3 years at $5M for Marco Rossi: The Wild (really) play their cards right

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Crédit: Marco Rossi of Minnesota Wild looks on during a stoppage in play against Winnipeg Jets.

Marco Rossi has signed a three-year contract with the Wild. The deal will pay him $5 million a season… and Rossi will still be a restricted free agent at the end of his contract. In Minnesota, we must be pretty happy with this turn of events. Because, in the end, the Wild really played their cards right… even if they did try to trade Rossi this summer. $5 million for the next three years for a 23-year-old (24 in September) who scored 60 points in his third full NHL season is good management.

When you consider that the salary cap will rise and that Rossi will be well surrounded in Minnesota with Kaprizov, Boldy and company…

[content-ads] If this is what it takes to get the market moving, so be it.

Right now, there’s still the Mason McTavish and Luke Hughes files that need to be settled, but it looks like NHL teams were just waiting for this: to see another club move before doing the same thing.I wonder if the Ducks will rely on Rossi’s contract in their discussions with McTavish…. But in the end, it’s the Wild who come out the winner: they’ve anchored one of the organization’s fine young players to the club for three more years at a more than respectable salary, and it’ll also give Bill Guerin (GM) the leeway to make a monstrous offer to Kirill Kaprizov when the time comes. Reminder: there’s only one season left on the Russian’s contract ($9 million a year)… and he risks breaking the bank by commanding an astronomical salary. He has every right to do so, at least, because we’re talking about one of the National League’s very good players. [spacer title=’Overtime’] – I love how the Lions do things.

– … Ouain.

– Big cash.

– Ça a brassé.