Most Traded NHL Players

As the NHL trade deadline looms, we present the league's most-traveled players of the past and present. These players were dealt at various times throughout the year and not necessarily at the trade deadline.
Most Traded NHL Players
Most Traded NHL Players /

Most Traded NHL Players

Mike Sillinger (traded 10 times)

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Detroit to Anaheim (4/4/95), Anaheim to Vancouver (3/15/96), Vancouver to Philadelphia (2/5/98), Philadelphia to Tampa Bay (12/12/98), Tampa Bay to Florida (3/14/2000), Florida to Ottawa (3/13/01), Columbus to Dallas (7/22/03), Dallas to Phoenix (7/22/03), Phoenix to St. Louis (3/4/04), St. Louis to Nashville (1/30/06)

Walt McKechnie (traded 9 times)

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Toronto to WHL Phoenix (10/15/67), WHL Phoenix to Minnesota (2/17/68), Minnesota to California (5/20/71), NY Rangers to Boston (6/12/74), Boston to Detroit (2/18/75), Detroit to Washington (8/17/77), Washington to Cleveland (12/9/77), Minnesota to Toronto (10/5/78), Toronto to Colorado (3/3/1980)

Brent Ashton (traded 8 times)

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Vancouver to Winnipeg (7/15/81), Winnipeg to Colorado (7/15/81), New Jersey to Minnesota (10/3/83), Minnesota to Quebec (12/14/84), Quebec to Detroit (1/17/87), Detroit to Winnipeg (6/13/88), Winnipeg to Boston (10/29/91), Boston to Calgary (2/1/93)

Jeff Norton (traded 8 times)

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NY Islanders to San Jose (6/20/93), San Jose to St. Louis (3/6/95), St. Louis to Edmonton (1/4/96), Edmonton to Tampa Bay (3/18/97), Tampa Bay to Florida (1/15/98), Florida to San Jose (11/11/98), Pittsburgh to San Jose (3/13/01), Florida to Boston (3/19/02)

Paul Coffey (traded 7 times)

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Edmonton to Pittsburgh (11/24/87), Pittsburgh to Los Angeles (2/19/92), Los Angeles to Detroit (1/29/93), Detroit to Hartford (10/9/96), Hartford to Philadelphia (12/15/96), Philadelphia to Chicago (6/27/98), Chicago to Carolina (12/29/98)

Mathieu Schneider (traded 7 times)

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Montreal to NY Islanders (4/5/95), NY Islanders to Toronto (3/13/96), Toronto to NY Rangers (10/14/98), Los Angeles to Detroit (3/3/03), Anaheim to Atlanta (9/26/08), Atlanta to Montreal (2/16/09), Vancouver to Phoenix (3/3/10)

Doug Crossman (traded 7 times)

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Chicago to Philadelphia (6/8/83), Philadelphia to Los Angeles (9/29/88), Los Angeles to NY Islanders (5/23/89), NY Islanders to Hartford (11/13/90), Hartford to Detroit (2/20/91), Detroit to Quebec (6/15/92), Tampa Bay to St. Louis (1/28/93)

Anson Carter (traded 7 times)

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Colorado to Washington (4/3/96), Washington to Boston (3/1/97), Boston to Edmonton (11/15/00), Edmonton to NY Rangers (3/11/03), NY Rangers to Washington (1/23/04), Washington to Los Angeles (3/8/04), Columbus to Carolina (2/23/07)

Marc Bergevin (traded 7 times)

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Chicago to NY Islanders (11/25/88), NY Islanders to Hartford (10/30/90), Tampa Bay to Detroit (8/17/95), St. Louis to Pittsburgh (12/28/00), Pittsburgh to Tampa Bay (3/11/03), Pittsburgh to Tampa Bay (5/12/03), Pittsburgh to Vancouver (3/9/04)

Jim Cummins (traded 7 times)

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NY Rangers to Detroit (3/5/91), Detroit to Philadelphia (6/20/93), Philadelphia to Tampa Bay (3/18/94), Tampa Bay to Chicago (2/22/95), Chicago to Phoenix (3/4/98), Phoenix to Montreal (6/26/99), Anaheim to NY Islanders (1/14/02)

J.J. Daigneault (traded 7 times)

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Vancouver to Philadelphia (6/6/86), Philadelphia to Montreal (11/7/88), Montreal to St. Louis (11/7/95), St. Louis to Pittsburgh (3/20/96), Pittsburgh to Anaheim (2/21/97), Anaheim to NY Islanders (2/6/98), Nashville to Phoenix (1/13/99)

Chuck Arnason (traded 7 times)

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Montreal to Atlanta (5/29/73), Atlanta to Pittsburgh (1/4/74), PIttsburgh to Kansas City (1/9/76), Colorado to Cleveland (1/9/78), Minnesota to Washington (3/12/79), Washington to Minnesota (4/24/79), Minnesota to Vancouver (7/19/79)

Olli Jokinen (traded 7 times)

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Los Angeles to NY Islanders (6/20/99), NY Islanders to Florida (6/24/00), Florida to Phoenix (6/20/08), Phoenix to Calgary (3/4/09), Calgary to NY Rangers (2/2/10), Nashville to Toronto (2/15/15); Toronto to St. Louis (3/2/15)

Vinny Prospal (traded 6 times)

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Philadelphia to Ottawa (1/17/98), Ottawa to Florida (1/20/01), Florida to Tampa Bay (7/10/01), Anaheim to Tampa Bay (8/16/04), Tampa Bay to Philadelphia (2/25/08), Philadelphia to Tampa Bay (6/18/08)

Bryan Smolinski (traded 6 times)

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Boston to Pittsburgh (8/2/95), Pittsburgh to NY Islanders (11/17/96), NY Islanders to Los Angeles (6/20/99), Los Angeles to Ottawa (3/11/03), Ottawa to Chicago (7/10/06), Chicago to Vancouver (2/26/07)

Eric Weinrich (traded 6 times)

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New Jersey to Hartford (8/28/92), Hartford to Chicago (11/2/93), Chicago to Montreal (11/16/98), Montreal to Boston (2/21/01), Philadelphia to St. Louis (2/9/04), St. Louis to Vancouver (3/9/06)

Dean McAmmond (traded 6 times)

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Chicago to Edmonton (2/24/93), Edmonton to Chicago (3/20/99), Chicago to Philadelphia (3/13/01), Philadelphia to Calgary (6/24/01), Calgary to Colorado (10/1/02), Colorado to Calgary (3/11/03)

Tony Hrkac (traded 6 times)

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St. Louis to Quebec (12/13/89), Quebec to San Jose (5/31/91), San Jose to Chicago (2/7/92), Edmonton to Pittsburgh (6/16/98), Nashville to Dallas (7/9/98), NY Islanders to Anaheim (10/29/99)

Igor Ulanov (traded 6 times)

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Winnipeg to Washington (4/7/95), Washington to Chicago (10/17/95), Chicago to Tampa Bay (3/20/96), Tampa Bay to Montreal (1/15/98), Montreal to Edmonton (3/9/00), NY Rangers to Florida (3/18/02)

Jim Dowd (traded 6 times)

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New Jersey to Hartford (12/19/95), Hartford to Vancouver (12/19/95), Calgary to Nashville (6/26/98), Nashville to Edmonton (10/1/98), Minnesota to Montreal (3/4/04), Chicago to Colorado (3/9/06)

Jordan Leopold (traded 6 times)

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Anaheim to Calgary (9/26/00), Calgary to Colorado (6/24/06), Colorado to Calgary (3/4/09), Calgary to Florida (6/27/09), Florida to Pittsburgh (3/1/10), Buffalo to St. Louis (3/30/13)

Dominic Moore (traded 6 times)

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NY Rangers to Nashville (7/19/06), Nashville to Pittsburgh (7/19/06), Pittsburgh to Minnesota (2/27/07), Toronto to Buffalo (3/4/09), Florida to Montreal (2/11/10), Tampa Bay to San Jose (2/16/12)


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