The summer of defense depth continues for the Detroit Red Wings this week with the signing of Robert Hägg.
Hägg was inked for one year, $800,000. He joins a depth chart that added Ben Chiarot, Olli Määttä and Mark Pysyk. Hägg, 27, has appeared in 300 NHL games split among the Florida Panthers, Buffalo Sabres and Philadelphia Flyers. In May, the Wings added Steven Kampfer.
Chiarot and Määttä, both of whom shoot left, were signed to be partners for Moritz Seider and Filip Hronek and form the Wings’ top four corps.
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Pysyk, a right-side defender, projects to be a good veteran partner if, as expected, 2021 first-round pick Simon Edvinsson earns a spot in Detroit’s lineup. Hägg, Kampfer, and Jordan Oesterle likely will be ticketed for the Grand Rapids Griffins, with the possibility of a return trip likely: Last season the Wings cycled through 12 defensemen.
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Hägg (6 feet 2, 207 pounds) had nine points and 35 penalty minutes in 64 games last season with the Sabres and Panthers. A former second-round pick (No. 41, 2013), Hägg played for the Flyers from 2016-21
The Wings open the exhibition season Sept. 27.
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