On an otherwise slow hockey day for any team that’s not the Dallas Stars, New York Islanders or Tampa Bay Lightning, The Athletic’s Michael Russo dropped a bombshell as far as the Minnesota Wild are concerned, breaking the news that the Wild have signed defenseman Jonas Brodin to a bank-breaking seven-year, $42 million extension.
Brodin’s current six-year, $25 million deal was set to expire at the end of the 2020-21 season, but now ensures the former first-round pick will be in a Wild uniform until the 2027-28 season.