{"id":129746,"date":"2022-07-13T12:41:17","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T16:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=129746"},"modified":"2022-07-13T12:41:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T16:41:17","slug":"andrew-copp-contract-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/07\/13\/andrew-copp-contract-signing\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Copp Gets a New Contract with Detroit Red Wings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Red Wings signed free agent forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/coppan01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrew Copp<\/a>. The new contract for Andrew Copp comes in at five years and $5.625 per year. Understandably, this is a big signing for both the player and the team.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">5 years $5.625 for Copp in Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DarrenDreger\/status\/1547257658511704066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Andrew Copp Gets New Deal<\/h2>\n<p>Over his eight-year NHL career, Copp has played for the Winnipeg Jets and New York Rangers<i><\/i>. He has put up 82 goals and 120 assists for 202 career points in 483 career games. Winnipeg originally drafted<\/p>\n<p>Last season he scored 21 goals and 32 assists for 53 points in 72 games. He also added 16 penalty minutes for the 2021-22 campaign. His possession numbers were 53.8 percent Corsi and a relative Corsi of 3.7. Copp netted eight goals with the Rangers after being traded from the Jets <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/03\/21\/andrew-copp-traded\/\" target=\"_self\">at the deadline<\/a>. He was <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/03\/23\/evaluating-the-new-york-rangers-trade-deadline\/\" target=\"_self\">part of the Rangers&#8217; big depth makeover<\/a> joining players like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/v\/vatrafr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frank Vatrano<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mottety01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyler Motte<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Copp scored six Stanley Cup Playoff goals this season in 20 games, which were both bests for him. The Ann Arbor, Mich. native was also a standout college hockey player at the University of Michigan. He&#8217;s also represented his native United States at various levels from the Worlds to the World Juniors.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/RangersMSGN\/status\/1517622120263696387<\/p>\n<h2>What This Means for the Future<\/h2>\n<p>Copp is a versatile forward that can play in the centre spot or on the wing. He finally broke into the 20-goal column for the first time this season. The 27-year-old was a vital part of the Rangers&#8217; push into the Eastern Conference Final. He was able to move throughout the lineup when head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/gallage01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gerard Gallant<\/a> needed him. Copp is the type of player that is solid at both ends of the ice. He is an asset and will get paid like one.<\/p>\n<p>Copp did cool off as the post-season went along, but he is a key player for any team that he&#8217;s on. Being able to play multiple forward slots gives him an edge and makes him a valuable piece. In signing with the Red Wings, Copp returns to his home state of Michigan. His experience and versatility will be extremely useful on a rebuilding team looking to take the next step.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Red Wings signed free agent forward Andrew Copp. The new contract for Andrew Copp comes in at five years and $5.625 per year. Understandably, this is a big signing for both the player and the team. 5 years $5.625 for Copp in Detroit. \u2014 Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) July 13, 2022 Andrew Copp Gets [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":129747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[4547,4,34,4548],"tags":[729,5911,983,662,955,2009],"class_list":["post-129746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hockey","category-redwings","category-news","category-nhl","tag-andrew-copp","tag-detroit-red-wings-news","tag-frank-vatrano","tag-nhl-free-agency","tag-nhl-news","tag-tyler-motte"],"modified_by":"Alex Metzger, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129746","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\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}