{"id":296961,"date":"2025-11-17T11:37:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T11:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/296961\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T11:37:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T11:37:11","slug":"ex-red-wings-defenseman-joins-fifth-team-since-leaving-detroit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/296961\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Red Wings defenseman joins fifth team since leaving Detroit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"articleLabel__link\" class=\"articleLabel__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/redwings\/\" title=\"Navigate to Red Wings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Red Wings<\/a>Published: Nov. 16, 2025, 2:55 p.m.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"sync\" alt=\"Thomas Greiss\" class=\"hero-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/HAGSXZJKEJDXJGQB5WSMNMAQHM.JPG\"  \/>Troy Stecher appeared in 60 games with the Red Wings from 2020-22. (AP Photo\/Paul Sancya)AP<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FI5TQHKIRNAE3EGZM2AGKZYV5Y\">Former Detroit Red Wings defenseman Troy Stecher joined his fifth different team Saturday since leaving the organization <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/maple-leafs-claim-defenceman-troy-stecher-off-waivers-from-oilers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/maple-leafs-claim-defenceman-troy-stecher-off-waivers-from-oilers\/\">when he was claimed on waivers by the Toronto Maple Leafs from the Edmonton Oilers.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"BCMUY7ZCARHIFLTMDLNKVOHXUA\">Stecher, 31, has appeared in only six games this season (no points), none since Oct. 30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"7K4PRIFH2BDYLK5VOTE4VCBDUI\">The 5-10, 184-pound right-shooter played in 60 games with Detroit from 2020-22 (four goals, nine assists, minus-19). The Red Wings dealt him to the Los Angeles Kings at the deadline for a seventh-round pick. He played 13 regular season and four playoff games that year under Todd McLellan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"E5CTIT44LFDMBPSFY3OPOG6VIQ\">Stecher has since played for Arizona (two stints) and Calgary. He has played in 566 career games (22 goals, 95 assists).<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"SX5XA67JHJAWFA76SNNDKSKNPI\">The Leafs needed a defenseman due to Chris Tanev\u2019s injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"TDLRYBGPPFBVBJNB6UDKYH7VME\">Stecher is in the final year of his contract at $787,500. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--center skimlinks\">If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/user-agreement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.advancelocal.com\/advancelocalUserAgreement\/privacy-policy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Red WingsPublished: Nov. 16, 2025, 2:55 p.m.Troy Stecher appeared in 60 games with the Red Wings from 2020-22.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[385,99],"class_list":["post-296961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}