The first player to wear #18 for the Red Wings since Kirk Maltby hung up his skates is the sixth subject of the Free Press’s Helene St. James’ off-season spotlights (with Jiri Hudler, Niklas Kronwall, Danny Cleary, Jonathan Ericsson and Johan Franzen as players previously profiled), and as St. James notes, the well-traveled White settled for a slightly below-market value salary for the sake of planting some roots in Detroit, where the Wings hope that he can grow into a top-four role while at least partially offsetting Brian Rafalski’s loss in terms of point production:
White, who finished the season with the Sharks, signed for two years and $5.75 million. Those are good financial terms for the Wings, as it’ll allow them the flexibility to retain both Niklas Kronwall and Brad Stuart, who are both in the last years of their contracts. It’s a good deal for White, too, as he gets a chance to make a name for himself and aim for a bigger contract when heR...
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