The last remaining drama of the Minnesota Wild’s off season is over.
The Wild have signed their franchise player, captain Mikko Koivu to a seven-year contract worth $6.75 million per season, plus a bunch of signing bonuses that add up to be about the GNP of a third-world country and a full no-trade clause.
I’ll be completely honest with my assessment here—I love this deal with the exception of the term.
As many of you know, I’m not a huge long-term contract type of guy. I would have preferred to see the Wild sign Koivu for four or five years as opposed to the seven that he got.
That being said, you won’t hear me complain one bit.
Here’s the deal. The Wild were going to have to pay to keep Koivu around.
Yes, he wanted to be here. Yes, he was convinced that the Wild are headed in the right direction. But the Wild still were going to have to pay.
But the thing is that this deal isn’t actually as ...
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Article written by Blake Benzel