Red Wings officially ink Mike Green to 2-year extension
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The Detroit Red Wings signed defenseman Mike Green to a two-year contract extension Sunday, the club announced.
Green's cap hit will apparently be $5.375 million, as TSN's Bob McKenzie reported Saturday.
The veteran was a pending unrestricted free agent who just finished the final season of the three-year, $18-million deal he signed with Detroit on July 1, 2015.
Mike Green returns to Detroit on a 2-year extension.
— The Point (@PNThockey) July 1, 2018
He was arguably the best puck moving defenseman left on the market pic.twitter.com/hGWgMhWKgP
Green produced 33 points in 66 games for the Red Wings in 2017-18.
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