- Wild re-sign Minnesota native Bobby Brink to a one-year, $2.75 million contract
- Brink had 30 points in 68 games last season split between Philadelphia and Minnesota
- Read below for the hometown angle and how the Wild got the deal done before free agency
Bobby Brink is staying home.
The Minnesota Wild re-signed the 24-year-old forward to a one-year, $2.75 million contract on Tuesday, a day before free agency opens. The Minnesota native never had to pack a bag.
Minnesota didn’t bury the hometown angle:
Brink arrived at the trade deadline, coming over from Philadelphia for David Jiricek on March 6.
He put up 30 points, 15 goals and 15 assists, in 68 games last season between the Flyers and Wild. Four of those points came in 13 games after the trade, and he chipped in an assist across four playoff games.
The forward had been in line for a qualifying offer. Minnesota passed on it, then got a cheaper one-year deal done before the market opened.
Here’s the then-and-now the team ran on their hometown kid:
Brink grew up in Minnesota, and his Wild home debut in March turned into a moment. He scored that night, and the crowd stood and roared.
Change is coming to the Wild forward group this summer. Mats Zuccarello is set to hit free agency, so locking up a cheap, homegrown scorer like Brink fits how Minnesota wants to build.
A second-round pick in 2019, Brink now has 98 points in 214 NHL games. He gets another year to build on that in the one place he grew up dreaming about.
