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Red Wings Offseason Summary

Offseason Signings/Acquisitions
July 16: Acquired D Nick Leddy from NY Islanders for RW Richard Panik and a 2021 second-round pick
July 22: Acquired G Alex Nedeljkovic from Carolina for G Jonathan Bernier and 2021 third-round pick (Nedeljkovic was subsequently
signed by the club on July 22)
July 28: Signed D Ryan Murphy, D Jordan Oesterle and C Pius Suter
July 29: Signed D Dan Renouf and RW Luke Witkowski
July 30: Acquired C Mitchell Stephens from Tampa Bay for a 2022 sixth-round pick
Aug. 14: Signed G Sebastian Cossa
Sept. 2: Signed C Carter Rowney

Re-Signings
July 22: Re-signed C Michael Rasmussen
July 25: Re-signed D Marc Staal
July 26: Re-signed D Gustav Lindstrom
July 27: Re-signed C Kyle Criscuolo and LW Taro Hirose
July 28: Re-signed C Sam Gagner and G Calvin Pickard
July 30: Re-signed D Brian Lashoff
July 31: Re-signed LW Tyler Bertuzzi
Aug. 5: Re-signed C Chase Pearson
Aug. 10: Re-signed LW Jakub Vrana
Aug. 15: Re-signed LW Adam Erne
Sept. 3: Re-signed D Filip Hronek
Sept. 14: Re-signed RW Givani Smith

Notable Front Office Hires/Promotions
June 30: Named Alex Tanguay assistant coach

Notable Offseason Departures
G Jonathan Bernier (traded to Carolina and subsequently signed by New Jersey)
D Alex Biega (unrestricted free agent, signed by Toronto)
G Kevin Boyle (unrestricted free agent, signed by HC Bolzano)
LW Mathias Brome (unrestricted free agent, signed by HC Davos)
D Dennis Cholowski (claimed by Seattle in 2021 NHL Expansion Draft)
D Christian Djoos (unrestricted free agent, signed by EV Zug)
C Valtteri Filppula (unrestricted free agent, signed by Geneve-Servette HC)
C Luke Glendening (unrestricted free agent, signed by Dallas)
C Darren Helm (unrestricted free agent, signed by Colorado)
D Joe Hicketts (unrestricted free agent, signed by Minnesota)
D Dylan McIlrath (unrestricted free agent, signed by Washington)
C Frans Nielsen (waived for purpose of contract buyout)
RW Richard Panik (traded to NY Islanders)
RW Bobby Ryan (unrestricted free agent)
RW Evgeny Svechnikov (unrestricted free agent, signed by Manitoba Moose)
C Dominic Turgeon (unrestricted free agent, signed by Minnesota)
Assistant coach Dan Bylsma (hired by Charlotte Checkers as assistant coach)
Assistant general manager Ryan Martin (hired by NY Rangers as assistant general manager)