Minnesota Wild: The Pominville Conundrum

It’s not another Robert Ludlum novel; it’s the dilemma facing Chuck Fletcher and the Minnesota Wild front office. What to do with Jason Pominville and his $5,600,000 annual cap hit.

Jason Pominville came to the Minnesota Wild in April 2013 from the Buffalo Sabres with a 2014 4th round draft pick in exchange for Matt Hackett, Johan Larsson, a 2013 1st round pick and a 2014 2nd round pick. Minnesota gave up a lot of assets to obtain Pominville and the dearth of draft picks in recent years has shown, particularly in the struggles of the Iowa Wild.

Pominville’s arrival brought leadership, he came from Buffalo as their incumbent Captain, and he brought a history of scoring. Pominville had put up…