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July 13 1997:
Compensation is given to the New York Islanders for a trade gone bad with the old owner of the Toronto Mapleleafs. For this a third round draft pick was given to the New York Islanders. The pick is slotted after the Toronto Mapleleafs pick
July 21 1997:
The New York Rangers move to the Northeast Division to equal out the conference. Buffalo Sabre's owner Rick Cole "With the Rangers moving to the Northeast, it sets up a nice rivalry with the Sabres (me!), so Darren is quite happy to do that..."
The St Louis Blues move to the Pacific Division to equal out the conference. St Louis owner Bill McNeil "I will move to the other conference and I would prefer to do so"
July 21 1997:
 Washington Capitals owner Joseph Pawlicki announces that the Capitals are interested in trading veterans from the team. Joe is looking for forward help. Any interest in any of the Capital veterans e-mail Joe, maybe we can work something out.
July 21 1997:
Free Agent draft update: The free agent draft starts on Thursday July 24, 1997. The teams that the the free agent pool are made up from are: Boston Bruins, San Jose Sharks, Los Angeles Kings, Calgary Flames, Tampa Bay Lightning, Hartford Whalers
August 10 1997:
Dallas Stars owner Ken Perry announced that in an effort to bolster their offense they are entertaining offers on defensemen Sergei Zubov and Daryl Sydor.
August 19 1997:
St Louis Blues owner Bill McNeill and Vancouver Canucks owner Lloyd Alexander announce that all players on their teams are available to be trade. And are entertaining offers on them.
August 21 1997:
 Washington Capitals owner Joseph Pawlicki announces that the Capitals are looking to upgrade at center and goaltender.
August 21 1997:
New Jersey Devils owner Art Caltababilota is offering every player except Doug Gilmour, Martin Broduer, and Scott Stevens.
August 30 1997:
Washington Capitals owner Joseph Pawlicki announces that Phil Housely is available. Anyone interested in an offensive defenseman to lead or help their powerplay? Washington is looking to package Housely along with their fifth round pick (third in that round) for a 3rd and 4th round pick. Any other offers will be considered.
September 4 1997:
New York Rangers owner Darren Yourk would like to announce that the Rangers are looking to deal a defenceman for some scoring help on the wings. Secondly, it should be known that Gretzky (the greatest ever no matter what Orr, Howe and Lemieux fans think) will retire a Ranger.
July 24th thru October 10th:
 the five round draft of the six teams not selected happens and with the last pick by Colorado taking Mart McSorley.
November 7th:
 the regular season opens.
November 7th:
 G. Del Peterson takes over the Montreal Canadiens.
November 17th:
 Yves Boisjoly takes over the St Louis Blues.
November 28th:
 Same day the Toronto Mapeleafs sign Ron Hextall they offer him to the league for a defenseman preferably with number "4" rating.
November 30th:
 The New York Rangers put Bruce Driver on the trading block for a 4th line center or solid left winger.
December 31st:
 Frank Johnson takes over the Ottawa Senators.
January 14th:
 Bill Pollock takes over the Dallas Stars.
Febuary 1st 1998:
Detroit Red Wings lose their fifth round pick in the re-entry draft for being over the salary cap at the end of the month of January. This was the decided by the league board and the arbitration committee minus John Lethbridge of the arbitration committee as he is the owner of the Red Detroit Red Wings.
March 1st 1998:
Phoenix Coyotes lose their fourth round pick (fifth traded) in the re-entry draft for having goalie Darcy Wakaluk over his allowed games.
April 1st 1998:
The first regular season for the Labatts Ice Cup League comes to an end with the following advancing to the playoffs. From the Eastern conference the Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals, Buffalo Sabres, and the New York Rangers. From the Western conference the Colorado Avalanche, Detroit Red Wings, Edmonton Oilers, Vancouver Canucks, St Louis Blues, and the Dallas Stars.
April 10st 1998:
Teams in the first round of the playoffs
        EASTERN CONFERENCE   Div Points                    WESTERN CONFERENCE   Div Points
  (bye) Philadelphia Flyers  (N)  130                (bye) Colorado Avalanche   (P)  107
        New Jersey Devils    (N)  110                      Edmonton Oilers      (P)  102
        Pittsburgh Penguins  (A)   92                      Detroit Red Wings    (C)  102
        Washington Capitals  (N)   88                      Vancouver Canucks    (P)   79
        Buffalo Sabres       (A)   84                      St Louis Blues       (P)   79
        New York Rangers     (A)   82                      Dallas Stars         (C)   79

April 24th 1998:
Advancing to the second round of the playoffs
        EASTERN CONFERENCE   Div Points                    WESTERN CONFERENCE   Div Points
        Philadelphia Flyers  (N)  130                      Colorado Avalanche   (P)  107
        New Jersey Devils    (N)  110                      Edmonton Oilers      (P)  102
        Pittsburgh Penguins  (A)   92                      Detroit Red Wings    (C)  102
        Washington Capitals  (N)   88                      Vancouver Canucks    (P)   79

May 6th 1998:
Advancing to the Conference Finals
        EASTERN CONFERENCE   Div Points                    WESTERN CONFERENCE   Div Points
        Philadelphia Flyers  (N)  130                      Colorado Avalanche   (P)  107
        New Jersey Devils    (N)  110                      Edmonton Oilers      (P)  102

May 14th 1998:
Labatt Ice Cup Challenge League Championship
        EASTERN CONFERENCE   Div Points                    WESTERN CONFERENCE   Div Points
        Philadelphia Flyers  (N)  130                      Edmonton Oilers      (P)  102

May 21th 1998:
 The PHILADELPHIA FLYERS win the first annual Labatt Ice Cup

June 18th 1998:
 Voting for changes in the league are completed and charter is updated. Big change from previous season no monthly waiver pickups, and incentive/penalty system adopted.


June 23rd 1998:
Traded 1997-98 re-entry draft picks
Vancouver Canucks trade their first round 1997-98 free agent draft pick to the Washington Capitals
Montreal Canadiens trade their second round 1997-98 free agent draft pick to the Detroit Red Wings
Florida Panthers trade their second round 1997-98 free agent draft pick to the Edmonton Oilers
New Jersey Devils trade their second round 1997-98 free agent draft pick to the Colorado Avalanche
Edmonton Oilers trade their third round 1997-98 free agent draft pick to the Detroit Red Wings
Phoenix Coyotes trade their third round 1997-98 free agent draft pick to the Detroit Red Wings
Buffalo Sabres trade their fifth round 1997-98 free agent draft pick to the Detroit Red Wings
Washington Capitals trade their fifth round 1997-98 free agent draft pick to the Vancouver Canucks
Colorado Avalanche trade their fifth round 1997-98 free agent draft pick to the New Jersey Devils

League Trades

July 12, 1997
New York Islanders trade Scott Lachance to the Phoenix Coyotes
Phoenix Coyotes trade Deron Quint and Chad Kilger to the New York Islanders
July 21, 1997
Buffalo Sabres trade Dominik Hasek, Mike Peca, Dixon Ward and their fifth round 1997 free agent draft pick to the Toronto Mapleleafs.
Toronto Mapleleafs trade their first round 1997 free agent draft pick, Felix Potvin and Mike Craig to the Buffalo Sabres.
Both the owners of the Buffalo Sabres and the Toronto Mapleleafs are "both are really happy about the trade..."
July 24, 1997
Washington Capitals trade Peter Bondra, Rick Tocchet, Mark Tinordi, and their second round free agent draft pick to the Chicago Blackhawks.
Chicago Blackhawks trades Tony Amonte, Eric Daze, Keith Carney, their third round free agent draft pick, along with the rights to Chicago Blackhawks prospect Daniel Cleary to the Washington Capitals.
August 9, 1997
Dallas Stars trade Pat Verbeek, their second round 1997 free agent pick and the rights to Dallas prospect Jason Botterill to the Washington Capitals.
Washington Capitals trades Adam Oates to the Dallas Stars.
August 13, 1997
Pittsburgh Penguins trade Darius Kasparitius, Robert Dome, their second round free agent draft pick along with the rights to the Pittsburgh Penguins prospect Alexei Morozov to the Anaheim Mighty Ducks.
Anaheim Mighty Ducks trade Sean Burke and Bobby Dollas to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
August 13, 1997
Toronto Mapleleafs trade Jason Podollan and Mathieu Scheider to the Florida Panthers
Florida Panthers trade Per Gustaffson to the Toronto Mapleleafs
August 14, 1997
Toronto Mapleleafs trade Tie Domi to the Pittsburgh Penguins
Pittsburgh Penguins trade Stu Barnes to the Toronto Mapleleafs.
August 18, 1997
New Jersey Devils trade Bob Carpenter to the Pittsburgh Penquins
Pittsburgh Penguins trade Jason Wolley to the New Jersey Devils.
August 18, 1997
Pittsburgh Penguins trade Greg Johnson and Fredrik Olausson to the New York Islanders
New York Islanders trade Doug Houda, Randy Wood, and their fourth round 1997 free agent pick to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
August 19, 1997
Detroit Red Wings trade Slava Kozlov, Tomas Sandstrom, Mathieu Dandenault, and their fifth round 1997 free agent pick to the Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver Canucks trade Martin Gelinas, and Markus Naslund to the Detroit Red Wings.
August 20, 1997
Vancouver Canucks trade Mattias Ohlund, and Lonny Bohonos to Phoenix Coyotes
Phoenix Coyotes trade Cliff Ronning, Mike Gartner, and their fifth round 1997 free agent pick to the Vancouver Canucks.
August 21, 1997
New York Islanders trade their second pick third round 1997 free agent pick to the Buffalo Sabres
Buffalo Sabres trade Alexi Zhitnik to the New York Islanders.
August 21, 1997
New York Islanders trade Bryan McCabe, their first pick third round and fifth round pick 1997 free agent pick to the to the Edmonton Oilers
Edmonton Oilers trade Jason Arnott, Dean McAmmond and Edmonton's fifth round pick 1997 free agent pick to the to the New York Islanders.
August 22, 1997
Buffalo Sabres trade Chris Gratton and Jason Dawe to the Ottawa Senators
Ottawa Senators trade Alexei Yashin and Daniel Alfredsson to the Buffalo Sabres.
Sabres owner Rick Cole commented, "We really felt that the Sabres had a real need to upgrade our skill level and this trade accomplishes that goal. We want to return the style of this team to the glory years of the early 70's, when the Sabres were a fast, offensive, talented team led by the likes of the French Connection line. Bringing in two highly skilled athletes like Yashin and Alfredsson puts us closer to being the team we envision."
Senators owner David Landsman commented,We believe that this is a trade that will help both teams. This move changes the complexion and outlook of the Senators and Sabres. The Senators had to part with our two top players to do this deal, but we believe that Gratton and Dawe will add to the mix this season, and in the future.
August 29, 1997
New Jersey Devils trade Bill Guerin and Brian Rolston to the Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver Canucks trade Cliff Ronning and Alexander Mogilny to the New Jersey Devils.
August 31, 1997
Montreal Canadiens trade David Wilkie, Patrice Brisebois, Brian Savage, Vincnet Damphousse, and their fifth round pick 1997 free agent pick to the to the Florida Panthers
Florida Panthers trade Robert Svehla, Dave Lowry, Bill Lindsay, Brian Skrudland and their fourth round pick 1997 free agent pick to the to the Montreal Canadiens.
August 31, 1997
Washington Capitals trade Phil Housely and the rights to Edmonton prospects Benoit Gratton, and Mikka Elomo to Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver Canucks trade Dana Murzyn, their fourth round pick 1997 free agent pick, and the rights to prospect Brad Ference to the Washington Capitals.
August 31, 1997
Florida Panthers trade Rob Niedermayer and Jason Podollan to the New York Islanders
New York Islanders trade Bryan Smolinski to the Florida Panthers.
September 4 1997:
Dallas Stars trade Jason Allison to the New York Islanders
New York Islanders trade a player to be named (future) to complete the trade with the Dallas Stars.
September 5 1997:
Toronto Mapleleafs trade Brandon Convery to the Dallas Stars
Dallas Stars trade Mike Kennedy to the Toronto Mapleleafs.
September 5 1997:
New Jersey Devils trade Scott Niedermeyer, Josef Stumpel, Petr Sykora and the rights to prospect Brad Bombadier to the Florida Panthers
Florida Panthers trade Ed Jovanovski, Ray Sheppard and their fifth round pick 1997 free agent to the New Jersey Devils.
September 5 1997:
New York Islanders trade Travis Green and Mike Bertuzzi to the PhoenixCoyotes
Phoenix Coyotes trade Oleg Tverdovsky, Shane Doan, and the rights to prospect Mattias Ohlund, Daniel Briere and their fourth round pick 1997 free agent to the New York Islanders. Coyotes owner Paul Gardner was quoted as saying "we had to give up a couple of very good prospects a top defenseman but needed to get another first line center for Roenick an Tkachuk and a what we hope is a rising winger in Bertuzzi to play with Janney"
September 6 1997:
Rob Gallamore and Harold Rosenthal make the trade of the league Rob Gallamore trades the Anaheim Mighty Ducks team to Harold Rosenthal. New owner Harold Rosenthal keeps Damian Langkow, Corey Cross, Phillippe Boucher, Vladimir Tsyplakov, and Darius Kasparitis
Harold Rosenthal trades the Colorado Avalanche to Rob Gallamore. New owner Rob Gallamore keeps Patrick Marleau, Rob Blake, Tie Dome, Alexei Morozov, J.S. Giguere, and receives Anaheim's fourth round pick 1997 free agent.
September 11 1997:
Philadelphia Flyers trade Garth Snow, Rod Brindamour, Steve Heinze and their fifth round pick 1997 free agent to the Toronto Mapleleafs
Toronto Mapleleafs trade Dominic Hasek to the Philadelphia Flyers.
September 13 1997:
Edmonton Oilers trade their fourth round pick 1997 free agent to the Colorado Avalanche
Colorado Avalanche trade Aaron Miller and Eric Messier to the Edmonton Oilers.
September 13 1997:
Toronto Maple Leafs trade their fourth round and their fifth round 1997 free agent picks from the Buffalo Sabres and the Philadelphia Flyers to the Chicago Blackhawks
Chicago Blackhawks trade their fourth round pick 1997 free agent to the Toronto Mapleleafs.
September 13 1997:
Ottawa Senators trade Tom Chorske to the Montreal Canadiens
Montreal Canadiens trade Stefane Richer and Brad Brown to the Ottawa Senators.
September 15 1997:
Chicago Blackhawks trade Kevin Miller and Brent Sutter to the New Jersey Devils
New Jersey Devils trade Patrik Elias and their two picks in the fifth round of the 1997 free agent draft to the Chicago Blackhawks.
September 16 1997:
Chicago Blackhawks trade Jeff Hackett, Chris Terreri and their first pick in the fifth round pick 1997 free agent to the Washington Capitals
Washington Capitals trade Bill Ranford, Brendan Witt and their fifth round pick 1997 free agent to the Chicago Blackhawks.
September 16 1997:
Philadelphia Flyers trade Mikeal Renberg to the Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver Canucks trade Pavel Bure to the Philadelphia Flyers.
September 16 1997:
Montreal Canadiens trade Mark Recchi, Shayne Corson, Turner Stephenson, Jose Theodore to New York Rangers
New York Rangers trade Luc Robitaille, Russ Courtnall, Kevin Dineen, Daniel Goneau, Glenn Healy, and their fifth round pick 1997 free agent to the Montreal Canadiens.
October 10 1997:
Florida Panthers trade Mark Fitzpatrick to the Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver Canucks trade Jim Carey to the Florida Panthers
October 18 1997:
Vancouver Canucks trade Mike Gartner and Bret Hedican to the Detroit Red Wings
Detroit Red Wings trade Vladimir Konstantinov to the Vancouver Canucks.
October 19 1997:
Detroit Red Wings trade Kris Draper to the Edmonton Oilers
Edmonton Oilers trade their third round pick in the 1998 waiver draft to the Detroit Red Wings.
November 28 1997:
Ottawa Senators trade Damien Rhodes to the Toronto Mapleleafs
Toronto Mapleleafs trade Garth Snow to the Ottawa Senators.
January 20 1998:
New Jersey Devils trade Ed Jovanovksi, Denis Pederson, Jay Pandolfo, and Sheldon Souray to the Washington Capitals
Washington Capitals trade Kelly Miller, Calle Johansson, and Andrew Brunette to the New Jersey Devils and the Devils cut Pat Peake to get back to 35 players.
January 28 1998:
Detroit Red Wings trade Martin Lapointe and Markus Naslund to the Montreal Canadiens
Montreal Canadiens trade Igor Ulanov and Martin Rucinsky to the Detroit Red Wings.
January 28 1998:
Detroit Red Wings trade Arron Ward To Montreal Canadiens
Montreal Canadiens trade their 2nd round pick in 1998 re-entry draft to the Detroit Red Wings and the Canadiens cut Matt Johnson to get back to 35 players.
January 28 1998:
Toronto Mapleleafs trade Steve Smith to the Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver Canucks trade Adrian Aucoin to the Toronto Mapleleafs.
January 30 1998:
Detroit Red Wings trade Slava Fetisov to the Buffalo Sabres
Buffalo Sabres trade their 5th round pick in the 1998 re-entry draft to the Detroit Red Wings and the Sabres cut Ruman Ndur to get back to 35 players.
January 30 1998:
Montreal Canadiens trade Glen Healy and Don Sweeney to the Toronto Mapleleafs
Toronto Mapleleafs trade Ron Hextall and Fredrik Modin to the Montreal Canadiens.
January 31 1998:
Montreal Canadiens trades Paul Ranheim to the Vancouver Canucks
Vancouver Canucks trade Brian Noonan to the Montreal Canadiens.
Febuary 1 1998:
Detroit Red Wings trade Brett Hedican and Ian Laperierre to the Phoenix Coyotes
Phoenix Coyotes trade Dallas Drake and their 3rd round pick in the 1998 re-entry draft the Detroit Red Wings and the Coyotes cut Brad Mccrimmon to get back to 35 players.
Febuary 17 1998:
Edmonton Oilers trade German Titov and Steve Kelly to the Florida Panthers
Florida Pantherstrade Vincent Damphousse and Mike Hough to the Edmonton Oilers.
May 23 1998:
Buffalo Sabres trade Mathew Barnaby, Bill Houlder, and Vlasa Varada to the Phoenix Coyotes
Phoenix Coyotes trade Todd Bertuzzi, and Teppo Numminen to the Buffalo Sabres.
June 3 1998:
Vancouver Canucks trade Trevor Linden, Brian Rolston, Jim Waite, and their #1 draft pick in the 1998 re-entry draft to the Washington Capitals
Washington Capitals trade Jeff Hackett, Kevin Stevens, Micheal Pivonka, Dana Murzyn, and their #5 draft pick in the 1998 re-entry draft to the Vancouver Canucks.
June 3 1998:
Florida Panthers trade German Titov, and their #2 draft pick in the 1998 re-entry draft to the Edmonton Oilers
Edmonton Oilers trade Ryan Smyth to the Florida Panthers.
June 7 1998:
Colorado Avalanche trade Yanic Perrault and their #5 draft pick in the 1998 re-entry draft to the New Jersey Devils
New Jersey Devils trade Alexander Mogilny their #2 draft pick in the re-entry draft to the Colorado Avalanche
June 22 1998:
New Jersey Devils trade Ray Sheppard, Lyle Odelin, Kevin Dean, and the rights of V Sharifijanov to the Chicago Blackhawks
Chicago Blackhawks trade Rick Tocchet, Gary Suter, Eric Weinrich to the New Jersey Devils
June 27 1998:
New York Islanders trade Richard Pilon to the New York Rangers
New York Rangers trade Esa Tikkanen to the New York Islanders

Free Agent Pickups

December
Toronto Mapleleafs pickup Ron Hextall and drop Xavier Delisle
Phoenix Coyotes pickup Karl Dykhuis and drop Murray Baron
Toronto Mapleleafs pickup Mike LeClerc and drop Zdenek Nedved
January
St Louis Blues pickup Jeff Toms, Sandy Mcarthy, and C Matte they drop Sergio Momesso, Tony Twist, and Mike Peluso
New York Islanders pickup Alexi Gusarov, Mike Timander, and they drop Ken Belanger, and Paul Kruse
Vancouver Canucks pickup Rudy Poeschek, and Jimmy Waite and they drop Donald Brashear, Mike Fountain
Toronto Mapleleafs pickup Gino Odjick, amd Steve Smith and they drop Mike LeClerc, and Nick Kypreos
Montreal Canadiens pickup Matt Johnson, Brent Peterson, and Jim Dowd and they drop Pierre Sevigny, Eric Houde, and Francois Grouleau
Febuary
Toronto Mapleleafs pickup Yanick Tremblay, and Nikos Tselios and they drop Jeff Ware and DJ Smith
Phoenix Coyotes pickup Donald Brashear and drop Jim McKenzie and drop Brad Mccrimmon to get to roster limit of 35 from the Detroit/Phoenix trade
Washington Capitals drop Pat Peake to get to roster limit of 35 from the New Jersey/Washington trade
Philadelphia Flyers pickup Trent McCleary and drop Jason Bowen
Montreal Canadiens drop Matt Johnson to get to roster limit of 35 from the Detroit/Montreal trade
Buffalo Sabres drop Ruman Ndur to get to roster limit of 35 from the Detroit/Buffalo trade
Detroit Red Wings pickup Jocleyn Lemieux, Bob Beers, and Eric Charron to get to roster limit of 35 from the Detroit/Montreal & Detroit/Phoenix trades
March
St Louis Blues pickup C Millar and drop R Fitzpatrick
Detroit Red Wings pickup Ed Ward and drop Jocelyn Lemieux
Philadelphia Flyers pickup Mike Leclerc, Mike Eagles, D Malkoc and drop Stu Grimson, Micheal Petit, Franice Kucera
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