Jack Adams trades
| Toronto Maple Leafs acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Gerry Ehman | December 23, 1958 | cash |  |
| loan of Willie Marshall | ||||
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Chicago Blackhawks acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gus Mortson | September 3, 1958 | future considerations |  |
| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | cash | June 3, 1958 | Gene Achtymichuk | |
| Claude Laforge | ||||
| Bud MacPherson | ||||
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Chicago Blackhawks acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Bailey | December 17, 1957 | Billy Dea | |
| Hec Lalande | Bill Dineen | |||
| John McIntyre | Lorne Ferguson | |||
| Nick Mickoski | Earl Dutch Reibel | |||
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Chicago Blackhawks acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hank Bassen | July 23, 1957 | Glenn Hall | |
| Forbes Kennedy | Ted Lindsay | |||
| Bill Preston | ||||
| Johnny Wilson | ||||
| Boston Bruins acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | John Bucyk | July 10, 1957 | Terry Sawchuk | |
| cash | ||||
| Boston Bruins acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cash | June 15, 1957 | Guyle Fielder | |
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Chicago Blackhawks acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Dewsbury | February 14, 1957 | Bob Hassard | |
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Chicago Blackhawks acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Leswick | August 1, 1956 | cash | |
| Toronto Maple Leafs acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cash | July 7, 1956 | Ray Gariepy | |
| Bob Hassard | ||||
| Willie Marshall | ||||
| Gilles Mayer | ||||
| Jack Price | ||||
| Bob Solinger | ||||
| Boston Bruins acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Chevrefils | January 17, 1956 | Murray Costello | |
| Jerry Toppazzini | Lorne Ferguson | |||
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Chicago Blackhawks acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cash | January 17, 1956 | Norm Corcoran | |
| loan of Gord Pennell | ||||
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Chicago Blackhawks acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metro Prystai | October 24, 1955 | Ed Sanford | |
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Chicago Blackhawks acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wally Blaisdell | October 4, 1955 | Norm Corcoran | |
| Comment: Trade voided when Blaisdell was unable to report | ||||
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Dea | August 18, 1955 | Dave Creighton |  |
| Aggie Kukulowicz | Bronco Horvath | |||
| cash | ||||
| Boston Bruins acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcel Bonin | June 3, 1955 | Gilles Boisvert | |
| Lorne Davis | Real Chevrefils | |||
| Terry Sawchuk | Norm Corcoran | |||
| Vic Stasiuk | Warren Godfrey | |||
| Ed Sanford | ||||
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Chicago Blackhawks acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Creighton | May 27, 1955 | Tony Leswick | |
| Gord Bucky Hollingworth | Glen Skov | |||
| John McCormack | Johnny Wilson | |||
| Jerry Toppazzini | Benny Woit | |||
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Chicago Blackhawks acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorne Davis | November 9, 1954 | Metro Prystai | |
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Chicago Blackhawks acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Peters Sr. | January 25, 1954 | future considerations | |
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Chicago Blackhawks acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cash | August 12, 1953 | Lou Jankowski | |
| Larry Wilson | ||||
| Larry Zeidel | ||||