Hartford Whalers 1996-97

Hartford Whalers acquire	Date	Anaheim Ducks acquire
Bates Battaglia 1998 4th round pick (#91-Josef Vasicek)	March 18, 1997	Mark Janssens

Toronto Maple Leafs acquire	Date	Hartford Whalers acquire
Kelly Chase	March 18, 1997	1998 8th round pick (#208-Jaroslav Svoboda)

Hartford Whalers acquire	Date	New York Islanders acquire
Derek King	March 18, 1997	1997 5th round pick (#115-Adam Edinger)

Hartford Whalers acquire	Date	Arizona Coyotes acquire
Chris Murray	March 18, 1997	Gerald Diduck

Hartford Whalers acquire	Date	Calgary Flames acquire
Steve Chiasson 1997 3rd round pick (#80-Francis Lessard)	March 5, 1997	Hnat Domenichelli Glen Featherstone 1997 2nd round pick (#51-Dmitri Kokorev) 1998 3rd round pick (#62-Paul Manning)

Hartford Whalers acquire	Date	Philadelphia Flyers acquire
Kevin Haller 1997 1st round pick (#23-Scott Hannan) 1997 7th round pick (#169-Andrew Merrick)	December 15, 1996	Paul Coffey 1997 3rd round pick (#62-Kris Mallette)

Hartford Whalers acquire	Date	Washington Capitals acquire
Curtis Leschyshyn	November 9, 1996	Andrei Nikolishin

Hartford Whalers acquire	Date	Detroit Red Wings acquire
Paul Coffey Keith Primeau 1997 1st round pick (#22-Nikos Tselios)	October 9, 1996	Brian Glynn Brendan Shanahan

Hartford Whalers acquire	Date	Anaheim Ducks acquire
Kevin Brown	October 1, 1996	rights to Espen Knutsen