| Transactions |
| Date | Player | Notes |
| 03/24/2003 | Jason Williams | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 03/22/2003 | Jason Williams | Called up from Minor from Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 03/11/2003 | Sean Avery | Traded w/Kuznetsov, two picks for M. Schneider |
| 03/11/2003 | Maxim Kuznetsov | Traded w/Avery, two picks for M. Schneider |
| 03/11/2003 | Mathieu Schneider | Traded for Avery,Kuznetsov,'03 1st,'04 2nd pks. |
| 02/25/2003 | Sean Avery | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 02/23/2003 | Stacy Roest | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 02/07/2003 | Stacy Roest | Called up from Minor from Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 01/08/2003 | Jason Williams | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 01/03/2003 | Patrick Boileau | Called up from Minor from Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 12/31/2002 | Patrick Boileau | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 12/18/2002 | Marc Lamothe | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 12/14/2002 | Jason Williams | Called up from Minor from Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 12/14/2002 | Patrick Boileau | Called up from Minor from Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 12/14/2002 | Marc Lamothe | Called up from Minor from Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 12/13/2002 | Kirk Maltby | re-signed Four-year contract |
| 12/13/2002 | Jason Williams | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 12/13/2002 | Marc Lamothe | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 12/08/2002 | Marc Lamothe | Called up from Minor from Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 12/07/2002 | Marc Lamothe | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 12/06/2002 | Marc Lamothe | Called up from Minor from Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 12/05/2002 | Jason Williams | Called up from Minor from Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 12/03/2002 | Jason Williams | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 12/01/2002 | Jason Williams | Called up from Minor from Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 11/27/2002 | Jason Williams | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 11/23/2002 | Sean Avery | Called up from Minor from Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 11/20/2002 | Sean Avery | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 11/18/2002 | Sean Avery | Called up from Minor from Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 11/16/2002 | Jason Woolley | Traded for future considerations |
| 11/11/2002 | Sean Avery | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 11/08/2002 | Joey MacDonald | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 11/07/2002 | Joey MacDonald | Called up from Minor from Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 11/01/2002 | Stacy Roest | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 10/28/2002 | Stacy Roest | Called up from Minor from Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 10/25/2002 | Sean Avery | Called up from Minor from Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 10/18/2002 | Sean Avery | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 10/17/2002 | Stacy Roest | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 10/15/2002 | Nathan Robinson | Signed as Free Agent |
| 10/06/2002 | Patrick Boileau | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 10/05/2002 | Derek King | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 10/05/2002 | Doug Brown | Released |
| 09/30/2002 | Travis Richards | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 09/30/2002 | Nathan Robinson | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 09/30/2002 | Joey MacDonald | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 09/30/2002 | Danny Groulx | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 09/30/2002 | Mark Mowers | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 09/30/2002 | Ed Campbell | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 09/30/2002 | Tomas Kopecky | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 09/30/2002 | Marc Lamothe | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 09/30/2002 | Michel Picard | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 09/25/2002 | Bryan Adams | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 09/25/2002 | Darryl Bootland | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 09/25/2002 | Matt Ellis | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 09/25/2002 | Paul Ballatyne | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 09/25/2002 | Tim Verbeek | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 09/25/2002 | Ryan Barnes | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 09/22/2002 | Dave Van Drunen | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 09/22/2002 | Andrew Allen | Sent to Minors Grand Rapids-AHL |
| 09/11/2002 | Ladislav Kohn | Traded for future considerations |
| 09/03/2002 | Jiri Fischer | re-signed Two-year contract |
| 08/29/2002 | Darryl Bootland | Signed Three-year contract |
| 08/29/2002 | Matt Ellis | Signed Three-year contract |
| 08/27/2002 | Stacy Roest | Signed as Free Agent One-year contract |
| 08/12/2002 | Danny Groulx | Signed Three-year contract |
| 08/06/2002 | Mark Mowers | Signed as Free Agent |
| 08/06/2002 | Marc Lamothe | Signed as Free Agent |
| 08/05/2002 | Patrick Boileau | Signed as Free Agent |
| 08/05/2002 | Ed Campbell | Signed as Free Agent |
| 08/05/2002 | Bryan Adams | Signed as Free Agent |
| 08/01/2002 | Igor Larionov | re-signed One-year contract |
| 07/31/2002 | Darren McCarty | re-signed One year, $1.95 million |
| 07/24/2002 | Derek King | Signed as Free Agent |
| 07/24/2002 | Michel Picard | Signed as Free Agent |
| 07/16/2002 | Dmitri Bykov | Signed One-year contract |
| 07/11/2002 | Mathieu Dandenault | re-signed One-year contract |
| 07/03/2002 | Chris Chelios | re-signed Two-year contract |
| 07/02/2002 | Curtis Joseph | Signed as Free Agent Three-year contract |
| 07/01/2002 | Igor Larionov | Unrestricted FA |
| 07/01/2002 | Chris Chelios | Unrestricted FA |
| 07/01/2002 | Uwe Krupp | Unrestricted FA |
| 01/05/2002 | Joey MacDonald | Signed as Free Agent |
