Red Wings announce long term extension for veteran forward.

Every single season he has been a member of the Detroit Red Wings has seen Luke Glendening take on a bigger role, more responsibility, and every season he has responded with increased production for the organization.

As a result Glendening has earned himself a new long term deal an on Thursday the Red Wings  and Glendening finalized their new contract. The team made the following official announcement:

The Detroit Red Wings today signed center Luke Glendening to a four-year contract extension.

Glendening, 27, has skated in all but one game for the Red Wings over the past two seasons, picking up a career-high 21 points (8-13-21) and 46 penalty minutes in 81 games for Detroit in 2015-16. He ranked among team leaders with 81 games played (T4th), a plus-four rating (T3rd), three game-winning goals (T4th), 143 hits (2nd), 71 blocked shots (T4th), 20 takeaways (T8th) and a 54.6% faceoff percentage (1st). The 5-foot-11, 194-pound forward has totaled 219 NHL games since 2013-14, picking up 46 points (21-25-46) and 102 penalty minutes. Glendening has also appeared in 17 playoff games for the Red Wings over the past three years, picking up five points (3-2-5) and eight penalty minutes.

While the Red Wings did not disclose the financial terms of the deal, it's a very team friendly contract, with Glendening earning a total of $7.2 million over the next four seasons, for an average annual value of $1.8 million.

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