The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League during the 1979–80 NHL season. It lists what team each player has been traded to, signed by, or claimed by, and for which player(s) or draft pick(s), if applicable.
May 24, 1979 | To Atlanta Flames Curt Bennett | To St. Louis Blues Bobby Simpson |
July 2, 1979 | To Colorado Rockies rights to Hardy Astrom | To New York Rangers Bill Lochead | |
July 19, 1979 | To Minnesota North Stars cash | To Vancouver Canucks Chuck Arnason | |
July 25, 1979 | To New York Rangers future considerations |
September 4, 1979 | To Detroit Red Wings Dennis Sobchuk | To Philadelphia Flyers 4th-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft (# 65 - Dave Michayluk)1 | |
September 14, 1979 | To Montreal Canadiens 4th-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft (# 69 - John DeVoe) | To Los Angeles Kings Brad Selwood 4th-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft (# 82 - Dave Ross) | |
September 24, 1979 | To Edmonton Oilers Jim Harrison | To Chicago Black Hawks future considerations |
October 4, 1979 | To Montreal Canadiens cash | To Winnipeg Jets Ron Wilson | |
October 5, 1979 | To Buffalo Sabres John Van Boxmeer | To Colorado Rockies Rene Robert | |
October 10, 1979 | To Atlanta Flames Garry Unger | To St. Louis Blues Ed Kea Don Laurence 2nd-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft (# 36 - Hakan Nordin) | |
October 12, 1979 | To Winnipeg Jets Bud Stefanski | To New York Rangers cash future considerations | |
October 23, 1979 | To Boston Bruins Bobby Lalonde | To Atlanta Flames 4th-rd pick in 1982 Entry Draft (MIN - # 81 - Dusan Pasek)1 |
November 2, 1979 | To Colorado Rockies Lucien DeBlois Pat Hickey Mike McEwen Dean Turner future considerations1 (Bob Crawford) | To New York Rangers Barry Beck | |
November 6, 1979 | To Atlanta Flames Harvey Bennett Jr. | To St. Louis Blues cash | |
November 6, 1979 | To Vancouver Canucks Bruce Affleck Gord Buynak | To St. Louis Blues cash | |
November 13, 1979 | To St. Louis Blues Blair Chapman | To Pittsburgh Penguins Bob Stewart |
December 7, 1979 | To Washington Capitals Mike Kaszycki | To New York Islanders Gord Lane | |
December 10, 1979 | To Boston Bruins Dan Newman | To Edmonton Oilers Bobby Schmautz | |
December 10, 1979 | To Minnesota North Stars 2nd-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft (# 31 - Mike Sands) | To Vancouver Canucks Per-Olov Brasar | |
December 13, 1979 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Dave Farrish Terry Martin | To Quebec Nordiques Reg Thomas | |
December 21, 1979 | To Vancouver Canucks Dave Logan Harold Phillipoff | To Chicago Black Hawks Ron Sedlbauer | |
December 27, 1979 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Bob Stephenson | To Hartford Whalers Pat Boutette | |
December 29, 1979 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Pat Hickey Wilf Paiement | To Colorado Rockies Lanny McDonald Joel Quenneville |
January 2, 1980 | To Vancouver Canucks cash | To Philadelphia Flyers Jack McIlhargey | |
January 3, 1980 | To Minnesota North Stars David Hanson | To Detroit Red Wings future considerations | |
January 3, 1980 | To Minnesota North Stars cash | To Detroit Red Wings Alex Pirus | |
January 4, 1980 | To Minnesota North Stars 2nd-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft (MTL - # 32 - Kent Carlson)1 | To Vancouver Canucks Kris Manery | |
January 10, 1980 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Pat Ribble | To Chicago Black Hawks Dave Hutchison | |
January 17, 1980 | To Hartford Whalers Tom Rowe | To Washington Capitals Alan Hangsleben |
February 8, 1980 | To Vancouver Canucks Ivan Boldirev Darcy Rota | To Atlanta Flames Don Lever Brad Smith | |
February 10, 1980 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Curt Ridley | To Vancouver Canucks cash | |
February 16, 1980 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Mike Kaszycki | To Washington Capitals Pat Ribble | |
February 18, 1980 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Bill Derlago Rick Vaive | To Vancouver Canucks Jerry Butler Tiger Williams | |
February 25, 1980 | To Colorado Rockies Bobby Schmautz | To Edmonton Oilers Don Ashby | |
February 27, 1980 | To Hartford Whalers Bobby Hull | To Winnipeg Jets future considerations | |
February 28, 1980 | To Vancouver Canucks cash | To St. Louis Blues Bruce Affleck Gord Buynak |
March 3, 1980 | To Toronto Maple Leafs 3rd-rd pick - 1980 Entry Draft (# 43 - Fred Boimistruck) | To Colorado Rockies Walt McKechnie | |
March 10, 1980 | To Buffalo Sabres 1st-rd pick - 1982 Entry Draft (# 6 - Phil Housley) | To Los Angeles Kings Jerry Korab | |
March 10, 1980 | To Los Angeles Kings Billy Harris Dave Lewis | To New York Islanders Butch Goring | |
March 11, 1980 | To Edmonton Oilers Don Murdoch | To New York Rangers Cam Connor 3rd-rd pick - 1981 Entry Draft (# 50 - Peter Sundstrom) | |
March 11, 1980 | To Quebec Nordiques Ron Chipperfield | To Edmonton Oilers Ron Low | |
March 11, 1980 | To Minnesota North Stars Jim Corsi | To Edmonton Oilers future considerations |