Jason Zucker with five-year, USD 27.5 mn deal with Minnesota Wild
26-year-old Zucker set career highs with 33 goals and 64 points last season.
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Minnesota Wild forward Jason Zucker agreed to a five-year, USD 27.5 mn deal on Wednesday, the team announced.
Zucker, a restricted free agent, will have a USD 5 million salary this season, according to the team. The following four seasons break down this way: USD 6.25 million in 2019-20, USD 4.8 million in 2020-21, USD 6.25 million in 2021-22 and USD 5.2 million in 2022-23.
The 26-year-old Zucker set career highs with 33 goals and 64 points last season. His 31 assists also represented a career best.
Zucker has tallied 172 points (97 goals, 75 assists) in 330 career games with the Wild since first reaching the NHL during the 2011-12 season.
He also scored more than 20 goals on two other occasions when he had 22 in 2016-17 and 21 in 2014-15.
Zucker was a second-round pick in the 2010 draft.
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