Detroit Red Wings trades
| Minnesota North Stars acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | future considerations | March 8, 1983 | Ken Solheim |  |
| Vancouver Canucks acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Mark Kirton | January 17, 1983 | Ivan Boldirev | |
| Calgary Flames acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | rights to Yves Courteau | December 2, 1982 | Bobby Francis | |
| New Jersey Devils acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | cash | October 29, 1982 | rights to Dwight Foster | |
| Edmonton Oilers acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | cash | September 14, 1982 | Stan Weir | |
| Toronto Maple Leafs acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Jim Korn | March 8, 1982 | 1982 4th round pick (#66-Craig Coxe) | |
| 1983 5th round pick (#88-Joe Kocur) | ||||
| Buffalo Sabres acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | conditional draft pick (not exercised) | December 2, 1981 | Bob Sauve | |
| Buffalo Sabres acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Foligno | December 2, 1981 | Danny Gare | |
| Dale McCourt | Jim Schoenfeld | |||
| Brent R. Peterson | Derek R. Smith | |||
| Calgary Flames acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary McAdam | November 10, 1981 | Eric Vail | |
| 1983 4th round pick (#66-John Bekkers) | ||||
| Minnesota North Stars acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 1st round pick (#2-Brian Bellows) | August 21, 1981 | Greg Smith | |
| 1982 1st round pick (#17-Murray Craven) | ||||
| rights to Don Murdoch | ||||
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Washington Capitals acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Lofthouse | July 23, 1981 | Al Jensen |  |
| Calgary Flames acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| future considerations (Rick Vasko) | February 24, 1981 | Brad Smith | |
| Calgary Flames acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Labraaten | February 3, 1981 | Earl Ingarfield Jr. | |
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Pittsburgh Penguins acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary McAdam | January 8, 1981 | Errol Thompson |  |
| Toronto Maple Leafs acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Rutherford | December 4, 1980 | Mark Kirton | |
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Winnipeg Jets acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cash | October 31, 1980 | Barry Long |  |
| Boston Bruins acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Rogatien Vachon | July 15, 1980 | Gilles Gilbert | |
| Minnesota North Stars acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Pirus | June 6, 1980 | cash | |
| Minnesota North Stars acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cash | January 3, 1980 | Alex Pirus | |
| Minnesota North Stars acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Hanson | January 3, 1980 | future considerations | |