{"id":12889,"date":"2017-07-10T19:01:01","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T23:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=12889"},"modified":"2017-07-10T19:01:01","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T23:01:01","slug":"brandon-tanev-steve-michalek-among-minor-signings-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2017\/07\/10\/brandon-tanev-steve-michalek-among-minor-signings-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Tanev, Zack Mitchell Among Minor Signings on July 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we hit mid-July, NHL clubs have shifted their focus from big targets to depth. Although <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/jagrja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jaromir Jagr<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/v\/vanekth01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thomas Vanek<\/a><\/strong>, and many others are still available, general managers are beginning to focus in on their AHL affiliates for the upcoming season. The Minnesota Wild and Winnipeg Jets were two teams on Monday who began to fill out their minor league rosters.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/tanevbr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brandon Tanev<\/a>, Zack Mitchell Among Minor Signings on July 10<\/h3>\n<h4>Minnesota<\/h4>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udcf0 NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mnwild?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#mnwild<\/a> has re-signed Steve Michalek to a one-year, two-way deal ($715,000\/$70,000) \u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WmvULPPDAt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/WmvULPPDAt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bWVT7DRcnI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/bWVT7DRcnI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mnwild\/status\/884506275660218369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 10, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Wild have re-signed goaltender <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockeydb.com\/ihdb\/stats\/pdisplay.php?pid=143107\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Steve Michalek<\/strong><\/a> to a one-year, two-way contract that pays him $715,000 in the NHL and $70,000 with the Iowa Wild of the AHL in 2017-18.<\/p>\n<p>Michalek was drafted in the sixth round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft by the Wild. The native of Hartford, Connecticut played three seasons for the Harvard Crimson before signing an entry-level contract in 2015. Last year, the 23-year old netminder posted a 2.63 goals-against average and a .919 save percentage in 30 appearances in his first full year with Iowa.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udcf0 NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mnwild?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#mnwild<\/a> has re-signed Zack Mitchell (@zedmitchell23) to a one-year, two-way contract ($660,000\/$70,000) \u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tw7lCeF5FL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/tw7lCeF5FL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uf4XRcqqCs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/uf4XRcqqCs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mnwild\/status\/884535051014127616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 10, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Wild have also brought back forward Zack Mitchell on a one-year, two-way contract worth $660,000 in the NHL and $70,000 in the AHL.<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell was signed as an undrafted free agent in 2014 by the Wild. After five seasons with the Guelph Storm, he joined the Iowa Wild, where Mitchell has spent nearly all of his professional career. Last year, the Orangeville, Ontario native played 62 games for Iowa, recording 22 points. He also made his NHL debut, playing 11 games with Minnesota. The 24-year old has yet to score his first career point.<\/p>\n<h4>Winnipeg<\/h4>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NHLJets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NHLJets<\/a> have signed Brandon Tanev to a one-year contract with an AAV of $700,000. MORE INFO &gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gqOYzmxWWt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/gqOYzmxWWt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rYJUNKupRI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/rYJUNKupRI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Winnipeg Jets (@NHLJets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLJets\/status\/884532970597490688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 10, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Forward <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/tanevbr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brandon Tanev<\/a> <\/strong>has signed a one-year, two-way contract with the Winnipeg Jets. The 25-year old was a restricted free agent.<\/p>\n<p>Tanev was signed as an undrafted free agent out of Providence College by the Jets in 2016. The native Toronto appeared in 51 games with Winnipeg last season, recording just four points. Additionally, he scored nine points in 23 games with the Manitoba Moose in the AHL. He will likely serve as a depth, bottom six piece for the Jets and the Moose in 2017-18.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/643877738\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/643877738?et=5Zqlgrm2SWlY4J96HwnS4A&amp;tld=ca&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=1acwpjuX9K6TZ4k5HZs1mLyhfAHnWk_RQyXNfyESgH4=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forward Brandon Tanev and goaltender Steve Michalek were among a pair of minor signings on July 10, as the Jets and Wild look to fill out their roster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1858,"featured_media":12891,"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":[34],"tags":[1071,37,221,38,662,2039,357,2040],"class_list":["post-12889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-brandon-tanev","tag-hockey","tag-minnesota-wild","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-free-agency","tag-steve-michalek","tag-winnipeg-jets","tag-zack-mitchell"],"modified_by":"Kyle Cushman (editor)","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12889","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\/1858"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}