthier-Leduc) 4th Rd. Pick, 2010 (Steven Shipley) |
To Atlanta: Clarke MacArthur |
2010-11
Deadline: February 28, 2011
29-25-7 (9th, Eastern Conference)
| February 27, 2011 | To Buffalo: Brad Boyes |
To St. Louis: 2nd Rd. Pick, 2011 (Joel Edmundson) |
2011-12
Deadline: February 27, 2012
27-27-8 (12th, Eastern Conference)
| February 27, 2012 | To Buffalo: Cody Hodgson |
To Vancouver: Zack Kassian |
| February 27, 2012 | To Buffalo: Alexander Sulzer |
To Vancouver: Marc-Andre Gragnani |
| February 27, 2012 | To Buffalo: 1st Rd. Pick, 2012 (Mark Jankowski) |
To Nashville: Paul Gaustad 4th Rd. Pick, 2013 (Juuse Saros) |
2012-13
Deadline: April 3, 2013
14-17-6 (12th, Eastern Conference)
| March 31, 2013 | To Buffalo: 2nd Rd. Pick, 2013 (Justin Bailey) 5th Rd. Pick, 2013 (Anthony Florentino) |
To St. Louis: Jordan Leopold |
| April 1, 2013 | To Buffalo: 2nd Rd. Pick, 2014 (Alex Lintuniemi) 2nd Rd. Pick, 2015 (Erik Cernak) |
To Los Angeles: Robyn Regehr |
| April 3, 2013 | To Buffalo: Johan Larsson Matt Hackett 1st Rd. Pick, 2013 (Nikita Zadorov) 2nd Rd. Pick, 2014 (Vaclav Karabacek) |
To Minnesota: Jason Pominville 4th Rd. Pick, 2014 (William Lagesson) |
2013-14
Deadline: March 5, 2014
18-35-8 (16th, Eastern Conference)
| February 28, 2014 | To Buffalo: Jaroslav Halak Chris Stewart William Carrier 1st Rd. Pick, 2015 (Jack Roslovic) Conditional 3rd Rd. Pick, 2016 (Linus Nassen) |
To St. Louis: Ryan Miller Steve Ott |
| March 5, 2014 | To Buffalo: Nicolas Deslauriers Hudson Fasching |
To Los Angeles: Brayden McNabb Jonathan Parker2nd Rd. Pick, 2014 (Alex Lintuniemi) 2nd Rd. Pick, 2015 (Erik Cernak) |
| March 5, 2014 | To Buffalo: Michal Neuvirth Rostislav Klesla |
To Washington: Jaroslav Halak 3rd Rd. Pick, 2015 (Robin Kovacs) |
| March 5, 2014 | To Buffalo: Torrey Mitchell 2nd Rd. Pick, 2014 (Vitek Vanecek) 2nd Rd. Pick, 2016 (Chad Krys) |
To Minnesota: Matt Moulson Cody McCormick |
2014-15
Deadline: March 2, 2015
19-39-5 (16th, Eastern Conference)
| March 2, 2015 | To Buffalo: 5th Rd. Pick, 2016 (Vojtech Budik) |
To Montreal: Brian Flynn |
| March 2, 2015 | To Buffalo: Chad Johnson 3rd Rd. Pick, 2016 (William Lockwood) |
To NY Islanders: Michal Neuvirth |
| March 2, 2015 | To Buffalo: Jack Nevins 7th Rd. Pick, 2016 (Vasily Glotov) |
To Montreal: Torrey Mitchell |
| March 2, 2015 | To Buffalo: 2nd Rd. Pick, 2017 |
To Minnesota: Chris Stewart |
2015-16
Deadline: February 29, 2016
25-31-7 (15th, Eastern Conference)
| February 23, 2016 | To Buffalo: 3rd Rd. Pick, 2017 |
To Washington: Mike Weber |
| February 27, 2016 | To Buffalo: Alex Guptill Eric O’Dell Cole Schneider Michael Sdao |
To Ottawa: Jason Akeson Jerome Leduc Philip Varone |
| February 29, 2016 | To Buffalo: Conditional 3rd Rd. Pick, 2016 (Rem Pitlick) |
To Anaheim: Jamie McGinn |
2016-17
Deadline: March 1, 2017
26-36-11 (13th, Eastern Conference)
| February 28, 2017 | To Buffalo: Mat Bodie |
To NY Rangers: Daniel Catenacci |
2017-18
Deadline: February 26, 2018
19-33-11 (16th, Eastern Conference)
| February 26, 2018 | To Buffalo: Danny O’Regan Conditional 1st Rd. Pick, 2019 (Brayden Tracey) Conditional 4th Rd. Pick, 2019 (Ethan Keppen) |
To San Jose: Evander Kane |
2018-19
Deadline: February 25, 2019
29-24-8 (10th, Eastern Conference)
| February 24, 2019 | To Buffalo: Brandon Montour |
To Anaheim: Brendan Guhle Conditional 1st Rd. Pick, 2019 (Brayden Tracey) |
| February 25, 2019 | To Buffalo: 6th Rd. Pick, 2019 (Karel Plasek) |
To Winnipeg: Nathan Beaulieu |
