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1917–18 NHL transactions

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 9, 2024
Entity authorityQ16820390 ↗
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This is a list of players recruited into teams in the National Hockey League in its first season, the 1917–18 NHL season. Some had been free agents and others were moved as part of two dispersal drafts.

Rights retained

Note: This is the list of players who were retained by their teams after the NHA disbanded and the NHL was created.

Free agency

Dispersal draft

Note: This is the list of players who were selected in the dispersal drafts when the Quebec Bulldogs opted not to play the season and the Montreal Wanderers left the league after their home arena burned down.

Trades between teams

Sources

http://www.hockeydb.com

http://www.hockey-reference.com

Diamond, Dan, ed.

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