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 median 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 outstanding goaltender over Marc-Andre Fleury, who retired this offseason.
With a 31-19-6 document, a .914 save proportion and a couple of.56 goals-against common, Gustavsson completed sixth in voting for the Vezina Trophy.
That is the second vital extension the Wild have given out this week. They signed star winger Kirill Kaprizov to the biggest contract in NHL historical past (eight years, $136 million) on Tuesday.
–Subject Stage Media
