As announced earlier today, Matt Dumba has signed a new contract with the Minnesota Wild. The contract is for two years at $2.35m in the first year and $2.75 in the second, for a cap hit of $2.55m in each year.
The Wild had roughly $4.7m in cap space before the signing, meaning Chuck Fletcher now has just $2.2m to work with, give or take. This means a few things for the Wild.
First, it solidifies the blue line significantly. Ryan Suter, Jared Spurgeon, Marco Scandella, Jonas Brodin, and Matt Dumba will all be permanent fixtures in the Wild’s defensive corps, with one of Nate Prosser and Christian Folin completing the last pairing.