Detroit Red Wings Sign Vladimir Tarasenko to Two-Year Contract
The Detroit Red Wings have signed right-winger Vladimir Tarasenko to a two-year contract with an average annual value of $4.75 million. Tarasenko is a defending Stanley Cup champion who scored 23 goals and added 32 assists in 76 games played for the Florida Panthers who helped the team win the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history.
The Panthers are in the Atlantic Division alongside the Red Wings and won the division with 110 points, while the Red Wings had 91 points. Tarasenko also won a Stanley Cup with the St. Louis Blues in 2019. So, where does the acquisition of Tarasenko leave the Red Wings after largely standing pat to begin free agency? Keep in mind that the Red Wings also need to re-sign their restricted free agents, Moritz Seider and Lucas Raymond.
On the same day that the Red Wings acquired Tarasenko, the team traded Robby Fabbri to the Anaheim Ducks along with a conditional fourth-round draft pick in exchange for goaltender Gage Alexander. Alexander is 22-years-old. The Fabbri trade shed $4 million in salary cap space to make room for Tarasenko. The Red Wings now have just over $20 million in salary cap space to sign Seider and Raymond and any other players that Yzerman may have in mind.
