NHL trade deadline activity
Below is a summary of trade deadline activity since the 1979-80 season. The number of trades made in 2007 matched the all-time record of 25 set the previous year. The 2002-03 season remains the most active in terms of player movement as 46 changed teams.
| Trade deadline activity since 1980 | ||||
| Season | Date | Trades | Players | |
| 2006-07 | Feb. 27, 2007 | 25 | 44 | |
| 2005-06 | March 9, 2006 | 25 | 40 | |
| 2003-04 | March 9, 2004 | 20 | 32 | |
| 2002-03 | March 11, 2003 | 24 | 46 | |
| 2001-02 | March 19, 2002 | 17 | 35 | |
| 2000-01 | March 13, 2001 | 17 | 31 | |
| 1999-2000 | March 14, 2000 | 12 | 23 | |
| 1998-99 | March 23, 1999 | 21 | 30 | |
| 1997-98 | March 24, 1998 | 19 | 38 | |
| 1996-97 | March 18, 1997 | 18 | 35 | |
| 1995-96 | March 20, 1996 | 13 | 21 | |
| 1994-95 | April 7, 1995 | 19 | 32 | |
| 1993-94 | March 21, 1994 | 18 | 35 | |
| 1992-93 | March 22, 1993 | 9 | 14 | |
| 1991-92 | March 10, 1992 | 11 | 22 | |
| 1990-91 | March 5, 1991 | 14 | 33 | |
| 1989-90 | March 6, 1990 | 10 | 16 | |
| 1988-89 | March 7, 1989 | 9 | 21 | |
| 1987-88 | March 8, 1988 | 8 | 12 | |
| 1986-87 | March 10, 1987 | 5 | 9 | |
| 1985-86 | March 11, 1986 | 8 | 14 | |
| 1984-85 | March 12, 1985 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1983-84 | March 6, 1984 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1982-83 | March 8, 1983 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1981-82 | March 9, 1982 | 5 | 11 | |
| 1980-81 | March 10, 1981 | 12 | 22 | |
| 1979-80 | March 11, 1980 | 3 | 5 | |
