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Minnesota Wild Sign Marcus Johansson To Extension

May 2, 2023 at 11:14 am CDT | by Brennan McClain 6 Comments

A few short days after their season came to its conclusion at the hands of the Dallas Stars, the Minnesota Wild have announced they will be bringing back forward Marcus Johansson into the fold. The contract will be a 2-year, $4MM contract, extending Johansson through the 2024-25 season.

In his second tenure with the Wild, Johansson was a critical forward down the stretch in Minnesota’s playoff hunt. After being acquired from the Washington Capitals at this year’s trade deadline, Johansson played in 20 games, scoring six goals and 12 assists. Just as importantly, Johansson brought his career exceptional possession numbers, providing the Wild a Corsi For % of 52.2.

Heading into this year’s offseason, Minnesota was going to find itself in an increasingly difficult salary cap situation. Due to the past buyouts of Zach Parise and Ryan Suter, the cap penalty will increase from $6.37MM per player to $7.37MM per player, taking almost $15MM away from the Wild’s available cap. Even after signing Johansson, Minnesota still has five players headed for unrestricted free agency (three forwards, and two defensemen) and five players headed toward restricted free agency (three forwards, one defenseman, and one goalie).

Up to this point, taking into account the massive cap penalty given to the Wild due to their past buyouts, General Manager Bill Guerin has done a good job assembling a roster worthy enough to get into the playoffs almost year-in-and-year-out. He will have to continue to remain creative throughout this process, and bringing back Johansson on a relatively cheap contract is one way to get that started.

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  1. letsgonats

    2 years ago

    Good for MoJo and the Wild. Was not a fan of his resigning with CAPs but was way wrong.

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  2. User 318310488

    2 years ago

    One step forward, Two steps back, This dosen’t move the needle forward.

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    • Doghockey

      2 years ago

      And, based on your history of being wrong about pretty much everything, this will likely turn out to be an excellent signing.

      Reply
  3. Johnny Z

    2 years ago

    HE IS WORTH MORE! Good signing!

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  4. wreckage

    2 years ago

    2×2 for a guy who just played at .6ppg. Sign me up all day. Great signing for Guerin and crew.

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  5. Tribucks

    2 years ago

    Good value signing. Wonder how this might impact Nyquist, who they also expressed interest in bringing back cheaply.

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