Notable deals - Hartford Whalers
| Hartford Whalers acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Paul Coffey | October 9, 1996 | Brian Glynn |  |
| Keith Primeau | Brendan Shanahan | |||
| 1997 1st round pick (#22-Nikos Tselios) | ||||
| Hartford Whalers acquire | Date | St. Louis Blues acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendan Shanahan | July 27, 1995 | Chris Pronger |  |
| Hartford Whalers acquire | Date | Calgary Flames acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ted Drury | March 10, 1994 | Michael Nylander |  |
| Paul Ranheim | James Patrick | |||
| Gary Suter | Zarley Zalapski | |||
| Hartford Whalers acquire | Date | Philadelphia Flyers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murray Craven | November 13, 1991 | Kevin Dineen |  |
| 1992 4th round pick (#79-Kevin Smyth) | ||||
| Hartford Whalers acquire | Date | New York Islanders acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Crossman | November 13, 1990 | Ray Ferraro |  |
| New Jersey Devils acquire | Date | Hartford Whalers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Sylvain Turgeon | June 17, 1989 | Pat Verbeek | |
| Hartford Whalers acquire | Date | St. Louis Blues acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Liut | February 21, 1985 | Mark Johnson | |
| future considerations (Jorgen Pettersson) | Greg Millen | |||
| Hartford Whalers acquire | Date | Philadelphia Flyers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg C. Adams | August 19, 1982 | Mark Howe | |
| Ken Linseman | 1983 3rd round pick (#44-Derrick Smith) | |||
| 1983 1st round pick (#20-David Jensen) | ||||
| 1983 3rd round pick (#61-Leif Carlsson) | ||||
| Hartford Whalers acquire | Date | Montreal Canadiens acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierre Larouche | December 21, 1981 | 1984 1st round pick (#5-Petr Svoboda) |  |
| 1984 1st round pick (#11-Sylvain Cote) | 1984 2nd round pick (#26-Brian Benning) | |||
| 1985 3rd round pick (#58-Bruce Racine) | 1985 3rd round pick (#47-Rocky Dundas) | |||
| Hartford Whalers acquire | Date | Winnipeg Jets acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Hull | February 27, 1980 | future considerations |  |