Phil Esposito

Calgary Flames acquire Date Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Jason Wiemer
March 24, 1998
Sandy McCarthy
1998 3rd round pick (#64-Brad Richards)
1998 5th round pick (#121-Curtis Rich)
San Jose Sharks acquire Date Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Bryan Marchment
David Shaw
Lightning conditional right to swap 1998 1st round picks (#2-David Legwand)
March 24, 1998
Andrei Nazarov
Lightning conditional right to swap 1998 1st round picks (#1-Vincent Lecavalier)
Vancouver Canucks acquire Date Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Jamie Huscroft
March 14, 1998
Enrico Ciccone
Montreal Canadiens acquire Date Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Patrick Poulin
Igor Ulanov
Mick Vukota
January 15, 1998
Stephane Richer
Darcy Tucker
David Wilkie
Tampa Bay Lightning acquire Date Florida Panthers acquire
Mark Fitzpatrick
Jody Hull
January 15, 1998
Dino Ciccarelli
Jeff Norton
Edmonton Oilers acquire Date Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Roman Hamrlik
rights to Paul Comrie
December 30, 1997
Jason Bonsignore
Steve Kelly
Bryan Marchment
Tampa Bay Lightning acquire Date Philadelphia Flyers acquire
Karl Dykhuis
Mikael Renberg
August 20, 1997
1998 1st round pick (#22-Simon Gagne)
1999 1st round pick (#22-Maxime Ouellet)
2000 1st round pick (#28-Justin Williams)
2001 1st round pick (#23-Tim Gleason)
Edmonton Oilers acquire Date Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Brantt Myhres
1998 3rd round pick (#67-Alex Henry)
July 16, 1997
Vladimir Vujtek
1998 3rd round pick (#72-Dimitri Afanasenkov)
Calgary Flames acquire Date Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Rick Tabaracci
June 21, 1997
1998 4th round pick (#92-Eric Beaudoin)
San Jose Sharks acquire Date Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Shawn Burr
June 21, 1997
1997 5th round pick (#108-Mark Thompson)
Calgary Flames acquire Date Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Tyler Moss
March 18, 1997
Jamie Huscroft
Edmonton Oilers acquire Date Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Drew Bannister
1997 6th round pick (#141-Peter Sarno)
March 18, 1997
Jeff Norton
Toronto Maple Leafs acquire Date Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Craig Wolanin
January 31, 1997
1998 3rd round pick (#67-Alex Henry)
Calgary Flames acquire Date Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Aaron Gavey
November 19, 1996
Rick Tabaracci
Anaheim Ducks acquire Date Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Brian Bellows
November 18, 1996
1997 6th round pick (#153-Andrei Skopintsev)
Detroit Red Wings acquire Date Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
1998 4th round pick (#87-Alexei Ponikarovsky)
August 27, 1996
Dino Ciccarelli
Los Angeles Kings acquire Date Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Petr Klima
August 22, 1996
1997 5th round pick (#109-Jan Sulc)
Colorado Avalanche acquire Date Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
1998 2nd round pick (#28-Ramzi Abid)
July 29, 1996
Craig Wolanin
New Jersey Devils acquire Date Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Jeff Reese
1996 2nd round pick (#47-Pierre Dagenais)
1996 8th round pick (#205-Jason Bertsch)
June 22, 1996
Corey Schwab
Chicago Blackhawks acquire Date Tampa Bay Lightning acquire
Enrico Ciccone
1996 2nd round pick (#42-Jeff Paul)
March 20, 1996
Patrick Poulin
Igor Ulanov
1996 2nd round pick (#47-Pierre Dagenais)