Red Wings sign left wing Taro Hirose to contract extension

The Detroit Red Wings have signed left wing Taro Hirose to a one-year contract extension.

Hirose, 25, first joined the Red Wings in 2019. He was an undrafted free agent out of Michigan State where he scored 50 points in 35 games in 2018-19.

In 42 career NHL games, Hirose has scored 3 goals and 13 assists. He spent most of this past season with the Grand Rapids Griffins, playing 29 games with the AHL squad for 5 goals and 23 assists. He became an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2020-21 season.

NHL free agency opens noon Wednesday, July 28.

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Previously:

• Gustav Lindstrom signs two-year deal; answering inbox questions
• Marc Staal signs for another season; draft recap
• Red Wings 2021 draft: Edvinsson, Cossa, Buium, Mazur, Savage, Dower Nilsson, Plandowski, Zito
• Red Wings select goalie Sebastian Cossa at 15th overall in 2021 NHL Draft
• Nedeljkovic returns to Michigan; Yzerman draft focus; Rasmussen extension
• Kraken grab Cholowski, trade frenzy looms, then draft
• Should Red Wings select goalie in 1st round of 2021 NHL Draft?
• Welcome, Nick Leddy
• Ken Holland strikes, Kucherov calls Larionov, and a quiz
• Tanguay joins coaching staff; Chelios to ESPN
• Expansion draft primer, Sergei Fedorov quiz
• Gallant goes to Rangers; coaches quiz time
• Recalling the magical 2012-13 playoff run with two epic game 7s
• May 31, 2002 -- Red Wings score 7 goals vs. Avalanche in Game 7
• Wings will have 6th overall pick in 2021 NHL Draft
• Chris Osgood -- Hall of Famer?
• Jack Eichel -- could Yzerman add him?
• End-of-season notes: 2020-21 vs. 2019-20, looking ahead
• Veleno, Rasmussen showing promise down the middle
• Trading Anthony Mantha was more than Red Wings fans could ask for at deadline