In recounting Niklas Backstrom's three-year extension with the Wild, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune also reveals some very interesting news for Oilers fans as it relates to Minnesota's need to squeeze under the shrinking NHL cap.
The salary cap hit of roughly $3.42 million leaves the Wild with about $2.8 million with which to work this summer — not a lot of room to re-sign restricted free agents Cal Clutterbuck and Jared Spurgeon, keep veteran Matt Cullen or improve by adding free agents.
The Wild will create more cap space via trades and possibly buyouts.
Clutterbuck might be willing to sign a cap-friendly one-year deal, but he also has value on the trade market. One team hot after him is Edmonton; the Wild has talked to the Oilers about a deal that would include Minnesotan Tyler Pitlick.
Three other players on the block are defensemen Tom Gilbert and Justin Falk, and center Zenon Konopka.
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