It was a buyers market for on the second day of the NHL Draft. The Wild managed to keep their netminder in house.Devan Dubnyk reached an agreement with the Wild on a six-year contract extension Saturday, . The deal will pay the 29-year-old goalie $26 million, good for an annual cap hit of $4.33 million.MORE: | | | | | Those are
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