WILD RESIGNS SHEPPARD, QUALIFY FIVE RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS

By:
Robert Desimone, Communications Manager
(713) 361-7920
Palmer Hestley, Asst. Communications Manager
(713) 361-7930
Wednesday, June 16, 2010

    Houston - Minnesota Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher today announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has re-signed center James Sheppard to a 2010-11 contract.

    Sheppard, 22 (4/25/88), posted six points (2-4=6) and 38 penalty minutes in 64 games with Minnesota in 2009-10, his third NHL campaign. He has recorded 49 points (11-38=49) in 224 career NHL games for Minnesota and set a Wild single-season record for games played by a rookie with 78 in 2007-08 (tied by Cal Clutterbuck in 2008-09). Sheppard was originally selected by Minnesota in the first round (ninth overall) of the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.

    The Wild also announced today it has made qualifying offers to the following five restricted free agents: left wing Guillaume Latendresse, goalie Josh Harding, goalie Anton Khudobin, defenseman Nate Prosser and left wing Matt Kassian. Minnesota will not qualify center Morten Madsen and defenseman Jamie Fraser.

    Teams are required to extend a one-year “qualifying offer” to any current restricted free agent by June 28 in order to receive the right of the first refusal or draft choice compensation should that respective player sign an offer sheet with another NHL club. The qualifying offers will expire at 4 p.m. (CDT) on Thursday, July 15. Qualifying offers fall into three categories:

          • A player whose prior year salary was equal or less than $660,000 must receive a qualifying offer of 110% of their prior year’s salary.

          • A player whose prior year salary was more than $660,000 and up to $1 million must receive a qualifying offer of 105% of their prior year’s salary (but in no event shall such a qualifying offer exceed $1 million).

          • A player whose prior year salary was equal to or more than $1 million must receive a qualifying offer at 100% of their prior year’s salary.

    If a team does not give a qualifying offer to a restricted free agent, he is eligible to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1, and can sign with any team with no compensation required to the player’s former club.



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