{"id":387177,"date":"2026-01-02T20:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T20:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/387177\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T20:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T20:47:10","slug":"lightning-sign-charle-edouard-dastous-to-one-year-extension-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/387177\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning Sign Charle-Edouard D’Astous To One-Year Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lightning announced<\/a> they\u2019ve signed defenseman\u00a0Charle-Edouard D\u2019Astous<\/a>\u00a0to a one-year extension worth $875K. He was due to be an unrestricted free agent next summer.<\/p>\n

While the 27-year-old D\u2019Astous is too old for Calder Trophy consideration, the Quebec native has quietly been one of the league\u2019s most impressive rookies. The former ECHL Defenseman of the Year had spent the last three seasons in Europe, racking up back-to-back top defenseman honors in Finland\u2019s and Sweden\u2019s top leagues, before landing his first NHL contract \u2013 a two-way deal with the Bolts<\/a> signed in May.<\/p>\n

D\u2019Astous did not make Tampa\u2019s opening night roster. In fact, he was a relatively early cut from training camp on Sep. 28. He posted three points and a +3 rating in four games for AHL Syracuse before the Lightning recalled him just two weeks into the season in the wake of an injury to\u00a0Maxwell Crozier<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 6\u20192\u2033 lefty was scratched once before making his debut, kicking off a run of 33 consecutive appearances to begin his NHL career. While injuries to\u00a0Victor Hedman<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Ryan McDonagh<\/a>\u00a0have been the primary factor keeping him in the lineup, he\u2019s done his best in the meantime to ensure he has a legitimate shot of remaining in the lineup when Tampa\u2019s defense returns to full health. With a 3-10\u201313 scoring line, he\u2019s third among Bolts defenders in scoring and 10th on the team overall while averaging a hearty 19:05 per game out of the gate, quarterbacking Tampa\u2019s second power-play unit in Hedman\u2019s stead.<\/p>\n

D\u2019Astous\u2019 defensive deficiencies were historically the biggest obstacle between him and an NHL contract despite his long track record of elite offensive production in the minors, juniors, and in Europe. Those haven\u2019t disappeared. The Lightning allow 3.4 goals against per 60 minutes with D\u2019Astous on the ice at even strength, the worst figure on the team.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, he\u2019s proven himself a valuable depth option, providing legitimate offensive value from the blue line as Tampa has dealt with multiple key injuries. He was one of only five pending UFAs on the Lightning\u2019s roster, a list that\u2019s now limited to\u00a0Oliver Bjorkstrand<\/a>,\u00a0Darren Raddysh<\/a>,\u00a0Declan Carlile<\/a> (Group VI), and\u00a0Curtis Douglas<\/a> (Group VI).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Lightning announced they\u2019ve signed defenseman\u00a0Charle-Edouard D\u2019Astous\u00a0to a one-year extension worth $875K. He was due to be an…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[39780,5,4,92,405],"class_list":["post-387177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-charle-edouard-dastous","tag-hockey","tag-nhl","tag-tampa-bay-lightning","tag-transactions"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115827470924026335","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}