The Detroit Red Wings came to terms Monday with two of the club’s restricted free agent forwards.

Left wing Tyler Bertuzzi agreed to a two-year deal, while right wing Martin Frk took a one-year pact. Bertuzzi’s deal comes with a reported $1.4 million cap hit, while Frk’s is a cap hit of $1.05 million.

There was strong speculation that the Wings might not sign Frk, and he still faces a battle to make the squad in training camp, especially if forwards Michael Rasmussen and Filip Zadina, the club’s last two first-round draft picks, are kept with the team.

The Wings still must get three other restricted free-agent forwards - Dylan Larkin, Anthony Mantha and Andreas Athanasiou - to reach agreements on new deals.

In minor-league matters, the Wings opted not to qualify two players from AHL Grand Rapids - defenseman Dan Renouf and right wing Zach Nastasiuk, making both unrestricted free agents. The team did extend a qualifying offer to right wing Matt Puempel.

Puempel, 25, who has played in the NHL with the Ottawa Senators and New York Rangers, produced 22-32-54 numbers in 57 games with Grand Rapids last season.

Development Camp
The Wings released the roster for their development camp, which gets underway Tuesday in Detroit.

Forwards: Jack Adams RW; Jonatan Berggren RW; Colt Conrad C-x; Mattias Elfstrom RW; Zach Gallant, C; Brady Gilmour C; Pavel Gogolev LW-x; Maxim Golod LW-x; Nicolas Guay C-x; Taro Hirose LW-x; Otto Kivenmaki RW; Luke Morgan LW-x; Ryan O’Reilly RW; Chase Pearson C; David Pope LW; Michael Rasmussen C; Ryan Savage RW-x; Givani Smith LW; Joe Veleno C; Sebastien Vidmar LW-x; Trevor Yates C-y Lane Zablocki RW; Filip Zadina LW.

Defense: Seth Barton; Dennis Cholowski; Marcus Crawford-y; Cole Fraser; Trevor Hamilton-y; Patrick Holway; Kasper Kotkansalo; Gustav Lindstrom; Alfons Malmstrom; Jared McIsaac; Alex Regula; Malte Setkov; Reilly Webb.

Goal: Victor Brattstrom; Jesper Eliasson; Kaden Fulcher; Filip Larsson; Keith Petruzzelli; Patrik Rybar; Joren van Pottelberghe.
X-indicates free agent invite
Y- indicates signed by AHL Grand Rapids

Russo Update
Traded Sunday to the Arizona Coyotes, the price the Red Wings acquired for defenseman Robbie Russo was a conditional 2019 NHL entry draft pick.

Here’s the condition: Russo must play 30 NHL games next season for the Wings to get the pick. In three pro seasons, Russo has appeared in 19 NHL games.

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