VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Dale Hawerchuk and Joe Mullen, two of the National Hockey League’s top scorers in the 1980s, found new homes Saturday in a pair of draft-day trades.

Hawerchuk, Winnipeg’s all-time leading scorer, was traded to the Buffalo Sabres in a four-player deal in which the Jets got Phil Housley. The trade also involved a swap of first-round drafting positions.

Mullen, a first-team All-Star right wing with Calgary in 1988-89, was dealt to Pittsburgh for the Penguins’ second-round draft pick. No. 26 overall, which the Flames used to take defenseman Nicholas Perrault.

Calgary also traded up in the first round, dealing its pick, No. 20 overall, and a pair of second-rounders, Nos. 24 and 29, for New Jersey’s first-rounder. 11th overall, and the Devils’ No. 2 pick, No. 32.

The Flames used the higher pick to take Trevor Kidd from Brandon of the Western Hockey League, the highest-rated goaltender in the draft.

In another deal, Philadelphia traded rugged right wing Kevin Maguire and an eighth-round pick to Toronto for the Maple Leafs’ third-round pick, giving the Flyers eight picks in the first 52.

Hawerchuk, a center, went to Buffalo along with the Jets’ first-round draft pick, No. 14 overall. In exchange, the Jets received Housley, one of the league’s top offensive defensemen, left wing Scott Amiel, center Jeff Parker and Buffalo’s No. 1 pick, No. 19 overall.

Hawerchuk was having a garage sale at his Winnipeg home when the deal was announced.

“Buffalo definitely was one of the teams that were on my list of where I wanted to go,” Hawerchuk said. “I’m anxious to get things rolling in Buffalo.”

Hawerchuk. the No. 1 pick overall in 1981. has scored more than 100 points in six of his nine NHL seasons, but dropped to 96 in 1988-89 and finished with just 81 last season after a poor first half. He has 379 goals and 550 assists for 929 points in 713 career games.

“We knew after the playoffs that we had to make some changes,” Buffalo general manager Gerry Meehan said. “A superstar like Dale hardly ever comes along. We are thrilled to have acquired a player of his stature.”

Hawerchuk, 27, had asked to be traded and Jets GM Mike Smith said after the season that he would try to accommodate the request.

Housley, 26, was Buffalo’s No. 1 pick and sixth overall in 1982. He has four straight 20-goal seasons and his career-high 81 points last season was fourth among defensemen.

Amiel, 27. is returning to Winnipeg after three seasons with the Sabres. He had 18 goals and 24 assists for 42 points. Parker, 25, played 61 games with Buffalo last season, scoring four goals and five assists.

“We wanted a defenseman like Housley who can move the puck,” Smith said.

The Sabres used their first-round pick to select Brad May, a left wing from Niagara Falls of the Ontario Hockey League. Winnipeg took Keith Tkachuk, a left wing from Malden Catholic H.S. in Massachusetts.

Mullen, 33, rebounded from a slow start to finish with 36 goals and 33 assists in 79 games.

He had 51 goals and 110 points in 1988-89, earning a first-team all-star berth, his second Lady Byng Trophy and helping the Flames win their only Stanley Cup. The 110 points is an NHL record for an American-bom player.

Mullen has 341 career goals in nine NHL seasons. Last season’s output was his lowest since 1982-83.
“Mullen is a great player, but he’s 33 years old,” Flames general manager Cliff Fletcher said. “We had two 33-year-old right wings and we didn’t want to get old all at once, so we took a chance and let Joey go.”