Edmonton Oilers

Vancouver Canucks acquire	Date	Edmonton Oilers acquire
Blair MacDonald rights to Lars-Gunner Petersson	March 10, 1981	Ken Berry Garry Lariviere

Edmonton Oilers acquire	Date	Pittsburgh Penguins acquire
Pat Hughes	March 10, 1981	Pat Price

Edmonton Oilers acquire	Date	New York Rangers acquire
Ray Markham	March 10, 1981	John Hughes

Minnesota North Stars acquire	Date	Edmonton Oilers acquire
future considerations (1982 3rd round pick (#59-Wally Chapman))	February 2, 1981	Gary Edwards

Edmonton Oilers acquire	Date	Philadelphia Flyers acquire
Barry Dean	June 11, 1980	Ron Areshenkoff 1980 tenth round pick (#195-Bob O'Brien)

Minnesota North Stars acquire	Date	Edmonton Oilers acquire
Jim Corsi	March 11, 1980	future considerations

Quebec Nordiques acquire	Date	Edmonton Oilers acquire
Ron Chipperfield	March 11, 1980	Ron Low

Edmonton Oilers acquire	Date	New York Rangers acquire
Don Murdoch	March 11, 1980	Cam Connor 1981 3rd round pick (#50-Peter Sundstrom)

Colorado Rockies acquire	Date	Edmonton Oilers acquire
Bobby Schmautz	February 25, 1980	Don Ashby

Boston Bruins acquire	Date	Edmonton Oilers acquire
Dan Newman	December 10, 1979	Bobby Schmautz

Edmonton Oilers acquire	Date	Chicago Blackhawks acquire
Jim Harrison	September 24, 1979	future considerations

Toronto Maple Leafs acquire	Date	Edmonton Oilers acquire
Reg Thomas	August 22, 1979	1981 6th round pick (#111-Steve Smith)

Minnesota North Stars acquire	Date	Edmonton Oilers acquire
1979 2nd round pick (#42-Neal Broten) 1979 3rd round pick (#63-Kevin Maxwell)	August 9, 1979	Dave Semenko 1979 3rd round pick (#48-Mark Messier)

Edmonton Oilers acquire	Date	St. Louis Blues acquire
Tom Roulston Risto Siltanen	August 7, 1979	Joe Micheletti

Montreal Canadiens acquire	Date	Edmonton Oilers acquire
1980 2nd round pick (#27-Ric Nattress)	June 13, 1979	Dave Lumley Dan Newman

Minnesota North Stars acquire	Date	Edmonton Oilers acquire
Oilers promised to not make Paul Shmyr one of its priority selections in the 1979 NHL expansion draft	June 9, 1979	1979 4th round pick (#69-Glenn Anderson)