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stfrank -> RE: Wild 2023/2024 Season (9/29/2023 5:27:17 PM)
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Minnesota Wild alternate captain Marcus Foligno signed a four-year, $16 million extension, the team announced Friday. The deal includes a no-move clause during the first two years and a limited no-trade clause the final two years, according to a team source. Here’s what you need to know:
Foligno has been with the Wild since the 2017-18 season. Last year, the winger scored seven goals and had 14 assists in 65 games played.
Earlier Friday, the Wild extended forward Mats Zuccarello, signing him to a two-year contract with a $4.125 million average annual value. The deal contains a full no-trade clause and begins in 2024-25, when his current $6 million AAV contract expires.
Playing primarily alongside good friend Kirill Kaprizov, Zuccarello scored 22 goals and 67 points in 78 games last season. In 255 regular-season games with Minnesota, he has 72 goals and 218 points.
The domino effect
Zuccarello’s deal hinted that Foligno’s deal would get done, and that Ryan Hartman’s is next.
On a Zoom call Friday, Guerin made it crystal clear that Hartman is next and they’re working on getting a deal done.
Foligno might have been the top priority for Guerin after Zuccarello’s deal was done, and Foligno made clear to The Athletic last week that he’d like to stay in Minnesota long-term, but Guerin values Hartman wholeheartedly and wants him to stay put as well. Hartman is in the final year of a bargain $1.7 million a year deal. — Russo
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