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

 

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. 

IT’S MO-TOWN, BABY 🙌

The #RedWings have signed Moritz Seider to a seven-year contract with an AAV of $8,550,000. pic.twitter.com/WuZRSGRC3z

— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) September 19, 2024

Restricted free agent Seider finished the previous season with nine goals and 33 assists for 42 points in 82 games. His shooting percentage of 6.7%, which came from nine goals on 135 shots, was a career high.

He will be covered by his new contract until the 2030–31 season, at which point, at age 30, he will become an unrestricted free agent.



After the 2021–22 season, the product of Zell, Germany, took home the Calder Trophy as the NHL's best rookie. His 50 points in 82 games matched him for 20th place among NHL defensemen and placed him fourth among rookies in scoring.



In the 2019 NHL Draft, Seider was chosen ninth overall by the Red Wings.