Lou Nanne trades
| Minnesota North Stars acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | future considerations | March 8, 1983 | Ken Solheim |  |
| Minnesota North Stars acquire | Date | Los Angeles Kings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| future considerations (1985 3rd round pick (#51-Stephane Roy)) | February 1, 1983 | Markus Mattsson |  |
| Toronto Maple Leafs acquire | Date | Minnesota North Stars acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | cash | January 10, 1983 | Dave Logan | |
| Minnesota North Stars acquire | Date | Pittsburgh Penguins acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Ferguson | October 28, 1982 | Anders Hakansson |  |
| 1983 1st round pick (#1-Brian Lawton) | Ron Meighan | |||
| 1983 1st round pick (#15-Bob Errey) | ||||
| Hartford Whalers acquire | Date | Minnesota North Stars acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Kent-Erik Andersson | October 1, 1982 | 1984 5th round pick (#89-Jiri Poner) | |
| Mark Johnson | future considerations (Jordy Douglas) | |||
| Minnesota North Stars acquire | Date | New York Islanders acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Beaton | September 27, 1982 | future considerations |  |
| Minnesota North Stars acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan McCarthy | August 23, 1982 | Shawn Dineen |  |
| Minnesota North Stars acquire | Date | Washington Capitals acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rollie Boutin | August 4, 1982 | Robbie Moore |  |
| Wes Jarvis | 1983 eleventh round pick (#216-Anders Huss) | |||
| Minnesota North Stars acquire | Date | Quebec Nordiques acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 eleventh round pick (#212-Oldrich Valek) | June 9, 1982 | 1982 twelfth round pick (#248-Jan Jasko) |  |
| Boston Bruins acquire | Date | Minnesota North Stars acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Brad Palmer | June 9, 1982 | Bruins agreed not to select Brian Bellows in 1982 entry draft | |
| rights to Dave Donnelly | ||||
| Minnesota North Stars acquire | Date | Calgary Flames acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willi Plett | June 7, 1982 | Steve Christoff |  |
| 1982 4th round pick (#81-Dusan Pasek) | Bill Nyrop | |||
| 1982 2nd round pick (#29-Dave Reierson) | ||||
| Minnesota North Stars acquire | Date | Pittsburgh Penguins acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Johnson | March 2, 1982 | 1982 2nd round pick (#38-Tim Hrynewich) | |
| Minnesota North Stars acquire | Date | Colorado Rockies acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cash | December 31, 1981 | Kevin Maxwell |  |
| rights to Jim Dobson | ||||
| Minnesota North Stars acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cash | October 30, 1981 | rights to Tom Younghans | |
| Minnesota North Stars acquire | Date | Edmonton Oilers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rights to Don Murdoch | August 21, 1981 | Don Jackson |  |
| 1982 3rd round pick (#59-Wally Chapman) | ||||
| Minnesota North Stars acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 1st round pick (#2-Brian Bellows) | August 21, 1981 | Greg Smith | |
| 1982 1st round pick (#17-Murray Craven) | ||||
| rights to Don Murdoch | ||||
| Minnesota North Stars acquire | Date | Winnipeg Jets acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsay Middlebrook | July 31, 1981 | cash |  |
| Minnesota North Stars acquire | Date | Quebec Nordiques acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Burton | June 9, 1981 | Dan Chicoine | |
| Toronto Maple Leafs acquire | Date | Minnesota North Stars acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Zanussi | March 10, 1981 | 1981 2nd round pick (#27-Dave Donnelly) | |
| 1981 3rd round pick (#55-Ernie Godden) | ||||
| Minnesota North Stars acquire | Date | Edmonton Oilers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| future considerations (1982 3rd round pick (#59-Wally Chapman)) | February 2, 1981 | Gary Edwards | |