Wild come to terms with Zucker on 5-year, $27.5M deal

The Minnesota Wild locked up restricted free-agent forward Jason Zucker to a five-year, $27.5-million contract on Wednesday.

Zucker and the Wild were able to agree to the new contract three days before both sides were scheduled to go to arbitration.

The 26-year-old is coming off his fourth full season with the Wild which saw him hit career highs in both goals (33) and points (64). He also led the team with seven game-winning goals and 17 multi-point games.

With Zucker under contract, the Wild now have their full 23-man roster solidified for next season with just $1.7 million in cap space remaining.