Minnesota Wild’s 3 Best Contracts for 2026-27

The Minnesota Wild have had quite a few eyes on them over the past few offseasons due to certain players needing contract extensions. Last offseason, it was Kirill Kaprizov everyone anxiously waited for his contract signing, which happened September 30, 2025. Now this offseason, the spotlight is on Quinn Hughes and his hopeful contract extension. 

While the Wild have a big contract to figure out when it comes to Hughes, they already have a few very strong contracts on their roster. Some of their best young players are on very team-friendly contracts, and in this article we’ll take a look at those contracts and how long the Wild have them for, starting with Matt Boldy. 

Boldy’s Team-Friendly Contract

Matt Boldy is easily one of the Wild’s most valuable and popular players thanks to not only his play with the Wild, but also his recent gold medal with Team USA in the 2026 Milan Winter Olympics. When this season starts, the fourth year of his contract will start, and many may be surprised to know he’s currently earning $7 million annually and will be for three more seasons after 2026-27. 

He signed this contract back in January of 2021, according to PuckPedia, while finishing out his entry-level deal, and at the time it may have seemed like the Wild were putting a lot of faith into a young player, but when looking at the numbers, now it makes complete sense, and right now they have him on a steal of a deal. In his first NHL season, he played in 47 games and registered 39 points, but then his second season he showed his worth with 63 points in 81 games. 

It’s safe to say that by signing him in January of 2021, the Wild took a bit of a risk since he hadn’t even completed his second full season, but they clearly knew what they were getting and wanted him. Fast forward, and he’s one of their top forwards and consistently battles for the top spot on the stat sheet all season. 

His contract is likely at the top for the Wild’s best, and you can bet when this one is up, he’ll be making quite the pay increase if he continues to play the way he is. He’ll be 29, with plenty of time left in his career. 

“I guess I’ll answer first, but John (Hynes) can answer too. But for me, I think Matt (Boldy) is naturally a winger. I think another part of Matt’s evolution into being, you know, this superstar player that he is, is that he’s grown into being able to do other things. Taking face-offs is one of them. Last year it was the penalty kill; this year, he’s taken a lot more face-offs and proven that he can do it. I think he could do it in short spurts. In the end, I think he’s a winger, but I think in short spurts, he could do it. I guess the preference would be to get a natural center,” said general manager Bill Guerin to the media in his end-of-season interview when asked if Boldy could be a center. 

Faber Shows Perseverance

Brock Faber is the next player on the list who is right behind Boldy in terms of star players on the Wild. He had a stellar debut, and then in his first full season he continued on that path, and the Wild made the smart move to lock him up as soon as they had the chance. They signed him to an eight-year deal worth $8.5 million annually. 

At the time, like Boldy, many probably felt the Wild were getting in over their heads signing such a young player who hadn’t fully proved himself yet. However, the Wild liked what they saw, and a defenseman like Faber doesn’t come around very often, especially one who signed what would become a team-friendly deal.