The Red Wings re-signed RFA defenseman Xavier Ouellet to a 2 year contract. Ouellet will earn a total of $2.5M over the next two seasons.
The Red Wings entered July with three key RFAs they needed to sign, and with this deal, they take care of the easiest of the three.
Matt Cane’s salary projections predicted a $1.4M AAV for the French defenseman, and Evolving Wild’s projection model pegged him at $1.94 AAV, so this contract comes in under what was projected.
It’s a fair value deal for both the team and Ouellet.