Nothing gets stuff done like deadlines. With the Minnesota Wild and Brandon Duhaime headed towards an arbitration hearing on Thursday, the two sides wrapped up their business on Sunday afternoon, inking a one-year, $1.1 million deal, as reported by Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.
Duhaime played his second full season with the Wild last year, following up his six-goal, 17-point rookie campaign with 9 goals and an assist over 51 games this season. Duhaime had to contend with injuries throughout the year, which hid some signs of progress from the gritty forward.
Duhaime finished third on the team (among those with 400-plus minutes) in scoring 0.97 goals per hour at 5-on-5, behind only Matt Boldy (1.12) and Kirill Kaprizov (1.04). Duhaime's scoring rate is tied for 84th among 413 NHL forwards, comparing favorably to high-end players like Nikolaj Ehlers (0.98), Patrik Laine (0.97), and Patrice Bergeron (0.95).
