| Date/Season | Transaction |
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| 2/20/2016 | Pittsburgh Penguins send Joel Ward, PIT 2025 Rnd 3, PIT 2026 Rnd 3 to the Calgary Flames for Adam Clendening |
| 6/30/2015 | Pittsburgh Penguins send Akim Aliu, Cory Emmerton, PIT 2021 Rnd 2 to the Calgary Flames for Joel Ward, Ruslan Khasanshin |
| 7/17/2014 | Pittsburgh Penguins send $3,500,000 to the Winnipeg Jets for Joel Ward |
| 7/3/2014 | Winnipeg Jets send Mikko Koivu to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Brock Nelson, Joel Ward, TOR 2020 Rnd 2 |
| 11/18/2013 | Nashville Predators send Joel Ward, Marek Schwarz to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Chet Pickard, TOR 2018 Rnd 2, TOR 2020 Rnd 1
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| 7/3/2013 | Nashville Predators send Ryan Murphy, Tyler Toffoli, MIN 2017 Rnd 1 to the Boston Bruins for Joel Ward, Oliver Ekman-Larsson |
| 4/6/2013 | Vancouver Canucks send Brady Skjei, Joel Ward to the Boston Bruins for Brett Connolly, BOS 2017 Rnd 2 |
| 1/29/2013 | Vancouver Canucks send James Neal, Jonathan Blum to the St Louis Blues for Joel Ward, Roman Polak |
