Detroit — Adam Erne had a career-best season, and Sunday he was rewarded for it.
Erne, a restricted free agent, agreed to a two-year contact worth $4.2 million ($2.1 million salary cap hit) with the Red Wings.
By agreeing to the contract, the two sides avoided salary arbitration later this week.
The Wings also worked out a contracts with Tyler Bertuzzi (two years, $9.5 million/$4.75 million cap hit) and Jakub Vrana (three years, $15.75 million/$5.25 million cap hit) within the last several weeks, avoiding salary arbitration cases.