BENNY! 🗣️ Les #RedWings ont signé Ben Chiarot pour une prolongation de contrat de trois ans avec un AAV de 3 850 000 $.
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CD23tol
@Red Wings de Détroit
BENNY! 🗣️ Les #RedWings ont signé Ben Chiarot pour une prolongation de contrat de trois ans avec un AAV de 3 850 000 $.
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CD23tol
38 Comments
[xcancel link to news release](https://xcancel.com/detroitredwings/status/2016512876253478953?s=46)
A good thing
Hell Yeah! I was hoping they’d do this. Love OT Benny. Look at the monster he helped create in Seider.
Let’s go! 🐙
Glad to see him locked up. We couldn’t afford to let him walk
Term is a little long but cheaper AAV than his previous deal = win.
Edit: also with how thin free agency will be he absolutely could have chased a bag somewhere else. He clearly loves it here and that’s a good sign
Good contract. Fills the physical role and has done well in the role he should have been in all along on the 2nd line.
I really like that contract. Low AAV and three years
Good. He fills the bottom four role well.
I’m good with it 3 years he will be 37. He will be great on the last line eventually.
All the people slagging him off in the past 😂 way to go Benny!
Here’s to three more years of OT Benny! Happy with this signing, he’s a dawg out there
This is a great contract. He’s better than people give him credit for. I feel like most have come around though.
Why the hell not
Solid signing for a guy that has stepped up this year.
Nice, now we just need to get him some support so he can fit in a role that works for him 🔥
He’ll be 37 at the end of this deal, but otherwise I’m okay with this.
I love this fuckin front office. Zero leaks. I know he was gonna be a free agent but did anyone have this on their radar? Welcome back #8
As long as he’s still not playing 2nd line in 3 years I’m fine with it
$3.85m AAV? Surely that means we can lock in Ed at 7 years, $4.5m AAV, right? …right?
Nice, cut almost a mil off his AAV and keep him around. I like that deal
Im shocked this contract is so reasonable
I consider Chiarot one of our MVPs this season. He’s been so damn clutch in the defensive zone. He doesn’t get recognized enough. Outside of Seider, I can’t remember the last time we had a dman who consistently breaks up odd man rushes and clears the zone so effectively.
I admit I wasn’t thrilled in his first couple years with the team but i am glad he is on this team and happy with the extension. Brings much needed stability and you always need guys who stand up to the pests.
Welcomed!
I feel like he easily could’ve gotten more in free agency, nice to see.
That’s a great signing, he’s doing well in that second pairing slot and if we find another top 4 D man to push him to the third then our defense will be elite, plus he can float on the top pair if needed with injuries.
Nice. The other, slightly less great, 8.
Good for him, he’s a dawg
That’s a steal with the rising cap. I saw people projecting $5million+ on the open market for him.
Love it. He’s has a very good year and the value is stellar! Good for you Benny!!!!
Ben’s gonna retire a Red Wing
Veteran leadership, been very good defensively paired with ASP and he is built for playoff hockey. Great deal
Is anyone familiar with how +/- stat might reflect a player’s ability? I imagine as a defender it’s probably pretty low if you’re on losing teams, right? Is that one of those fun stats that’s not indicative of individual play?
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There’s some good news to wake up to.
He has looked great once he was being deployed reasonably and once the team got better at not defending all game hemmed into their zone. Happy to keep him around.