JANUARY 2002 TRANSACTIONS

January 7th, 2002

- The Calgary Flames trade Brian Rafalski (D) and Andreas Johansson (F) to the New York Islanders for Raffi Torres (F) and Branislav Mezei (D)

- The Phoenix Coyotes sign Sebastien Bordeleau (F) and Mike Sullivan (F) and release Wyatt Smith (F). January 14th, 2002

- The Toronto Maple Leafs sign Colin Forbes (F) and release Brian Swanson (F).

- The Phoenix Coyotes sign John Pohl (F), Bed Eaves (F) and Goran Bezina (D) and release Dan Focht (D), Nate Kiser (D) and Martin Cibak (F).

- New York Rangers sign Blair Betts (F), Kip Brennan (F), Aleksander Suglobov (F), Mikko Jokela (D) and Markus Seikola (D) and release Kevin Stevens (F) and Frederic Henry(G).

January 21st, 2002

- The Phoenix Coyotes sign Michel Ouellet (F), and release Goran Bezina (D) and Tom Kostopoulos (F).

- The Detroit Red Wings trade Adam Deadmarsh (F), Dave Manson (D), and Roman Lyashenko (F) to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Brendan Morrow (F), Dmitri Kalinin (D), Hal Gill (D), and Vesa Toskala (G).

- The Detroit Red Wings release Joel Stepp (F).

- The Toronto Maple Leafs release Dave Manson (D) and sign Jean-Guy Trudel (F) and Kip Miller (F).

- The New York Rangers trade Kent Manderville (F) and Mike Rupp (F) to the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim for Valeri Kamensky (F).

- The New York Rangers sign Petr Cajanek (F).

- The Vancouver Canucks trade Mike York (F), Mike Van Ryn (D) and Toronto's 2002 1st round draft pick to the Washington Capitals for Sergei Gonchar (D), Michal Sivek (F) and Washington's 2002 2nd round draft pick.

- The Toronto Maple Leafs trade Karel Pilar (D) and Henrik Tallinder (D) to the St. Louis Blues for Phil Housley (D).

- The St. Louis Blues release Tyler Rennette (F).

- The New Jersey Devils sign Rickard Wallin (F) and release Eric Boulton (F).

January 28th, 2002 -

The Detroit Red Wings trade Jeff Cowan (F), Maxim Kuznetsov (D) and the Red Wings 2002 3rd round draft pick to the Dallas Stars for Matt Johnson (F).

- The Ottawa Senators trade Vaclav Prospal (F) and the Senators 2002 1st round draft pick to the Vancouver Canucks for Robert Esche (G) and the Capitals 2002 2nd round draft pick. The Senators release Grant Ledyard (D).

- The Phoenix Coyotes trade Stefan Liv (G) and Ottawa's 2002 2nd round draft pick to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Bryan Marchment (D) and Toby Peterson (F).

- The Pittsburg Penguins sign Jody Shelley (F) and Mats Lindgren (F).

- The Calgary Flames release Steve Thomas (F) and trade Ivan Novoseltsev (F) to the Phoenix Coyotes for Toby Petersen (F) and Ben Eaves (F).

- The Phoenix Coyotes sign Derek Gustafson (G).

- The Tampa Bay Lightning release Mario Larocque (D) and trade John Madden (F) to the New York Rangers for Rob Niedermayer (F) and Mike Commodore (D).

- The Detroit Red Wings sign Sean Avery (F), Michael Leighton (G) and Deiter Kochan (G).

- The Chicago Blackhawks sign Wayne Gretzky (F) and release Jamie Heward (D).

- The Chicago Blackhawks trade J.S. Aubin (G), Richard Zednik (F), P.J. Stock (F), and Ruslan Salei (D) to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Dominik Hasek (G), Eric Desjardins (D), and Dave Karpa (D).

- The Tampa Bay Lightning release Kirk Muller (F).

- The Phoenix Coyotes trade Sergei Berezin (F) and Sebastien Bordeleau (F) to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Martin Erat (F) and Erik Rasmussen (F).

-The Tampa Bay Lightning release Matt Elich (F) and trade Theo Fleury (F) to the Phoenix Coyotes for Mike Johnson (F), Ryan Bayda (F) and Boston's 2002 1st round pick.

- The Phoenix Coyotes sign Agris Savelis (D).

- The Toronto Maple Leafs sign Miguel Delisle (F) and release Sebastien Bordeleau (F) and Jean-Guy Trudel (F).