Detroit Red Wings trades
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Chicago Blackhawks acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Pete Horeck | December 9, 1946 | Adam Brown |  |
| Leo Reise Jr. | Ray Powell | |||
| Toronto Maple Leafs acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Harry Watson | September 21, 1946 | Billy Taylor Sr. | |
| Toronto Maple Leafs acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerry Brown | September 21, 1946 | Doug Baldwin | |
| Ray Powell | ||||
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Chicago Blackhawks acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Strongman | September 1, 1946 | John Holota | |
| Comment: Exact date unknown | ||||
| Boston Bruins acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Joe Carveth | August 1, 1946 | Roy Conacher | |
| Comment: Exact date unknown | ||||
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Goldup | June 19, 1946 | Bill Flash Hollett |  |
| Ab DeMarco Sr. | ||||
| Comment: Trade later voided when Hollett decided to retire | ||||
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Chicago Blackhawks acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cash | April 1, 1946 | Rollie McLenahan | |
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Chicago Blackhawks acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blake | December 26, 1945 | Jerome McAtee | |
| Doug McCaig | Norm McAtee | |||
| cash | George Ritchie | |||
| Roy Sawyer | ||||
| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Vic Lynn | October 14, 1945 | cash | |
| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Reay | September 11, 1945 | Ray Getliffe | |
| Rollie Rossingnol | ||||
| (Getliffe replaced by Fern Gauthier on 10-18 after Getliffe retired) | ||||
| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rollie Rossingnol | February 1, 1945 | cash | |
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Chicago Blackhawks acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Seibert | January 2, 1945 | Don Grosso | |
| future considerations (Fido Purpur) | Butch McDonald | |||
| Cully Simon | ||||
| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cash | November 24, 1944 | Rollie Rossingnol | |
| Boston Bruins acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Jennings | October 30, 1944 | Pete Leswick | |
| Boston Bruins acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat Egan | January 5, 1944 | Bill Flash Hollett | |
| Boston Bruins acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch Hiller | November 24, 1941 | Pat McReavy | |
| $5K cash | ||||
| New York Americans acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | cash | November 7, 1939 | Alfie Moore | |
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rights to Cecil Dillon | May 17, 1939 | cash | |
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Chicago Blackhawks acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Besler | January 27, 1939 | Charlie Mason | |
| Boston Bruins acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| loan of Harvey Teno for remainder of 1938-39 season | December 28, 1938 | unknown | |