Feb. 26 (UPI) -- Veteran center Eric Staal and the Minnesota Wild agreed to a two-year contract extension, the team announced Monday.
Staal's deal is worth $6.5 million with an average annual value of $3.25 million. He was in the final season of a three-year, $10.5 million contract he signed July 1, 2016. He could have become an unrestricted free agent July 1.