Desperately needs cap space to resign several young core franchise type players to extensions.
Minnesota will release veteran Wild player M.Koivu. Tyler Johnson's expected 7.7m contract extension requires sacrifice on the part of others.
Mikko Koivu, $6.8m (2010-2018) X 40% ABO rate = Mikko Koivu, $2.7m (2015-2018-
ABO)
That's
$4.1m in cap savings to give Minnesota more cap to work with.