2026–27 season

NHL transactions: July 2026

Trades, call-ups, send-downs, waivers and injuries, newest first.

June August

Monday, July 271 move

⇄ Trade · Jul 27with the Anaheim Ducks

Canadiens getSasha Pastujov F

Ducks getSean Farrell F

Thursday, July 21 move

⇄ Trade · Jul 2with the Minnesota Wild

Flames getJake Middleton DA 2027 third-round draft pickA 2028 fourth-round draft pickA 2029 second-round draft pick

Wild getBlake Coleman FOlli Määttä D

Team announcements, via ESPN. Updated every 15 minutes.

Shuttle board

◀ Sent down · Called up ▶

3NYR6
3MIN6
5OTT3
2ANA4
3NSH3
2VGK2
2FLA2
2CHI1

Teams have made 79 call-ups and send-downs in the 18 days since opening night, 2.5 a team: 11 fewer than at this point last season (90).

Regular season since opening night, Sep 29, 2026. Training-camp moves aren’t counted.

Back and forth

Each square is a day: ■ with the NHL team, ■ in the minors.

Matthew Murray NSH · GDown since Oct 15
10 of 18 days up · 1 game · 4 moves
Tyler Pitlick MIN · FUp since Oct 12
7 of 18 days up · 2 games · 3 moves
Dennis Gilbert BUF · DUp since Oct 13
5 of 18 days up · 2 games · 3 moves
Ville Heinola VGK · DUp since Oct 15
5 of 18 days up · 0 games · 3 moves

Since opening night, Sep 29, 2026. Games are NHL games with shift charts.

Injury pressure

35 of 55 IR placements met by a call-up

Counted when the same team called a player up from the day before to 2 days after. The Toronto Maple Leafs have made the most placements (5).

Regular season since opening night, Sep 29, 2026. Training-camp moves aren’t counted.

Waiver wire

4 of 181 waiver placements claimed

About 1 in 45 was claimed by another team.

The 2026–27 league year since July 1, training camp included.

Moves by month

JASO

147 player moves in October so far; an average October since 2022–23 had 379.

Player moves (one per player per move) in the 2026–27 league year. Lines: the average month since 2022–23.

Trade web

9 trades so far. The Nashville Predators have made the most (3).

NSH3
MTL2
ANA2
PIT2
VAN1
NJD1
CGY1
CAR1
TOR1
EDM1

Trades in the 2026–27 league year since July 1, picks-only trades included. Thicker lines: more trades between two teams.

Call-up impact

call-ups: 42
played while up: 21
days, typical stay: 2

13 have been sent back down, 11 of them without playing a game.

Regular season since opening night, Sep 29, 2026. Training-camp moves aren’t counted. Call-ups of players we could identify; games are NHL games with shift charts. The typical stay is the middle length of the call-ups that ended with a send-down.

Shuttle board

◀ Sent down · Called up ▶

3NYR6
3MIN6
5OTT3
2ANA4
3NSH3
2VGK2
2FLA2
2CHI1

Teams have made 79 call-ups and send-downs in the 18 days since opening night, 2.5 a team: 11 fewer than at this point last season (90).

Regular season since opening night, Sep 29, 2026. Training-camp moves aren’t counted.

Back and forth

Each square is a day: ■ with the NHL team, ■ in the minors.

Matthew Murray NSH · GDown since Oct 15
10 of 18 days up · 1 game · 4 moves
Tyler Pitlick MIN · FUp since Oct 12
7 of 18 days up · 2 games · 3 moves
Dennis Gilbert BUF · DUp since Oct 13
5 of 18 days up · 2 games · 3 moves
Ville Heinola VGK · DUp since Oct 15
5 of 18 days up · 0 games · 3 moves

Since opening night, Sep 29, 2026. Games are NHL games with shift charts.

Injury pressure

35 of 55 IR placements met by a call-up

Counted when the same team called a player up from the day before to 2 days after. The Toronto Maple Leafs have made the most placements (5).

Regular season since opening night, Sep 29, 2026. Training-camp moves aren’t counted.

Waiver wire

4 of 181 waiver placements claimed

About 1 in 45 was claimed by another team.

The 2026–27 league year since July 1, training camp included.

Moves by month

JASO

147 player moves in October so far; an average October since 2022–23 had 379.

Player moves (one per player per move) in the 2026–27 league year. Lines: the average month since 2022–23.