Rental player

A rental player is a player that is traded, usually on the last year of his contract, by a team that has little to no chance to either re-sign him or go into the playoffs. The "lessee" is usually a team that hopes to go deep into the playoffs or, better yet, to win the Stanley Cup or the Gagarin Cup. What the "lessor" gets for a rental player is usually considered its "rent".

Kontinental Hockey League

 * Ak Bars Kazan
 * Konstantin Korneyev (from CSKA Moscow in 2011)

National Hockey League

 * Boston Bruins
 * Tomas Kaberle (from Toronto Maple Leafs in 2011)
 * Carolina Hurricanes
 * Doug Weight (from St. Louis Blues in 2006)
 * Mark Recchi (from Pittsburgh Penguins in 2006)
 * Atlanta Thrashers
 * Keith Tkachuk (from St. Louis Blues in 2007)