Aug 31, 2009

• The Carolina Hurricanes acquired center Rob Hennigar from the New York Islanders in exchange for center Bobby Hughes.

Aug 28, 2009

• The San Jose Sharks acquired defenseman Daniel Rahimi from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for defenseman Brad Lukowich.
• The Tampa Bay Lightning re-signed defenseman Matt Lashoff.
• The Vancouver Canucks signed defenseman Mathieu Schneider.

Aug 25, 2009

• The Tampa Bay Lightning re-signed right wing Martins Karsums.

Aug 21, 2009

• The Nashville Predators signed center Marcel Goc to a one-year, two-way contract.

Aug 20, 2009

• The New York Islanders signed goaltender Nathan Lawson.
• The Ottawa Senators signed goaltender Andy Chiodo to a one-year, two-way contract.

Aug 19, 2009

• The Carolina Hurricanes agreed to terms with center Stephane Yelle on a one-year contract.

Aug 18, 2009

• The Detroit Red Wings signed left wing Todd Bertuzzi to a one-year contract.

Aug 17, 2009

• The Vancouver Canucks signed right wing Sergei Shirokov.
• The New York Rangers agreed to terms with center Vinny Prospal.

Aug 14, 2009

• The Montreal Canadiens signed right wing Matt D'Agostini to a one-year contract for the 2009-2010 season

Aug 12, 2009

• The Edmonton Oilers agreed to terms with defenseman Ladislav Smid on a two-year contract and centers Gilbert Brule and Ryan Stone on one-year, two-way contracts.
• The San Jose Sharks agreed to terms with goaltender Thomas Greiss on a two-year contract.

Aug 11, 2009

• The Philadelphia Flyers signed defenseman Danny Syvret to a one-year contract, center Zac Rinaldo to a three-year entry-level contract and goaltender Nicola Riopel and defenseman David Sloane to one-year American Hockey League (AHL) contracts.

Aug 10, 2009

• The Montreal Canadiens signed left wing Gregory Stewart to a one-year contract.
• The Nashville Predators signed left wing Ryan Jones to a two-year contract.

Aug 6, 2009

• The Detroit Red Wings signed right wing Jason Williams.
• The Ottawa Senators signed defenseman Drew Bannister to a one-year, two-way contract.

Aug 5, 2009

• The New Jersey Devils re-signed forward Brendan Shanahan.

Aug 4, 2009

• The Detroit Red Wings signed forward Patrick Eaves.

Aug 3, 2009

• The New York Islanders agreed to terms with right wing with Blake Comeau on a two-year contract.

Aug 1, 2009

• The Pittsburgh Penguins re-signed goaltender John Curry.