DETROIT, MICH — The Red Wings have signed 2016 second-round pick Givani Smith to a three-year entry-level contract. Smith is in his fourth, and final season of junior hockey. He is expected to make the move to the pro-level next season.
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Smith, 18, was selected by Detroit in the second round (46th overall) of the 2016 NHL Entry Draft at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, N.Y., in June. The 6-foot-2, 204-pound winger appeared in two games with the Red Wings during the preseason before returning to the Ontario Hockey League’s Guelph Storm for his fourth season of major junior hockey.