Seattle Rainiers Transaction History
1996-97 ISHL SEASON
- September 18, 1996: Released D Milos Holan, C Alexander
Semak, and RW Brian Noonan.
- September 25, 1996: Traded D Dave Babych and LW Dimitri
Khristich to the West Coast Dopplegangers in exchange for D John
Slaney, LW Andrei Kovalenko, and D Sergei Zubov.
- September 25, 1996: Released C Mike Stapleton.
- October 9, 1996: Released C Radek Bonk. Signed free agent
G Kirk McLean.
- October 23, 1996: Placed on Injured Reserve LW Murray
Craven. Signed free agent Tony Granato.
- October 30, 1996: Traded D Sergei Gonchar to the Woody
Creek Gonzos in exchange for D Steve Duchesne. Activated LW Murray
Craven. Placed on injured reserve LW Esa Tikkanen. Released G
Kirk McLean. Signed free agent D Alexei Zhitnik.
- November 12, 1996: Signed free agent C Cory Stillman.
- November 20, 1996: Signed free agents G Allan Bester,
LW Ray Whitney, and LW Brad May.
- November 27, 1996: Traded fifth-round selection in 1997 ISHL
dispersal draft to West Coast Dopplegangers in exchange for C Andrew
Cassels.
- January 15, 1997: Traded D John Slaney to Glass City Geckos
in exchange for the Geckos' fourth-round draft-choice in 1997. Signed D
Jon Klemm.
1997-98 NSHL SEASON
- May 1, 1997: Protection list for 1997 NSHL Allocation Draft:
RW Jaromir Jagr, LW Petr Nedved, D Eric Desjardins,
D Steve Duchesne.
- June 30, 1997: Sent tenth- and thirteenth-round selections to
Buffalo Bulldogs in exchange for Vancouver's eighth-round selection
(previously acquired by Buffalo) in 1997 dispersal draft.
- July 18, 1997: Sent eleventh-round selection and Vancouver's
eighth-round selection (acquired on June 30) in 1997 dispersal draft to St.
Michael's in exchange for C Doug Gilmour.
- August 18, 1997: Sent first-round selection in 1998 dispersal
draft to Buffalo Bulldogs in exchange for Darryl Sydor.
- August 30, 1997: Sent RW Kevin Dineen, LW Ted Donato,
and third- (F Juha Lind) and tenth-round (F Peter Zezel)
selections in 1998 dispersal draft to Vancouver
Scouts in exchange for C Jozef Stumpel and RW Mikael Renberg.
- September 1, 1997: Sent C Brian Bradley to Vancouver Scouts
in exchange for LW Viktor Kozlov.
- February 7, 1998: Sent D Alexei Zhitnik to Brooklyn Gulag
in exchange for C Yanic Perreault.
1998-99 NSHL SEASON
- May 6, 1998: Sent RW Mikael Renberg to Brooklyn Gulag in
exchange for a seventh-round selection (D Pavel Trnka) in 1998 free
agent draft.
- May 12, 1998: Sent D Janne Laukkanen to Vultures of Fresno in
exchange for Fresno's eighth-round selection (D Cory Cross) in 1998
free agent draft.
- June 1, 1998: Protection list for 1998 Expansion / Dispersal Draft:
D Eric Desjardins, D Steve Duchesne, RW Nelson Emerson,
C Doug Gilmour, LW Steve Heinze, RW Jaromir Jagr,
RW Alexei Kovalev, C Trevor Linden, D Vladimir Malakhov,
LW Petr Nedved, C Yanic Perreault, C Cliff Ronning,
LW Cory Stillman, C Jozef Stumpel, D Darryl Sydor,
RW Paul Ysebaert.
- June 23, 1998: Sent C Yanic Perreault and second-round
selection in 1999 free agent draft to West Coast Dopplegangers in exchange for
LD Brian Leetch.
- June 23, 1998: Sent RW Paul Ysebaert to Brooklyn Gulag in
exchange for C Brian Skrudland and Brooklyn's second-round selection in
1999 free agent draft.
- July 7, 1998: Sent fourth-round (#77 overall - Adam Burt) and
fifth-round (#105 overall - Zdeno Chara) selections in 1998 free agent
draft to Long Island Berserkers in exchange for Long Island's third-round
(#55 overall - LW Rem Murray) selection in 1998 free agent draft.
- July 9, 1998: Sent C Cory Stillman and first-round selection
in 1999 free agent draft to Vancouver Scouts in exchange for G Stephane
Fiset.
- August 13, 1998: Released LW Louie DeBrusk, LW Mike
Peluso, and RW Brent Severyn.
- August 26, 1998: Sent C Sean Pronger and Brooklyn's
second-round selection in 1999 free agent draft to West Coast Dopplegangers
in exchange for LW Vladimir Tsyplakov.
- September 22, 1998: Sent LW Steve Heinze and sixth-round
selection in 1999 free agent draft to Mannyunk Bullies in exchange for LW
Brendan Shanahan.
- October 6, 1998: Sent C Lonny Bohonos, RW Nelson
Emerson, LW Jim McKenzie, and C Cliff Ronning to West Coast
Dopplegangers in exchange for Florida's first-round selection, Buffalo's
third-, fifth-, and seventh-round selections, and West Coast's ninth-round
selections in 1999 free agent draft.
- October 6, 1998: Signed free agents RW John Druce, LW
Jeremy Stevenson, C Roman Vopat, and C Vladimir Vujtek.
- October 13, 1998: Signed free agent D Michal Sykora.
Released RW John Druce.
- November 10, 1998: Sent D Darryl Sydor and fifth-round
selection (D Mike Crowley) in 1999 free agent draft to New Jersey River
Rats in exchange for LW Radek Dvorak and New Jersey's third-round
selection (LW Daniel Cleary) in 1999 free agent draft.
- November 24, 1998: Released RW John Druce. Signed free agent
D Dana Murzyn.
- December 1, 1998: Sent D Eric Desjardins, fourth-round
selection in 1999 NSHL entry draft and Buffalo's seventh-round selection in
1999 NSHL entry draft to Vancouver Scouts for D Igor Kravchuk.
- February 2, 1999: Sent RW Juha Ylonen and Buffalo's
third-round selection in 1999 NSHL entry draft (G Manny Legace) to
Vancouver Scouts for G Bob Essensa and Montreal's second-round
selection (RW Josh Green) in 1999 NSHL entry draft.
- February 2, 1999: Sent LW Brendan Shanahan to St. Michael's
Privateers for C Patrick Marleau.
- February 2, 1999: Signed free agent LW Randy Cunneyworth.
- February 2, 1999: Released LW Roman Vopat.
1999-2000 NSHL SEASON
- April 22, 1999: Release D Rob Zettler, D Yves Racine.
- May 26, 1999: Traded D Steve Duchesne to Buffalo Bulldogs
in exchange for D Aaron Miller.
- July 14, 1999: Traded LW Petr Nedved and Florida's
first-round selection (D Jaroslav Spacek) in 1999 NSHL entry draft to
Detroit LugNuts in exchange for New Jersey's supplemental selection
(LW Chris Drury), Detroit's second-round selection (G Norm
Maracle) and New Jersey's second-round selection (C Manny Malhotra)
in 1999 NSHL entry draft.
- July 28, 1999: Traded F Rem Murray to Lyndonville Blades
in exchange for D Sylvain Lefebvre, RW Jeff Nielsen and LW
Brad Isbister.
- August 25, 1999: Traded D Pavel Trnka to Baltimore Clippers
in exchange for D Dave Babych.
- September 8, 1999: Traded New Jersey's second-round selection in
1999 NSHL entry draft (C Manny Malhotra) to New Jersey River Rats in
exchange for D Sylvain Cote.
- September 15, 1999: Traded eighth-, ninth-, and tenth-round
selections in 1999 NSHL entry draft to Vancouver Scouts in exchange for
Vancouver's seventh-round selection in 1999 NSHL entry draft.
- September 15, 1999: Traded G Jim Carey to Long Island
Berserkers in exchange for Long Island's sixth-round selection in 2000
NSHL entry draft (LW/LD Eric Messier).
- September 21, 1999: Release RW Jim Cummins, C Tyler
Wright.
- November 6, 1999: Trade RW Alexei Kovalev and third-round
selection in 2000 NSHL entry draft (C Andre Savage) to Lyndonville
Blades in exchange for RW Adam Deadmarsh and Lyndonville's fifth-round
selection (F Stacy Roest) in 2000 NSHL entry draft.
- January 4, 2000: Release LW Bill Berg. Sign free agent
C Tyler Wright.
- February 1, 2000: Trade LW Brad Isbister, RW Josh
Green and future considerations (RW Radek Dvorak at the end of the
1999-2000 NSHL season) to Vultures of Fresno in exchange for D Eric
Desjardins, RW Jean-Pierre Dumont, Capital City's third-round
selection (D Vitali Vishnevski) and Fresno's third-round selection
(C Mike Fisher) in 2000 NSHL entry draft.
2000-01 NSHL SEASON
- June 20, 2000: Release D Dave Babych, RW Matt Herr.
- June 20, 2000: Trade RW Jean-Pierre Dumont, D Sylvain
Cote and first-round selection in 2000 NSHL entry draft (D Martin
Skoula) to Fort Garry Fiddler Crabs in exchange for D Raymond
Bourque and Quebec's third-round selection (C Harold Druken) in
2000 NSHL entry draft.
- September 2, 2000: Release C Nathan Lafayette, RW Tomas
Sandstrom.
- October 1, 2000: Trade D Brian Leetch and fifth-round
selection in 2001 NSHL entry draft to Topeka Scarecrows in exchange for
G Jamie Storr, Topeka's second- and third-round selections in 2001
NSHL entry draft.
- October 10, 2000: Release LW/LD Eric Messier, C Brian
Skrudland.
- October 25, 2000: Release F Yuri Butsayev.
- November 22, 2000: Trade third- and fourth-round selections
in 2001 NSHL entry draft to Seattle Sasquatch in exchange for W Matt
Cooke.
- November 22, 2000: Release F Stacy Roest.
- January 10, 2001: Trade RW Adam Deadmarsh and Topeka's
third-round selection in 2001 NSHL entry draft to Topeka Scarecrows in
exchange for LW Brian Savage.
- January 10, 2001: Release G Norm Maracle.
- January 10, 2001: Sign free agent W Ladislav Kohn.
- January 24, 2001: Release D Bryan Muir.
- January 24, 2001: Sign free agent LW Kevin Stevens.
- February 21, 2001: Trade D Vitali Vishnevski and
Topeka's second-round selection in 2001 NSHL entry draft (previously
acquired) to Topeka Scarecrows in exchange for F Brad Isbister.
2001-02 NSHL SEASON
- June 28, 2001: Trade D Raymond Bourque to Topeka
Scarecrows in exchange for D
Vitali Vishnevski.
- July 16, 2001: Release F Johan Garpenlov, F Ladislav
Kohn.
- August 9, 2001: Trade C Jozef Stumpel to Capital City
Cougars in exchange for C Viktor
Kozlov and D Aki-Petteri Berg.
- August 9, 2001: Trade D Jon Klemm to Seattle Sasquatch
in exchange for D Deron Quint.
- August 9, 2001: Release F Jeff Nielsen, LW Kevin
Stevens, W Vladimir Tsyplakov.
- September 8, 2001: Traded fourth-round selection in 2002 entry
draft to Florida Hellcats in exchange for fourth-round and fifth-round
selections in 2001 entry draft.
- September 8, 2001: Traded C Trevor Linden to Topeka
Scarecrows for first-round selection in 2002 entry draft.
- September 19, 2001: Traded RW Jaromir Jagr to Buffalo
Bulldogs in exchange for G Jean-Sebastien
Giguere, D Ed
Jovanovski and first-round selection in 2002 entry draft.
- September 19, 2001: Traded F Matt Cooke and fifth-round
selection in 2002 entry draft to St. Michael's Privateers in exchange for
RW Mark Parrish.
- October 3, 2001: Traded G Bob Essensa to Corner Creek Green
Calves in exchange for W Pat Verbeek and sixth-round selection in 2002
entry draft.
- October 3, 2001: Traded D Aaron Miller to Buffalo Bulldogs
in exchange for C Stephane Yelle.
- October 17, 2001: Release W Dimitry Afanasenkov, D Igor
Kravchuk, and G Evgeni Konstantinov.
- December 26, 2001: Sign free agent F Nelson Emerson, D
Igor Kravchuk.
- December 26, 2001: Release F Rico Fata, D Sylvain
Lefebvre.
- January 9, 2002: Sign free agent D Sean Hill.
- January 9, 2002: Release G Stephane Fiset.
- March 20, 2002: Traded F Chad Kilger to Quebec City Patriotes
in exchange for LW Andrew
Brunette.
- April 23, 2002: Signed free agent D Bryan Helmer.
- April 23, 2002: Release F Nelson Emerson.
- May 21, 2002: Traded D Eric
Desjardins to Drayton Valley Drillers in exchange for F Martin
Gelinas and C Andy McDonald.
- May 21, 2002: Traded F Martin Gelinas and third-round
selection in 2002 entry draft to Seattle Sasquatch in exchange for
LW Ladislav Nagy and sixth-round
selection in 2002 entry draft.
- May 21, 2002: Release RW Pat Verbeek.
2002-03 NSHL SEASON
- June 8, 2002: Traded G Jamie Storr to San Francisco
Hedgehogs in exchange for third-round selection in 2002 entry draft.
- June 24, 2002: Traded F Daniel Cleary and San Francisco's
third-round selection in 2002 entry draft (previously acquired) to San
Francisco Hedgehogs in exchange for G Jamie Storr.
- June 24, 2002: Traded first-round selection in 2002 entry draft
(D Ales Pisa), Buffalo's first-round selection in 2002 entry draft
(G Jan Lasak) and Topeka's first-round selection in 2002 entry draft
(D Nick Schultz) to Greensboro Gunners in exchange for Greensboro's
first-round selection in 2002 entry draft
(W Dany Heatley).
- July 7, 2002: Trade G Damian Rhodes and C Samuel
Pahlsson to Manayunk Bullies in exchange for
D Jason Woolley.
- July 7, 2002: Trade D Sean Hill to Quebec City Patriotes
in exchange for D Marcus
Ragnarsson.
- August 17, 2002: Trade C Stephane Yelle to Topeka
Scarecrows in exchange for F Mike Keane.
- September 13, 2002: Trade D Cory Cross to Greensboro
Gunners in exchange for Topeka's third-round selection in 2002 entry draft.
- October 15, 2002: Release D Josef Boumedienne, F Jeff
Odgers, D Luke Sellars.
- November 26, 2002: Sign free agent D Mike Weaver.
- November 26, 2002: Release D Uwe Krupp.
- December 24, 2002: Trade C Harold Druken and fifth-round
selection in 2003 entry draft to Greensboro Gunners in exchange for
C Marc Savard.
2003-04 NSHL SEASON
- August 7, 2003: Release G Wade Flaherty, F Barrett
Heisten, F Josh Holden, W Sergei Krivokrasov, D Bryan
Muir, D Mike Weaver.
- August 14, 2003: Release D Igor Kravchuk.
- September 13, 2003: 2003 NSHL Entry
Draft.
- October 7, 2003: Release D Igor Kravchuk, D Jeff Paul,
D Anders Eriksson.
- December 2, 2003: Trade F Brad Isbister to Buffalo Bulldogs
in exchange for second-round selection in 2004 entry draft.
- December 2, 2003: Trade F Chuck Kobasew to Seattle Sasquatch
in exchange for D Jaroslav
Spacek.
- January 20, 2004: Trade C Marc Savard to Hampton Roads
Hounds in exchange for C/LW Alex
Tanguay.
- February 4, 2004: Trade third-round selection in 2004 entry draft
and Buffalo's second-round selection in 2004 entry draft (previously acquired)
to Buffalo Bulldogs in exchange for
LW Kirk Maltby.
2004-05 NSHL SEASON
- July 14, 2004: Trade tenth-round selection in 2004 entry draft to
Buffalo Bulldogs in exchange for LW Shayne Corson.
- July 14, 2004: Trade RW Pavel Brendl, fifth-round selection
in 2004 entry draft and seventh-round selection in 2004 entry draft to
Brooklyn Fourteenth in exchange for
C Petr Nedved.
- August 3, 2004: Release LW Ivan Ciernik, RW Michal
Grosek, D Bobby Allen, D Bryan Muir.
- September 11, 2004: 2004 NSHL Entry
Draft.
- October 27, 2004: Trade G Jean-Marc Pelletier to Topeka
Tarantulas in exchange for seventh-round selection in 2005 NSHL entry draft.
- October 27, 2004: Release F Jordan Krestanovich, G Adam
Munro.
- January 26, 2005: Trade LW Oleg Saprykin to Fort Garry
Fiddler Crabs in exchange for D Brian
Rafalski.
- March 9, 2005: Trade W Mike Keane and tenth-round selection
in 2005 NSHL entry draft to Minneapolis Massasauga in exchange for Topeka's
fifth-round selection in 2005 NSHL entry draft.
2005-06 NSHL LOCKOUT
- November 19, 2005: Trade G Jamie Storr to Brooklyn
Fourteenth in exchange for D Janne
Niinimaa.
- April 2, 2006: Announced retirement of F Shayne Corson.
2006-07 NSHL SEASON
- May 21, 2006: Trade D Brent Burns and Minneapolis'
fifth-round selection in 2006 NSHL entry draft to Topeka Tarantulas in
exchange for LW Antti Laaksonen
and D Chris Chelios.
- July 31, 2006: Release D Deron Quint, D Marcus
Ragnarsson, D Ross Lupaschuk, F Darren Haydar, F Kamil
Piros.
- August 10, 2006: Release
F Tyler Wright
- September 9, 2006: 2006 NSHL Entry Draft.