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| MAY, 1999 | |
| Date | Transaction |
| May. 31: | Oilers sign junior center JASON CHIMERA to a three year contract and center CHAD HINZ to an undisclosed contract. Chimera, who was picked in the fifth round (121st overall) in the 1997 draft, scored 32 goals and 34 assists with the Brandon Wheat Kings and Medicine Hat Tigers of the WHL last season. Hinz, a seventh round (187th overall) pick in 1997, had 42 goals and 75 for the WHL's Moose Jaw Warriors. Both players are expected to compete for jobs in Hamilton next season. |
| May 11: | Oilers signed goaltender ERIC HEFFLER to a two-year contract. Heffler played last year with St. Lawrence University in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference and was named Player of the Year and won the Dryden Award as the top goalie in the conference. He registered a 2.50 goals against average and a .939 save percentage in a pair of try-out games with the Hamilton Bulldogs this year. |
| APRIL, 1999 | |
| Date | Transaction |
| April 13: | Oilers recall left-wingers JOE HULBIG and VLADIMIR VOROBIEV from Hamilton to help fill out the roster after injuries to center JOSEF BERANEK and winger BILL GUERIN. |
| April 8: | Oilers sign goaltender ERIC HEFFLER to a 10 game amateur try-out contract with the Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League. Heffler played this season for St. Lawrence University, posting a 22-12-3 record, a 2.39 GAA and a .931 save percentage. |
| MARCH, 1999 | |
| Date | Transaction |
| Mar. 23: | Oilers trade right winger KEVIN BROWN to the New York Rangers for left winger VLADIMIR VOROBIEV. Vorobiev has spent the season with the Rangers minor league affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack, scoring 24-41-65 in 65 games. It is expected that Vorobiev will be assigned to the Hamilton Bulldogs. |
| Mar. 23: | Oilers acquire defenceman JASON SMITH from the Toronto Maple Leafs for a fourth round draft pick in 1999 and a second round pick in 2000. In 40 games this season, Smith has scored 2-11-13 and has 40 PIMs. |
| Mar. 20: | Oilers reassign goaltender STEVE PASSMORE to Hamilton. |
| Mar. 20: | Oilers
trade center MATS LINDGREN and an eighth round draft pick to
the
New York Islanders for goaltender TOMMY SALO. Salo has
played
51 games for the Islanders this season and has a record 17-26-5 with a
2.62 GAA, a .904 save percentage and five shutouts.
The Oilers then traded defenceman BORIS MIRONOV, left winger DEAN McAMMOND and defensive prospect JONAS ELOFSSON to the Chicago Blackhawks for center CHAD KILGER, left wingers ETHAN MOREAU and DANIEL CLEARY and defenseman CHRISTIAN LAFLAMME. Statistics for the newcomers are as follows: Kilger: 14-11-25 in 64 games; Moreau: 9-6-15 in 66 games; Cleary 4-5-9 in 35 games; Laflamme: 2-11-13 in 62 games. |
| Mar. 19: | Oilers recall center BOYD DEVEREAUX and right winger KEVIN BROWN from the Hamilton Bulldogs. Center DANIEL LACROIX is reassigned to Hamilton. |
| Mar. 11: | Oilers trade goaltender MIKHAIL SHTALENKOV to the Phoenix Coyotes for a 5th round draft pick in the 2000 entry draft. Shtalenkov had a record of 12-17-3 with a GAA of 2.67 and a save percentage of .896 in 34 games with the Oilers. |
| Mar. 6: | Oilers recall center DANIEL LACROIX from Hamilton. |
| Mar. 3: | CHRIS FERRARO and DAN LACOUTURE are reassigned toHamilton of the American Hockey League. |
| FEBRUARY, 1999 | |
| Date | Transaction |
| Feb. 22: | Oilers recall goaltender STEVE PASSMORE, center CHRIS FERRARO and left winger DAN LACOUTURE from Hamilton of the American Hockey League. Center BOYD DEVEREAUX and defenseman TODD RIERDEN are reassigned to Hamilton. |
| Feb. 3: | Oilers acquire minor-league left winger BRAD CHURCH from the Washington Capitals for the rights to left winger BARRIE MOORE. |
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