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2016–17 Minnesota Wild season

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2016–17 Minnesota Wild
Division2nd Central
Conference2nd Western
2016–17 record49–25–8
Home record27–12–2
Road record22–13–6
Goals for266
Goals against208
Team information
General managerChuck Fletcher
CoachBruce Boudreau
CaptainMikko Koivu
Alternate captainsZach Parise
Ryan Suter
ArenaXcel Energy Center
Minor league affiliate(s)Iowa Wild (AHL)
Quad City Mallards (ECHL)
Team leaders
GoalsEric Staal (28)
AssistsMikael Granlund (43)
PointsMikael Granlund (69)
Penalty minutesChris Stewart (94)
Plus/minusRyan Suter
Jason Zucker (+34)
WinsDevan Dubnyk (40)
Goals against averageAlex Stalock (1.51)

The 2016–17 Minnesota Wild season was the 17th season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.[1]

Standings

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Central Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 z – Chicago Blackhawks 82 50 23 9 46 244 213 +31 109
2 x – Minnesota Wild 82 49 25 8 46 266 208 +58 106
3 x – St. Louis Blues 82 46 29 7 44 235 218 +17 99
4 x – Nashville Predators 82 41 29 12 39 240 224 +16 94
5 Winnipeg Jets 82 40 35 7 37 249 256 −7 87
6 Dallas Stars 82 34 37 11 33 223 262 −39 79
7 Colorado Avalanche 82 22 56 4 21 166 278 −112 48
Source: National Hockey League[2]
x – Clinched playoff spot; z – Clinched conference

Schedule and results

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Pre-season

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Regular season

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2016–17 Game Log[4]

Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

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2017 Stanley Cup playoffs

Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

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Final Stats

Skaters

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Goaltenders

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Regular Season[6]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Devan Dubnyk 65 63 3758:00 40 19 5 141 2.25 1842 .923 5 0 0 10
Darcy Kuemper 18 17 1053:02 8 5 3 55 3.13 562 .902 0 0 1 4
Alex Stalock 2 2 118:55 1 1 0 3 1.51 54 .944 0 0 0 0
Playoffs
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Devan Dubnyk 5 5 322:15 1 4 10 1.86 133 .925 1 0 0 0

Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Wild. Stats reflect time with the Wild only.
Traded mid-season

Awards and honours

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Awards

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Milestones

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Transactions

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The Wild have been involved in the following transactions during the 2016–17 season.

Trades

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Date
Details
Ref
February 1, 2017 (2017-02-01) To Ottawa Senators
Marc Hagel
To Minnesota Wild
Future considerations
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February 26, 2017 (2017-02-26) To Arizona Coyotes
1st-round pick in 2017
2nd-round pick in 2018
Conditional 4th-round pick in 2019
Grayson Downing
To Minnesota Wild
Martin Hanzal
Ryan White
4th-round pick in 2017
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February 27, 2017 (2017-02-27) To Arizona Coyotes
Teemu Pulkkinen
To Minnesota Wild
Future considerations
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Player signings

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Date Player Contract terms
(in U.S. dollars)
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June 29, 2016 (2016-06-29) Jason Zucker 2 years, $4 million [24]
June 30, 2016 (2016-06-30) Zac Dalpe 1 year, $600,000 [25]
Tyler Graovac 2 year, $1.25 million
July 5, 2016 (2016-07-05) Darcy Kuemper 1 year, $1.55 million [26]
July 11, 2016 (2016-07-11) Zach Palmquist 1 year, $660,000 [27]
July 25, 2016 (2016-07-25) Jordan Schroeder 1 year, $650,000 [28]
July 28, 2016 (2016-07-28) Matt Dumba 2 years, $5.1 million [29]
August 26, 2016 (2016-08-26) Gustav Bouramman 3 years, $2.4 million entry-level contract [30]
February 2, 2017 (2017-02-02) Alex Stalock 2 years, $1.3 million contract extension [31]
March 23, 2017 (2017-03-23) Luke Kunin 3 years, $4.275 million entry-level contract [32]
April 10, 2017 (2017-04-10) Carson Soucy 3 years, $1.85 million entry-level contract [33]

Draft picks

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Below are the Minnesota Wild's selections at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 24–25, 2016 at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo.

Round # Player Pos Nationality College/Junior/Club team (League)
1 15 Luke Kunin C United States United States Wisconsin Badgers (Big Ten)
4 106 Brandon Duhaime RW United States United States Tri-City Storm (USHL)
7 196 Dmitry Sokolov RW Russia Russia Sudbury Wolves (OHL)
7 204[a] Brayden Chizen D Canada Canada Kelowna Rockets (WHL)
Draft notes
Montreal previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on July 1, 2014 that sent Josh Gorges to Buffalo in exchange for this pick.[35][36]
Buffalo previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 5, 2014 that sent Matt Moulson and Cody McCormick to Minnesota in exchange for Torrey Mitchell, Winnipeg's second-round pick in 2014 and this pick.[37]

The Minnesota Wild's third-round pick went to the Nashville Predators as the result of a trade on June 20, 2016 that sent Jimmy Vesey to Buffalo in exchange for this pick.[38]

Buffalo previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 29, 2016 that sent Jamie McGinn to Anaheim in exchange for this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[39] The condition – Buffalo will receive a third-round pick in 2016 if Anaheim does not qualify for the 2016 Western Conference Final[40] – was converted on April 27, 2016 when Anaheim was eliminated from the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs.
Anaheim previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on June 26, 2015 that sent Kyle Palmieri to New Jersey in exchange for Florida's second-round pick in 2015 and this pick (being conditional at the time of the trade).[41] The condition – Anaheim will receive the higher of either Florida or Minnesota's third-round pick in 2016.[42] – was converted on April 24, 2016 when Minnesota was eliminated from the 2016 Stanley Cup playoffs ensuring that the Wild's pick would be higher than Florida's.
New Jersey previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 26, 2015 that sent Jaromir Jagr to Florida in exchange for a second-round pick in 2015 and this pick.[43]
Florida previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on February 24, 2015 that sent Sean Bergenheim and a seventh-round pick in 2016 to Minnesota in exchange for this pick.[44]

References

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