Ken Holland trades
| San Jose Sharks acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Brad Stuart | June 10, 2012 | 2014 conditionnal pick |  |
| Andrew Murray | ||||
| Tampa Bay Lightning acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Mike Commodore | February 27, 2012 | Conditional 2013 7th round pick | |
| Comment: Red Wings receive pick if Lightning make 2012 playoffs and Commodore plays 15 regular season games. | ||||
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Tampa Bay Lightning acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Quincey | February 21, 2012 | Sebastien Piche | |
| 2012 1st round pick | ||||
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Ottawa Senators acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 2nd round pick (#35-Tomas Jurco) | June 24, 2011 | 2011 1st round pick (#24-Matt Puempel) |  |
| 2011 2nd round pick (#48-Xavier Ouellet) | ||||
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Owens | March 3, 2010 | Kris Newbury |  |
| Calgary Flames acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Andy Delmore | March 3, 2010 | Riley Armstrong | |
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Philadelphia Flyers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ole-Kristian Tollefsen | February 6, 2010 | Ville Leino |  |
| 2011 5th round pick (#145-Mattias Backman) | ||||
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Tampa Bay Lightning acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 2nd round pick (#32-Landon Ferraro) | June 26, 2009 | 2009 1st round pick (#29-Carter Ashton) | |
| 2009 3rd round pick (#75-Andrej Nestrasil) | ||||
| Los Angeles Kings acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2008 2nd round pick (#61-Peter Delmas) | February 26, 2008 | Brad Stuart | |
| 2009 4th round pick (#119-Ben Chiarot) | ||||
| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Brett Engelhardt | February 8, 2008 | Francis Lemieux | |
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Florida Panthers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Bertuzzi | February 27, 2007 | Shawn Matthias |  |
| 2007 conditional pick (#58-Nick Spaling) | ||||
| 2008 conditional 2nd round pick (if Bertuzzi re-signed with Red Wings) (not exercised) | ||||
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Chicago Blackhawks acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Calder | February 26, 2007 | Jason Williams |  |
| Vancouver Canucks acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Drew MacIntyre | September 12, 2006 | future considerations | |
| Arizona Coyotes acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2006 1st round pick (#29-Chris Summers) | June 24, 2006 | 2006 2nd round pick (#41-Cory Emmerton) | |
| 2006 5th round pick (#152-Jordan Bendfeld) | 2006 2nd round pick (#47-Shawn Matthias) | |||
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Pittsburgh Penguins acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cory Cross | March 9, 2006 | 2007 4th round pick (#118-Alex Grant) |  |
| Arizona Coyotes acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Rivers | March 9, 2006 | 2006 7th round pick (#191-Nick Oslund) | |
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Washington Capitals acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Lang | February 27, 2004 | Tomas Fleischmann |  |
| 2004 or 2005 1st round pick (Capitals option) (2004 #29-Mike Green) | ||||
| 2006 4th round pick (#122-Luke Lynes) | ||||
| Los Angeles Kings acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Avery | March 11, 2003 | Mathieu Schneider | |
| Maxim Kuznetsov | ||||
| 2003 1st round pick (#27-Jeff Tambellini) | ||||
| 2004 2nd round pick (#64-Martins Karsums) | ||||
| Buffalo Sabres acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | future considerations | November 16, 2002 | Jason Woolley | |
| Calgary Flames acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ladislav Kohn | September 10, 2002 | future considerations | |