Montreal Canadiens trades
| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | Los Angeles Kings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1974 2nd round pick (#30-Gary MacGregor) | August 22, 1972 | Terry Harper |  |
| 1975 1st round pick (#15-Pierre Mondou) | ||||
| 1975 3rd round pick (#51-Paul Woods) | ||||
| 1976 1st round pick (#13-Rod Schutt) | ||||
| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | Atlanta Flames acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 3rd round pick (#37-Ed Humphreys) | August 10, 1972 | Noel Price |  |
| cash | ||||
| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | New York Islanders acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cash | June 26, 1972 | Tony Featherstone |  |
| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | New York Islanders acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cash | June 26, 1972 | Denis DeJordy | |
| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | New York Islanders acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cash | June 26, 1972 | Murray Anderson | |
| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | Atlanta Flames acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 2nd round pick (#21-Eric Vail) | June 16, 1972 | Rey Comeau | |
| cash | Lynn Powis | |||
| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | Atlanta Flames acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cash | June 9, 1972 | Lynn Powis | |
| Buffalo Sabres acquire | Date | Montreal Canadiens acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Ron Busniuk | June 8, 1972 | cash | |
| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | Atlanta Flames acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 5th round pick (#66-Bill Nyrop) | June 7, 1972 | Ted Tucker | |
| cash | 1972 5th round pick (Jean-Paul Martin) | |||
| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | New York Islanders acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 2nd round pick (#17-Glenn Goldup) | June 6, 1972 | Alex Campbell | |
| cash | Denis DeJordy | |||
| Glenn Chico Resch | ||||
| future considerations (Germain Gagnon) | ||||
| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | St. Louis Blues acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Roberts | December 13, 1971 | Phil Roberto |  |
| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | St. Louis Blues acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cash | November 11, 1971 | Bernie Blanchette | |
| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | Los Angeles Kings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denis DeJordy | November 4, 1971 | Rogatien Vachon | |
| Dale Hoganson | Canadiens option to swap 1975 1st round picks (#16-Tim Young) | |||
| Noel Price | ||||
| Doug Robinson | ||||
| Canadiens option to swap 1975 1st round picks (#15-Pierre Mondou) | ||||
| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | California Golden Seals (Oakland) acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randy Rota | October 8, 1971 | Lyle Carter | .gif){kind=small} |
| John French | ||||
| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | California Golden Seals (Oakland) acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Featherstone | October 6, 1971 | Ray Martyniuk | |
| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | California Golden Seals (Oakland) acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Hardy | October 1, 1971 | cash | |
| Comment: Exact date unknown | ||||
| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | California Golden Seals (Oakland) acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Laughton | October 1, 1971 | cash | |
| Comment: Exact date unknown | ||||
| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | Vancouver Canucks acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rey Comeau | September 14, 1971 | cash |  |
| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | California Golden Seals (Oakland) acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cash | August 31, 1971 | Marshall Johnston | |
| Toronto Maple Leafs acquire | Date | Montreal Canadiens acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Terry Clancy | August 30, 1971 | cash | |