Jack Adams trades
| 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 | |
| Toronto Maple Leafs acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Bucko McDonald | December 19, 1938 | Bill Thomson | |
| $10K cash | ||||
| New York Americans acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Sorrell | December 13, 1938 | Hap Emms | |
| Boston Bruins acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $15K cash | November 28, 1938 | Cecil Thompson | |
| rights to Normie Smith | ||||
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Mason | October 21, 1938 | cash | |
| Toronto Maple Leafs acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $16K cash | October 12, 1938 | Charlie Conacher | |
| Comment: Red Wings holding option of contract renewal (Returned to Toronto after Detroit failed to renew contract) | ||||
| New York Americans acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Beattie | January 24, 1938 | Joe Lamb | |
| Comment: Americans hold right of recall, Lamb later returned to Americans | ||||
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Wares | January 17, 1938 | $12.5K cash | |
| loan of John Sherf for remainder of 1937-38 season | ||||
| Boston Bruins acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence Drouillard | December 22, 1937 | Alex Motter | |
| cash | ||||
| Boston Bruins acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gord Pettinger | December 19, 1937 | Red Beattie | |
| New York Americans acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Gallagher | October 7, 1937 | $6K cash | |
| New York Americans acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Robertson | May 9, 1937 | John Doran | |
| $7 500 cash | ||||
| New York Americans acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cash | November 29, 1936 | John Gallagher | |