Detroit confirmed a seven-year, $91 million extension for DeBrincat

The Detroit Red Wings confirmed on 14 October 2026 that Alex DeBrincat had signed a seven-year contract extension. The agreement is worth $91 million, with an average annual value of $13 million, and begins next season. The club announcement establishes a completed signing rather than the earlier reports that the parties were close to an agreement.

DeBrincat, 28, remains in the final season of the four-year contract he signed when he joined Detroit in July 2023. That deal has an annual value of $7.875 million. The new agreement follows a 2025-26 season in which the winger produced 41 goals and 44 assists for 85 points, appearing in all 82 regular-season games.

Through Detroit's first six games of the new campaign, DeBrincat had four goals and eight points. His career regular-season totals stood at 298 goals and 603 points in 702 games for Chicago, Ottawa and Detroit. Those figures describe the player's established production at the time of the announcement, not a projection of future results. Sportsnet and local independent coverage corroborated the confirmed contract; this report does not rely on speculation about other players or future trades.