Alongside Gagner, the Red Wings announced this morning that Calvin Pickard is receiving a one-year extension.
We’re still waiting to hear on the AAV, but Pickard is most likely going to spend the year as the emergency backup posted in Grand Rapids since Detroit brought in Alex Nedeljkovic to replace the departing Jonathan Bernier and Thomas Greiss still sits above Pickard on the depth chart. This all just means that whatever minimal cap hit he has will spend the lion’s share of the season buried with the Griffins unless Nedeljkovic or Greiss goes down with injury for an extended period of time.