An Early Look at the 2022-23 Detroit Red Wings Roster
With the NHL Trade Deadline less than four weeks away, it’s a good time to review what the Detroit Red Wings have in the way of signed players for 2022-2023. Currently, the Red Wings have filled 47/50 contracts, so there are important decisions that will have to be made to secure the future of the franchise. At the end of this season, Detroit will only have 24 players under contract.
NOTE: (all salary information obtained from capfriendly.com)
Signed through 2022-2023
Forwards
The Detroit Red Wings currently have 14 forwards under contract for next season. This includes three players currently playing for Grand Rapids in the AHL.
Detroit currently have five forwards signed past 2023. For now, these players will be the foundational future of the Red Wings. These forwards include Jakub Vrana, Robby Fabbri, Michael Rasmussen, Lucas Raymond, and Jonatan Berggren.
Detroit currently have four forwards who will be UFA’s after the 2022-2023 season. Dylan Larkin and Tyler Bertuzzi will likely be re-signed and the Red Wings will build their next playoff team around this duo and the five forwards signed for more than one season. Pius Suter and Adam Erne will likely be traded prior to the deadline in March 2023.
Dylan Larkin
Status: UFA after 2022-2023
Salary: $6,100,000
Jakub Vrana
Status: UFA after 2023-2024
Salary: $5,250,000
Tyler Bertuzzi
Status: UFA after 2022-2023
Salary: $4,750,000
Robby Fabbri
Status: UFA after 2024-2025
Salary: $4,000,000
Pius Suter
Status: UFA after 2022-2023
Salary: $3,250,000
Adam Erne
Status: UFA after 2022-2023
Salary: $2,100,000
Michael Rasmussen
Status: RFA after 2023-2024
Salary: $1,460,000
Lucas Raymond
Status: RFA after 2023-2024
Salary: $925,000
Jonatan Berggren
Status: RFA after 2023-2024
Salary: $925,000
Status: RFA after 2022-2023
Salary: $894,167
Givani Smith
Status: RFA after 2022-2023
Salary: $750,000
Luke Witkowski
Status: UFA after 2022-2023
Salary: $750,000
Kyle Criscuolo
Status: UFA after 2022-2023
Salary: $750,000
Defensemen
The Detroit Red Wings currently have 10 defensemen under contract for next season. This includes four players currently playing for Grand Rapids in the AHL, and two playing in Europe.
Filip Hronek
Status: RFA after 2023-2024
Salary: $4,400,000
Jordan Oesterle
Status: UFA after 2022-2023
Salary: $1,350,000
Status: RFA after 2023-2024
Salary: $863,333
Gustav Lindstrom
Status: RFA after 2022-2023
Salary: $850,000
Eemil Viro
Status: RFA after 2023-2024
Salary: $850,833
Donovan Sebrango
Status: RFA after 2023-2024
Salary: $850,833
Seth Barton
Status: RFA after 2022-2023
Salary: $832,500
Albert Johansson
Status: RFA after 2023-2024
Salary: $820,000
Wyatt Newpower
Status: RFA after 2022-2023
Salary: $800,000
Jared McIsaac
Status: RFA after 2022-2023
Salary: $764,167
Goaltenders
The Detroit Red Wings currently have two goaltenders under contract for next season. This includes Sebastian Cossa who is currently playing for Edmonton in the WHL.
Alex Nedeljkovic
Status: UFA after 2022-2023
Salary: $3,000,000
Sebastian Cossa
Status: RFA after 2023-2024
Salary: $925,000
UFA’s
The Detroit Red Wings currently have 13 players under contract who will become UFA’s at the end of the season. This includes four players currently in Grand Rapids (AHL). Detroit will have $25,475,000 in extra cap space once these players are granted free agency.
Out of the 13 UFA’s this summer, the most likely to return to Detroit are Sam Gagner and Vladislav Namestnikov. Gagner likely isn’t going to be moved at the deadline and similar to last summer, will most likely sign a one year extension to be a bottom-six forward, penalty killer and veteran presence on and off the ice.
Namestnikov will most likely be traded prior to the deadline. He has been a top-six scoring forward for Detroit all season and is versatile in that he can play all three forward positions. Namestnikov will test the free agency market, but could be re-signed when the free agency period begins again in July.
The most likely players that Detroit will cut loose are veterans Danny DeKeyser and Carter Rowney. At this point in their careers, both players provide nothing more than depth and would no longer fit into the mold of players needed to make a run at the playoffs.
Nick Leddy
2021-2022 Contract: $5,500,000
Danny DeKeyser
2021-2022 Contract: $5,000,000
Thomas Greiss
2021-2022 Contract: $3,600,000
Vladislav Namestnikov
2021-2022 Contract: $2,000,000
Marc Staal
2021-2022 Contract: $2,000,000
Troy Stecher
2021-2022 Contract: $1,700,000
Sam Gagner
2021-2022 Contract: $850,000
Dan Renouf
2021-2022 Contract: $850,000
Carter Rowney
2021-2022 Contract: $825,000
Riley Barber
2021-2022 Contract: $800,000
Calvin Pickard
2021-2022 Contract: $800,000
Ryan Murphy
2021-2022 Contract: $800,000
Brain Lashoff
2021-2022 Contract: $750,000
RFA’s
The Detroit Red Wings currently have seven players under contract who will become RFA’s at the end of the season. This includes four players currently in Grand Rapids (AHL), and one goaltender in Europe. These players currently have NHL salaries that total just over $5.7M. In order to retain all of these players, their new contracts will likely require an increase in salary. Detroit may also decide that some of these contracts will not be extended.
2021-2022 Contract: $894,167
Chase Pearson
2021-2022 Contract: $874,125
Taro Hirose
2021-2022 Contract: $850,000
Filip Larsson
2021-2022 Contract: $836,666
Victor Brattstrom
2021-2022 Contract: $817,500
Mitchell Stephens
2021-2022 Contract: $737,500
Kaden Fulcher
2021-2022 Contract: $733,333
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