2011–12 Minnesota Wild season

The 2011–12 Minnesota Wild season was the 12th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.^[1]

2011–12 Minnesota Wild
Division	4th Northwest
Conference	12th Western
2011–12 record	35–36–11
Home record	20–17–4
Road record	15–19–7
Team information
General manager	Chuck Fletcher
Coach	Mike Yeo
Captain	Mikko Koivu
Alternate captains	Matt Cullen Dany Heatley Nick Schultz (Oct.–Feb.)
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Average attendance	17,772 (98.4%)
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The Wild failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fourth consecutive season.

Off-season

On June 17, 2011, the Wild officially introduced Mike Yeo as their new head coach. Yeo had been the head coach of the Wild's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Houston Aeros.^[2]

Regular season

Excluding 11 shootout-winning goals, the Wild scored 166 goals overall, the fewest in the NHL.^[3][4]

Playoffs

The Wild failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year.

Standings

Northwest Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Vancouver Canucks	82	51	22	9	43	249	198	+51	111
2	Calgary Flames	82	37	29	16	34	202	226	−24	90
3	Colorado Avalanche	82	41	35	6	32	208	220	−12	88
4	Minnesota Wild	82	35	36	11	24	177	226	−49	81
5	Edmonton Oilers	82	32	40	10	27	212	239	−27	74

Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy

Western Conference

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	NW	p – Vancouver Canucks	82	51	22	9	43	249	198	+51	111
2	CE	y – St. Louis Blues	82	49	22	11	45	210	165	+45	109
3	PA	y – Phoenix Coyotes	82	42	27	13	36	216	204	+12	97
4	CE	x – Nashville Predators	82	48	26	8	43	237	210	+27	104
5	CE	x – Detroit Red Wings	82	48	28	6	39	248	203	+45	102
6	CE	x – Chicago Blackhawks	82	45	26	11	38	248	238	+10	101
7	PA	x – San Jose Sharks	82	43	29	10	34	228	210	+18	96
8	PA	x – Los Angeles Kings	82	40	27	15	34	194	179	+15	95
9	NW	Calgary Flames	82	37	29	16	34	202	226	−24	90
10	PA	Dallas Stars	82	42	35	5	35	211	222	−11	89
11	NW	Colorado Avalanche	82	41	35	6	32	208	220	−12	88
12	NW	Minnesota Wild	82	35	36	11	24	177	226	−49	81
13	PA	Anaheim Ducks	82	34	36	12	31	204	231	−27	80
14	NW	Edmonton Oilers	82	32	40	10	27	212	239	−27	74
15	CE	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	29	46	7	25	202	262	−60	65

Source: National Hockey League
p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2011 Pre-season Game Log: 3–3–1 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 2–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 20	Minnesota Wild	4–3	Edmonton Oilers		Hackett	15,653	1–0–0
2	September 22	Minnesota Wild	1–0	St. Louis Blues		Backstrom	9,644	2–0–0
3	September 23	Columbus Blue Jackets	3–4	Minnesota Wild	OT	Harding	14,119	3–0–0
4	September 24	Minnesota Wild	1–4	Pittsburgh Penguins		Backstrom	18,387	3–1–0
5	September 27	St. Louis Blues	4–3	Minnesota Wild		Backstrom	13,789	3–2–0
6	September 29	Minnesota Wild	2–4	Columbus Blue Jackets		Harding	11,709	3–3–0
7	September 30	Edmonton Oilers	4–3	Minnesota Wild	SO	Backstrom	14,544	3–3–1

Regular season

2011–12 Game Log
October: 4–3–3 (Home: 3–2–1; Road: 1–1–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 8 Columbus Blue Jackets 2–4 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 19,040 1–0–0 2 2 October 10 Minnesota Wild 1–2 New York Islanders Backstrom 11,278 1–1–0 2 3 October 11 Minnesota Wild 3–4 Ottawa Senators SO Backstrom 19,455 1–1–1 3 4 October 13 Edmonton Oilers 1–2 Minnesota Wild SO Backstrom 15,878 2–1–1 5 5 October 15 Minnesota Wild 2–1 Detroit Red Wings OT Harding 17,104 3–1–1 7 6 October 18 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 17,297 2–2–2 6 7 October 20 Minnesota Wild 2–1 Edmonton Oilers SO Backstrom 16,839 3–2–2 8 8 October 22 Minnesota Wild 2–3 Vancouver Canucks OT Backstrom 18,860 3–2–3 9 9 October 27 Anaheim Ducks 3–2 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 15,723 3–3–3 9 10 October 29 Detroit Red Wings 0–1 Minnesota Wild Harding 17,233 4–3–3 11
November: 11–4–0 (Home: 6–2–0; Road: 5–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 1 Minnesota Wild 2–1 Detroit Red Wings OT Harding 20,066 5–3–3 13 12 November 3 Vancouver Canucks 1–5 Minnesota Wild Harding 16,534 6–3–3 15 13 November 5 St. Louis Blues 1–2 Minnesota Wild Harding 16,917 7–3–3 17 14 November 8 Minnesota Wild 3–0 Calgary Flames Backstrom 19,289 8–3–3 19 15 November 10 Minnesota Wild 1–3 San Jose Sharks Backstrom 17,562 8–4–3 19 16 November 12 Minnesota Wild 2–5 Los Angeles Kings Harding 18,118 8–5–3 19 17 November 13 Minnesota Wild 3–2 Anaheim Ducks Backstrom 13,803 9–5–3 21 18 November 15 Minnesota Wild 4–2 Columbus Blue Jackets Backstrom 10,833 10–5–3 23 19 November 17 Colorado Avalanche 0–1 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 16,779 11–5–3 25 20 November 19 St. Louis Blues 2–3 Minnesota Wild SO Harding 17,259 12–5–3 27 21 November 23 Nashville Predators 2–3 Minnesota Wild Harding 16,981 13–5–3 29 22 November 25 Edmonton Oilers 5–2 Minnesota Wild Harding 18,092 13–6–3 29 23 November 27 Calgary Flames 5–2 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 16,864 13–7–3 29 24 November 28 Tampa Bay Lightning 1–3 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 16,628 14–7–3 31 25 November 30 Minnesota Wild 3–2 Edmonton Oilers SO Backstrom 16,839 15–7–3 33
December: 6–6–3 (Home: 2–2–2; Road: 4–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 2 New Jersey Devils 2–4 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 17,310 16–7–3 35 27 December 4 Minnesota Wild 5–3 Anaheim Ducks Harding 14,002 17–7–3 37 28 December 6 Minnesota Wild 2–1 San Jose Sharks Hackett 17,562 18–7–3 39 29 December 8 Minnesota Wild 4–2 Los Angeles Kings Hackett 18,118 19–7–3 41 30 December 10 Minnesota Wild 4–1 Phoenix Coyotes Backstrom 10,976 20–7–3 43 31 December 13 Minnesota Wild 1–2 Winnipeg Jets Backstrom 15,004 20–8–3 43 32 December 14 Chicago Blackhawks 4–3 Minnesota Wild SO Backstrom 19,254 20–8–4 44 33 December 17 New York Islanders 2–1 Minnesota Wild SO Backstrom 18,209 20–8–5 45 34 December 19 Minnesota Wild 0–4 Vancouver Canucks Backstrom 18,890 20–9–5 45 35 December 20 Minnesota Wild 1–2 Calgary Flames Harding 19,289 20–10–5 45 36 December 22 Minnesota Wild 1–4 Edmonton Oilers Backstrom 16,839 20–11–5 45 37 December 26 Colorado Avalanche 4–2 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 19,290 20–12–5 45 38 December 28 Minnesota Wild 1–2 Nashville Predators SO Harding 17,113 20–12–6 46 39 December 29 Edmonton Oilers 3–4 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 19,194 21–12–6 48 40 December 31 Phoenix Coyotes 4–2 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 19,297 21–13–6 48
January: 3–6–1 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 1–5–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 4 Minnesota Wild 0–3 Vancouver Canucks Harding 18,890 21–14–6 48 42 January 7 Minnesota Wild 1–3 Calgary Flames Backstrom 19,289 21–15–6 48 43 January 10 San Jose Sharks 4–5 Minnesota Wild SO Harding 18,986 22–15–6 50 44 January 12 Minnesota Wild 2–5 Chicago Blackhawks Harding 21,490 22–16–6 50 45 January 14 Minnesota Wild 2–3 St. Louis Blues SO Harding 19,150 22–16–7 51 46 January 17 Minnesota Wild 1–5 Philadelphia Flyers Harding 19,787 22–17–7 51 47 January 19 Minnesota Wild 1–4 Toronto Maple Leafs Backstrom 19,421 22–18–7 51 48 January 21 Dallas Stars 2–5 Minnesota Wild Harding 19,213 23–18–7 53 49 January 24 Minnesota Wild 3–2 Colorado Avalanche Backstrom 16,291 24–18–7 55 50 January 31 Nashville Predators 5–4 Minnesota Wild Harding 17,325 24–19–7 55
February: 4–7–2 (Home: 2–4–1; Road: 2–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 2 Minnesota Wild 1–0 Colorado Avalanche Backstrom 14,186 25–19–7 57 52 February 4 Minnesota Wild 1–2 Dallas Stars SO Backstrom 18,532 25–19–8 58 53 February 7 Minnesota Wild 1–3 Columbus Blue Jackets Backstrom 11,237 25–20–8 58 54 February 9 Vancouver Canucks 5–2 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 17,859 25–21–8 58 55 February 11 Columbus Blue Jackets 3–1 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 18,958 25–22–8 58 56 February 14 Anaheim Ducks 2–1 Minnesota Wild Harding 17,552 25–23–8 58 57 February 16 Winnipeg Jets 4–3 Minnesota Wild SO Backstrom 19,060 25–23–9 59 58 February 18 Minnesota Wild 0–4 St. Louis Blues Harding 19,150 25–24–9 59 59 February 19 Boston Bruins 0–2 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 19,198 26–24–9 61 60 February 23 Minnesota Wild 3–2 Florida Panthers SO Backstrom 13,892 27–24–9 63 61 February 24 Minnesota Wild 1–4 Dallas Stars Backstrom 13,144 27–25–9 63 62 February 26 San Jose Sharks 3–4 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 17,401 28–25–9 65 63 February 28 Los Angeles Kings 4–0 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 17,317 28–26–9 65
March: 5–9–1 (Home: 4–5–0; Road: 1–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 1 Minnesota Wild 4–5 Montreal Canadiens SO Harding 21,273 28–26–10 66 65 March 2 Minnesota Wild 0–6 Detroit Red Wings Harding 20,066 28–27–10 66 66 March 4 Colorado Avalanche 2–0 Minnesota Wild Hackett 17,354 28–28–10 66 67 March 6 Minnesota Wild 1–7 Colorado Avalanche Hackett 13,385 28–29–10 66 68 March 8 Minnesota Wild 3–2 Phoenix Coyotes SO Hackett 11,716 29–29–10 68 69 March 11 Calgary Flames 4–3 Minnesota Wild Hackett 17,119 29–30–10 68 70 March 13 Dallas Stars 1–0 Minnesota Wild Hackett 17,326 29–31–10 68 71 March 17 Carolina Hurricanes 5–3 Minnesota Wild Hackett 18,394 29–32–10 68 72 March 19 Vancouver Canucks 0–2 Minnesota Wild Harding 17,188 30–32–10 70 73 March 22 Calgary Flames 2–3 Minnesota Wild SO Harding 17,002 31–32–10 72 74 March 24 Minnesota Wild 1–3 Buffalo Sabres Harding 18,690 31–33–10 72 75 March 25 Minnesota Wild 0–3 Washington Capitals Hackett 18,506 31–34–10 72 76 March 27 New York Rangers 3–2 Minnesota Wild Harding 17,880 31–35–10 72 77 March 29 Florida Panthers 2–3 Minnesota Wild OT Backstrom 16,952 32–35–10 74 78 March 31 Los Angeles Kings 3–4 Minnesota Wild SO Backstrom 18,209 33–35–10 76
April: 2–1–1 (Home: 1–1–0; Road: 1–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 79 April 1 Minnesota Wild 5–4 Chicago Blackhawks SO Harding 21,576 34–35–10 78 80 April 3 Minnesota Wild 1–2 Nashville Predators SO Backstrom 17,113 34–35–11 79 81 April 5 Chicago Blackhawks 1–2 Minnesota Wild SO Harding 18,643 35–35–11 81 82 April 7 Phoenix Coyotes 4–1 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 18,864 35–36–11 81
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Regular season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Dany Heatley 82 24 29 53 2 28 Mikko Koivu 55 12 32 44 10 28 Kyle Brodziak 82 22 22 44 −15 66 Devin Setoguchi 69 19 17 36 −17 28 Matt Cullen 73 14 21 35 −10 24 Cal Clutterbuck 74 15 12 27 −4 103 Nick Johnson 77 8 18 26 −6 45 Jared Spurgeon 70 3 20 23 −4 6 Pierre-Marc Bouchard 37 9 13 22 −1 18 Darroll Powe 82 6 7 13 −20 57 Marek Zidlicky‡ 40 0 13 13 −7 22 Marco Scandella 63 3 9 12 −22 19 Nate Prosser 51 1 11 12 −17 57 Guillaume Latendresse 16 5 4 9 6 20 Justin Falk 47 1 8 9 −13 54 Erik Christensen† 29 6 1 7 −13 6 Casey Wellman‡ 14 2 5 7 −4 0 Greg Zanon‡ 39 2 4 6 −1 14 Warren Peters 58 1 4 5 −15 54 Tom Gilbert† 20 0 5 5 −5 8 Clayton Stoner 51 1 4 5 3 62 Carson McMillan 11 1 2 3 1 11 Brett Bulmer 9 0 3 3 1 6 Steven Kampfer† 13 2 1 3 −7 2 Nick Schultz‡ 62 1 2 3 −10 30 Mike Lundin 17 0 2 2 −1 4 Jeff Taffe 5 0 2 2 2 0 Chad Rau 9 2 0 2 -1 0 David McIntyre 7 1 1 2 −1 2 Stephane Veilleux† 21 0 2 2 −2 15 Jed Ortmeyer 35 1 1 2 −8 14 Matt Kassian 24 2 0 2 −2 55 Jason Zucker 6 0 2 2 −2 2 Colton Gillies‡ 37 0 2 2 −5 10 Cody Almond 10 1 0 1 −5 15 Jarod Palmer 6 1 0 1 −2 4 Chay Genoway 1 0 1 1 0 0 Jon DiSalvatore 1 0 0 0 0 2 Kris Fredheim 3 0 0 0 -2 2 Nick Palmieri† 9 0 0 0 −3 2 Tyler Cuma 1 0 0 0 0 2 Kris Foucault 1 0 0 0 0 0 Kurtis Foster† 14 0 0 0 1 4 Brad Staubitz‡ 43 0 0 0 −7 73

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; GAA= Goals against average; SA= Shots against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save percentage; SO= Shutouts

Regular season
Player GP TOI W L OT GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A PIM Niklas Backstrom 46 2590 19 18 7 105 2.43 1299 .919 4 0 2 2 Josh Harding 34 1855 13 12 4 81 2.62 981 .917 2 0 0 0 Matt Hackett 12 556 3 6 0 22 2.37 282 .922 0 0 0 0

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

Awards and records

Awards

Regular Season
Player	Award	Awarded
Josh Harding[5]	NHL First Star of the Week	November 7, 2011
Matt Hackett[6]	NHL Second Star of the Week	December 12, 2011

Records

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
Brett Bulmer	1st Career NHL Game	October 8, 2011
Marco Scandella	1st Career NHL Goal	October 8, 2011
Brett Bulmer	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	October 10, 2011
Guillaume Latendresse	300th Career NHL Game	October 10, 2011
Greg Zanon	400th Career NHL Game	October 20, 2011
Dany Heatley	700th Career NHL Point	November 12, 2011
Pierre-Marc Bouchard	500th Career NHL Game	November 13, 2011
Warren Peters	1st Career NHL Assist	November 15, 2011
Kris Fredheim	1st Career NHL Game[7]	November 17, 2011
Nick Schultz	700th Career NHL Game	November 17, 2011
Mikko Koivu	100th Career NHL Goal	November 28, 2011
David McIntyre	1st Career NHL Game	November 28, 2011
Matt Hackett	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Win	December 6, 2011
Niklas Backstrom	300th Career NHL Game	December 10, 2011
Dany Heatley	700th Career NHL Game	December 13, 2011
Jarod Palmer	1st Career NHL Game	December 17, 2011
Jarod Palmer	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	December 29, 2011
Matt Cullen	1,000th Career NHL Game	January 10, 2012
Josh Harding	100th Career NHL Game	January 10, 2012
David McIntyre	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	January 10, 2012
David McIntyre	1st Career NHL Goal	January 14, 2012
Devin Setoguchi	300th Career NHL Game	January 17, 2012
Clayton Stoner	100th Career NHL Game	January 19, 2012
Chad Rau	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	January 21, 2012
Justin Falk	1st Career NHL Goal	January 24, 2012
Jared Spurgeon	100th Career NHL Game	January 24, 2012
Niklas Backstrom	25th Career NHL Shutout	February 2, 2012
Nate Prosser	1st Career NHL Goal	February 7, 2012
Kris Foucault	1st Career NHL Game	February 14, 2012
Kyle Brodziak	400th Career NHL Game	February 28, 2012
Matt Kassian	1st Career NHL Goal	March 1, 2012
Devin Setoguchi	100th Career NHL Goal	March 1, 2012
Stephane Veilleux	100th Career NHL Point	March 11, 2012
Jason Zucker	1st Career NHL Game	March 29, 2012
Cal Clutterbuck	300th Career NHL Game	March 31, 2012
Tom Gilbert	400th Career NHL Game	March 31, 2012
Jason Zucker	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	March 31, 2012
Cal Clutterbuck	100th Career NHL Point	April 5, 2012
Tyler Cuma	1st Career NHL Game	April 5, 2012
Chay Genoway	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	April 7, 2012

Transactions

The Wild have been involved in the following transactions during the 2011–12 season.

Trades Date Details June 16, 2011[8] To New Jersey Devils Maxim Noreau To Minnesota Wild David McIntyre June 24, 2011[9] To San Jose Sharks Brent Burns 2nd-round pick in 2012 To Minnesota Wild Devin Setoguchi Charlie Coyle 1st-round pick in 2011 June 25, 2011[10] To Vancouver Canucks 3rd-round pick in 2011 4th-round pick in 2011 To Minnesota Wild 2nd-round pick in 2011 June 27, 2011[11] To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2013 To Minnesota Wild Darroll Powe July 3, 2011[12] To San Jose Sharks Martin Havlat To Minnesota Wild Dany Heatley August 7, 2011[13] To San Jose Sharks James Sheppard To Minnesota Wild 3rd-round pick in 2013 October 12, 2011[14] To Dallas Stars Eric Nystrom To Minnesota Wild Future considerations February 3, 2012[15] To New York Rangers Casey Wellman To Minnesota Wild Erik Christensen Conditional 7th-round pick in 2013[a] February 24, 2012[16] To New Jersey Devils Marek Zidlicky To Minnesota Wild Kurtis Foster Nick Palmieri Stephane Veilleux 2nd-round pick in 2012 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2013[b] February 27, 2012[17] To Edmonton Oilers Nick Schultz To Minnesota Wild Tom Gilbert February 27, 2012[18] To Boston Bruins Greg Zanon To Minnesota Wild Steven Kampfer

Condition satisfied. Condition satisfied. Free agents signed Player Former team Contract terms Jeff Taffe[19] Chicago Blackhawks 1 year, $600,000 Mike Lundin[20] Tampa Bay Lightning 1 year, $1 million Kris Fredheim[21] Houston Aeros 1 year, $530,000 entry-level contract Paul Deutsch[22] Amateur Beer League Team Signed as Free Agent, Amateur tryout contract

Free agents lost Player New team Contract terms Jean-Michel Daoust[23] Straubing Tigers 1 year Jose Theodore[24] Florida Panthers 2 years, $3 million Andrew Brunette[25] Chicago Blackhawks 1 year, $2 million Chuck Kobasew[26] Colorado Avalanche 2 years, $2.5 million Cam Barker[27] Edmonton Oilers 1 year, $2.25 million Antti Miettinen[28] Ak Bars Kazan undisclosed Patrick O'Sullivan[29] Phoenix Coyotes 1 year, $625,000 John Madden[30] Florida Panthers 1 year, $600,000

Claimed via waivers Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Nick Johnson[31] Pittsburgh Penguins September 29, 2011

Lost via waivers Player New team Date claimed off waivers Colton Gillies[32] Columbus Blue Jackets January 14, 2012 Brad Staubitz[33] Montreal Canadiens February 27, 2012

Player signings Player Date Contract terms Johan Larsson[34] May 24, 2011 3 years, $2.38 million entry-level contract Darcy Kuemper[35] May 26, 2011 3 years, $2.330 million entry-level contract Kris Foucault[36] May 27, 2011 3 years, $1.66 million entry-level contract Nate Prosser[37] June 20, 2011 1 year, $715,000 Josh Harding[38] July 1, 2011 1 year, $750,000 Drew Bagnall[38] July 1, 2011 2 years, $1.225 million Jed Ortmeyer[38] July 1, 2011 1 year, $585,000 Kyle Medvec[38] July 1, 2011 2 years, $1.14 million entry-level contract Darroll Powe[19] July 5, 2011 3 years, $3.2 million Colton Gillies[39] July 6, 2011 2 years, $1.25 million Jonas Brodin[40] July 12, 2011 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract Justin Falk[41] July 15, 2011 1 year, $605,000 Jarod Palmer[41] July 15, 2011 1 year, $735,000 Jeff Penner[41] July 15, 2011 1 year, $525,000 Casey Wellman[41] July 15, 2011 1 year, $850,500 Zack Phillips[42] December 19, 2011 3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract Nate Prosser[43] February 6, 2012 2 years, $1.65 million contract extension Kyle Brodziak[44] February 19, 2012 3 years, $8.5 million contract extension Charlie Coyle[45] March 1, 2012 3 years, $2.7 million entry-level contract Jason Zucker[46] March 27, 2012 3 years, $2.315 million entry-level contract Clayton Stoner[47] May 10, 2012 2 years, $2.1 million contract extension Mikael Granlund[48] May 22, 2012 3 years, $2.7 million entry-level contract Johan Gustafsson[49] May 31, 2012 3 years, $1.995 million entry-level contract

Draft picks

Minnesota's picks at the 2011 NHL entry draft in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	10	Jonas Brodin	D	Sweden	Farjestad BK (Elitserien)
1	28 (from San Jose)	Zack Phillips	C	Canada	Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
2	60 (from Vancouver)	Mario Lucia	LW	United States	Wayzata High School (USHS-MN)
5	131	Nick Seeler	D	United States	Eden Prairie High School (USHS-MN)
6	161	Stephen Michalek	G	United States	Loomis Chaffee School (USHS-CT)
7	191	Tyler Graovac	C	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)

See also

• 2011–12 NHL season