After scouring through a trade log, there were a lot of meaningless trades that the Detroit Red Wings have made, where the Red Wings would ship a prospect for a prospect, and then neither of those two players panned out.
Looking into some of the more recent trades it is hard to judge since the draft picks have not all been made, and the players have not fully developed yet. But between 2004-2019, I found three specific trades that caught my eye that are deals to be forgotten.
The Detroit Red Wings have pulled off some good trades, some bad trades, and some trades that cannot be gauged yet because of their more recent backgrounds.