June 30, 2004 :
• The Toronto Maple Leafs agreed to terms with goaltender Ed Belfour
  
  June 29, 2004 :
• The St. Louis Blues re-signed goaltender Reinhard Divis
• The Worcester IceCats (AHL) goaltender Alfie Michaud
  
  June 28, 2004 :
• The Columbus Blue Jackets exercised contract option on goaltender Karl Goehring
  
  June 27, 2004 :
• The St. Louis Blues acquired goaltender Patrick Lalime from the Ottawa Senators for a conditional fourth-round pick in 2005
  
  June 26, 2004 :
• The Los Angeles Kings traded Radek Bonk and goaltender Cristobal Huet to the Montréal Canadiens for goaltender Mathieu Garon and a 2004 third-round draft pick
  
  June 25, 2004 :
• The St. Louis Blues acquired goaltender Jason Bacashihua from the Dallas Stars for defenseman Shawn Belle
  
  June 19, 2004 :
• Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Fred Brathwaite agreed to terms with Kazan of the Russian League
  
  June 18, 2004 :
• The Carolina Hurricanes acquired goaltender Martin Gerber from the Anaheim Mighty Ducks for defenseman Tomas Malec and a third-round pick in the 2004 draft
  
  June 17, 2004 :
• The Tampa Bay Lightning exercised the contract of goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin for the 2004-05 season
• The Philadelphia Flyers agreed to terms with goaltender Sean Burke
  
  June 16, 2004 :
• The Columbus Blue Jackets acquired goaltender Arturs Irbe from the Carolina Hurricanes for future considerations
  
  June 15, 2004 :
• Marc Lamothe signed as a free agent with Yaroslavl, Cechoslovakia
  
  June 6, 2004 :
• The Los Angeles Kings agreed to terms with goaltender Barry Brust on a three-year contract
  
  June 3, 2004 :
• The Los Angeles Kings agreed to terms on a two-year contract with goaltender Cristobal Huet