2009–10 NHL transactions

Retirement

Free agency

Note: This does not include players who have re-signed with their previous team as an Unrestricted Free Agent or as a Restricted Free Agent.

Trades

July

1. The conditions of this pick are unknown. No selections were made from this trade.
2. Toronto's acquired second-round pick went to Chicago as the result of a trade on September 5, 2009, that sent a second-round pick in the 2010 entry draft to Toronto in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2011 entry draft entry draft and this pick.

August

1. The conditions of this pick was a sixth-round pick, or as high as a third-round pick depending on how many games Pogge starts until the 2011 entry draft. Pogge did not have an NHL start in the 2009-10 NHL season or 2010-11 NHL season so the trade was finalize for a sixth-round pick in the 2011 entry draft.

September

1. Toronto's second-round pick went to Boston as the result of a trade on September 18, 2009, that sent Phil Kessel to Toronto in exchange for first-round picks in the 2010 entry draft and the 2011 along with this pick.
2. The Islanders' acquired second-round pick went to Chicago as the result of a trade on June 25, 2010, that sent a first-round pick in the 2010 entry draft to the Islanders in exchange for a second-round pick (#35 overall) in the 2010 entry draft and this pick.
3. : The Islanders previously acquired the pick as the result of a trade on March 2, 2010, that sent Andy Sutton to Ottawa in exchange for this pick.

October

1. The condition was Buffalo would get a fourth-round pick if Paille scored 16 or more goals during the 2009–10 NHL season. The condition was not met as Paille score 10 goals.

November

December

January

February

1. Atlanta's acquired first-round pick went to Chicago as the result of a trade on June 24, 2010, that sent Dustin Byfuglien, Ben Eager, Brent Sopel and Akim Aliu to Atlanta in exchange for Marty Reasoner, Joey Crabb, Jeremy Morin, a second-round pick in the 2010 entry draft and this pick.
2. Atlanta's acquired second-round pick went to Chicago as the result of a trade on June 24, 2010, that sent Dustin Byfuglien, Ben Eager, Brent Sopel and Akim Aliu to Atlanta in exchange for Marty Reasoner, Joey Crabb, Jeremy Morin, a first-round pick in the 2010 entry draft and this pick.
3. Florida's acquired second-round pick went to the San Jose as the result of a trade on June 25, 2011, that sent a second-round pick (#59 overall) in the 2011 entry draft and a third-round pick in the 2012 entry draft to Florida in exchange for this pick.
4. Carolina's acquired second-round pick went to Edmonton as the result of a trade on June 26, 2010, that sent Riley Nash to Carolina in exchange for this pick.
5. The conditions of this pick was San Jose would receive a fifth-round pick if the Rangers re-signed Shelley and a sixth-round pick if he doesn't re-sign. The conditions of a sixth-round pick was met when Shelly signed with Philadelphia on July 1st, 2010.

March

1. The conditions of this pick was Atlanta would receive a sixth-round pick if Anaheim re-signed Artyukhin. The conditions was not met when Artyukhin signed with St. Petersburg of the KHL on November 2nd, 2010.
2. The Islanders' acquired second-round pick went to Chicago as the result of a trade on June 25, 2010, that sent a first-round pick in the 2010 entry draft to the Islanders in exchange for a second-round pick (#35 overall) in the 2010 entry draft and this pick.
3. Anaheim's acquired fourth-round pick went to Carolina as the result of a trade on March 3, 2010, that sent Aaron Ward to Anaheim in exchange for Justin Pogge and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade). The conditions of this draft pick are unknown.
4. Conditions of this draft pick are unknown.
5. Toronto's acquired fourth-round pick went to Washington as the result of a trade on June 26, 2010, that sent a fourth-round pick (#116 overall) and a fifth-round pick in the 2010 entry draft to Toronto in exchange for this pick.
6. Toronto's acquired seventh-round pick went to Edmonton as the result of a trade on June 26, 2010, that sent a sixth-round pick in the 2011 entry draft to Toronto in exchange for this pick.
7. The condition was that Columbus would receive this pick if Los Angeles won the 2010 Stanley Cup. The condition was not met when Los Angeles were eliminated on April 25, 2010, in the first round of the 2010 Stanley Cup playoffs.
8. Carolina's acquired seventh-round pick went to Philadelphia as the result of a trade on June 26, 2010, that sent Jon Matsumoto to Carolina in exchange for this pick.
9. The Rangers' acquired second-round pick went to Calgary as the result of a trade on June 1, 2011, that sent Tim Erixon and a fifth-round pick in the 2011 entry draft to the Rangers in exchange for Roman Horak, a second-round pick (#45 overall) in the 2011 entry draft and this pick.
10. : The Rangers previously acquired the pick as the result of a trade on June 26, 2010, that sent Bobby Sanguinetti to Carolina in exchange for a sixth-round pick in the 2010 entry draft and this pick.
11. The conditions of this draft pick are unknown.
12. Anaheim's acquired sixth-round pick went to Ottawa as the result of a trade on February 17, 2011, that sent Jarkko Ruutu to Anaheim in exchange for this pick.
13. The conditions of this pick was if Morris re-signed by Phoenix for the 2010–11 NHL season they would receive a third-round pick and if Morris didn't re-signed, Phoenix would receive a fourth-round pick. The condition of a third-round pick was converted on July 1, 2010.
14. The conditions of this draft pick are unknown.
15. The conditions of this draft pick are unknown. No selections were made from this trade.

May

1. The Islanders' acquired sixth-round pick went to Atlanta as the result of a trade on June 26, 2010 that sent a fifth-round pick in the 2011 entry draft to the Islanders in exchange for a sixth-round pick (#155 overall) in the 2010 entry draft and this pick.

June

The 2010 NHL entry draft was held on June 25–26, 2010.

1. The conditions of this draft pick were if Dan Hamhuis does not re-sign with Philadelphia and they do not trade his rights prior to July 1, 2010. Philadelphia traded his rights to Pittsburgh on June 25, 2010. Conditions were not met.
2. Florida's' first-round pick went to Los Angeles as the result of a trade on June 25, 2010, that sent a first-round pick (#19 overall) and a second-round pick in the 2010 entry draft to Florida in exchange for this pick.
3. Florida's acquired second-round pick went to Minnesota as the result of a trade on June 26, 2010, that send a third-round pick and a fourth-round pick in 2010 entry draft to Florida in exchange for this pick.
4. Philadelphia's acquired third-round pick went to Phoenix as the result of a trade on June 7, 2011, that sent Ilya Bryzgalov to Philadelphia in exchange for Matt Clackson, a third-round pick in the 2012 entry draft and this conditional pick. The condition – Philadelphia signs Bryzgalov before the start of the third round of the draft – was converted on June 23, 2011.
5. Colorado's acquired fourth-round pick went to Dallas as the result of a trade on June 26, 2010, that sent a third-round pick (#71 overall) in the 2010 entry draft to the Colorado in exchange for a third-round pick (#77 overall) in the 2010 entry draft and this pick.
6. Los Angeles' acquired third-round pick went to Nashville as the result of a trade on June 25, 2011, that sent a third-round pick in the 2011 entry draft to Los Angeles in exchange for a sixth-round pick in the 2011 entry draft and this pick.
7. The Rangers' acquired second-round pick went to Calgary as the result of a trade on June 1, 2011, that sent Tim Erixon and a fifth-round pick in the 2011 entry draft to the Rangers in exchange for Roman Horak, a second-round pick (#45 overall) in the 2011 entry draft and this pick.
8. The conditions of these picks are unknown. No selections were made from this trade.

Waivers

Once an NHL player has played in a certain number of games or a set number of seasons has passed since the signing of his first NHL contract (see here), that player must be offered to all of the other NHL teams before he can be assigned to a minor league affiliate.

References

• TSN transactions
• TSN 2009 Free Agent Tracker
• The Hockey News Forecaster
• nhl.com Free Agent signings