Kevin Fiala and the Minnesota Wild settle on a contract worth $5.1 million

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With this one-year agreement, the Swiss forward and his team have thus avoided the arbitration hearing planned for tomorrow.

: Source: Michael Russo; Language:; 16 August 2021 • 17:04; 16 August 2021 • 17:15

Kevin Fiala will earn more than 5 million U.S. dollars next season.

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Kevin Fiala and the Minnesota Wild have met each other halfway in terms of their respective demands: the 25-year-old forward was asking for a salary of $6.25 million in his arbitration hearing, while Minnesota offered $4 million. The next offseason, Fiala will thus become a restricted free agent (RFA).

#mnwild have re-signed Kevin Fiala to a one-year, $5.1 million deal thus avoiding arbitration hearing tomorrow. He’ll be able to negotiate off that price next offseason as an RFA.

Fiala led the Wild in the past two regular seasons with 43 goals and 94 points in 114 games— Michael Russo (@RussoHockey) August 16, 2021