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.

Author:
SI Staff
Publish date:
Feb 20, 2012

Most Traded NHL Players

Mike Sillinger (traded 10 times)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)