Ned Harkness trades
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Pittsburgh Penguins acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Henry Nowak | May 27, 1974 | Nelson Debenedet |  |
| 1974 3rd round pick (#44-Dan Mandryk) | ||||
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Houde | February 28, 1974 | Brian Lavender |  |
| St. Louis Blues acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Garnet Bailey | February 14, 1974 | Chris Evans | |
| Bill Collins | Jean Hamel | |||
| Ted Harris | Bryan Watson | |||
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Pittsburgh Penguins acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Lynch | January 17, 1974 | Ron Stackhouse | |
| Jim Rutherford | ||||
| Toronto Maple Leafs acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Tim Ecclestone | November 28, 1973 | Pierre Jarry | |
| Boston Bruins acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | cash | November 23, 1973 | Doug Roberts | |
| Minnesota North Stars acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Gary Bergman | November 7, 1973 | Ted Harris | |
| St. Louis Blues acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cash | October 27, 1973 | Brent Hughes | |
| Toronto Maple Leafs acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cash | October 17, 1973 | Terry Clancy | |
| Los Angeles Kings acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | cash | May 15, 1973 | 1973 8th round pick (#118-Dennis Polonich) | |
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Philadelphia Flyers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Foley | May 15, 1973 | Serge Lajeunesse |  |
| St. Louis Blues acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cash | May 15, 1973 | 1973 9th round pick (#135-Dennis O'Brien) | |
| 1973 tenth round pick (#151-Kevin Neville) | ||||
| Buffalo Sabres acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | cash | May 15, 1973 | 1973 9th round pick (#139-Ray Bibeau) | |
| 1973 eleventh round pick (not exercised) | ||||
| 1973 tenth round pick (#155-Mitch Brandt) | ||||
| Boston Bruins acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Doak | March 1, 1973 | Garnet Bailey | |
| future considerations (Murray Wing) | ||||
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Pittsburgh Penguins acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 3rd round pick (#39-Nelson Pyatt) | February 25, 1973 | Andy Brown | |
| cash | ||||
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | New York Islanders acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Lavender | January 17, 1973 | Bob Cook |  |
| Ken Murray | Ralph Stewart | |||
| Atlanta Flames acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Leon Rochefort | November 27, 1972 | Bill Hogaboam | |
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Pittsburgh Penguins acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy Edwards | October 6, 1972 | cash | |
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | New York Islanders acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denis DeJordy | October 4, 1972 | Arnie Brown | |
| Don McLaughlin | Gerry Gray | |||
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Doak | May 24, 1972 | Joe Zanussi | |
| Rick Newell | 1972 1st round pick (#10-Al Blanchard) | |||