The Detroit Red Wings re-signed forward Tomas Tatar to a four-year contract, the team announced Friday. Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman reported the deal is worth an annual average value of $5.3 million.

As with most recent contracts, Tatar is set to make the least money during the potential lockout season of 2020-21.

The Red Wings reportedly offered Tatar $4.1 million in annual payments earlier in the week, but they appear to have settled on the $5.3 million the player was seeking.

The move carries the Red Wings roughly $3 million above 2017-18's $78.021-million salary cap, according to Cap Friendly. They still have to come to terms with restricted free-agent forward Andreas Athanasiou.

Tatar scored 25 goals with 21 assists in his fourth full season in the NHL, averaging a career high in ice time (17:17). He has totaled 94 goals and 92 assists in 318 games over the past four seasons.

He most commonly played on the Red Wings' top line with forwards Henrik Zetterberg and Gustav Nyquist last season, finishing behind both peers among the team's points leaders. Just eight of Tatar's 46 points came via the power play.

The still-unsigned Athanasiou finished ninth on the team in points last season, recording 18 goals and 11 assists in his sophomore campaign.

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