| Transactions |
| Date | Player | Notes |
| 03/28/2003 | Jason Labarbera | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 03/24/2003 | Jason Labarbera | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 03/17/2003 | Ted Donato | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 03/11/2003 | Ted Donato | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 03/11/2003 | Cory Cross | Traded w/R. Dvorak for Anson Carter, Ales Pisa |
| 03/11/2003 | Lawrence Nycholat | Traded for Johan Holmqvist |
| 03/11/2003 | Ales Pisa | Traded w/A. Carter for Radek Dvorak, Cory Cross |
| 03/11/2003 | Johan Holmqvist | Traded for Lawrence Nycholat |
| 03/11/2003 | Radek Dvorak | Traded w/Cory Cross for Anson Carter, Ales Pisa |
| 03/11/2003 | Anson Carter | Traded w/Ales Pisa for Radek Dvorak, Cory Cross |
| 03/09/2003 | Ted Donato | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 03/07/2003 | Ted Donato | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 03/03/2003 | Ted Donato | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 03/02/2003 | Ted Donato | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 02/20/2003 | Cory Larose | Traded for Jay Henderson |
| 02/20/2003 | Jay Henderson | Traded for Corey Larose |
| 02/19/2003 | David Karpa | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 02/19/2003 | Gordie Dwyer | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 02/11/2003 | David Karpa | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 02/10/2003 | Alexei Kovalev | Traded Eight player trade |
| 02/10/2003 | Janne Laukkanen | Traded Eight player trade |
| 02/10/2003 | Joel Bouchard | Traded Eight player trade |
| 02/10/2003 | Rico Fata | Traded Eight player trade |
| 02/10/2003 | Mikael Samuelsson | Traded Eight player trade |
| 02/10/2003 | Johan Holmqvist | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 02/10/2003 | Richard Lintner | Traded Eight player trade |
| 02/10/2003 | Dan LaCouture | Traded Eight player trade |
| 02/10/2003 | Mike Wilson | Traded Eight player trade |
| 02/08/2003 | Richard Lintner | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 02/06/2003 | Richard Lintner | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 02/06/2003 | Johan Holmqvist | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 01/31/2003 | John Tripp | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 01/24/2003 | David Karpa | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 01/22/2003 | Mike Mottau | Traded for 2004 6th pick |
| 01/17/2003 | Jay Henderson | Traded for 2004 9th pick |
| 01/14/2003 | Billy Tibbetts | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 01/13/2003 | David Karpa | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 01/13/2003 | Josh Green | Waived |
| 01/11/2003 | Richard Lintner | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 01/08/2003 | Boris Mironov | Traded for 2004 4th pick |
| 01/07/2003 | Jamie Lundmark | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 01/07/2003 | John Tripp | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 01/06/2003 | Krzysztof Oliwa | Traded for 2004 9th pick |
| 01/04/2003 | David Karpa | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 01/03/2003 | Jamie Lundmark | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 12/31/2002 | Ted Donato | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 12/22/2002 | Cory Cross | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 12/20/2002 | Jamie Lundmark | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 12/19/2002 | Bryce Lampman | Signed |
| 12/19/2002 | Bryce Lampman | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 12/18/2002 | Johan Holmqvist | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 12/17/2002 | Ted Donato | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 12/17/2002 | Cory Cross | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 12/17/2002 | Cory Cross | Signed as Free Agent |
| 12/16/2002 | Billy Tibbetts | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 12/16/2002 | Billy Tibbetts | Signed as Free Agent |
| 12/16/2002 | Johan Holmqvist | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 12/16/2002 | Gordie Dwyer | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 12/16/2002 | Richard Lintner | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 12/15/2002 | Dixon Ward | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 12/13/2002 | Johan Holmqvist | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 12/12/2002 | Mike Dunham | Traded for Rem Murray, Kloucek, Zidlicky |
| 12/12/2002 | Josh Green | Traded for 2004 conditional pick |
| 12/12/2002 | Tomas Kloucek | Traded w/Rem Murray, Zidlicky for Dunham |
| 12/12/2002 | Marek Zidlicky | Traded w/Rem Murray, Kloucek for Dunham |
| 12/12/2002 | Rem Murray | Traded w/Kloucek, Zidlicky for Mike Dunham |
| 12/10/2002 | Dixon Ward | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 12/10/2002 | Johan Holmqvist | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 12/10/2002 | Joel Bouchard | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 12/08/2002 | Dixon Ward | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 12/08/2002 | Joel Bouchard | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 12/08/2002 | Jason Labarbera | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 12/08/2002 | Roman Lyashenko | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 12/07/2002 | Dixon Ward | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 12/07/2002 | Roman Lyashenko | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 12/06/2002 | Krzysztof Oliwa | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 12/04/2002 | Joel Bouchard | Called up from Minor Hartford-AHL |
| 11/27/2002 | Jason Labarbera | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 11/26/2002 | Johan Holmqvist | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 11/23/2002 | Krzysztof Oliwa | Suspension Over |
| 11/22/2002 | Jason Labarbera | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 11/22/2002 | Johan Holmqvist | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 11/13/2002 | Jason Labarbera | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 11/13/2002 | Johan Holmqvist | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 11/11/2002 | Krzysztof Oliwa | Suspended Five games by NHL for 11/9 cross-check |
| 11/10/2002 | Rico Fata | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 11/09/2002 | Johan Holmqvist | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 11/08/2002 | Dixon Ward | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 11/08/2002 | Jason Labarbera | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 11/07/2002 | Jason Labarbera | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 11/04/2002 | Ted Donato | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 11/04/2002 | Jamie Lundmark | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 11/04/2002 | Rico Fata | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 11/04/2002 | Dixon Ward | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 10/31/2002 | Richard Lintner | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 10/27/2002 | Rico Fata | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 10/27/2002 | Vladimir Chebaturkin | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 10/26/2002 | Martin Rucinsky | Agreed to terms One year, $1.7 million |
| 10/25/2002 | Dixon Ward | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 10/19/2002 | Vladimir Chebaturkin | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 10/16/2002 | Jason Labarbera | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 10/15/2002 | Eric Lindros | Suspension Over |
| 10/15/2002 | Jason Labarbera | Called up from Minor from Hartford-AHL |
| 10/12/2002 | Eric Lindros | Suspended One game by NHL for 10/13 high-sticking |
| 10/10/2002 | Gordie Dwyer | Traded for Boyd Kane |
| 10/10/2002 | Boyd Kane | Traded for Gordie Dwyer |
| 10/07/2002 | Ted Donato | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 10/07/2002 | Tomas Kloucek | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 10/07/2002 | Rico Fata | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 10/07/2002 | Garth Murray | re-signed |
| 10/07/2002 | Roman Lyashenko | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 10/04/2002 | Ronald Petrovicky | Claimed off waivers 2002-03 NHL Waiver Draft |
| 10/01/2002 | Dixon Ward | Signed as Free Agent |
| 10/01/2002 | Garth Murray | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 10/01/2002 | Fedor Tjutin | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 09/22/2002 | Benoit Dusablon | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 09/22/2002 | David Inman | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 09/17/2002 | Joel Bouchard | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 09/17/2002 | John Tripp | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 09/17/2002 | Boyd Kane | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 09/17/2002 | Jeff State | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 09/17/2002 | Craig Weller | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 09/17/2002 | Bobby Andrews | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 09/17/2002 | Scott Meyer | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 09/17/2002 | Matthew Kinch | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 09/17/2002 | Patrick Aufiero | Signed |
| 09/17/2002 | Patrick Aufiero | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 09/17/2002 | Nils Ekman | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 09/17/2002 | Vladimir Chebaturkin | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 09/17/2002 | Ken Gernander | Sent to Minors Hartford-AHL |
| 09/12/2002 | Radek Dvorak | re-signed |
| 09/11/2002 | Mark Messier | re-signed One year, $3 million + option |
| 09/03/2002 | John Tripp | Signed by Hartford-AHL |
| 08/14/2002 | Tom Poti | Signed Two-year, $3.6 million arb. contract |
| 08/14/2002 | Roman Lyashenko | Signed |
| 08/13/2002 | Brandon Snee | Signed |
| 08/11/2002 | Johan Holmqvist | re-signed |
| 07/30/2002 | Richard Lintner | Signed |
| 07/19/2002 | Dale Purinton | re-signed |
| 07/18/2002 | Vladimir Chebaturkin | Signed as Free Agent |
| 07/17/2002 | Krzysztof Oliwa | Signed |
| 07/16/2002 | Derek Armstrong | Traded for 2003 conditional pick |
| 07/15/2002 | Ken Gernander | Signed |
| 07/11/2002 | Craig Weller | Signed as Free Agent |
| 07/11/2002 | Jeff State | Signed |
| 07/09/2002 | Nils Ekman | Signed |
| 07/08/2002 | Ted Donato | Signed as Free Agent |
| 07/04/2002 | Mike Richter | Signed as Free Agent Two years, $8 million |
| 07/02/2002 | Darius Kasparaitis | Signed as Free Agent Five years, $25.5 million |
| 07/01/2002 | Steve McKenna | Unrestricted FA |
| 07/01/2002 | Bryan Berard | Unrestricted FA |
| 07/01/2002 | Andreas Johansson | Unrestricted FA |
| 07/01/2002 | Martin Rucinsky | Unrestricted FA |
| 07/01/2002 | Bobby Holik | Signed Five years, $45 million |
| 07/01/2002 | Mark Messier | Unrestricted FA |
| 06/30/2002 | Mike Richter | Traded Rights traded for future considerations |
| 06/12/2002 | Benoit Dusablon | Signed as Free Agent |
