{"id":29837,"date":"2018-07-30T16:27:31","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T20:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=29837"},"modified":"2018-07-30T16:27:31","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T20:27:31","slug":"matt-read-signs-minnesota-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/07\/30\/matt-read-signs-minnesota-wild\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Read Signs With Minnesota Wild"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/readma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Read<\/a> <\/strong>spent most of the 2016-17 season in the American Hockey League with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. He only played 19 games for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/flyers\/\" target=\"_self\">Philadelphia Flyers<\/a>, most coming after the calendar year. Read&#8217;s time with the organization came to an end as general manager\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hextaro01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ron Hextall<\/a> spoke on the team letting their pending unrestricted free agents walk following the Flyers first-round loss to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/penguins\/\" target=\"_self\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He will get another chance to prove that he can still produce at the NHL level. The Minnesota Wild signed Read to a one year, two-way deal worth 650,000\/$200,000<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Former <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BSUBeaversMHKY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BSUBeaversMHKY<\/a> forward is coming back to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StateOfHockey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#StateOfHockey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mnwild?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#mnwild<\/a> signs <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MReader24?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@MReader24<\/a> to a one-year, two-way contract ($650,000\/$200,000) \u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eHdR0RlcOZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/eHdR0RlcOZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kWrLOAppWM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/kWrLOAppWM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mnwild\/status\/1024021951331938305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 30, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>Matt Read Signs New Deal With Wild<\/h1>\n<p>The past season was certainly one to forget for Read. Making the cut after training camp, it looked like Read would start the season with the Flyers. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/gostish01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shayne Gostisbehere<\/a> suffered a minor injury at the end of the preseason though, driving the team to take eight defensemen to open the season.<\/p>\n<p>Read was the odd man out, spending a little over two weeks in the AHL before being recalled. Only playing in four games, Read spent the month of November in the press box before returning to the AHL.<\/p>\n<p>It took until\u00a0the trade deadline for Read to return to the NHL. He played in the team&#8217;s remaining 15 games, averaging 9:07 of even strength ice time on the fourth line. The stats as a whole dropped, as Read finished the season with one goal in 19 regular season games. He added two points in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>While Read may\u00a0not be the scorer that he used to be, he still provides the team with an above-average penalty killer. Among Flyers forwards this past season, only <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/giroucl01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Claude Giroux<\/a> was better at helping the team limit shots on the penalty kill. No forward was on the ice for fewer goals against\/60 that Read, who finished with a 5.45 mark.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Read may be on the wrong side of his career, but the Wild still see some value left in the veteran forward.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"dQErJMxCTl58brLKsRehPg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/868351394\" 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:'dQErJMxCTl58brLKsRehPg',sig:'6F_wnKfkk3a-Z6QAllVNoFtfdMzJkkF2tOJ8BcKlI9M=',w:'594px',h:'420px',items:'868351394',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>Matt Read spent most of the 2016-17 season in the American Hockey League with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. 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