Detroit Red Wings trades
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Pittsburgh Penguins acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Bill Hicke | November 22, 1971 | cash |  |
| Vancouver Canucks acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | cash | November 21, 1971 | Bob Cook | |
| St. Louis Blues acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | cash | November 9, 1971 | Bill Sutherland | |
| California Golden Seals (Oakland) acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
.gif){kind=small} | Tom Webster | October 22, 1971 | Ron Stackhouse | |
| Toronto Maple Leafs acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | cash | August 20, 1971 | Brian Conacher | |
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Chicago Blackhawks acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Salovaara | June 15, 1971 | cash |  |
| Vancouver Canucks acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Bredin | June 8, 1971 | Bob Dillabough | |
| John Cunniff | Irv Spencer | |||
| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Kerry Ketter | May 25, 1971 | Leon Rochefort | |
| cash | ||||
| Buffalo Sabres acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Don Luce | May 25, 1971 | Joe Daley | |
| Mike Robitaille | ||||
| St. Louis Blues acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Shires | May 12, 1971 | Rick Sentes | |
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Krulicki | March 2, 1971 | Dale Rolfe |  |
| St. Louis Blues acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Brewer | February 22, 1971 | Ab McDonald, Bob Wall) future considerations (Mike Lowe | |
| St. Louis Blues acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Connelly | February 6, 1971 | Red Berenson | |
| Garry Unger | Tim Ecclestone | |||
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnie Brown | February 1, 1971 | Larry Brown | |
| Tom Miller | Bruce MacGregor | |||
| Mike Robitaille | ||||
| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Mahovlich | January 13, 1971 | Guy Charron | |
| Bill Collins | ||||
| Mickey Redmond | ||||
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Luce | November 2, 1970 | Steve Andrascik | |
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Brown | October 31, 1970 | Pete Stemkowski | |
| Buffalo Sabres acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Crozier | June 10, 1970 | Tom Webster | |
| Los Angeles Kings acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Brian Gibbons | February 20, 1970 | Gary Croteau | |
| Garry Monahan | Larry Johnston | |||
| Matt Ravlich | Dale Rolfe | |||
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arnie Brown | February 2, 1970 | Larry Brown | |
| Tom Miller | Bruce MacGregor | |||
| Mike Robitaille | ||||