Red Wings Ink Raymond to Eight-Year Deal

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The Detroit Red Wings have signed pending RFA Lucas Raymond to an eight-year, $64.6 million contract extension, the team announced. The deal comes with an AAV of $8.075 million.

TSN’s Pierre LeBrun said that there are no signing bonuses within the contract and Raymond will be granted a no-trade clause for the last four years.

Lucas Raymond recorded 31 goals and 72 points in 82 games, a huge part of the Red Wings almost making the playoffs in 2024, scoring 14 goals and 21 points in Detroit’s final 22 games where they only missed the playoffs by a tiebreaker.

Lucas Raymond’s Career so far

The Detroit Red Wings selected Lucas Raymond with the 4th overall pick of the 2020 NHL Draft, Raymond made the opening night roster for the 2021-22 NHL season with the Red Wings. Lucas Raymond would win Rookie of the Month in November of 2021, he’d put up 23 goals and 57 points in 82 games in his rookie campaign, and Raymond would finish fourth in Calder Trophy Voting that season.

Lucas Raymond has 71 goals and 174 points in 238 career games with the Red Wings, now only 1 RFA remains for the Detroit Red Wings to sign which is Defensman Moritz Seider, and just over eight million in cap space now to do so.

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