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Gosted! Shayne Gostisbehere blows off Detroit Red Wings to sign with Carolina Hurricanes
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The Detroit Red Wings will have to find someone else to run their first power play unit.
Shayne Gostisbehere, the team’s leader in man-advantage points last season, has been lost to the Carolina Hurricanes.
He took a pay cut from the $4.13 million he made with the Wings, but instead gets three years at $3.2 million per season. The Wings wouldn’t give the 31-year-old that many years – nor tempt him with a two-year deal at more money, apparently.
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Gostisbehere had a transformative effect on the power play, where he delivered 29 of his 51 points.
The knock on Gostisbehere, though, has always been his defense.
The Wings instead brought in Erik Gustafsson, a 32-year-old who last played for the New York Rangers. He’s better defensively, but not as potent offensively and he’s not a power-play guy.