{"id":118487,"date":"2021-09-14T14:08:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T18:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=118487"},"modified":"2021-09-14T14:08:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T18:08:38","slug":"red-wings-re-sign-givani-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/09\/14\/red-wings-re-sign-givani-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Red Wings Re-Sign Givani Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Red Wings announced today that they have re-signed Givani Smith to a two-year deal. Smith&#8217;s salary has yet to be announced.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">UPDATE: The Detroit <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RedWings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#RedWings<\/a> today re-singed left wing Givani Smith to a two-year contract.<\/p>\n<p>Details: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aMryVYbgn9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/aMryVYbgn9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sX2wYXs2XE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/sX2wYXs2XE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DetroitRedWings\/status\/1437785947790262284?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 14, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Givani Smith Re-Signed by Detroit Red Wings<\/h2>\n<p>Smith&#8217;s two-year deal indicates that the Red Wings see him as a part of their future. Last season, he split his season between the Red Wings and the Grand Rapids Griffins, Detroit&#8217;s AHL affiliate. In 16 games in Hockeytown, Smith obtained four points, 28 hits, and 21 penalty minutes. He scored his first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/howego01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gordie Howe<\/a> Hat Trick &#8212; a goal, assist, and fight &#8212; on February 9th against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/panthers\/\" target=\"_self\">Florida Panthers<\/a>. The Red Wings drafted Smith 46th overall in the second round of the 2016 NHL Entry Draft.<\/p>\n<p>Smith has seven points and 30 penalty minutes in 37 games with the Red Wings. His skillset is best utilized as a counter to the tough players meant to break a team. This unique ability makes him a favored player in high-intensity matchups against more physical teams. The Red Wings often utilized Smith last season to counter players like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/lombery01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Lomberg<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/gudasra01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Radko Gudas<\/a>. It&#8217;s likely he&#8217;ll reprise that role in the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means for the Red Wings<\/h3>\n<p>Smith has been referenced by many as an affordable alternative to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/a\/abdelju01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justin Abdelkader<\/a> in his prime. He can play tough minutes against difficult competition without backing down. Additionally, his physicality brings a dimension to the game that the Red Wings have needed since Niklas Kronwall&#8217;s retirement. Smith went toe-to-toe against Gudas and has consistently held his own against some of the league&#8217;s tougher players. If he makes the roster, the Red Wings will likely deploy him on the fourth line, matching him up against tougher players like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/wilsoto01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tom Wilson<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/reavery01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Reaves<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main Photo:\u00a0<\/strong><a id=\"gNdejqk2T41_GTKxABCyDw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1193798778\" 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:'gNdejqk2T41_GTKxABCyDw',sig:'KWfLgJwXn8Ju38DNj9Ez2DM90m-K0JdSwjbuLnQGAK0=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1193798778',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Red Wings announced today that they have re-signed Givani Smith to a two-year deal. Smith&#8217;s salary has yet to be announced. UPDATE: The Detroit #RedWings today re-singed left wing Givani Smith to a two-year contract. Details: https:\/\/t.co\/aMryVYbgn9 pic.twitter.com\/sX2wYXs2XE \u2014 Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) September 14, 2021 Givani Smith Re-Signed by Detroit Red Wings [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3676,"featured_media":118488,"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":[4,4547,4548],"tags":[5911,630],"class_list":["post-118487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-redwings","category-hockey","category-nhl","tag-detroit-red-wings-news","tag-givani-smith"],"modified_by":"Jake Rivard","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118487","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\/3676"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}