{"id":137201,"date":"2023-05-02T13:59:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T17:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=137201"},"modified":"2023-05-02T13:59:39","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T17:59:39","slug":"minnesota-wild-sign-forward-to-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/05\/02\/minnesota-wild-sign-forward-to-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Wild Sign Forward To Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minnesota Wild have signed forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/johanma03.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-05-02_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marcus Johansson<\/a> to a two-year extension with an AAV of $2 million, according to a statement released by the organization.<\/p>\n<h2>Wild Sign Johansson To Two-Year Extension<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">More Jojo?! Yes, please! \ud83e\udd2f<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve signed forward Marcus Johansson to a 2-year contract!<\/p>\n<p>Full details \u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D4nxH9nQbQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/D4nxH9nQbQ<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mnwild?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#mnwild<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Junr68aPE1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Junr68aPE1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mnwild\/status\/1653429416834355200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nThe Minnesota Wild are making moves early, as they have locked up recently acquired forward Marcus Johansson to a two-year two million dollar extension.<\/p>\n<p>Johansson recorded 18 points in 20 games with the Wild and recorded 28 points in 60 games for the Washington Capitals in his second stint with the organization<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/03\/21\/seattle-kraken-trade-forward-marcus-johansson\/\" target=\"_self\"> before being moved around the deadline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Johansson, 32, is in his second stint with the Minnesota Wild, having spent the 2020-2021 season with the club before being <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2021\/08\/06\/seattle-kraken-signs-marcus-johansson\/\" target=\"_self\">signed in free agency<\/a> by the Seattle Kraken (link).<\/p>\n<p>This will be Johansson&#8217;s second multi-year stop in a row, which isn&#8217;t the last time he has done this. He went from the Washington Capitals to the New Jersey Devils in 2017-2018.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means<\/h3>\n<p>This is a great deal for the Wild. although it was only 20 games, Johansson almost recorded a point per game with 18 points. with 12 of those being assists, he can play a big role in the Wild&#8217;s top-six offensive line.<\/p>\n<p>considering he put up more production than 2 million a season, this is a fantastic deal for the Wild to stay underneath the cap, and an important piece to lock up for cheap if they want to keep pushing for a Stanley Cup championship.<\/p>\n<p>The Wild still have more pending free agents to make a decision on, which includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/n\/nyquigu01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-05-02_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gustav Nyquist<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sundqos01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-05-02_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oskar Sundqvist<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/reavery01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-05-02_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Reaves<\/a>. Boldy&#8217;s 7-year 49 million dollar extension kicks in at the end of next year.<\/p>\n<p>This is going to be a very important offseason for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/gueribi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-05-02_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bill Guerin<\/a>, and it has already gotten off to a very good start.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minnesota Wild have signed forward Marcus Johansson to a two-year extension with an AAV of $2 million, according to a statement released by the organization. Wild Sign Johansson To Two-Year Extension More Jojo?! Yes, please! \ud83e\udd2f We&#8217;ve signed forward Marcus Johansson to a 2-year contract! Full details \u00bb https:\/\/t.co\/D4nxH9nQbQ#mnwild pic.twitter.com\/Junr68aPE1 \u2014 Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4073,"featured_media":137202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4547,30,34,4548],"tags":[7711,2002,221],"class_list":["post-137201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hockey","category-wild","category-news","category-nhl","tag-2023-offseason","tag-marcus-johansson","tag-minnesota-wild"],"modified_by":"Matthew Mountjoy","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}