FEBRUARY 2003 TRANSACTIONS as of Sunday, March 9, 2003 10:32 (see archives for past transactions)

FEBRUARY 3, 2003:
- The Calgary Flames trade Mike Danton (F) to the New York Rangers for Scott Stevens (D)
- The Calgary Flames sign Markus Seikola (D)
- The Calgary Flames trade Jeff Hackett (G) and Ivan Majesky (D) to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Brian Finley (G), Anton But (F) and St. Louis's 2nd round pick in 2003.
- The Phoenix Coyotes sign Vladimir Malenkykh (D), Bill Houlder (D) and Pierre-Alexandr Parenteau (F) and release Ray Schultz (E), Michael Shutte (D), Matt Jones (D), and Jesse Schultz (F).
- The Los Angeles Kings claim Steve Thomas (F) and release Shjon Podein (F).
- The New Jersey Devils sign Cristobal Huet (G) and Shane Hnidy (D) and release Richard Lintner (D).
- The Pittsburgh Penguins claim Craig Berube (F) and release Alexander Riazantsev (D).
- The Dallas Stars sign Karl Steward (F) and release Uwe Krupp (D).
- The San Jose Sharks sign Ray Giroux (D) and Reid Simpson (F) and release Mike Weaver (D) and Aaron Downey (F).
- The Washington Capitals sign Sylvain Blouin (F).
- The Toronto Maple Leafs sign Doug Murray (D).

FEBRUARY 10, 2003:
- The Toronto Maple Leafs sign Tom Preissing (D) and release Hannes Hyvonnen (F).
- The Phoenix Coyotes trade Jason Pominville (F) and MON3 to the Montreal Canadiens for MON2.
- The Phoenix Coyotes trade Radoslav Suchy (D) and MON2 to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Ian Moran (F/D), Glen Wesley (D) and TOR3
- The Phoenix Coyotes trade Bill Houlder (D) to the Colorado Avalanche for Scott Pellerin (F).
- The Florida Panthers trade Tomas Kloucek (D) and Mario Lemieux (F) to the New York Rangers for Jeremy Roenick (F).
- The Pittsburgh Penguins sign Cameron Mann (F) and release Matt Herr (F).
- The Montreal Canadiens release Blair Betts (F).
- The Montreal Canadiens trade John Erskine (D) and MTL's 3rd round draft pick to the Detroit Red Wings for Jordin Tootoo (F).
- The Dallas Stars claim Aaron Downey (F) and sign Kristopher Vernarsky (F) and release Uwe Krupp (D) and Derek Bekar (F).
- The Vancouver Canucks sign Nikita Korovkin (D).
- The Buffalo Sabres claim Richard Litner (D) and release Pascal Trepanier (D).
- The Colorado Avalanche claim Shjon Podein (F) and release Graham Mink (F).
- The Ottawa Senators trade Alexander Khavanov (D) to the Pittsburgh Penguins for MON2.
- The Ottawa Senators sign Josh Langfeld (F) and Chris Kunitz (F), and release Vadim Tarasov (G)
- The Edmonton Oilers release Michel Riesen (F).

FEBRUARY 17, 2003: These deals are official!
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The Toronto Maple Leafs sign Shawn Heins (D) and Joel Perreault (F) and release Doug Murray (D).
- The Toronto Maple Leafs trade Brad Isbister (F) and Brad Tapper (F) to the Detroit Red Wings for Mike York (F).
- The The Tampa Bay Lightning trade STL3 to Pittsburgh Penguins for Ron Tugnutt (G)
- The Pittsburgh Penguins sign Robert Dome (F).
- The Detroit Red Wings trade Brad Boyes (F) to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Steve McCarthy (D).
- The Boston Bruins sign Matt Ellison (F) and release Bobby Allen (D).
- The San Jose Sharks sign Patrick Boileau (D), Uwe Krupp (D) and release Uwe Krupp (D) {tough luck Uwe!}
- The New York Rangers sign Mikael Holmqvist (F) and Alexander Suglobov (F).
- The Pittsburgh Penguins sign Nolan Pratt (D), and Joel Kwiatkowski (D) and the release Eric Himelfarb (F).

- The Montreal Canadiens trade Nils Ekman (F) to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Petr Buzek (D).
- The San Jose Sharks trade Marty Murray (F) to the Washington Capitals for DET3.
- The Colorado Avalanche sign Pascal Trepanier (D) and release Tim Taylor (F).
- The Boston Bruins sign Tomas Mojzis (D) and release Zenon Konopka (F).
- The Tampa Bay Lightning release Trevor Kidd (G).
- The Pittsburgh Penguins release Igor Korolev (F).

FEBRUARY 24, 2003: These deals have been approved but are not active until next Monday because they were recieved on or after February 17th. Please make sure you have your accurate roster in by the 23rd.
- The Anaheim Mighty Ducks sign Sven Butenschon (D), Alexei Volkov (G), Micheal Ryder (F), Alexandre Giroux (F) and release Robert Geopfert (G), Jean-Francois Racine (G), B.J. Young (F), Rich Brennan (D), and Mark Mowers (F).
- The Anaheim Mighty Ducks trade Mike Brown (F), TOR2, and Dan Hinote (F) to the Ottawa Senetors for Peter Schaefer (F) and Hal Gill (D).
- The Minnesota Wild sign Drew Fata (D).
- The Minnesota Wild trade Ales Hemsky (F), Kirill Koltsov (D) and Alexei Smirnov (F) to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for George Laraque (F) and Jordan Leopold (D).
- The Phoenix Coyotes sign Drake Berehowsky (D), Blair Betts (F) and Denis Platonov (F) and release Scott Pellerin (F), Vladimir Malenkykh (D) and Greg Watson (F).
- The Pittsburgh Penguins sign Alexander Ryazantsev (D)
- The Chicago Blackhawks trade Zdeno Chara (D), Taylor Pyatt (F), and Jussi Markkanen (G) to the Ottawa Senators for Marty Turco (G).
- The Ottawa Senators trade Jan Hrdina (F) and Radek Dvorak (F) to Minnesota for Anton Volchenkov (D), Marcel Goc (F), and Andrew Raycroft (G).
- The Colorado Avalanche trade Nick Schultz (D), Mike Cammalleri (F), and COL1 to the Ottawa Senators for Martin Skoula (D), Alexei Smirnov (F), Dan Hinote (F) and TOR2.
- The Pittsburgh Penguins claim Tim Taylor (F).
- The Ottawa Senators trade David Aebischer (G) and Matt Pettinger (F) to the Florida Panthers for Jarett Stoll (F), Lukas Krajicek (D), and CAR2.
- The Florida Panthers release Kent Manderville (F).
- The Canucks trade Scott Neidermayer (D) to Pittsburgh for Bryan Allen (D) and Steve Eminger (D).
- The New York Islanders trade Eric Godard (F) to the Ottawa Senators for Igor Radulov (F).
- The Colorado Avalanche trade Boyd Devereaux (F) to the Minnesota Wild for DAL3.
- The Los Angeles Kings trade Rob Ray (F) and LOS1 to the Ottawa Senators for Mark Bell (F).
- The Pittsburgh Penguins trade Craig Berube (F), Nolan Pratt (D) and STL3 to the Anaheim Ducks for Chris Herperger (F) and CAL3
- The Pittsburgh Penguins sign Steve Martins (F) and release Chris Herperger (F).
- The Washington Capitals release Brent Gilchrist (F), Nathan Robinson (F), Miroslav Blatak (D), and Par Backer (F)
- The Toronto Maple Leafs claim Trevor Kidd (G) and release Darren Van Impe (D).
- The New York Islanders sign Ryan Vandenbussche (F) and release Tim Thomas (G).
- The San Jose Sharks sign Doug Murray (D) and release Patrick Boileau (D).
- The New York Rangers release Martin Chabada (F).
- The Colorado Avalanche sign Nolan Baumgartner (D) and release Pascal Trepanier (D).

NEXT WEEKS TRANSACTIONS:
- The Anaheim Mighty Ducks trade Mike Rathje (D), Stephane Yelle (F) and Jeff Shantz (F) to the Colorado Avalanche for Boris Mironov (D), Jeff Halpern (F), and Jim Dowd (F).
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