Author: George Malik

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Hearing the Detroit Red Wings are close to signing Coyotes UFA D-man Jordan Oesterle to a two-year deal.— Craig Morgan (@CraigSMorgan) July 28, 2021

Oesterle is 29, and is a native of Deaborn Heights, Michigan. A Western Michigan University alumnus, he’d basically replace Alex Biega as the Wings’ #6/7 guy. The 6’2,” 180-lb defenseman had 20 points in 71 games in 2018-19, but he’s posted a total of 65 points over the course of 252 NHL games.

Not sure what Oesterle brings except for being a bottom pair Dman or a Griffins signing. With a full defense maybe it’s part of another move? #LGRW #RedWings pic.twitter.com/yMnB3aLkCz— The Grind Line Podcast™ (@GrindLinePod) July 28, 2021

DK is still better though, just older and more expensive. pic.twitter.com/0neWlHh27H— The Grind Line Podcast™ (@GrindLinePod) July 28, 2021

Played at Western Michigan University with Danny DeKeyser. https://t.co/IR4mUboS5M— Kyle M. (@KyleWIIM) July 28, 2021

Update: It’s official as of 3:22 PM:

UPDATE: The Detroit #RedWings today agreed to terms with defenseman Jordan Oesterle on a two-year contract. pic.twitter.com/iEgEYmuCOf— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) July 28, 2021

$1.35M AAV for Oesterle. https://t.co/6OF5AU5W7S— Craig Morgan (@CraigSMorgan) July 28, 2021

Jordan Oesterle is a Michigan man from Dearborn Heights, WMU Bronco. Welcome home and welcome to the @DetroitRedWings organization, @joesty15! #LGRW— Carley Johnston (@carleykjohnston) July 28, 2021

Hearing the structure of the Jordan Oesterle deal is
Year 1: 1.25
Year 2: 1.45— Max Bultman (@m_bultman) July 28, 2021

Update: Here’s MLive’s Ansar Khan on Oesterle:

The Detroit Red Wings have rounded out their defense by signing Jordan Oesterle to a two-year contract.

Oesterle, 29, is a 6-foot, 182-pound left-shooting defenseman. He appeared in 43 games for the Arizona Coyotes last season, picking up a goal and 10 assists and posting a minus-10 rating.

A Dearborn Heights native, Oesterle played for three seasons at Western Michigan, where he was a teammate of Detroit defenseman Danny DeKeyser for two years.

The undrafted Oesterle played three seasons with Edmonton, one with Chicago and the past three years with the Coyotes. He has appeared in 252 NHL games over seven seasons, tallying 15 goals and 65 points.

The Red Wings now have eight defensemen projected to be on their 2021-22 season-opening roster – left-shooters Nick Leddy, Marc Staal, DeKeyser and Oesterle and right-shooters Filip Hronek, Troy Stecher, Gustav Lindstrom and Moritz Seider.

Update #2: Here’s the Wings’ press release:

Here’s an interesting take from The Athletic’s Ian Mendes, who covered Bobby Ryan in Ottawa:

I think Sam Gagner re-signing in Detroit probably closes the door on Bobby Ryan returning to the Red Wings.

Doubtful we see Bobby signing with anybody today. But chance for him to get a one-year deal might exist in the days ahead.— Ian Mendes (@ian_mendes) July 28, 2021

This is an intriguing suggestion from Detroit Hockey Now’s Bob Duff, who weighs in on the Wings’ loss of faceoff specialist Luke Glendening to Dallas:

In fact, the Wings believe they have someone capable of filling Glendening’s skates already in their farm system. Center Chase Pearson has spent the past two seasons working as a checking center with Detroit’s AHL farm club in Grand Rapids and they believe he has the tool kit to be an effective fourth-line center at the NHL level.

Always a responsible two-way center, in his last NCAA season at Maine, the 6-foot-2, 200-pound Pearson was presented the Frank Jones Award as the best defensive forward by the New England Hockey Writers Association.

Selected 140th overall by Detroit in the 2015 NHL entry draft, Pearson played all four years at Maine. He’s posted successive 8-14-22 seasons with Grand Rapids. Interestingly, the first year, he did it in 59 games. Last season, it took him just 28 games to put up the same numbers. Pearson also improved from minus-3 to plus-9.

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In the alumni department…

Alex Goligoski’s 1-year, $5M deal with Minnesota is now official.
Devils lock in Jonathan Bernier to a 2-year, $8M deal.— David Pagnotta (@TheFourthPeriod) July 28, 2021

OFFICIAL: #NYR have agreed to terms with free agent defenseman Patrik Nemeth on a three-year contract.

Welcome to New York! pic.twitter.com/d6gkIcwhOM

— New York Rangers (@NYRangers) July 28, 2021

Really nice deal for the former Red Wing in NJ https://t.co/4VZoIyqbrT— Max Bultman (@m_bultman) July 28, 2021

#NEWS: Bern baby bern.

We’ve signed goaltender Jonathan Bernier to a two-year deal worth $4.125 AAV.

RELEASE: https://t.co/9ZVFNjdb8t pic.twitter.com/IgEEm9bRrT— New Jersey Devils (@NJDevils) July 28, 2021

Bummer:

Hearing Luke Glendening will be joining the Dallas Stars on a two-year deal at $1.5 million AAV. #GoStars@DFOHockey @Sportsnet— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) July 28, 2021

Confirmed:

Glendening to DAL 2×1.5— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) July 28, 2021

Longtime #RedWing leaving after eight years with team. https://t.co/cApdWA8U2V— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) July 28, 2021

Term has to be typo, right? https://t.co/x1wgX5Cv9U— Ted Kulfan (@tkulfan) July 28, 2021

Meant price for Glendening….has to be more than that, doesn’t it?— Ted Kulfan (@tkulfan) July 28, 2021

Stars GM Jim Nill was AGM in Detroit when the Red Wings first signed Glendening, and when he was part of Griffins’ Calder Cup win in 2013. Red Wings lose their alternate captain and another right-shot forward. https://t.co/ppG55Vu7bB— Max Bultman (@m_bultman) July 28, 2021

luke glendening reportedly has left #RedWings for $300,000 LESS than they were paying him— gregg krupa (@greggkrupa) July 28, 2021

Luke Glendening kills penalties, wins face-offs and is a solid fit for 3rd/4th line Center. Another Jim Nill under the radar depth signing. Will replace Cogliano on the PK. Stars look extremely deep down the middle.— Bruce LeVine (@BruceLeVinePuck) July 28, 2021

Update: MLive’s Khan:

Somewhat expected. Go chase a Cup, Luke:

#RedWings made an offer to Luke Glendening, but I have a feeling he’ll get a better one from another team and leave. We’ll see. Free agency officially begins in 30 minutes. Finding right-handed shooting forwards might be difficult.— Ansar Khan (@AnsarKhanMLive) July 28, 2021

Per the Saginaw Spirit, we have our first Red Wings prospect tournament invite:

?NHL Camp Updates?#LGRW has invited #Spirit forward Davis ‘T-Bone’ Codd (@tbone_codd) to attend their Development Camp pic.twitter.com/NzeIWHRr97— Saginaw Spirit (@SpiritHockey) July 28, 2021

The 5’9,” 163-pound forward was passed over in this year’s draft .

Good depth for Grand Rapids:

UPDATE: The Detroit #RedWings today agreed to terms with goaltender Calvin Pickard on a one-year contract extension. pic.twitter.com/QJmyEKepVz— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) July 28, 2021

Here’s the press release for the Pickard and Gagner signings:

From the Red Wings:

UPDATE: The Detroit #RedWings today agreed to terms with center Sam Gagner on a one-year contract extension. pic.twitter.com/N23EbGboqR— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) July 28, 2021

Update: PuckPedia has the Gagner deal’s terms:

The #LGRW re-signed 31 y/o Sam Gagner to 1 year $850K Deal.

7G 15P in 42GP

Rep’d by Jeff Jackson @wassermanhockey https://t.co/gHiLqULDSt— PuckPedia (@PuckPedia) July 28, 2021

Update: The Free Press’s Helene St. James weighs in:

DetroitRedWings.com’s Daniella Bruce and Arthur J. Regner spoke with Red Wings director of amateur scouting Kris Draper regarding the Wings’ 8 2021 draft picks:

#RedWings Director of Amateur Scouting Kris Draper evaluates the 8 prospects taken in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft with @daniellabruce_ and @ArthurJRegner. #DRWDraft #LGRW

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? Full Interview: https://t.co/TFNgc8WFgu pic.twitter.com/4u8nzDuNEX— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) July 28, 2021