Red Wings sign goalie Calvin Pickard to one-year contract extension

The Detroit Red Wings have signed goalie Calvin Pickard to a one-year contract extension.

Pickard, 29, has been with the Red Wings since 2019. He appeared in six games for Detroit this past season -- 2-1-1 record, .874 save percentage. He spent nearly the entire season on the taxi squad, but also appeared in three games for the Grand Rapids Griffins.

He was briefly on loan to the Vienna Capitals in Austria while North American leagues were stalled due to the pandemic.

Pickard now joins a Red Wings goalie group that includes Alex Nedeljkovic and Thomas Greiss.

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