Red Wings sign DeKeyser to $30M, 6-year deal
Posted July 26, 2016 7:00 am
DETROIT (AP) - The Detroit Red Wings have avoided arbitration and signed defenseman Danny DeKeyser to a $30 million, six-year contract.
DeKeyser will count $5 million against the salary cap throughout the length of the deal. Agent Don Meehan confirmed the terms of the contract Tuesday, including modified no-trade protection beginning in the 2017-18 season.
The restricted free agent and the club were scheduled to have their arbitration hearing on Thursday in Toronto.
Instead, the 26-year-old has a long-term deal. The Western Michigan product has 14 goals and 61 assists in 234 regular-season NHL games and has averaged over 21 minutes of ice time.
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