2014–15 Minnesota Wild season

The 2014–15 Minnesota Wild season was the 15th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.^[2]

2014–15 Minnesota Wild
Division	4th Central
Conference	6th Western
2014–15 record	46–28–8
Home record	22–13–6
Road record	24–15–2
Goals for	231
Goals against	201
Team information
General manager	Chuck Fletcher
Coach	Mike Yeo
Captain	Mikko Koivu
Alternate captains	Zack Parise Ryan Suter
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Average attendance	19,023 (106.0%)^[1] (41 games)
Team leaders
Goals	Zach Parise (33)
Assists	Jason Pominville Ryan Suter (36)
Points	Zach Parise (62)
Penalty minutes	Marco Scandella (56)
Plus/minus	Jonas Brodin Zach Parise (+21)
Wins	Devan Dubnyk (27)
Goals against average	Devan Dubnyk (1.78)
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

Off-season

Following the team's 4–2 Western Conference Semifinals loss to the Chicago Blackhawks, General Manager Chuck Fletcher was tasked with deciding how to deal with the Wild's 21 free-agents, including 13 unrestricted and nine restricted free agents.^[3] The contract situation for all players, including UFAs Dany Heatley, Cody McCormick, Matt Moulson and Nate Prosser, needed to be decided before heading into the NHL's free agency period beginning on July 1, 2014.^[4]

Playoffs

See also: 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs

The Minnesota Wild entered the playoffs as the Western Conference's first wild-card. After defeating the St. Louis Blues 4–2 in the first round, they advanced to the second round, where they were defeated by the Chicago Blackhawks for the third-straight season.

Standings

Central Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – St. Louis Blues	82	51	24	7	42	248	201	+47	109
2	x – Nashville Predators	82	47	25	10	41	232	208	+24	104
3	x – Chicago Blackhawks	82	48	28	6	39	229	189	+40	102
4	x – Minnesota Wild	82	46	28	8	42	231	201	+30	100
5	x – Winnipeg Jets	82	43	26	13	36	230	210	+20	99
6	Dallas Stars	82	41	31	10	37	261	260	+1	92
7	Colorado Avalanche	82	39	31	12	29	219	227	−8	90

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Western Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CE	x – Minnesota Wild	82	46	28	8	42	231	201	+30	100
2	CE	x – Winnipeg Jets	82	43	26	13	36	230	210	+20	99
3	PA	Los Angeles Kings	82	40	27	15	38	220	205	+15	95
4	CE	Dallas Stars	82	41	31	10	37	261	260	+1	92
5	CE	Colorado Avalanche	82	39	31	12	29	219	227	−8	90
6	PA	San Jose Sharks	82	40	33	9	36	228	232	−4	89
7	PA	Edmonton Oilers	82	24	44	14	19	198	283	−85	62
8	PA	Arizona Coyotes	82	24	50	8	19	170	272	−102	56

Source: National Hockey League
x – Clinched playoff spot

Suspensions/fines

Player	Explanation	Length	Salary	Date issued
Marco Scandella	Illegal check to the head of St. Louis Blues forward T. J. Oshie during NHL Game No. 351 in St. Paul on Saturday, November 29, 2014, at 8:45 of the first period.	—	$2,755.38	December 1, 2014^[5]
Marco Scandella	Illegal check to the head of New York Islanders forward Brock Nelson during NHL Game No. 415 in St. Paul on Tuesday, December 9, 2014, at 17:32 of the third period.	2 games (1–1 in absence)	$11,021.50	December 10, 2014^[6]
Ryan Suter	Elbowing Pittsburgh Penguins forward Steve Downie during NHL Game No. 633 in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, January 13, 2015, at 4:22 of the second period.	2 games (2–0 in absence)	$81,058.72	January 14, 2015^[7]

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2014 Pre-Season Game Log: 3–2–1 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 0–2–1)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 22	Minnesota	1–2	Winnipeg		Bryzgalov	14,448	0–1–0	[1]
2	September 25	Minnesota	2–3	Pittsburgh	OT	Bryzgalov	17,858	0–1–1	[2]
3	September 27	Winnipeg	3–4	Minnesota		Backstrom	16,822	1–1–1	[3]
4	September 29	Pittsburgh	1–4	Minnesota		Kuemper	16,106	2–1–1	[4]
5	October 2	Minnesota	1–4	St. Louis		Backstrom	12,103	2–2–1	[5]
6	October 4	St. Louis	4–5	Minnesota	OT	Kuemper	17,342	3–2–1	[6]

Regular season

2014–15 Game Log
October: 6–3–0 (Home: 4–0–0 ; Road: 2–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 9 Colorado 0–5 Minnesota Kuemper 19,098 1–0–0 2 [7] 2 October 11 Minnesota 3–0 Colorado Kuemper 18,139 2–0–0 4 [8] 3 October 17 Minnesota 1–2 Anaheim Kuemper 17,306 2–1–0 4 [9] 4 October 19 Minnesota 1–2 Los Angeles Backstrom 18,230 2–2–0 4 [10] 5 October 23 Arizona 0–2 Minnesota Kuemper 18,554 3–2–0 6 [11] 6 October 25 Tampa Bay 2–7 Minnesota Kuemper 18,884 4–2–0 8 [12] 7 October 27 Minnesota 4–5 NY Rangers Kuemper 18,006 4–3–0 8 [13] 8 October 28 Minnesota 4–3 Boston Backstrom 17,565 5–3–0 10 [14] 9 October 30 San Jose 3–4 Minnesota SO Kuemper 18,633 6–3–0 12 [15]
November: 7–6–1 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 4–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 1 Dallas 1–4 Minnesota Kuemper 19,088 7–3–0 14 [16] 11 November 4 Pittsburgh 4–1 Minnesota Kuemper 18,788 7–4–0 14 [17] 12 November 6 Minnesota 0–3 Ottawa Backstrom 16,867 7–5–0 14 [18] 13 November 8 Minnesota 1–4 Montreal Kuemper 21,287 7–6–0 14 [19] 14 November 11 Minnesota 1–3 New Jersey Kuemper 14,256 7–7–0 14 [20] 15 November 13 Buffalo 3–6 Minnesota Backstrom 18,925 8–7–0 16 [21] 16 November 15 Minnesota 2–1 Dallas Kuemper 17,543 9–7–0 18 [22] 17 November 16 Winnipeg 3–4 Minnesota OT Kuemper 18,808 10–7–0 20 [23] 18 November 20 Minnesota 3–2 Philadelphia Kuemper 19,919 11–7–0 22 [24] 19 November 22 Minnesota 1–2 Tampa Bay Kuemper 19,204 11–8–0 22 [25] 20 November 24 Minnesota 4–1 Florida Backstrom 8,426 12–8–0 24 [26] 21 November 26 Los Angeles 4–0 Minnesota Kuemper 19,038 12–9–0 24 [27] 22 November 28 Minnesota 5–4 Dallas OT Kuemper 18,532 13–9–0 26 [28] 23 November 29 St. Louis 3–2 Minnesota SO Backstrom 19,124 13–9–1 27 [29]
December: 4–5–3 (Home: 2–2–3 ; Road: 2–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 3 Montreal 1–2 Minnesota Kuemper 19,034 14–9–1 29 [30] 25 December 5 Anaheim 5–4 Minnesota Kuemper 19,044 14–10–1 29 [31] 26 December 9 NY Islanders 4–5 Minnesota Backstrom 18,904 15–10–1 31 [32] 27 December 11 Minnesota 1–2 San Jose Kuemper 17,097 15–11–1 31 [33] 28 December 13 Minnesota 4–3 Arizona SO Backstrom 13,975 16–11–1 33 [34] 29 December 16 Minnesota 3–5 Chicago Backstrom 21,472 16–12–1 33 [35] 30 December 17 Boston 3–2 Minnesota OT Backstrom 18,841 16–12–2 34 [36] 31 December 20 Nashville 6–5 Minnesota OT Backstrom 19,017 16–12–3 35 [37] 32 December 23 Philadelphia 5–2 Minnesota Kuemper 19,020 16–13–3 35 [38] 33 December 27 Winnipeg 4–3 Minnesota OT Curry 19,177 16–13–4 36 [39] 34 December 29 Minnesota 3–2 Winnipeg Kuemper 15,016 17–13–4 38 [40] 35 December 31 Minnesota 1–3 Columbus Kuemper 18,040 17–14–4 38 [41]
January: 5–6–2 (Home: 2–3–1 ; Road: 3–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 36 January 2 Toronto 1–3 Minnesota Kuemper 19,168 18–14–4 40 [42] 37 January 3 Minnesota 1–7 Dallas Kuemper 18,532 18–15–4 40 [43] 38 January 6 San Jose 4–3 Minnesota OT Kuemper 19,043 18–15–5 41 [44] 39 January 8 Chicago 4–2 Minnesota Backstrom 19,060 18–16–5 41 [45] 40 January 10 Nashville 3–1 Minnesota Backstrom 19,052 18–17–5 41 [46] 41 January 11 Minnesota 1–4 Chicago Backstrom 21,809 18–18–5 41 [47] 42 January 13 Minnesota 2–7 Pittsburgh Backstrom 18,642 18–19–5 41 [48] 43 January 15 Minnesota 7–0 Buffalo Dubnyk 18,963 19–19–5 43 [49] 44 January 17 Arizona 1–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,111 20–19–5 45 [50] 45 January 19 Columbus 3–1 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,064 20–20–5 45 [51] 46 January 20 Minnesota 4–5 Detroit SO Kuemper 20,027 20–20–6 46 [52] 47 January 27 Minnesota 2–1 Edmonton Dubnyk 16,839 21–20–6 48 [53] 48 January 29 Minnesota 1–0 Calgary Dubnyk 19,289 22–20–6 50 [54]
February: 11–2–1 (Home: 6–1–0 ; Road: 5–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 49 February 1 Minnesota 4–2 Vancouver Dubnyk 18,438 23–20–6 52 [55] 50 February 3 Chicago 0–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,104 24–20–6 54 [56] 51 February 7 Colorado 0–1 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,244 25–20–6 56 [57] 52 February 9 Vancouver 3–5 Minnesota Dubnyk 18,804 26–20–6 58 [58] 53 February 10 Minnesota 1–2 Winnipeg OT Dubnyk 15,016 26–20–7 59 [59] 54 February 12 Florida 1–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,055 27–20–7 61 [60] 55 February 14 Carolina 3–6 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,220 28–20–7 63 [61] 56 February 16 Minnesota 2–3 Vancouver Dubnyk 18,465 28–21–7 63 [62] 57 February 18 Minnesota 3–2 Calgary OT Dubnyk 19,277 29–21–7 65 [63] 58 February 20 Minnesota 4–0 Edmonton Dubnyk 16,839 30–21–7 67 [64] 59 February 22 Dallas 2–6 Minnesota Dubnyk 18,754 31–21–7 69 [65] 60 February 24 Edmonton 2–1 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,044 31–22–7 69 [66] 61 February 26 Minnesota 4–2 Nashville Dubnyk 17,113 32–22–7 71 [67] 62 February 28 Minnesota 3–1 Colorado Dubnyk 18,087 33–22–7 73 [68]
March: 11–3–0 (Home: 5–3–0 ; Road: 6–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 63 March 3 Ottawa 2–3 Minnesota SO Dubnyk 19,054 34–22–7 75 [69] 64 March 5 Minnesota 2–1 Washington Dubnyk 18,506 35–22–7 77 [70] 65 March 6 Minnesota 3–1 Carolina Dubnyk 10,857 36–22–7 79 [71] 66 March 8 Colorado 3–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,119 36–23–7 79 [72] 67 March 10 New Jersey 2–6 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,034 37–23–7 81 [73] 68 March 13 Anaheim 2–1 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,045 37–24–7 81 [74] 69 March 14 Minnesota 3–1 St. Louis Dubnyk 19,638 38–24–7 83 [75] 70 March 17 Minnesota 3–2 Nashville OT Dubnyk 17,209 39–24–7 85 [76] 71 March 19 Washington 3–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,044 39–25–7 85 [77] 72 March 21 St. Louis 3–6 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,204 40–25–7 87 [78] 73 March 23 Minnesota 2–1 Toronto Dubnyk 18,366 41–25–7 89 [79] 74 March 24 Minnesota 2–1 NY Islanders SO Dubnyk 16,170 42–25–7 91 [80] 75 March 27 Calgary 2–4 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,040 43–25–7 93 [81] 76 March 28 Los Angeles 1–4 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,204 44–25–7 95 [82]
April: 2–3–1 (Home: 0–2–1 ; Road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 77 April 2 NY Rangers 3–2 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,244 44–26–7 95 [83] 78 April 4 Detroit 3–2 Minnesota SO Dubnyk 19,246 44–26–8 96 [84] 79 April 6 Winnipeg 2–0 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,010 44–27–8 96 [85] 80 April 7 Minnesota 2–1 Chicago Dubnyk 21,851 45–27–8 98 [86] 81 April 9 Minnesota 4–2 Nashville Kuemper 17,236 46–27–8 100 [87] 82 April 11 Minnesota 2–4 St. Louis Dubnyk 19,155 46–28–8 100 [88]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2015 Stanley Cup Playoffs

Western Conference First Round vs. (C1) St. Louis Blues: Minnesota wins 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 16 Minnesota 4–2 St. Louis Dubnyk 19,671 1–0 Recap 2 April 18 Minnesota 1–4 St. Louis Dubnyk 19,243 1–1 Recap 3 April 20 St. Louis 0–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,165 2–1 Recap 4 April 22 St. Louis 6–1 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,390 2–2 Recap 5 April 24 Minnesota 4–1 St. Louis Dubnyk 19,653 3–2 Recap 6 April 26 St. Louis 1–4 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,318 4–2 Recap Western Conference Second Round vs. (C3) Chicago Blackhawks: Chicago wins 4–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 May 1 Minnesota 3–4 Chicago Dubnyk 21,851 0–1 Recap 2 May 3 Minnesota 1–4 Chicago Dubnyk 21,934 0–2 Recap 3 May 5 Chicago 1–0 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,349 0–3 Recap 4 May 7 Chicago 4–3 Minnesota Dubnyk 19,163 0–4 Recap Legend:   Win   Loss

Player statistics

Final stats^[8]

Skaters

Regular Season Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Zach Parise 74 33 29 62 21 41 Jason Pominville 82 18 36 54 9 8 Thomas Vanek 80 21 31 52 −6 37 Mikko Koivu 80 14 34 48 2 38 Mikael Granlund 68 8 31 39 17 20 Ryan Suter 77 2 36 38 7 48 Nino Niederreiter 80 24 13 37 2 28 Charlie Coyle 82 11 24 35 13 39 Justin Fontaine 71 9 22 31 13 12 Jason Zucker 51 21 5 26 −9 18 Jared Spurgeon 66 9 16 25 3 6 Marco Scandella 64 11 12 23 8 56 Kyle Brodziak 73 9 11 20 −6 47 Jonas Brodin 71 3 14 17 21 8 Matt Dumba 58 8 8 16 13 23 Erik Haula 72 7 7 14 −7 32 Ryan Carter 53 3 10 13 3 55 Chris Stewart^† 20 3 8 11 4 25 Matt Cooke 29 4 6 10 0 13 Christian Folin 40 2 8 10 3 13 Jordan Schroeder 25 3 5 8 9 2 Nate Prosser 63 2 5 7 −1 32 Brett Sutter 6 0 3 3 1 4 Stephane Veilleux 12 1 1 2 0 10 Sean Bergenheim^† 17 1 0 1 −4 6 Jordan Leopold^† 18 0 1 1 1 8 Keith Ballard 14 0 1 1 −3 26 Jonathon Blum 4 0 1 1 −3 2 Stu Bickel 9 0 1 1 1 46 Tyler Graovac 3 0 0 0 0 0 Justin Falk^‡ 13 0 0 0 −6 7

Playoffs Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Zach Parise 10 4 6 10 0 4 Jason Pominville 10 3 3 6 −1 0 Mikael Granlund 10 2 4 6 2 0 Nino Niederreiter 10 4 1 5 −2 10 Matt Dumba 10 2 2 4 −1 2 Jared Spurgeon 10 1 3 4 0 4 Mikko Koivu 10 1 3 4 −4 2 Thomas Vanek 10 0 4 4 −7 2 Marco Scandella 10 2 1 3 4 0 Jason Zucker 10 2 1 3 −1 2 Ryan Suter 10 0 3 3 −8 0 Charlie Coyle 10 1 1 2 −3 0 Justin Fontaine 6 1 1 2 0 2 Matt Cooke 7 0 2 2 1 4 Chris Stewart 8 0 2 2 −3 2 Erik Haula 2 1 0 1 1 0 Jordan Leopold 9 0 0 0 −3 0 Sean Bergenheim 3 0 0 0 −2 0 Kyle Brodziak 10 0 0 0 −3 2 Ryan Carter 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jordan Schroeder 3 0 0 0 0 0 Nate Prosser 1 0 0 0 −1 2 Jonas Brodin 10 0 0 0 −2 0

Goaltenders

Regular Season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Devan Dubnyk^†	39	39	2293	27	9	2	68	1.78	1064	.936	5	0	2	2
Darcy Kuemper	31	28	1569	14	12	2	68	2.60	718	.905	3	0	0	0
Niklas Backstrom	19	14	1005	5	7	3	51	3.04	452	.887	0	0	0	2
John Curry	2	1	72	0	0	1	5	4.17	25	.800	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Devan Dubnyk	10	10	570	4	6	24	2.53	260	.908	1	0	1	0
Darcy Kuemper	1	0	23	0	0	0	0.00	9	1.000	0	0	0	0

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

Notable achievements

Awards

Regular Season Player Award Awarded D. Kuemper NHL Second Star of the Week^[9] October 13, 2014 R. Suter NHL Second Star of the Week^[10] December 15, 2014 R. Suter NHL All-Star game selection^[11] January 10, 2015 Z. Parise NHL Third Star of the Week^[12] January 26, 2015 D. Dubnyk NHL Third Star of the Week^[13] February 2, 2015 D. Dubnyk NHL First Star of the Week^[14] February 9, 2015 D. Dubnyk NHL First Star of the Month^[15] March 1, 2015 D. Dubnyk NHL First Star of the Week^[16] March 30, 2015 D. Dubnyk NHL Third Star of the Month^[17] April 1, 2015

Milestones

Regular Season Player Milestone Reached M. Granlund 100th Career NHL Game November 1, 2014 N. Niederreiter 1st Career NHL Hat Trick November 13, 2014 K. Ballard 600th Career NHL Game November 26, 2014 N. Backstrom 400th Career NHL Game December 9, 2014 C. Folin 1st Career NHL Goal December 11, 2014 J. Pominville 700th Career NHL Game December 17, 2014 R. Suter 700th Career NHL Game December 17, 2014 T. Graovac 1st Career NHL Game December 29, 2014 T. Vanek 700th Career NHL Game January 3, 2015 J. Fontaine 100th Career NHL Game January 8, 2015 M. Scandella 200th Career NHL Game January 17, 2015 R. Carter 400th Career NHL Game January 17, 2015 T. Vanek 300th Career NHL Assist January 29, 2015 D. Dubnyk 200th Career NHL Game February 3, 2015 S. Veilleux 500th Career NHL Game February 12, 2015 N. Niederreiter 200th Career NHL Game February 14, 2015 K. Brodziak 600th Career NHL Game February 20, 2015 E. Haula 100th Career NHL Game February 26, 2015 S. Bergenheim 500th Career NHL Game March 27, 2015 J. Spurgeon 100th Career NHL Point March 27, 2015 T. Vanek 600th Career NHL Point March 14, 2015 D. Dubnyk 38th Consecutive Start (Wild franchise record) April 7, 2015 M. Koivu 500th Career NHL Point April 9, 2015

Playoffs Player Milestone Reached D. Dubnyk 1st Career Playoff Game 1st Career Playoff Win April 16, 2015 M. Dumba 1st Career Playoff Game 1st Career Playoff Goal 1st Career Playoff Point April 16, 2015 J. Schroeder 1st Career Playoff Game April 18, 2015 D. Dubnyk 1st Career Playoff Shutout April 20, 2015

Transactions

The Wild have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season.

Trades

Date	Details
June 28, 2014^[18]	To Tampa Bay Lightning 3rd-round pick in 2014	To Minnesota Wild 3rd-round pick in 2014 7th-round pick in 2015
January 14, 2015^[19]	To Arizona Coyotes 3rd-round pick in 2015	To Minnesota Wild Devan Dubnyk
February 24, 2015^[20]	To Florida Panthers 3rd-round pick in 2016	To Minnesota Wild Sean Bergenheim 7th-round pick in 2016
March 2, 2015^[21]	To Columbus Blue Jackets Justin Falk 5th-round pick in 2015	To Minnesota Wild Jordan Leopold
March 2, 2015^[22]	To Buffalo Sabres 2nd-round pick in 2017	To Minnesota Wild Chris Stewart
March 2, 2015^[23]	To Boston Bruins Zack Phillips	To Minnesota Wild Jared Knight

Free agents acquired Date Player Former team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2014 Thomas Vanek Montreal Canadiens 3 years, $19.5 million ^[24] July 1, 2014 Stu Bickel Hartford Wolf Pack 1 year, $600,000 ^[25] July 1, 2014 Brett Sutter Carolina Hurricanes 2 years, $1.2 million ^[25] July 1, 2014 Guillaume Gelinas Val-d'Or Foreurs 3 year, $1.79 million entry-level contract ^[25] July 2, 2014 Joel Rechlicz Washington Capitals 1 year, $600,000 ^[26] July 9, 2014 Cody Almond Geneve-Servette HC 1 year, $550,000 ^[27] July 11, 2014 Jordan Schroeder Vancouver Canucks 2 years, $1.2 million ^[28] August 1, 2014 Justin Falk New York Rangers 1 year, $700,000 ^[29] September 23, 2014 Alex Gudbranson Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds 3 years, entry-level contract ^[30] September 23, 2014 Hunter Warner Fargo Force 3 years, entry-level contract ^[30] October 6, 2014 Ryan Carter New Jersey Devils 1 year, $725,000 ^[31] March 24, 2015 Grayson Downing University of New Hampshire 2 years, entry-level contract ^[32] March 30, 2015 Brody Hoffman University of Vermont entry-level contract ^[33] March 30, 2015 Zach Palmquist Minnesota State University, Mankato entry-level contract ^[33]

Free agents lost Date Player New team Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 1, 2014 Clayton Stoner Anaheim Ducks 4 years, $13 million ^[34] July 1, 2014 Cody McCormick Buffalo Sabres 3 years, $4.5 million ^[35] July 1, 2014 Matt Moulson Buffalo Sabres 5 years, $25 million ^[36] July 1, 2014 Jon Landry Washington Capitals 1 year, $550,000 ^[37] July 1, 2014 Steven Kampfer New York Rangers 1 year, $550,000 ^[38] July 9, 2014 Dany Heatley Anaheim Ducks 1 year, $1 million ^[39] July 21, 2014 Nate Prosser St. Louis Blues 1 year, $700,000 ^[40] December 9, 2014 Ilya Bryzgalov Anaheim Ducks 1 year, $2.88 million ^[41]

Claimed via waivers Player Former team Date claimed off waivers Ref Nate Prosser St. Louis Blues October 2, 2014 ^[42]

Player signings Date Player Contract terms (in U.S. dollars) Ref July 11, 2014 Jonathon Blum 1 year, $675,000 ^[28] July 15, 2014 Jason Zucker 2 years, $1,800,500 ^[43] July 17, 2014 John Curry 1 year, $575,000 ^[44] July 29, 2014 Justin Fontaine 2 years, $2 million ^[45] September 11, 2014 Nino Niederreiter 3 years, $8 million ^[46] October 12, 2014 Jonas Brodin 6 years, $25 million (extension) ^[47] October 22, 2014 Charlie Coyle 5 years, $16 million (extension) ^[48] April 9, 2015 Dylan Labbe 3 years, entry-level contract ^[49] May 4, 2015 Pavel Jenys 3 years, entry-level contract ^[50] May 22, 2015 Michael Keranen 1 year ^[51]

Draft picks

See also: List of Minnesota Wild draft picks

Below are the Minnesota Wild's selections made at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 27–28, 2014 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^[52]

Round	#	Player	Pos	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	18	Alex Tuch	RW	United States	U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL)
3	80	Louis Belpedio	D	United States	U.S. National Team Development Program (USHL)
4	109	Kaapo Kahkonen	G	Finland	Espoo Blues (Liiga)
5	139	Tanner Faith	D	Canada	Kootenay Ice (WHL)
6	160^[a]	Pontus Sjalin	D	Sweden	Ostersunds IK (J20 Elit)
6	167^[b]	Chase Lang	C	Canada	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
6	169	Reid Duke	C	Canada	Lethbridge Hurricanes (WHL)
7	199	Pavel Jenys	C	Czech Republic	Kometa Brno (Czrep)

Draft notes^[53]

• The Minnesota Wild's second-round pick went to the Buffalo Sabres as the result of trade on April 3, 2013 that sent Jason Pominville, and a fourth-round pick in 2014 to Minnesota in exchange for Matt Hackett, Johan Larsson, a first-round pick in 2013 and this pick.^[54]
• ^a The Ottawa Senators' sixth-round pick went to Minnesota as the result of a trade on March 12, 2013 that sent Matt Kassian to Ottawa in exchange for this pick.^[55]
• ^b The Columbus Blue Jackets' sixth-round pick (previously acquired by the New York Rangers^[56]) went to Minnesota as the result of a trade on June 30, 2013 that sent Justin Falk to the Rangers in exchange for Benn Ferriero, and this pick.^[57]

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