After serval offseason rumors about trades and offer sheets, the Minnesota Wild [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/minnesota-wild]and Marco Rossi have finally agreed to a contract. It is a three-year deal for Rossi coming in at $5,000,000 average annual salary. According to PuckPedia and Michael Russo, [https://x.com/PuckPedia/status/1958922585833710075] Rossi's contract will be $4M salary in year one, $5M in year two and $6M in year three. He will have a $6M qualifying offer heading into his first unrestricted season. Rossi, 23, is coming off of a career-year where he recorded 24 goals, 36 assists and 60 points in all 82 games. The 5-foot-9 center has posted back-to-back 20-goal seasons and will be making middle-six money for the next three years. Seems like quite the steal for the Wild. You can see by Dom's model that in terms of market value this is a steal for the Wild. The knock on Rossi is his size. He is the only 5-foot-9 top-six center in the entire NHL. Despite getting to the net and scoring all his goals outside the crease, Rossi still gets the persona of a guy who is easily pushed off the puck because of his height. As Rossi has continued to prove, he took it upon himself and gained 14 pounds of muscle [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/minnesota-wild/latest-news/wild-s-marco-rossi-continues-to-have-big-offseason-up-14-pounds] this offseason and is now up to 196 pounds. Making it even harder to be pushed off the puck. Now that Rossi has been re-signed, how do the lines look? Kirill Kaprizov - Joel Eriksson Ek - Mats Zuccarello Matt Boldy - Marco Rossi - Vladimir Tarasenko Marcus Foligno - Ryan Hartman - Yakov Trenin Marcus Johansson - Nico Sturm - Liam Ohgren Danila Yurov - Vinnie Hinostroza RECENT MINNESOTA WILD STORIES - Where Minnesota Wild's Brock Faber Ranks Among NHL Defensemen. [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/minnesota-wild/latest-news/where-minnesota-wild-s-brock-faber-ranks-among-nhl-defensemen] - Wild's Brock Faber Makes U.S. Men's Olympic Orientation Camp. [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/minnesota-wild/latest-news/minnesota-wild-s-brock-faber-makes-u-s-men-s-olympic-orientation-camp] - Why The Minnesota Wild Signed Jack Johnson To A PTO. [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/minnesota-wild/latest-news/why-the-minnesota-wild-signed-jack-johnson-to-a-pto] - Wild's Marco Rossi Having A Big Offseason, Up 14 Pounds. [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/minnesota-wild/latest-news/wild-s-marco-rossi-continues-to-have-big-offseason-up-14-pounds] - Wild's Kirill Kaprizov Doing Offseason Training With Pittsburgh Penguins' Evgeni Malkin. [https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/minnesota-wild/latest-news/wild-s-kirill-kaprizov-doing-offseason-training-with-pittsburgh-penguins-evgeni-malkin]
