{"id":523334,"date":"2026-03-26T06:53:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T06:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/523334\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T06:53:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T06:53:05","slug":"red-wings-extend-defenseman-bernard-docker-dhn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/523334\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Wings Extend Defenseman Bernard-Docker \/ DHN"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the Detroit<\/a> Red Wings signed defenseman Jacob Bernard-Docker<\/a> as an unrestricted free agent last summer, an NHL scout told Detroit Hockey Now that they had gotten themselves a steal.<\/p>\n

After watching him perform steadily for the team this season, evidently, the Red Wings agree with that assessment. <\/p>\n

The Red Wings have signed Bernard-Docker to a two-year contract extension. The deal comes with an AAV of $1.6 million.<\/p>\n

Skating mostly in the third pairing with Albert Johansson, Bernard-Docker has proven to be a steady if unspectacular presence for the team. With just four assists through 55 games, Bernard-Docker, 25, doesn\u2019t add much to the team\u2019s attack, but that\u2019s not his role with the club.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust being hard to play against, being annoying and kind of always on guys and trying to be physical when I can,\u201d\u00a0Bernard-Docker<\/a>\u00a0listed as his objective when he\u2019s on the ice.<\/p>\n

The right-shot defender is all about shutting down the other team. His plus-five rating trails only the top pairing of Moritz Seider (+21) and Simon Edvinsson (+11) among the Detroit rearguard.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s ninth in hits (58) and sixth in blocked shots (83). Bernard-Docker\u2019s blocked shots per 60 minutes of 6.03 is third on the club.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m willing to block shots,\u201d Bernard-Docker<\/a> said. \u201cI think I\u2019m pretty good with my stick.\u201d<\/p>\n

Red Wings Like Bernard-Docker\u2019s Versatility<\/p>\n

Red Wings coach Todd McLellan appreciates the versatility that Bernard-Docker brings to his defensive corps. When injuries have sidelined Edvinsson this season, Bernard-Docker has proven able to jump and play on his offside alongside in the top tandem.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u00a0think\u00a0of\u00a0Bernard\u00a0Docker, \u201cMcLellan said. \u201cWe\u2019ve had him on the left, we\u2019ve had him on the right. His minutes go up. We\u2019ve asked him to play on his offside, and that\u2019s not easy to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

By extending Bernard-Docker, the Red Wings are growing fairly set in terms of defensemen for next season. Seider is signed through the 2029-30 season. Ben Chiarot was also recently extended through the 2028-29 season. Both Justin Faulk<\/a> and Johansson are under contract for next season. Axel Sandin-Pellikka will be entering the second year of his three-year entry-level pact.<\/p>\n

Only Edvinsson, a restricted free agent as of July 1, will need to be signed to a new deal. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When the Detroit Red Wings signed defenseman Jacob Bernard-Docker as an unrestricted free agent last summer, an NHL…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5101],"tags":[599,1511,93,5137,5,11082,4,3358,5138,1930],"class_list":{"0":"post-523334","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-red-wings","8":"tag-detroit","9":"tag-detroit-hockey-now","10":"tag-detroit-red-wings","11":"tag-detroitredwings","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-jacob-bernard-docker","14":"tag-nhl","15":"tag-red-wings","16":"tag-redwings","17":"tag-todd-mclellan"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116294162121065660","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523334","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=523334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}