The Minnesota Wild signed goalkeeper Filip Gustavsson to a five-year, $34 million contract extension on Saturday morning.
Gustavsson, 27, was getting into the ultimate yr of a contract that was paying him $3.75 million yearly. Now, he is set to make practically double that, a mean of $6.8 million over the following 5 seasons.
The Swedish netminder is coming off his fifth NHL season which was the very best of his profession. He began a career-high 58 video games, establishing himself because the Wild’s distinguished goaltender over Marc-Andre Fleury, who retired this offseason.
With a 31-19-6 document, a .914 save share and a pair of.56 goals-against common, Gustavsson completed sixth in voting for the Vezina Trophy.
That is the second important extension the Wild have given out this week. They signed star winger Kirill Kaprizov to the most important contract in NHL historical past (eight years, $136 million) on Tuesday.
–Area Degree Media
