As the Detroit Red Wings work on resigning restricted free agent Tomas Tatar, long-term deals keep popping up on the landscape.
A one-year contract may make more sense, even as it increases the chance of Tatar’s tenure with the Wings ending.
Tatar is going to command in the range of $5 million annually; it’s the length of the contract that is the crux of negotiations. The Wings have offered as much as five years. Tatar’s side understandably is looking for more like seven.
If the Wings and Tatar’s agent, Ritch Winter, can’t work out a deal, they will go before an arbitrator July 20.