The following is a list of all team-to-team transactions that have occurred in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 1952–53 NHL season. It lists which team each player has been traded to and for which player(s) or other consideration(s), if applicable.
| July 22, 1952 | To Detroit Red Wings cash | To Chicago Black Hawks Sid Abel | [1] [2] |
| August 14, 1952 | To Detroit Red Wings cash | To Chicago Black Hawks Fred Glover Enio Sclisizzi | [3] |
| August 14, 1952 | To Boston Bruins cash | To Chicago Black Hawks Ed Kryzanowski | [4] |
| August 18, 1952 | To Detroit Red Wings Jim Morrison Reg Sinclair cash | To New York Rangers Leo Reise Jr. | [5] |
| September 11, 1952 | To Toronto Maple Leafs Harry Lumley | To Chicago Black Hawks Cal Gardner Ray Hannigan Gus Mortson Al Rollins | [6] |
| September 16, 1952 | To Toronto Maple Leafs cash | To Boston Bruins Joe Klukay | [7] |
| September 22, 1952 | To Montreal Canadiens cash | To Chicago Black Hawks Gerry Couture | [8] |
| September 23, 1952 | To Detroit Red Wings Red Almas Guyle Fielder Steve Hrymnak | To Chicago Black Hawks cash | [9] |
| October 8, 1952 | To Montreal Canadiens rights to Frank Eddolls | To New York Rangers cash | [10] |
| October 15, 1952 | To Detroit Red Wings loan of Ray Hannigan for 1952–53 season | To Chicago Black Hawks loan of Guyle Fielder for 1952–53 season | [11] |
| October 31, 1952 | To Boston Bruins Ed Kryzanowski | To Chicago Black Hawks cash | |
| January 9, 1953 | To Chicago Black Hawks cash | To New York Rangers rights to Pete Babando | [12] |