Lost via waivers
Player signings
Date
Player
Contract terms (in U.S. dollars)
Ref
June 26, 2015 (2015-06-26 )
Joakim Andersson
1 year, $815,000 contract extension
[ 24]
June 30, 2015 (2015-06-30 )
Brendan Smith
2 years, $5.5 million contract extension
[ 25]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01 )
Andy Miele
1 year, $575,000
[ 26]
July 1, 2015 (2015-07-01 )
Tom McCollum
1 year, $600,000
July 3, 2015 (2015-07-03 )
Vili Saarijarvi
3 years, entry-level contract
[ 27]
July 5, 2015 (2015-07-05 )
Landon Ferraro
1 year, two-way contract
[ 28]
July 9, 2015 (2015-07-09 )
Jared Coreau
1 year, $600,000
[ 29]
July 10, 2015 (2015-07-10 )
Gustav Nyquist
4 years, $19 million contract extension
[ 30]
July 13, 2015 (2015-07-13 )
Mitch Callahan
1 year, $600,000
[ 31]
July 13, 2015 (2015-07-13 )
Nick Jensen
2 years, $1.764 million
July 15, 2015 (2015-07-15 )
Louis-Marc Aubry
1 year, $575,000
[ 32]
July 21, 2015 (2015-07-21 )
Teemu Pulkkinen
1 year, $735,000
[ 33]
July 24, 2015 (2015-07-24 )
Tomas Jurco
2 years, $1.8 million
[ 34]
September 4, 2015 (2015-09-04 )
Daniel Cleary
1 year, $950,000
[ 35]
October 2, 2015 (2015-10-02 )
Evgeny Svechnikov
3 years, entry-level contract
[ 36]
November 12, 2015 (2015-11-12 )
Justin Abdelkader
7 years, $29.75 million contract extension
[ 37]
November 16, 2015 (2015-11-16 )
Xavier Ouellet
1 year, $715,000 contract extension
[ 38]
March 21, 2016 (2016-03-21 )
Eric Tangradi
2 years, $1.25 million contract extension
[ 39]
May 27, 2016 (2016-05-27 )
Tomas Nosek
2 years, $1.225 million contract extension
[ 40]
May 31, 2016 (2016-05-31 )
Dylan Sadowy
3 years, entry-level contract
[ 41]
June 16, 2016 (2016-06-16 )
Riley Sheahan
2 years, $4.15 million contract extension
[ 42]
Brian Lashoff
1 year, $650,000 contract extension
Draft picks
The Detroit Red Wings' picks at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft , held on June 26–27, 2015 at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida .
Draft notes[ 43]
The Detroit Red Wings ' second-round pick went to the Dallas Stars as the result of a trade on March 1, 2015, that sent Erik Cole and a conditional third-round pick in 2015 to Detroit in exchange for Mattias Janmark , Mattias Backman and this pick.[ 44]
a The Dallas Stars ' third-round pick went to the Detroit Red Wings as the result of a trade on March 1, 2015, that sent Mattias Janmark , Mattias Backman , and a second-round pick in 2015 to Dallas in exchange for Erik Cole and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[ 45] The condition – Detroit will receive a third-round pick in 2015 if they do not qualify for the 2015 Eastern Conference Final and Cole does not play in 50% of Detroit's playoff games[ 44] – was converted on April 8, 2015, when Cole was injured for the remainder of the season.[ 46]
The Detroit Red Wings ' third-round pick went to the Anaheim Ducks as the result of a trade on March 2, 2015, that sent Rene Bourque , William Karlsson and a second-round pick in 2015 to Columbus in exchange for James Wisniewski and this pick.[ 47]
Columbus previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 28, 2014, that sent Edmonton's third-round pick in 2014 to Detroit in exchange for a third-round pick in 2014 and this pick.[ 48]
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