{"id":112893,"date":"2021-08-10T11:55:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T15:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=112893"},"modified":"2021-08-10T11:55:25","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T15:55:25","slug":"jakub-vrana-re-signed-by-detroit-red-wings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/08\/10\/jakub-vrana-re-signed-by-detroit-red-wings\/","title":{"rendered":"Jakub Vrana Re-Signed by Detroit Red Wings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>.The Detroit Red Wings announced today that they have re-signed restricted free agent forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/v\/vranaja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jakub Vrana<\/a> to a three-year contract worth $15.75 million. This is the first contract in Detroit for Vrana which carries a salary-cap hit of $5.25 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">DET &amp; Jakub Vrana settle with a 3x$5.25M extension<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FriedgeHNIC\/status\/1425118741797515267?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 10, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Jakub Vrana Re-Signed by the Detroit Red Wings<\/h2>\n<p>Vrana was originally drafted 13<sup>th<\/sup> overall in the 2014 NHL Entry Draft by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/capitals\/\" target=\"_self\">Washington Capitals<\/a>. He spent the better part of two seasons with the AHL Hershey Bears before becoming a regular with the Capitals for the 2017\/2018 season. Vrana\u2019s up-and-down rookie season would culminate with a Stanley Cup &#8211; a run where he had eight points in 23 playoff games. The following season, the young Czech forward was given the opportunity to play a larger role. He rewarded his team with a 24-goal season which would later earn him a two-year contract worth $6,700,000. With negotiations behind him, Vrana continued his ascent as a premier left-winger, reaching career highs in goals (25), assists (27) and points (52) in just 69 games. He followed it up with 25 points in 39 games prior to being traded out of Washington.<\/p>\n<p>In what was the most surprising deal of the 2021 NHL Trade Deadline, the Red Wings acquired Vrana along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/panikri01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Richard Panik<\/a>, a first-round pick and a second-round pick in exchange for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/manthan01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anthony Mantha<\/a>. Vrana had success in the 11 games he played with his new team following the trade. He had eight goals and four assists including a four-goal game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/stars\/\" target=\"_self\">Dallas Stars<\/a> on April 22. Over the last two seasons, Vrana ranks fifth in even-strength goals behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/matthau01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Auston Matthews<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/o\/ovechal01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Ovechkin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcdavco01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connor McDavid<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/connoky01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyle Connor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means for the Future<\/h3>\n<p>It\u2019s no surprise that Red Wings General Manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/y\/yzermst01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steve Yzerman<\/a> locked up Vrana. While it may have been a bold decision to move on from one of his brightest young stars in Mantha, he acquired one in the process. Now, he\u2019s doubled down on it. There isn\u2019t anyone like Alex Ovechkin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/o\/oshietj01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">T.J. Oshie<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/backsni02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nicklas Backstrom<\/a> in Detroit to surround the 25-year-old Vrana. He will be relied on to consistently produce as one of the go-to options on an up-and-coming Red Wings team.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"ozrcsmPDQfthx_Y6Fvb3AA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/1317368044\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'ozrcsmPDQfthx_Y6Fvb3AA',sig:'DCCGeFNwLid-twFBTNC-H5YH40MK1P5Li-WoytZUlGU=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1317368044',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jakub Vrana Re-Signed; The Detroit Red Wings announced today that they have re-signed restricted free agent forward Jakub Vrana to a <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3917,"featured_media":116783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,4547,34,4548],"tags":[5911,37,2412,38,955],"class_list":["post-112893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-redwings","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","tag-detroit-red-wings-news","tag-hockey","tag-jakub-vrana","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-news"],"modified_by":"Jim Biringer","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3917"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}