The Minnesota Wild have signed forward Mikael Granlund to a three-year extension worth $17.25 million, the team announced Tuesday.
The deal will see Granlund carry a $5.75-million cap hit, with the bigger payouts coming in the later years of the deal:
Sources say #mnwild has signed Mikael Granlund to a three-year, $17.25 million contract (5.75M AAV)
— Michael Russo (@Russostrib) August 1, 2017
5.25M, 5.50M, 6.50M annually
Granlund led the Wild in scoring last season, producing 26 goals and 43 assists in 81 games.
Minnesota originally selected the Finland native with the ninth overall pick in 2010. He has appeared in 321 NHL games, recording 57 goals and 144 assists.
Granlund's signing comes two days after the Wild signed fellow forward Nino Niederreiter to a five-year extension.
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