Author: George Malik

My name is George Malik, and I'm the Malik Report's editor/blogger/poster. I have been blogging about the Red Wings since 2006, and have worked with MLive and Kukla's Korner. Thank you for reading!

Pagnotta: Gostisbehere going back to Carolina

This one is a bit of a head-scratcher. I’d imagine that the Red Wings offered Shayne Gostisbehere similar money and term, but I guess that he wanted to go back to Carolina and win:

Very strange:

Press release: Red Wings make Cam Talbot signing official

Per the Detroit Red Wings:

Red Wings sign goaltender Cam Talbot to two-year contract

Two-time NHL All-Star has posted 245-176-42 record in 486 games

DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings today signed goaltender Cam Talbot to a two-year contract with an average annual value of $2.5 million.

Talbot, 36, spent the 2023-24 season with the Los Angeles Kings, posting a 27-20-6 record with a 2.50 goals-against average, a 0.913 save percentage and three shutouts in 54 games. The 6-foot-4, 200-pound netminder represented the Kings at the 2024 NHL All-Star Game, marking his second All-Star berth in three years. Talbot also appeared in three Stanley Cup Playoff games with the Kings. He played the entire 2022-23 season with the Ottawa Senators, logging a 17-14-2 record with a 2.93 goals-against average, a 0.898 save percentage and one shutout in 36 contests. Talbot led all NHL goaltenders with 42 wins in 2016-17 as a member of the Edmonton Oilers. Originally signed by the New York Rangers an undrafted free agent on March 30, 2010, Talbot has compiled a 245-176-42 record with a 2.63 goals-against average, a 0.914 save percentage and 31 shutouts in 486 games with the Rangers, Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers, Calgary Flames, Minnesota Wild, Senators and Kings since 2013-14. Talbot also holds a 54-52-5 record with a 2.68 goals-against average, a 0.914 save percentage and eight shutouts in 116 American Hockey League games with the Connecticut Whale/Hartford Wolf Pack.

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Red Wings sign Jack Campbell to 1-year deal

Here’s a Grand Rapids Griffins starter and “3rd goalie”…erm, 4th…

Somebody’s gotta go with Max Talbot, Ville Husso and Alex Lyon in Detroit, Jack Campbell and Sebastian Cossa in Grand Rapids, and Jan Bednar and Carter Gylander in Toledo.

Press release: Wings make William Lagesson signing official

Per the Detroit Red Wings:

RED WINGS SIGN DEFENSEMAN WILLIAM LAGESSON TO ONE-YEAR CONTRACT

  … Blueliner Split 2023-24 Season Between Toronto Maple Leafs and Anaheim Ducks …

DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings today signed defenseman William Lagesson to a one-year contract with an average annual value of $775,000.

Lagesson, 28, split the 2023-24 season between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Anaheim Ducks, recording four assists, a plus-five rating and 19 penalty minutes in 30 games with the Maple Leafs before notching 13 penalty minutes in 10 games with the Ducks. The 6-foot-2, 211-pound defenseman also picked up one assist in five appearances with the American Hockey League’s Toronto Marlies during the 2023-24 campaign. Lagesson played the entire 2022-23 season with the AHL’s Chicago Wolves, logging 32 points (10-22-32), a plus-14 rating and 46 penalty minutes in 65 games. Originally selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the fourth round (91st overall) of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, Lagesson has totaled 11 assists, a plus-two rating and 54 penalty minutes in 100 games with the Oilers, Montréal Canadiens, Maple Leafs and Ducks since 2019-20. He has also collected 72 points (21-51-72), a plus-33 rating and 118 penalty minutes in 173 AHL games with the Bakersfield Condors, Wolves and Marlies. Lagesson began the 2020-21 season with HC Vita Hästen and Kristianstads IK in Sweden’s second division, posting 12 points (3-9-12), a plus-six rating and 12 penalty minutes in 14 games. He made his professional debut with Djurgårdens IF in the Swedish Hockey League in 2017-18, registering 13 points (1-12-13), a plus-13 rating and 30 penalty minutes in 49 regular-season games, in addition to one assist in 11 postseason contests.

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Dhaliwal: Red Wings sign Sheldon Dries

Per Rick Dhaliwal on Twitter:

Depth.

Official:

Friedman: Red Wings sign D Erik Gustafsson to 2-year deal

Per Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman:

32 years old, 6,’ 198 pounds.

Seravalli: Red Wings to sign D William Lagesson

Per Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli:

It’s official:

Dreger: Red Wings sign goalie Cam Talbot

Per TSN’s Darren Dreger:

It’s official:

Per 97.1 the Ticket:

Detroit has agreed to a two-year, $5 million deal with Cam Talbot, per Elliotte Friedman, adding the veteran goaltender to compete with Alex Lyon and Ville Husso next season.

Talbot had a .913 save percentage and a 2.50 goals against average in 54 games as the Kings’ starter last season when he went to the All-Star Game for the second time in the past three years, numbers in line with the rest of his career. He turns 37 in July.

The Red Wings had a team save percentage of .897 and allowed 3.3 goals per game last season. Lyon became the starter as the year went on, with Husso hindered by injuries and James Reimer playing the role of backup. Both Lyon and Husso are under contract through next season, while Reimer is gone.

Talbot gives the Wings a proven NHL goalie through the 2025-26 season, by which time prospect Sebastian Cossa should be ready to step into the crease in Detroit.