- Red Wings signed defenseman Ronnie Attard to a one-year, two-way contract
- The deal carries an $850,000 NHL cap hit and pays $300,000 in the minors
- Read below for Attard’s numbers and where he fits on Detroit’s depth chart
Ronnie Attard is headed to Detroit.
The Red Wings signed the 27-year-old defenseman to a one-year, two-way contract, the team announced Monday. It carries an $850,000 cap hit at the NHL level and pays $300,000 if he’s in the minors.
Detroit made the move official on social media:
Attard spent last season in the AHL with the Colorado Eagles. He put up 17 points there, three goals and 14 assists, with a plus-three rating and 38 penalty minutes across 44 games.
The Flyers drafted him 72nd overall back in 2019. He got into 29 NHL games in Philadelphia between 2021 and 2024 and chipped in six points before the two sides moved on.
This one isn’t a headliner. Attard gives Detroit a cheap, experienced right-side option who can bounce between the Red Wings and AHL Grand Rapids without much fuss. Depth defensemen who can log real minutes when injuries hit are exactly the kind of body a team wants stashed in the system.
Familiar faces have been the theme of Detroit’s summer, from veteran adds up front to reunions like the one that brought Viktor Arvidsson back together with Todd McLellan. Attard fits the same low-risk mold on the back end.
He’ll compete for a spot in camp and give Detroit another blue-line body to call on when the schedule gets heavy.
