David Poile

St. Louis Blues acquire	Date	Washington Capitals acquire
1989 6th round pick (5th round if Whistle plays in more than 20 games in 1988-89) (#124-Derek Frenette)	October 19, 1988	Rob Whistle

Washington Capitals acquire	Date	Winnipeg Jets acquire
Kent Carlson	October 12, 1988	future considerations

Edmonton Oilers acquire	Date	Washington Capitals acquire
Greg C. Adams	July 22, 1988	rights to Geoff Courtnall

Hartford Whalers acquire	Date	Washington Capitals acquire
Grant Jennings Ed Kastelic	July 6, 1988	Mike Millar Neil Sheehy

Minnesota North Stars acquire	Date	Washington Capitals acquire
John Barrett	February 22, 1988	future considerations

Los Angeles Kings acquire	Date	Washington Capitals acquire
Grant Ledyard	February 9, 1988	Craig Laughlin

St. Louis Blues acquire	Date	Washington Capitals acquire
Paul Cavallini	December 11, 1987	1988 or 1989 2nd round pick (1988 #41-Wade Bartley)

Washington Capitals acquire	Date	New York Rangers acquire
Peter Sundstrom	August 27, 1987	1988 5th round pick (#99-Martin Bergeron)

Quebec Nordiques acquire	Date	Washington Capitals acquire
Gaetan Duchesne Alan Haworth 1987 1st round pick (#15-Joe Sakic)	June 13, 1987	Dale Hunter Clint Malarchuk

Quebec Nordiques acquire	Date	Washington Capitals acquire
1987 9th round pick (#183-Ladislav Tresl)	June 12, 1987	1987 twelfth round pick (#240-Dan Brettschneider) 1988 tenth round pick (#192-Mark Sorensen)

Boston Bruins acquire	Date	Washington Capitals acquire
John Blum	June 1, 1987	1988 7th round pick (#144-Brad Schlegel)

Los Angeles Kings acquire	Date	Washington Capitals acquire
Al Jensen	February 14, 1987	Garry Galley

Washington Capitals acquire	Date	New York Rangers acquire
Bob Crawford Kelly Miller Mike Ridley	January 1, 1987	Bobby Carpenter 1989 2nd round pick (#40-Jason Prosofsky)

Washington Capitals acquire	Date	Pittsburgh Penguins acquire
cash	October 8, 1986	Dwight Schofield

Quebec Nordiques acquire	Date	Washington Capitals acquire
1986 3rd round pick (#60-Shawn Simpson)	March 10, 1986	Peter Andersson

Detroit Red Wings acquire	Date	Washington Capitals acquire
Darren Veitch	March 10, 1986	John Barrett Greg Smith

Hartford Whalers acquire	Date	Washington Capitals acquire
Doug Jarvis	December 6, 1985	Jorgen Pettersson

Boston Bruins acquire	Date	Washington Capitals acquire
Pat Riggin	November 14, 1985	Pete Peeters

Los Angeles Kings acquire	Date	Washington Capitals acquire
Bryan Erickson	October 31, 1985	Bruce Shoebottom

Los Angeles Kings acquire	Date	Washington Capitals acquire
Glen Currie	September 9, 1985	Daryl Evans