The Minnesota Wild have re-signed restricted free agent Marco Rossi to a 3-year, $15 million contract, an NHL source tells ESPN, ending months of speculation about the center's immediate future with the team.

The contract carries a salary cap hit of $5 million. Rossi, 23, was coming off his entry-level deal, having been drafted ninth overall by the Wild in 2020.

Rossi is coming off his best NHL season with 24 goals and 36 assists in 82 games. His 60 points marked a 20-point improvement over 2023-24, when Rossi finished sixth in the NHL rookie of the year voting.

Rossi was second on the Wild in points last season to Matt Boldy (73) and third in goals behind Boldy (27) and Kirill Kaprizov (25). But the young center's future with Minnesota remained murky as he hit restricted free a

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