DECEMBER 2002 TRANSACTIONS as of Monday, January 6, 2003 15:58 (see archives for past transactions)

December 2, 2002:
- The New Jersey Devils sign Pavel Rosa (F) and release Karl Goehring (G)
- The Phoenix Coyotes sign Alexei Shkotov (F).
- The Colorado Avalanche release Sylvain Cote (D).
- The San Jose Sharks sign Reid Simpson(F) and release Jeff Farkas (F).
- The Toronto Maple Leafs sign Ian White (D) and Radoslav Hecl (D) and release Shawn Heins (D) and Tim Thomas (G).

December 9, 2002:
- The Calgary Flames trade Danius Zubrus (F) and Eric Rasmusson (F) to the Montreal Canadians for Petr Cajanek (F) and Mike Danton (F)
- The Calgary Flames sign Lynn Loyns.
- The Phoenix Coyotes sign Drake Berehowsky (D) and release Wade Dubielewicz (G) and Jim McKenzie (F).
- The New York Rangers sign Jason Doig (D) and release Andrew Hutchinson (D).
- The Boston Bruins sign Peter White (F) and release Garry Valk (F).
- The Detroit Red Wings sign Mike Weaver (D) and release Nathan Perrott (F).
- The San Jose Sharks trade Marty Reasoner (F) to the Anaheim Mighty Ducks for Janne Laukkanen (D).
- The Washington Capitals release Stephane Fiset (G)
- The Toronto Maple Leafs sign Maxim Kondratiev (D) and Vladimir Korsunov (D), and release Roman Malec (G) and Radoslav Hecl (D).

December 18, 2002:
- The Chicago Blackhawks trade Paul Martin (D) to the New Jersey Devils for Jussi Markkanen (G).

- The Phoenix Coyotes sign Trent Whitfield (F), Matt Jones (D) and Rob Gherson (G), and release Glen Metroploit (F), Patrick DesRochers (G) and Drake Berehowsky (D).
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The San Jose Sharks sign Duvie Westcott (D) and release Michael Garnett (G).
- The New Jersey Devils sign Jim McKenzie (F) and release Sylvain Blouin (F).

- The Ottawa Senators sign Roman Malek (G) and release Bryce Lampman (D).

- T
he Toronto Maple Leafs sign Dominic Moore (F) and release Max Kondratiev (D).

December 23, 2003:
- Calgary Flames sign Glen Metropolit (F) and Max Kondratiev (D) and release Pat Kavanagh (F) and Pavel Skrbek (D)
- The Phoenix Coyotes release Trent Whitfield (F) and Matt Jones (D) and sign Evgeny Gladskikh (F).
- The Florida Panthers trade Sergei Gonchar (D) and Sergei Samsonov (F) to the Vancouver Canucks for Jaromir Jagr (F), Darius Kasparaitis (D) and BUF3.
- The New York Rangers sign Billy Tibbets (F) and release J.F. Labbe (G).
- The New York Rangers trade Denis Seidenberg (D) to the Detroit Red Wings for Sean Avery (F) and DET2.
- The New York Rangers release Denny Lambert (F).
- The Boston Bruins sign Jamie Rivers (D) and release Rick Tocchet (F).
- The Boston Bruins sign Zenith Komarniski (D) and release Jean-Francois Damphousse (G).
- The Minnesota Wild sign Sylvain Blouin (F) amd release Aaron Gavey (F).
- The Toronto Maple Leafs trade Curtis Brown (F), Ben Eager (F) and CHI2 to the Phoenix Coyotes for CAL1 and Petr Budaj (G).
- The Toronto Maple Leafs sign Brad Tapper (F) and Jason Botterill (F) and release Kamil Piros (F).