Minnesota announces 2-year contract extension for Zuccarello

Minnesota Wild GM Bill Guerin shared today that the franchise has inked forward Mats Zuccarello to a 2-year, 8.25-million-dollar deal extension.

“Zuccy is very happy here. He’s got a huge role with our team.” #MNWild GM Bill Guerin on Mats Zuccarello’s contract extension and what the veteran forward provides on the ice and in the dressing room. pic.twitter.com/PbFLv873oJ

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The veteran attacker (36) had 22 goals and earned 67 points in 78 matches for Minnesota in the past campaign, his 4^th with the organization.

Zuccarello set new career highs in power-play goals with 9 and shot on net with 198 in the past campaign. Mats’s 45 assists are the highest for the franchise.

NY Rangers inked him as an undrafted free agent in 2010, and Zuccarello made his debut in the league in the 2010-11 campaign for the franchise from the Big Apple and spent the 1^st 9 campaigns of his career there before he was sent to the Dallas Stars on February this year.

Zuccarello inked with Minnesota as a free agent during the offseason in 2019 and has led the organization in assists with 146 since he became a Wild player.