September 28, 2004 :
• The Cincinnati Mighty Ducks (AHL) signed goaltender Frédéric Cassivi
  
  September 26, 2004 :
• The San Antonio Rampage (AHL) signed goaltenders Travis Scott and Patrick DesRochers
  
  September 25, 2004 :
• The Houston Aeros (AHL) signed goaltender Dallas Anderson
• The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) signed goaltender Dany Sabourin
  
  September 20, 2004 :
• The San Jose Sharks assigned goaltenders Nolan Schaefer and Dimitri Patzold to Cleveland of the American Hockey League
  
  September 20, 2004 :
• The Pittsburgh Penguins assigned goaltenders Andy Chiodo and Marc-André Fleury to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League
  
  September 17, 2004 :
• The Minnesota Wild assigned goaltenders Josh Harding and Kyle Kettles to Houston of the American Hockey League
• The Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL) agreed to terms with goaltenders Jason LaBarbera, Stephen Valiquette and Randy Petruk
  
  September 15, 2004 :
• The Buffalo Sabres re-signed goaltender Ryan Miller
• The Calgary Flames assigned goaltenders Sebastien Centomo, Brent Krahn and Davis Parley to Lowell of the AHL; released goaltender Mike Wall from tryout agreement
• The Carolina Hurricanes assigned goaltenders Cam Ward and Rob Zepp to the Lowell Lock Monsters of the AHL
• The Chicago Blackhawks re-signed goaltender Michael Leighton to a one-year contract
• The Colorado Avalanche assigned goaltenders Peter Budaj, Tom Lawson and Tyler Weiman to the Hershey Bears of the AHL
• The Columbus Blue Jackets assigned goaltenders Pascal Leclaire and Andrew Penner to Syracuse of the AHL
• The Dallas Stars assigned goaltender Dan Ellis to Hamilton Bulldogs of the AHL; assigned goaltender Mike Smith to Houston of the AHL
• The Edmonton Oilers assigned goaltenders Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers and Mike Morrison to the Edmonton Road Runners of the AHL
• The Los Angeles Kings assigned goaltenders Barry Brust and Adam Hauser to Manchester of the AHL; assigned goaltenders Ryan Munce and Daniel Taylor to their junior teams
• The Nashville Predators assigned goaltender Brian Finley to Milwaukee of the AHL
• The Ottawa Senators assigned goaltender Kelly Guard to Binghamton of the AHL; returned goaltender Jeff Glass to his junior team
• The Phoenix Coyotes assigned goaltender Jean-Marc Pelletier to Utah Grizzlies of the AHL
• The Toronto Maple Leafs assigned goaltenders Mikael Tellqvist, Todd Ford and Jean-Francois Racine to St. John's of the AHL; returned goaltender Justin Pogge to his junior teams
  
  September 14, 2004 :
• The Anaheim Mighty Ducks assigned goaltenders Ilya Bryzgalov and Eddy Ferhi to Cincinnati of the American Hockey League; returned goaltender Gabriel Bouthilliette to his junior teams released goaltender Mathieu Poitras from tryout agreement
• The Columbus Blue Jackets re-signed goaltender Marc Denis to multi-year contract
• The Phoenix Coyotes released goaltender Paulo Colaiacovo from tryout agreement
• The Tampa Bay Lightning assigned goaltender Brian Eklund to the Springfield Falcons of the AHL
• The Utah Grizzlies (AHL) signed goaltender Frank Doyle
  
  September 13, 2004 :
• The Phoenix Coyotes assigned goaltender David LeNeveu to Utah of the American Hockey League
  
  September 9, 2004 :
• The St. Louis Blues re-signed goaltenders Curtis Sanford and Chris Beckford-Tseu
• The Toronto Maple Leafs named Steve McKichan goaltending consultant
• The Vancouver Canucks re-signed goaltender Alex Auld to a multi-year contract
  
  September 7, 2004 :
• The Calgary Flames signed goaltender Sebastien Centomo, who had been with the Toronto Maple Leafs
  
  September 2, 2004 :
• The Edmonton Oilers agreed to terms with goaltender Tyler Moss on a one-year contract
• The Phoenix Coyotes re-signed goaltender Zac Bierk to a one-year contract