The Athletic’s Ian Mendes discusses the best “under-the-radar” signings of this past summer, and Mendes likes the Wings’ signing of Shayne Gostisbehere:
Shayne Gostisbehere — Detroit Red Wings
Fresh off finishing a six-year contract that came with a $4.5 million cap hit, Gostisbehere took only a small pay cut in signing his $4.125 million deal with Detroit. However, this one doesn’t come with any long-term security since it’s just a one-year contract. Gostisbehere hasn’t come close to replicating the 52-assist, 65-point season he recorded in the first season of his long-term deal with the Flyers back in 2017-18. In Detroit, Gostisbehere joins an eclectic group of veteran defensemen that includes Ben Chiarot, Jeff Petry, Justin Holl and Olli Maatta. Moritz Seider will be the undisputed No. 1 defenseman for the Red Wings, but Gostisbehere should have a chance to see time on the second-unit power play.
Continued (paywall); calling the Wings’ defense eclectic is very polite and kind of Mendes.
