| Waiver Archive 1997-98 | |||
| Pickup | Drop | ||
| Jun 15 | Chris Simon | Bruce Driver | Marc |
| Yannic Perreault | Robert Svehla | Shaun | |
| Pavel Rosa | Mike Keane | Mark | |
| Oleg Kvasha | Kris Draper | Bruce | |
| Chris Phillips | Mario Lemieux | Rob | |
| Phillipe Audet | Alexander Kharlamov | Rob | |
| Entry Draft | Joe Thornton | Richard Park | Mark |
| Jun 21 | Patrick Marleau | Chris Wells | Dale |
| Sergei Samsonov | Rob Zamuner | Chris | |
| Dan Tkaczuk | Karl Dykhuis | Joe | |
| Olli Jokkenin | Michel Grosek | Larry | |
| Marian Hossa | Jay Pandalfo | Shaun | |
| Mikael Holmqvist | Roman Oksiuta | Tom | |
| Jason Ward | Jason Bonsignore | Marc | |
| Robert Dome | Matthieu Schneider | Shaun | |
| Brandon Morrow | Rem Murray | Bruce | |
| Nick Boynton | Cory Stillman | Rob | |
| Michel Riesen | Derek Morris | Dale | |
| Stefan Cherneski | Teppo Numminen | Marc | |
| Matt Zultek | Daniel Goneau | CHris | |
| Jeff Zehr | Chris Therien | Joe | |
| Harold Druken | Shjon Podein | Joe | |
| Jun 28 | Matthieu Schneider | Vladimir Konstantinov | Shaun |
| Zdeno Ciger | Matthew Dandenault | Shaun | |
| Martin Prochazka | Larry Murphy | Shaun | |
| Jul 20 | Vladimir Vujtek | Matthieu Schneider | Shaun |
| Aug 3 | Petra Varis | Zdeno Ciger | Shaun |
| Aug 10 | Ed Olczyk | Esa Tikkanen | Tom |
| Robert Svehla | Boris Mironov | Tom | |
| Aug 24 | Brad Isbister | Dale Hawerchuk | Bruce |
| Espen Knutsen | Brendan Morrow | Bruce | |
| Aug 31 | Kevin Stevens | Mike Ridley | Tom |
| John Cullen | Dallas Drake | Tom | |
| Sept 7 | Jari Kurri | John Cullen | Tom |
| Ed Olczyk | Shayne Corson | Tom | |
| Sept 14 | Mike Johnson | Rob Blake | Shaun |
| Sept 21 | Phil Housley | Al MacInnis | Bruce |
| Alexander Selivanov | Petri Varis | Shaun | |
| Shean Donovan | Vitali Yachmenev | Shaun | |
| Sept 28 | Al MacInnis | Sergei Zholtok | Larry |
| Glen Murray | Pavel Rosa | Mark | |
| Magnus Arvedsson | Byron Ritchie | Tom | |
| Marc Savard | Vladimir Vujtek | Shaun | |
| Rob Brown | Ray Ferraro | Rob | |
| Oct 5 | Alexander Korolyuk | Jason Podollan | Dale |
| Michel Grosek | Marc Savard | Shaun | |
| Richard Zednik | Eric Lacroix | Marc | |
| Sergei Zholtok | Niklas Andersson | Chris | |
| Larry Murphy | Dave Nemirovsky | Larry | |
| Brad Smyth | Vladimir Tsyplakov | Bruce | |
| Marco Sturm | Glen Murray | Mark | |
| Todd Marchant | Greg Johnson | Marc | |
| Oct 12 | Shayne Corson | Joe Hulbig | Dale |
| Rob Zamuner | Trevor Letowski | Mike | |
| Marc Savard | Martin Prochazka | Shaun | |
| Donald MacLean | Landon Wilson | Bruce | |
| Cory Stillman | Oleg Kvasha | Bruce | |
| Oct 19 | Vladimir Malakhov | Mike Sillinger | Dale |
| Garry Galley | Ed Jovanoski | Chris | |
| Sean Pronger | Lonny Bohonos | Bruce | |
| Tim Taylor | Matt Zultek | Chris | |
| Oct 26 | Matthieu Dandenault | Dixon Ward | Joe |
| Kenny Jonsson | Pat Peake | Dale | |
| Andreas Johansson | Darcy Tucker | Mike | |
| Matthieu Schneider | Marc Savard | Shaun | |
| Craig Johnson | Terry Ryan | Tom | |
| Mike Knuble | Espen Knutsen | Bruce | |
| Pavol Demitra | Cameron Mann | Mark | |
| Igor Korolev | Harold Druken | Joe | |
| Derek Morris | Dimitri Nabokov | Dale | |
| Rob DiMaio | Sebastian Bordeleau | Tom | |
| Randy McKay | Pat Falloon | Joe | |
| Tyler Wright | Jeff Zehr | Joe | |
| Nov 2 | Sebastien Bordeleau | Alexander Korolyuk | Dale |
| Espen Knutsen | Johan Garpenlov | Chris | |
| Sergei Krivokrasov | Shean Donovan | Shaun | |
| Vladimir Tsyplakov | Brad Smyth | Bruce | |
| Marc Savard | Hnat Dominichelli | Dale | |
| Glen Murray | Benoit Hogue | Chris | |
| Rob Blake | Donald MacLean | Bruce | |
| Cameron Mann | Mike Knuble | Bruce | |
| Nov 9 | Adam Foote | Tyler Wright | Joe |
| Josef Marha | Michel Riesen | Dale | |
| Eric Messier | Nolan Baumgartner | Marc | |
| Hnat Dominichelli | Mike Gartner | Larry | |
| Igor Kravchuk | Bernie Nicholls | Tom | |
| Brent Gilchrist | Sean Pronger | Bruce | |
| Pat Falloon | Trent Klatt | Tom | |
| Kris Draper | Rob Blake | Bruce | |
| Nov 16 | Dean McAmmond | Tim Taylor | Chris |
| Sergei Nemchinov | Kirk Muller | Marc | |
| Ray Whitney | Wade Redden | Shaun | |
| Nov 23 | Shean Donovan | Espen Knutsen | Chris |
| Janne Laukkenan | Steve Thomas | Marc | |
| Per-Johan Axelsson | Pat Falloon | Tom | |
| Alexei Zhitnik | Peter Shaeffer | Shaun | |
| Bret Hedican | Jari Kurri | Mark | |
| Nov 30 | Anders Eriksson | Jonas Hoglund | Dale |
| John Slaney | Adam Foote | Joe | |
| Jarrod Skalde | Sergei Varlamov | Mike | |
| Dave Nemirovsky | Andrei Zyuzin | Shaun | |
| David Scatchard | Denis Pederson | Bruce | |
| Pat Falloon | Sebastien Bordeleau | Dale | |
| Greg Johnson | Matthew Barnaby | Joe | |
| Mike Gartner | Cameron Mann | Bruce | |
| Bernie Nicholls | Derek King | Bruce | |
| Dec 7 | Andrei Zyuzin | Ed Jovanoski | Dale |
| Tim Sweeney | John Slaney | Joe | |
| Cameron Mann | Ethan Moreau | Larry | |
| Derek King | Josef Marha | Mark | |
| Craig Conroy | Dimitri Mironov | Joe | |
| Steve Washburn | Bret Hedican | Mark | |
| Dec 14 | Steve Thomas | Sergei Gonchar | Dale |
| Dimitri Mironov | Jarrod Skalde | Mike | |
| Ed Jovanoski | Alexei Zhitnik | Shaun | |
| Ethan Moreau | Bernie Nicholls | Bruce | |
| Dec 21 | Denis Pederson | Jason Wiemer | Dale |
| Rob Blake | Jeff Brown | Tom | |
| Dimitri Nabokov | Derek King | Shaun | |
| Marc Savard | Steve Washburn | Dale | |
| Mike York | Ed Jovanoski | Shaun | |
| Dec 28 | Marcus Nilsson | Michael York | Shaun |
| Kevin Dineen | Brian Bradley | Rob | |
| Jason Wiemer | David Scatchard | Bruce | |
| Michel Riesen | Magnus Arvedsson | Mark | |
| Steve Washburn | Wendel Clark | Shaun | |
| Jeff Farkas | Ray Bourque | Bruce | |
| Doug Brown | Ed Olczyk | Mark | |
| Tomas Holmstrom | Steve Konawalchuk | Mark | |
| Oleg Kvasha | Per Johan Axelsson | Mark | |
| Jan 4 | Jason Bonsignore | Marc Savard | Dale |
| Ray Bourque | Dico Ciccarelli | Tom | |
| Eric Lacroix | Jeff Farkas | Bruce | |
| Derian Hatcher | Steve Washburn | Mark | |
| Jason Woolley | Igor Kravchuk | Tom | |
| Jan 11 | Derek King | Greg Johnson | Joe |
| Benoit Hogue | Bill Lindsay | Marc | |
| Bernie Nicholls | Kris Draper | Bruce | |
| Trent Klatt | Tomas Holmstrom | Mark | |
| Andrew Brunette | Andreas Dackell | Joe | |
| Steve Konawalchuk | Chris Simon | Marc | |
| Jan 18 | Andreas Dackell | Per Gustaffson | Mike |
| Patrick Poulin | Alex Selivanov | Shaun | |
| Ed Olczyk | Bernie Nicholls | Bruce | |
| Matt Zultek | Dave Nemirovsky | Mark | |
| Jan 25 | Ed Jovanoski | Anders Eriksson | Dale |
| Tony Hrkac | Doug Brown | Joe | |
| Yannick Tremblay | Shean Donovan | Chris | |
| Teppo Numminen | Janne Laukkenan | Marc | |
| Gary Suter | Jan Bulis | Shaun | |
| Valeri Zelepukin | Matt Zultek | Mark | |
| Feb 2 | Sergei Gonchar | Radek Bonk | Shaun |
| Jari Kurri | Todd Harvey | Larry | |
| Ray Ferraro | Phil Housley | Bruce | |
| Jonas Hoglund | Steve Thomas | Mark | |
| Bernie Nicholls | Valeri Zelepukin | Bruce | |
| Feb 9 | Russ Courtnall | Pat Falloon | Dale |
| Boris Mironov | Trent Klatt | Shaun | |
| Alexei Zhitnik | Rob DiMaio | Tom | |
| Joel Otto | Bernie Nicholls | Bruce | |
| Todd Harvey | Jason Bonsignore | Dale | |
| Scott Stevens | Craig Johnson | Tom | |
| Esa Tikkanen | Brent Gilchrist | Bruce | |
| Anders Eriksson | Denis Pederson | Dale | |
| Feb 16 | Pat Falloon | Calle Johansson | Chris |
| Feb 22 | Marc Savard | Russ Courtnall | Dale |
| Fredrik Modin | Joel Otto | Bruce | |
| Denis Pederson | Esa Tikkanen | Bruce | |
| Mar 1 | Todd Warriner | Anders Eriksson | Dale |
| Paul Ysebaert | Scott Stevens | Tom | |
| Jan Bulis | Jonas Hoglund | Mark | |
| Mar 8 | Steve Thomas | Todd Warriner | Dale |
| Sergei Varlamov | Tomas Sandstrom | Mike | |
| Jason Bonsignore | Jari Kurri | Larry | |
| Mike Sillinger | Mike Gartner | Bruce | |
| Mar 15 | Shean Donovan | Steve Kelly | Dale |
| Jeff Shantz | Harry York | Chris | |
| Valeri Zelepukin | Ethan Moreau | Bruce | |
| Trent Klatt | Jan Bulis | Mark | |
| Uwe Krupp | Vladimir Malakhov | Dale | |
| Maxim Balmochnykh | Yannick Tremblay | Chris | |
| Matthew Barnaby | Ray Ferraro | Bruce | |
| Kyle McLaren | Ed Jovanoski | Dale | |
| Mar 22 | Jan Bulis | Kyle McLaren | Dale |
| Calle Johansson | Benoit Hogue | Marc | |
| Frank Banham | Sergei Krivokrasov | Shaun | |
| Doug Brown | Jason Bonsignore | Larry | |
| Tom Poti | Shean Donovan | Dale | |
| Derian Hatcher | Stephane Yelle | Marc | |
| Matt Cullen | Uwe Krupp | Dale | |
| Mar 29 | Jonas Hoglund | Matt Cullen | Dale |
| Josef Marha | Darryl Sydor | Joe | |
| Vladimir Malakhov | Frank Banham | Shaun | |
| Ethan Moreau | Doug Brown | Larry | |
| Brian Bellows | Andreas Johansson | Mike | |
| Per-Johan Axelsson | Jason Woolley | Tom | |
| Stephane Yelle | Paul Coffey | Mark | |
| Brad May | Sergei Gonchar | Shaun | |
| Craig Johnson | Paul Ysebaert | Tom | |
| Magnus Arvedsson | Greg Adams | Tom | |
| April 5 | Darryl Sydor | Todd Harvey | Dale |
| Jason Bonsignore | Sergei Zholtok | Chris | |
| Doug Brown | Craig Johnson | Tom | |
| Matt Cullen | Valeri Zelepukin | Bruce | |
| Colin Forbes | Pat Falloon | Chris | |
| Dave Scatchard | Ed Olczyk | Bruce | |
| Greg Adams | Andrei Nazarov | Chris | |
| Benoit Brunet | Matthew Barnaby | Bruce | |
| Dave Nemirovsky | Mike Grier | Chris | |
| Patrice Brisebois | Tim Sweeney | Bruce | |
| April 12 | Sergei Gonchar | Steve Thomas | Dale |
| Phil Housley | Patrice Brisebois | Bruce | |
| Todd Harvey | Stephane Yelle | Mark | |
| Dino Ciccarelli | Benoit Brunet | Bruce | |
| Curtis Brown | Eric Lacroix | Bruce | |
| Bernie Nicholls | Denis Pederson | Bruce | |
| April 19 | Denis Pederson | Jonas Hoglund | Dale |
| Brent Gilchrist | Jeff Shantz | Chris | |
| Steve Thomas | Kevin Stevens | Tom | |
| Scott Stevens | Jason Bonsignore | Chris | |
| Paul Coffey | Ted Donato | Tom | |
| Kirk Maltby | Doug Brown | Tom | |
| April 22 | Anders Eriksson | German Titov | Joe |
| Round 1 | Jonas Hoglund | Scott Stevens | Chris |
| Todd Gill | Rob Zamuner | Mike | |
| Eric Lacroix | Dino Ciccarelli | Bruce | |
| May 7 | Rob Zamuner | Rene Corbet | Dale |
| Round 2 | Vaclav Varada | Derek King | Joe |
| Esa Tikkanen | Darren Turcotte | Mike | |
| Matthew Barnaby | Dimitri Mironov | Larry | |
| Dixon Ward | Paul Coffey | Tom | |
| John Cullen | Dave Scatchard | Bruce | |
| German Titov | Joe Murphy | Rob | |
| Benoit Hogue | Trent Klatt | Mark | |
| Tomas Holmstrom | Martin Gelinas | Joe | |
| Wayne Primeau | Mariusz Czerkawski | Mike | |
| Jason Woolley | Steve Thomas | Tom | |
| Sergei Zholtok | Bernie Nicholls | Bruce | |
| Darryl Shannon | Todd Harvey | Mark | |
| Igor Kravchuk | Eric Lacroix | Bruce | |
| Janne Laukkenan | Matt Cullen | Bruce | |
| Kelly Buchberger | Mike Sillinger | Bruce | |
| Bruce Gardiner | Phil Housley | Bruce | |
| May 21 | Martin Gelinas | Shawn McEachern | Dale |
| Round 3 | Dimitri Mironov | Tony Hrkac | Joe |
| Mariusz Czerkawski | Garry Galley | Chris | |
| Mike Sillinger | Rob Brown | Shaun | |
| Doug Brown | Mats Lindgren | Larry | |
| Mike Keane | Ray Bourque | Tom | |
| Brian Bradley | Igor Kravchuk | Bruce | |
| Maxim Afinogenov | Tom Poti | Dale | |
| Andrei Podkonicky | Brad May | Shaun | |
| Shawn Chambers | Magnus Arvedsson | Tom | |
| Derek King | Sergei Zholtok | Bruce | |
| Kris Draper | Kelly Buchberger | Bruce | |
| Chris Simon | Bruce Gardiner | Bruce | |
| Guy Carbonneau | Janne Laukkenan | Bruce | |
| Jun 9 | Mark Parrish | Marc Savard | Dale |
| Round 4 | Mats Lindgren | Colin Forbes | Chris |
| Shawn McEachern | Patrick Poulin | Shaun | |
| Ray Bourque | Shawn Chambers | Tom | |
| Joey Kocur | Guy Carbonneau | Bruce | |
| Phil Housley | Darryl Shannon | Mark | |
| Ted Donato | Mike Keane | Tom | |
| Dale Hunter | Chris Simon | Bruce | |
| Jamie Macoun | Benoit Hogue | Mark | |
| Jun 21 | Marc Savard | Esa Tikkanen | Larry |
| Marian Cisar | Dixon Ward | Tom | |
| Matt Cullen | Joey Kocur | Bruce | |
| Todd Harvey | Jamie Macoun | Mark | |
| MIke Gartner | Kirk Maltby | Tom | |
| Patrik Kjellberg | Dale Hunter | Bruce | |
| Jason Bonsignore | Kris Draper | Bruce | |