{"id":451296,"date":"2024-09-18T10:16:19","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T14:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=451296"},"modified":"2024-09-18T10:16:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T14:16:19","slug":"nhl-rumours-detroit-red-wings-rfa-defender-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/09\/18\/nhl-rumours-detroit-red-wings-rfa-defender-update\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Rumours: Detroit Red Wings RFA Defender Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for another edition of NHL rumours. We&#8217;re getting ready for the start of training camp pretty soon, but the scramble is on to get deals done. There are a number of restricted free agents yet to sign.<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/09\/17\/dallas-stars-defenceman-lands-new-contract\/\" target=\"_self\"> Some contracts<\/a> have been taken care of, but there are others that are getting close to the witching hour. One team that&#8217;s trying to scramble to get a deal done is the<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/09\/10\/2024-25-puck-drop-preview-detroit-red-wings\/\" target=\"_self\"> Detroit Red Wings<\/a>. This edition of NHL rumours focuses on one particular Red Wings defender that&#8217;s yet to sign.<\/p>\n<p>All NHL rumours come from the original source and are subject to change.<\/p>\n<h2>NHL Rumours<\/h2>\n<h3>Detroit Red Wings Defenceman Contract Update<\/h3>\n<p><em>Rumour: On the season premiere of TSN&#8217;s Insider Trading, Chris Johnston gave an update on talks between the Red Wings and defender <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/seidemo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-18_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Moritz Seider<\/a>. The German blueliner is an RFA, but yet to sign his new deal.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">INSIDER TRADING\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Clock ticking on RFA talks<br \/>&#8211; CBJ monitoring trade market for forward help<br \/>&#8211; How NHL clubs will help manage roster selection for CHL\/USA Prospects Challenge<\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qLGuVNHNJk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/qLGuVNHNJk<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kULldwL5W3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/kULldwL5W3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TSN Hockey (@TSNHockey) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TSNHockey\/status\/1836164743066800154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Analysis:<\/em> Detroit General Manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/y\/yzermst01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-18_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steve Yzerman<\/a> has been busy making deals happen already this week. Yzerman has <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/09\/16\/red-wings-sign-forward-to-extension\/\" target=\"_self\">already signed<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/berggjo02.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-18_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jonatan Berggren<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/raymolu01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-18_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lucas Raymond<\/a> to deals. The former got a one-year &#8220;prove it&#8221; contract while Raymond <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/09\/16\/red-wings-come-to-terms-with-forward-on-a-new-contract\/\" target=\"_self\">got himself an eight-year deal<\/a>. This eight-year pact is the maximum allowed under the collective bargaining agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Detroit is looking to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2024\/09\/08\/nhl-rumours-detroit-red-wings-defenceman-contract-update\/\" target=\"_self\">do the same for Seider<\/a>, but there have been sticking points in the deal. Yzerman wants to make sure that captain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/larkidy01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-09-18_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dylan Larkin<\/a> is the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/03\/01\/dylan-larkin-re-signs-detroit-red-wings\/\" target=\"_self\">team&#8217;s highest-paid player<\/a> at $8.7 million per season. It looked like the Red Wings wanted to give an eight-year deal to Seider, but also slot him under Larkin and above Raymond in salary structure.<\/p>\n<p>However, the rising salary cap means that more money could be had sooner rather than later. The cap could jump up another $4 million next season and then steadily increase. Players want to make sure they&#8217;re getting the maximum dollar value.<\/p>\n<p>Detroit has nearly $8.75 million in cap space and Seider will probably eat most of that up. However, the Red Wings probably want some flexibility if they need to make a move.<\/p>\n<h4>A Happy Medium<\/h4>\n<p>Some may think it&#8217;s doom and gloom with a deal not getting done. However, that may not be the case. Yzerman told the media that the club is <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.wxyz.com\/sports\/yzerman-i-dont-think-were-terribly-far-apart-on-deal-for-moritz-seider\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">not terribly far apart<\/a> when it comes to a deal with Seider.<\/p>\n<p>Johnston mentions that both sides might go with a six or seven-year deal for Seider to get him under Larkin&#8217;s number. That might be a way to get Seider into the $8 million range and into camp sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n<p>Yzerman and company may have to pony up more down the way, but it might be the play to keep him under Larkin&#8217;s cap number and get Seider into camp. The German is the only domino left for this team to put into place, but he&#8217;s a significant part of this club.<\/p>\n<p>Detroit does have some good young talent and only just missed the Stanley Cup Playoffs last season. However, getting a deal done is imperative for both sides. Missing time in training camp can be sometimes hard to make up and the Wings don&#8217;t want to risk that.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main photo by: Brad Penner-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for another edition of NHL rumours. We&#8217;re getting ready for the start of training camp pretty soon, but the scramble is on to get deals done. There are a number of restricted free agents yet to sign. Some contracts have been taken care of, but there are others that are getting close to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":434021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_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":[4,4547,4548,4321],"tags":[6264,344,4224,3916,399],"class_list":["post-451296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-redwings","category-hockey","category-nhl","category-rumours","tag-detroit-red-wings-rumours","tag-dylan-larkin","tag-lucas-raymond","tag-moritz-seider","tag-steve-yzerman"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451296","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=451296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/434021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}