During the offseason, the Lightning traded Fredrik Modin and Fredrik Norrena, to the Columbus Blue Jackets for goaltender Marc Denis, to replace John Grahame, who had served as the Lightning's goaltender throughout most of the 2005 – 06 season, as he left the team, and signed with the Carolina Hurricanes.

In the 2009 – 10 offseason, the team removed GMs Brett Hull and Les Jackson who had traded for Richards, and fired coach Dave Tippett who was replaced by Marc Crawford.

An unrestricted free agent in the 2009 offseason, Boller signed with the St. Louis Rams on April 4 as the backup to starting quarterback Marc Bulger.

The offseason was dominated by three months of unsuccessful trade talks with the Orioles involving 2B Brian Roberts, as well as the signing of Chunichi Dragons star Kosuke Fukudome.

The offseason after their second World Series title, the Marlins made a questionable cost-cutting move as Derrek Lee was traded to Chicago Cubs for Hee Seop Choi and pitcher Mike Nannini.

Additionally, Guillermo Mota, who was acquired by Florida in 2004 along with Paul Lo Duca and Juan Encarnacion and was expected to be their closer, was inconsistent, and the Marlins gave the closer job to veteran Todd Jones, whom they signed in the offseason.

In the offseason, the Brewers would lose many of their spot players that had helped them during the season, such as Mark Kotsay, Jerry Hairston Jr., and Craig Counsell but their most notable loss was that of Prince Fielder, who would leave the team via free agency after having been a part of the Brewers organization for almost a decade.

In the offseason, Clemente experienced some tense situations while he was working as manager of the Senadores and when his father, Melchor Clemente, experienced medical problems and had to undergo surgery.

Afterwards, Stuckey was released in the offseason.

The secondary was led by defensive back Everson Walls, an offseason acquisition from the Dallas Cowboys, who recorded 6 interceptions.

The XFL was intended to be a major professional sports league complement to the offseason of the National Football League, but it failed to find an audience and ceased operation after its first and only season.

In the 1966 – 1967 offseason, during the period in which Rice owned the stadium, the concrete exterior was painted white, and the interior was painted blue.

Prefontaine, the XFL's lone punting specialist ( and, for payment purposes, the Xtreme's third-string quarterback ), was moonlighting for the Xtreme while his regular team, the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League, was in its offseason.

He spent the offseason rehabbing and was ready for the start of the 2002 season.

The offseason was characterized by a degree of tumult.

Dwight Howard was drafted No. 1 overall in the 2004 NBA Draft. In the offseason, Weisbrod completely dismantled the team.

The 1996 offseason was again marked by vast changes: Anderson declined to re-sign, Johnson was shipped to the Knicks for power forward Anthony Mason, and the team made a trade on draft day 1996.

Since the team lost Harper, Wennington and Barry in the offseason, Brand and fellow rookie Ron Artest led the team throughout the year, especially after Kukoc missed most of the season due to injury and was then dealt for a draft pick at the trading deadline.

Despite the team's improvement, Carlisle was fired in the 2003 offseason.

Although the 1996 – 97 season was not successful on the court for the Spurs, the offseason proved to be the opposite.

Also, Williams was selected to play in the All-Star Game for the first time, and after a controversial offseason, Boozer played better than the year prior, averaging 19. 5 points and 11. 2 rebounds per game, and missed only 4 games to injury.

Free, who was acquired in the offseason from the Philadelphia 76ers, finished second overall in NBA scoring average, with 28. 8 per game, while George Gervin of the San Antonio Spurs had a 29. 6 average.

The 2002 offseason brought changes, as Miles was traded to the Cavaliers for Andre Miller, who led the NBA in assists in 2001 – 02 with 11 per game.

He never played a game for the Bulls, and they dealt him to the Houston Rockets in the 2004 offseason.

Ortiz landed on the trading block in the 2002 offseason and was dealt to Atlanta for pitchers Damian Moss and Merkin Valdéz on December 17, 2002.

In the offseason, Randy Myers and Benito Santiago were allowed to become free agents, Tony Fernández and Mike Maddux were dealt to the New York Mets and Jerald Clark was selected by the Rockies in the expansion draft.

In the 2000-01 offseason, Hinch was traded to the Kansas City Royals with Ángel Berroa as part of a 3-team trade that sent Ben Grieve from the Athletics to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Cory Lidle from the Devil Rays to the Athletics, Roberto Hernández from the Devil Rays to the Royals, and Johnny Damon and Mark Ellis to the Athletics from the Royals.

An unrestricted free agent in the 2009 offseason, Nugent signed a one-year contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on March 4 and won the job over Matt Bryant in the preseason due to Bryant's injury.

In what NFL Network's Adam Schefter ( now with ESPN ) described as " one of the wilder and more complex behind-the-scene dramas the NFL has seen in any recent offseason ," both the Detroit Lions and Tampa Bay Buccaneers proposed three-way trades to the Denver Broncos, in which they would have received Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler, the Broncos would have received Cassel, and New England would have received a first-round draft pick.

During the offseason, he signed Fred " Fuzzy " Thurston, who had been cut from three other teams but ended up becoming an All-Pro left guard for Green Bay.

Boerigter was signed by the Green Bay Packers in the 2006 offseason, but was released prior to the start of the season.

He shared duties with Brian Westbrook through the season, and retired during the 2006 offseason as a Green Bay Packer.

He was then later signed by the Green Bay Packers in early offseason 2002, but was released a month before training camp.

He is the cousin of former Arizona Diamondbacks and Seattle Mariners outfielder Eric Byrnes, with whom he works out in the offseason, in the Bay Area.

In, Shapiro signed veteran help for the bullpen and outfield in the offseason.

In the offseason they signed Alfonso Soriano to the richest contract in Cubs history at 8 years for $ 136 million, and replaced unpopular skipper Dusty Baker with fiery veteran manager Lou Piniella.

In the offseason, the Marlins also pulled the plug on their returns from the disastrous Cabrera / Willis trade dealing Andrew Miller to the Red Sox for a minor league prospect and Cameron Maybin to the Padres for a pair of reliever to aid a struggling bullpen from the 2010 season.

With a new stadium on the horizon, the 2010 offseason marked a change in direction for the franchise, as they it became a buyer all over in anticipation of a higher payroll and more revenue.

They also wore patches in 1999 for assistant coach Chip Myers who died in the offseason and in 2001 for Korey Stringer.

Determined to get a proven relief pitcher, general manager Harry Dalton made a huge offseason trade with the St. Louis Cardinals, trading outfielder Sixto Lescano and 3 minor league pitchers to the Cardinals in exchange for Rollie Fingers, Pete Vuckovich, and Ted Simmons, all of whom became key parts of the Brewers future success.

After General Manager Walt Jocketty acquired shortstop Royce Clayton during the offseason, La Russa emphasized an open competition for the spot that would give the Cardinals the best chance to win.

The most memorable moment of that 1978 season occurred on May 28, 1978, when pinch hitter Mike Ivie, acquired from the San Diego Padres during the offseason for Darrel Thomas, hit a towering grand slam off of Dodgers pitching ace Don Sutton in front of Candlestick Park's highest paid attendance of 58, 545.

Prior to this contract agreement the Padres had offered to renew Gonzalez's contract during the offseason at $ 380, 500, only $ 500 over the league minimum for the 2007 season.

However, he did stress the right offer would have to be made in order for the Heat to even consider such a trade ( e. g., the Kevin Garnett trade to Boston from the 2007 offseason ).

Boe started off his ownership with big hopes for the offseason.

In the 2009 offseason, Orlando traded Rafer Alston, Tony Battie, and Courtney Lee to the New Jersey Nets in exchange for eight-time All-Star Vince Carter and Ryan Anderson.

During the offseason they also re-signed valuable restricted free agents Louis Williams and Andre Iguodala for 5 yr /$ 25 million and 6 yr /$ 80 million, respectively.

In the following offseason, the team acquired point guard John Paxson and on draft day traded with the Cavaliers for the rights to power forward Charles Oakley.

In the offseason, the Bulls lost B. J. Armstrong in the expansion draft, but Krause pulled off a masterful deal by trading Will Perdue to the San Antonio Spurs for the aggressive and often controversial rebounding specialist Dennis Rodman, who had won the past four rebounding titles, and who had also been a member of the Detroit Pistons ' " Bad Boys " squad that served as the Bulls ' chief nemesis in the late 1980s.