History of NHL trades
   
    
| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Chicago Blackhawks acquire | ||||
	  
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	    December 9, 1946 | 
	   
	  
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| Toronto Maple Leafs acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||||
	  
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	    September 21, 1946 | 
	   
	  
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| Toronto Maple Leafs acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||||
	  
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	    September 21, 1946 | 
	   
	  
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| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Chicago Blackhawks acquire | ||||
	  
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	    September 1, 1946 | 
	   
	  
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| Boston Bruins acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||||
	  
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	    August 1, 1946 | 
	   
	  
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| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||||
	  
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	    June 19, 1946 | 
	   
	  
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| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Chicago Blackhawks acquire | ||||
	  
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	    April 1, 1946 | 
	   
	  
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| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Chicago Blackhawks acquire | ||||
	  
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	    December 26, 1945 | 
	   
	  
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| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||||
	  
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	    October 14, 1945 | 
	   
	  
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| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||||
	  
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	    September 11, 1945 | 
	   
	  
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| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||||
	  
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	    February 1, 1945 | 
	   
	  
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| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Chicago Blackhawks acquire | ||||
	  
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	    January 2, 1945 | 
	   
	  
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| Montreal Canadiens acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||||
	  
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	    November 24, 1944 | 
	   
	  
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| Boston Bruins acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||||
	  
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	    October 30, 1944 | 
	   
	  
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| Boston Bruins acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||||
	  
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	    January 5, 1944 | 
	   
	  
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| Boston Bruins acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||||
	  
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	    November 24, 1941 | 
	   
	  
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| New York Americans acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||||
	  
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	    November 7, 1939 | 
	   
	  
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| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | New York Rangers acquire | ||||
	  
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	    May 17, 1939 | 
	   
	  
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| Detroit Red Wings acquire | Date | Chicago Blackhawks acquire | ||||
	  
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	    January 27, 1939 | 
	   
	  
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| Boston Bruins acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||||
	  
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	    December 28, 1938 | 
	   
	  
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