{"id":138766,"date":"2023-07-01T17:30:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T21:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=138766"},"modified":"2023-07-01T17:36:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T21:36:50","slug":"stanley-cup-champion-forward-inks-new-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/07\/01\/stanley-cup-champion-forward-inks-new-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanley Cup Champion Forward Inks New Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/07\/01\/detroit-red-wings-signings\/\" target=\"_self\">Detroit Red Wings<\/a> have announced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/comphj.01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-27_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">J.T. Compher<\/a> contract that will run through the 2027-28 season worth $25.5 million. Compher&#8217;s new contract has an average cap hit of $5.5 million per season. News of the deal emerged on Saturday. Detroit also announced the signing of veteran goalie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/lyonal01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-07-01_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Lyon<\/a> to a two-year deal worth $1.8 million in total. The average cap hit is $900,000 per season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UPDATE: The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RedWings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#RedWings<\/a> today signed forward J.T. Compher to a five-year contract with an AAV of $5,100,000. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/27j678Y6iQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/27j678Y6iQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DetroitRedWings\/status\/1675252967472001025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>JT Compher Contract Inked<\/h2>\n<p>The Northbrook, Ill. native has played only for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/06\/07\/nhl-rumours-colorado-avalanche-centre-options\/\" target=\"_self\">Colorado Avalanche<\/a> in his seven-year NHL career. Compher netted 17 goals and 35 assists for 52 points in 82 games this season. He had a Corsi for of 52.3 and a relative Corsi of -0.4. The winger\/centre also had a goal and an assist in seven Stanley Cup Playoff games this season.<\/p>\n<p>Compher was originally drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the second round, 35th overall of the 2013 NHL Draft. However, he was sent over to the Avalanche as part of a trade package while attending the University of Michigan. The 28-year-old forward has 88 goals and 106 points for 194 points in 423 career games.<\/p>\n<p>He<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/J._T._Compher\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> comes from a strong hockey family<\/a> as his sister, Jesse, is on the United States women&#8217;s hockey team. That team went on to win the silver medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics after falling to Team Canada.<\/p>\n<h3>Impact of JT Compher Contract<\/h3>\n<p>Compher has made a steady rise through the Avalanche lineup. He&#8217;s scored double digits in goals in every full season that he&#8217;s been in the NHL The veteran forward would be a solid pickup for any team and good addition for the middle six.<\/p>\n<p>There <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/06\/27\/nhl-rumours-jets-avalanche\/\" target=\"_self\">was talk of him going to his home state<\/a> with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/06\/21\/nhl-rumours-maple-leafs-blackhawks-2\/\" target=\"_self\">Chicago Blackhawks.<\/a> However, the Avalanche also had a chance to bring him back. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/johanry01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-27_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Johansen<\/a> trade may have sealed Compher&#8217;s fate as Johansen can fill the second line role. However, Compher can play on the wing or in the middle.<\/p>\n<p>He was making $3.5 million, but got himself a nice payday for his efforts. Compher is a strong forward that can help out a team&#8217;s depth.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main photo by: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Red Wings have announced a J.T. Compher contract that will run through the 2027-28 season worth $25.5 million. Compher&#8217;s new contract has an average cap hit of $5.5 million per season. News of the deal emerged on Saturday. Detroit also announced the signing of veteran goalie Alex Lyon to a two-year deal worth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":138772,"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":[604,5911,2015,662],"class_list":["post-138766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hockey","category-redwings","category-news","category-nhl","tag-alex-lyon","tag-detroit-red-wings-news","tag-j-t-compher","tag-nhl-free-agency"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138766","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=138766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}