Red Wings Sign Eric Tangradi

Jean-Yves Ahern-USA TODAY SportsDETROIT -- The Red Wings have signed forward Eric Tangradi to a one-year contract. Additional details will not be disclosed at this time.

I'm assuming this is a signing to bolster AHL depth. Tangradi is 26 years old, and has been spending time with the Montreal Canadiens, mainly with their AHL affiliate, the Hamilton Bulldogs where he put up 31 points in 48 games.

Tangradi, 26, spent the 2014-15 campaign with the Montreal Canadiens’ organization, logging 31 points (14-17-31) and 56 penalty minutes in 48 games with the AHL’s Hamilton Bulldogs and adding 17 penalty minutes in seven games with the parent Canadiens. Over his six-season professional career, the…