Michael Russo of The Athletic: Confirmed Elliotte Friedman’s early morning report that the Minnesota Wild have avoided salary arbitration and signed 23-year old defenseman Matt Dumba to a five-year, $30 million contract.
The deal buys two years of unrestricted free agency.
Dumba is now the third highest paid Wild player behind Zach Parise and Ryan Suter.
Forward Jason Zucker has an arbitration hearing scheduled.
Canucks lock up Stecher before arbitration hearing …
Cap Friendly: The Vancouver Canucks and defenseman Troy Stecher agreed to a two-year contract worth $4.