Red Wings sign D Moritz Seider to seven-year deal, with $8.55M AAV

September 19, 2024 - 2:15pm

Detroit Red Wings defenceman Moritz Seider (53) looks to clear the zone against the Florida Panthers during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, March 30, 2024, in Sunrise, Fla. (Jim Rassol/AP)

The Detroit Red Wings are keeping their Calder Trophy-winning defenceman.

Moritz Seider and the Red Wings agreed to a seven-year, $59.85 million contract on Thursday, with an average annual value of $8.55 million, the club announced.

Seider, who was a restricted free agent, scored nine goals last season, adding 33 assists for 42 points in 82 games. His nine goals on 135 shots set a career-high shooting percentage at 6.7 per cent.

His new deal will take him through the 2030-31 season, when he will become an unrestricted free agent at age 30.

The Zell, Germany, native won the Calder Trophy as the NHL’s top rookie after the 2021-22 season, when his 50 points in 82 games was fourth among all rookies in scoring and tied for 20th among all NHL defencemen.

Seider was selected by the Red Wings ninth-overall in the 2019 NHL Draft.

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