Another Wolverine is coming back to Michigan. The Red Wings announced they have signed forward J.T. Compher to a five-year deal worth $5.1 million AAV.
Compher 52 points on a stacked Avalanche team in 2022-2023. He has played in over 480 NHL games but has yet to have a 20-goal season. Instead, he’s been a consistent energy guy. His playoff experience is a plus, too. You certainly hope to see him find the back of the net more but it’s a fair-market value
Jesse's brother J.T. Compher is coming off an excellent defensive season, which should help the Red Wings. He's worth his new cap hit if he can maintain this level moving forward pic.twitter.com/6qK5mFbUWg
— Shayna (@hayyyshayyy) July 1, 2023
Compher is a swiss-army-knife type of player. He played a bit at center and at wing for the Avs – first line, second line, etc. Mix in the fact that he is a right-hand shot and it’s not hard to see why Steve Yzerman was willing to give him term. Compher just turned 28 so he’s still got a lot of good hockey ahead of him. He’s the second ‘big name’ forward the Wings have signed today. The other was Daniel Sprong, who signed a one-year deal.
In other news, the Wings signed some AHL depth Saturday afternoon. Forward Tim Gettinger is getting a one-year two-way deal and defenseman Brogan Rafferty has inked a two-year two-way deal with Detroit.
