2011–12 Minnesota Wild season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	2011–12
Year:	2011
Team:	Minnesota Wild
Conference:	Western
Conferencerank:	12th
Division:	Northwest
Divisionrank:	4th
Record:	35–36–11
Homerecord:	20–17–4
Roadrecord:	15–19–7
Generalmanager:	Chuck Fletcher
Coach:	Mike Yeo
Captain:	Mikko Koivu
Altcaptain:	Matt Cullen Dany Heatley Nick Schultz (Oct.–Feb.)
Arena:	Xcel Energy Center
Attendance:	17,772 (98.4%)

The 2011–12 Minnesota Wild season was the 12th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on June 25, 1997.^[1]

The Wild failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the fourth consecutive season.

Off-season

On June 17, 2011, the Wild officially introduced Mike Yeo as their new head coach. Yeo had been the head coach of the Wild's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Houston Aeros.^[2]

Regular season

Excluding 11 shootout-winning goals, the Wild scored 166 goals overall, the fewest in the NHL.^{[3] [4]}

Playoffs

The Wild failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year.

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2011 Pre-season Game Log: 3–3–1 (Home: 1–1–1; Road: 2–2–0)
	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 20	Minnesota Wild	4–3			Hackett	15,653	1–0–0	https://archive.today/20130130000715/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011010011
2	September 22	Minnesota Wild	1–0			Backstrom	9,644	2–0–0	https://web.archive.org/web/20110926132607/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011010030
3	September 23		3–4	Minnesota Wild	OT	Harding	14,119	3–0–0	https://archive.today/20130130054637/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011010037
4	September 24	Minnesota Wild	1–4			Backstrom	18,387	3–1–0	https://archive.today/20130129220605/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011010051
5	September 27	St. Louis Blues	4–3	Minnesota Wild		Backstrom	13,789	3–2–0	https://archive.today/20130129231340/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011010068
6	September 29	Minnesota Wild	2–4	Columbus Blue Jackets		Harding	11,709	3–3–0	https://archive.today/20130129225431/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011010079
7	September 30	Edmonton Oilers	4–3	Minnesota Wild	SO	Backstrom	14,544	3–3–1	https://web.archive.org/web/20111005194926/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011010088

Regular season

2011–12 Game Log
October: 4–3–3 (Home: 3–2–1 ; Road: 1–1–2) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 8 Columbus Blue Jackets 2–4 Minnesota Wild 19,040 1–0–0 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20111018132719/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020016 2 October 10 Minnesota Wild 1–2 New York Islanders Backstrom 11,278 1–1–0 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20111018132724/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020027 3 October 11 Minnesota Wild 3–4 Ottawa Senators SO Backstrom 19,455 1–1–1 3 https://web.archive.org/web/20111018132747/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020033 4 October 13 Edmonton Oilers 1–2 Minnesota Wild SO Backstrom 15,878 2–1–1 5 https://web.archive.org/web/20111018132807/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020044 5 October 15 Minnesota Wild 2–1 Detroit Red Wings OT 17,104 3–1–1 7 https://web.archive.org/web/20111018132812/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020058 6 October 18 Pittsburgh Penguins 4–2 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 17,297 2–2–2 6 https://web.archive.org/web/20111108191023/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020074 7 October 20 Minnesota Wild 2–1 Edmonton Oilers SO Backstrom 16,839 3–2–2 8 https://web.archive.org/web/20111108191028/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020088 8 October 22 Minnesota Wild 2–3 Vancouver Canucks OT Backstrom 18,860 3–2–3 9 https://web.archive.org/web/20111108191034/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020096 9 October 27 Anaheim Ducks 3–2 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 15,723 3–3–3 9 https://web.archive.org/web/20111108191039/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020132 10 October 29 Detroit Red Wings 0–1 Minnesota Wild Harding 17,233 4–3–3 11 https://web.archive.org/web/20111108191044/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020148
November: 11–4–0 (Home: 6–2–0 ; Road: 5–2–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 11 November 1 Minnesota Wild 2–1 Detroit Red Wings OT Harding 20,066 5–3–3 13 https://web.archive.org/web/20111108191049/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020163 12 November 3 Vancouver Canucks 1–5 Minnesota Wild Harding 16,534 6–3–3 15 https://web.archive.org/web/20111108191054/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020174 13 November 5 St. Louis Blues 1–2 Minnesota Wild Harding 16,917 7–3–3 17 https://web.archive.org/web/20111108191059/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020191 14 November 8 Minnesota Wild 3–0 Calgary Flames Backstrom 19,289 8–3–3 19 https://web.archive.org/web/20111120063927/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020209 15 November 10 Minnesota Wild 1–3 San Jose Sharks Backstrom 17,562 8–4–3 19 https://web.archive.org/web/20111120063932/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020221 16 November 12 Minnesota Wild 2–5 Los Angeles Kings Harding 18,118 8–5–3 19 https://web.archive.org/web/20111120065837/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020238 17 November 13 Minnesota Wild 3–2 Anaheim Ducks Backstrom 13,803 9–5–3 21 https://web.archive.org/web/20111120063937/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020242 18 November 15 Minnesota Wild 4–2 Columbus Blue Jackets Backstrom 10,833 10–5–3 23 https://web.archive.org/web/20111120063942/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020251 19 November 17 Colorado Avalanche 0–1 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 16,779 11–5–3 25 https://web.archive.org/web/20111120063947/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020266 20 November 19 St. Louis Blues 2–3 Minnesota Wild SO Harding 17,259 12–5–3 27 https://web.archive.org/web/20111121153334/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020283 21 November 23 Nashville Predators 2–3 Minnesota Wild Harding 16,981 13–5–3 29 https://web.archive.org/web/20111130091137/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020308 22 November 25 Edmonton Oilers 5–2 Minnesota Wild Harding 18,092 13–6–3 29 https://web.archive.org/web/20111130091628/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020316 23 November 27 Calgary Flames 5–2 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 16,864 13–7–3 29 https://web.archive.org/web/20111130091642/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020339 24 November 28 Tampa Bay Lightning 1–3 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 16,628 14–7–3 31 https://web.archive.org/web/20111129203726/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020341 25 November 30 Minnesota Wild 3–2 Edmonton Oilers SO Backstrom 16,839 15–7–3 33 https://web.archive.org/web/20120112022826/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020356
December: 6–6–3 (Home: 2–2–2 ; Road: 4–4–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 2 New Jersey Devils 2–4 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 17,310 16–7–3 35 https://web.archive.org/web/20120112024252/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020367 27 December 4 Minnesota Wild 5–3 Anaheim Ducks Harding 14,002 17–7–3 37 https://web.archive.org/web/20120112022831/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020385 28 December 6 Minnesota Wild 2–1 San Jose Sharks 17,562 18–7–3 39 https://web.archive.org/web/20120112012722/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020401 29 December 8 Minnesota Wild 4–2 Los Angeles Kings Hackett 18,118 19–7–3 41 https://web.archive.org/web/20120112032419/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020415 30 December 10 Minnesota Wild 4–1 Phoenix Coyotes Backstrom 10,976 20–7–3 43 https://web.archive.org/web/20120112014501/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020430 31 December 13 Minnesota Wild 1–2 Winnipeg Jets Backstrom 15,004 20–8–3 43 https://web.archive.org/web/20120112022836/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020446 32 December 14 Chicago Blackhawks 4–3 Minnesota Wild SO Backstrom 19,254 20–8–4 44 https://web.archive.org/web/20120112020628/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020449 33 December 17 New York Islanders 2–1 Minnesota Wild SO Backstrom 18,209 20–8–5 45 https://web.archive.org/web/20120112014506/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020474 34 December 19 Minnesota Wild 0–4 Vancouver Canucks Backstrom 18,890 20–9–5 45 https://web.archive.org/web/20120112010536/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020486 35 December 20 Minnesota Wild 1–2 Calgary Flames Harding 19,289 20–10–5 45 https://web.archive.org/web/20120112010541/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020493 36 December 22 Minnesota Wild 1–4 Edmonton Oilers Backstrom 16,839 20–11–5 45 https://web.archive.org/web/20120112010546/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020506 37 December 26 Colorado Avalanche 4–2 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 19,290 20–12–5 45 https://web.archive.org/web/20120112030732/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020519 38 December 28 Minnesota Wild 1–2 Nashville Predators SO Harding 17,113 20–12–6 46 https://web.archive.org/web/20120112030737/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020538 39 December 29 Edmonton Oilers 3–4 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 19,194 21–12–6 48 https://web.archive.org/web/20120112012727/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020546 40 December 31 Phoenix Coyotes 4–2 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 19,297 21–13–6 48 https://web.archive.org/web/20120112012732/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020560
January: 3–6–1 (Home: 2–1–0 ; Road: 1–5–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 41 January 4 Minnesota Wild 0–3 Vancouver Canucks Harding 18,890 21–14–6 48 https://web.archive.org/web/20120108095028/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020582 42 January 7 Minnesota Wild 1–3 Calgary Flames Backstrom 19,289 21–15–6 48 https://web.archive.org/web/20120208122944/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020609 43 January 10 San Jose Sharks 4–5 Minnesota Wild SO Harding 18,986 22–15–6 50 https://web.archive.org/web/20120208124841/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020624 44 January 12 Minnesota Wild 2–5 Chicago Blackhawks Harding 21,490 22–16–6 50 https://web.archive.org/web/20120208131212/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020639 45 January 14 Minnesota Wild 2–3 St. Louis Blues SO Harding 19,150 22–16–7 51 https://web.archive.org/web/20120208162449/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020655 46 January 17 Minnesota Wild 1–5 Philadelphia Flyers Harding 19,787 22–17–7 51 https://web.archive.org/web/20120208131217/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020673 47 January 19 Minnesota Wild 1–4 Toronto Maple Leafs Backstrom 19,421 22–18–7 51 https://web.archive.org/web/20120208124846/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020685 48 January 21 Dallas Stars 2–5 Minnesota Wild Harding 19,213 23–18–7 53 https://web.archive.org/web/20120208162454/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020710 49 January 24 Minnesota Wild 3–2 Colorado Avalanche Backstrom 16,291 24–18–7 55 https://archive.today/20130129230703/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020731 50 January 31 Nashville Predators 5–4 Minnesota Wild Harding 17,325 24–19–7 55 https://web.archive.org/web/20120208122949/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020743
February: 4–7–2 (Home: 2–4–1 ; Road: 2–3–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 February 2 Minnesota Wild 1–0 Colorado Avalanche Backstrom 14,186 25–19–7 57 https://web.archive.org/web/20120208122954/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020758 52 February 4 Minnesota Wild 1–2 Dallas Stars SO Backstrom 18,532 25–19–8 58 https://web.archive.org/web/20120208122959/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020776 53 February 7 Minnesota Wild 1–3 Columbus Blue Jackets Backstrom 11,237 25–20–8 58 https://archive.today/20130129214609/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020789 54 February 9 Vancouver Canucks 5–2 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 17,859 25–21–8 58 https://archive.today/20130130035900/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020809 55 February 11 Columbus Blue Jackets 3–1 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 18,958 25–22–8 58 https://archive.today/20130208134016/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020824 56 February 14 Anaheim Ducks 2–1 Minnesota Wild Harding 17,552 25–23–8 58 https://web.archive.org/web/20120429144506/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020843 57 February 16 Winnipeg Jets 4–3 Minnesota Wild SO Backstrom 19,060 25–23–9 59 https://web.archive.org/web/20160307144209/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020855 58 February 18 Minnesota Wild 0–4 St. Louis Blues Harding 19,150 25–24–9 59 https://archive.today/20130208141341/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020867 59 February 19 Boston Bruins 0–2 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 19,198 26–24–9 61 https://archive.today/20130130015519/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020876 60 February 23 Minnesota Wild 3–2 Florida Panthers SO Backstrom 13,892 27–24–9 63 https://archive.today/20130130011458/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020901 61 February 24 Minnesota Wild 1–4 Dallas Stars Backstrom 13,144 27–25–9 63 https://archive.today/20130130005459/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020913 62 February 26 San Jose Sharks 3–4 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 17,401 28–25–9 65 https://archive.today/20130130082750/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020930 63 February 28 Los Angeles Kings 4–0 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 17,317 28–26–9 65 https://archive.today/20130208142533/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020943
March: 5–9–1 (Home: 4–5–0 ; Road: 1–4–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 64 March 1 Minnesota Wild 4–5 Montreal Canadiens SO Harding 21,273 28–26–10 66 https://archive.today/20130130053208/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020951 65 March 2 Minnesota Wild 0–6 Detroit Red Wings Harding 20,066 28–27–10 66 https://archive.today/20130129220230/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020962 66 March 4 Colorado Avalanche 2–0 Minnesota Wild Hackett 17,354 28–28–10 66 https://archive.today/20130129220814/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020980 67 March 6 Minnesota Wild 1–7 Colorado Avalanche Hackett 13,385 28–29–10 66 https://archive.today/20130129223646/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011020992 68 March 8 Minnesota Wild 3–2 Phoenix Coyotes SO Hackett 11,716 29–29–10 68 https://archive.today/20130130012939/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011021007 69 March 11 Calgary Flames 4–3 Minnesota Wild Hackett 17,119 29–30–10 68 https://archive.today/20130130101933/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011021028 70 March 13 Dallas Stars 1–0 Minnesota Wild Hackett 17,326 29–31–10 68 https://archive.today/20130130013206/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011021042 71 March 17 Carolina Hurricanes 5–3 Minnesota Wild Hackett 18,394 29–32–10 68 https://archive.today/20130130020935/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011021067 72 March 19 Vancouver Canucks 0–2 Minnesota Wild Harding 17,188 30–32–10 70 https://archive.today/20130130140613/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011021086 73 March 22 Calgary Flames 2–3 Minnesota Wild SO Harding 17,002 31–32–10 72 https://archive.today/20130129220041/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011021105 74 March 24 Minnesota Wild 1–3 Buffalo Sabres Harding 18,690 31–33–10 72 https://archive.today/20130129220513/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011021118 75 March 25 Minnesota Wild 0–3 Washington Capitals Hackett 18,506 31–34–10 72 https://archive.today/20130130072159/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011021128 76 March 27 New York Rangers 3–2 Minnesota Wild Harding 17,880 31–35–10 72 https://archive.today/20130129225834/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011021147 77 March 29 Florida Panthers 2–3 Minnesota Wild OT Backstrom 16,952 32–35–10 74 https://archive.today/20130130055405/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011021158 78 March 31 Los Angeles Kings 3–4 Minnesota Wild SO Backstrom 18,209 33–35–10 76 https://archive.today/20130130045239/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011021177
April: 2–1–1 (Home: 1–1–0 ; Road: 1–0–1) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 79 April 1 Minnesota Wild 5–4 Chicago Blackhawks SO Harding 21,576 34–35–10 78 https://archive.today/20130130130517/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011021184 80 April 3 Minnesota Wild 1–2 Nashville Predators SO Backstrom 17,113 34–35–11 79 https://archive.today/20130129224901/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011021195 81 April 5 Chicago Blackhawks 1–2 Minnesota Wild SO Harding 18,643 35–35–11 81 https://archive.today/20130130020910/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011021210 82 April 7 Phoenix Coyotes 4–1 Minnesota Wild Backstrom 18,864 35–36–11 81 https://archive.today/20130130092620/http://wild.nhl.com/club/recap.htm?id=2011021226
Legend:

Player statistics

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice (minutes); W = Wins; L = Losses; OT = Overtime losses; GA = Goals against; GAA= Goals against average; SA= Shots against; SV= Saves; Sv% = Save percentage; SO= Shutouts

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Wild. Stats reflect time with Wild only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Wild only.

Awards and records

Awards

Regular Season
Player	Award	Awarded
Josh Harding^[5]	NHL First Star of the Week	November 7, 2011
Matt Hackett^[6]	NHL Second Star of the Week	December 12, 2011

Milestones

Regular Season
Player	Milestone	Reached
	1st Career NHL Game	October 8, 2011
	1st Career NHL Goal	October 8, 2011
Brett Bulmer	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	October 10, 2011
	300th Career NHL Game	October 10, 2011
	400th Career NHL Game	October 20, 2011
	700th Career NHL Point	November 12, 2011
	500th Career NHL Game	November 13, 2011
	1st Career NHL Assist	November 15, 2011
	1st Career NHL Game^[7]	November 17, 2011
	700th Career NHL Game	November 17, 2011
	100th Career NHL Goal	November 28, 2011
	1st Career NHL Game	November 28, 2011
	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Win	December 6, 2011
	300th Career NHL Game	December 10, 2011
Dany Heatley	700th Career NHL Game	December 13, 2011
	1st Career NHL Game	December 17, 2011
Jarod Palmer	1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	December 29, 2011
	1,000th Career NHL Game	January 10, 2012
	100th Career NHL Game	January 10, 2012
David McIntyre	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	January 10, 2012
David McIntyre	1st Career NHL Goal	January 14, 2012
	300th Career NHL Game	January 17, 2012
	100th Career NHL Game	January 19, 2012
	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Goal 1st Career NHL Point	January 21, 2012
	1st Career NHL Goal	January 24, 2012
	100th Career NHL Game	January 24, 2012
Niklas Backstrom	25th Career NHL Shutout	February 2, 2012
	1st Career NHL Goal	February 7, 2012
	1st Career NHL Game	February 14, 2012
	400th Career NHL Game	February 28, 2012
	1st Career NHL Goal	March 1, 2012
Devin Setoguchi	100th Career NHL Goal	March 1, 2012
	100th Career NHL Point	March 11, 2012
	1st Career NHL Game	March 29, 2012
	300th Career NHL Game	March 31, 2012
	400th Career NHL Game	March 31, 2012
Jason Zucker	1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	March 31, 2012
Cal Clutterbuck	100th Career NHL Point	April 5, 2012
	1st Career NHL Game	April 5, 2012
	1st Career NHL Game 1st Career NHL Assist 1st Career NHL Point	April 7, 2012

Transactions

The Wild have been involved in the following transactions during the 2011–12 season.

Trades

Date
June 16, 2011^[8]	To New Jersey Devils Maxim Noreau	To Minnesota Wild David McIntyre
June 24, 2011^[9]	To San Jose Sharks Brent Burns 2nd-round pick in 2012	To Minnesota Wild Devin Setoguchi Charlie Coyle 1st-round pick in 2011
June 25, 2011^[10]	To Vancouver Canucks 3rd-round pick in 2011 4th-round pick in 2011	To Minnesota Wild 2nd-round pick in 2011
June 27, 2011^[11]	To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2013	To Minnesota Wild Darroll Powe
July 3, 2011^[12]	To San Jose Sharks Martin Havlat	To Minnesota Wild Dany Heatley
August 7, 2011^[13]	To San Jose Sharks James Sheppard	To Minnesota Wild 3rd-round pick in 2013
October 12, 2011^[14]	To Dallas Stars Eric Nystrom	To Minnesota Wild Future considerations
February 3, 2012^[15]	To New York Rangers Casey Wellman	To Minnesota Wild Erik Christensen Conditional 7th-round pick in 2013
February 24, 2012^[16]	To New Jersey Devils Marek Zidlicky	To Minnesota Wild Kurtis Foster Nick Palmieri Stephane Veilleux 2nd-round pick in 2012 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2013
February 27, 2012^[17]	To Edmonton Oilers Nick Schultz	To Minnesota Wild Tom Gilbert
February 27, 2012^[18]	To Boston Bruins Greg Zanon	To Minnesota Wild Steven Kampfer

Free agents signed

Player	Former team	Contract terms
Jeff Taffe^[19]		1 year, $600,000
Mike Lundin^[20]		1 year, $1 million
Kris Fredheim^[21]		1 year, $530,000 entry-level contract
Paul Deutsch^[22]	Amateur Beer League Team	Signed as Free Agent, Amateur tryout contract

Free agents lost

Player	New team	Contract terms
Jean-Michel Daoust^[23]		1 year
Jose Theodore^[24]		2 years, $3 million
Andrew Brunette^[25]		1 year, $2 million
Chuck Kobasew^[26]		2 years, $2.5 million
Cam Barker^[27]		1 year, $2.25 million
Antti Miettinen^[28]		undisclosed
Patrick O'Sullivan^[29]		1 year, $625,000
John Madden^[30]	Florida Panthers	1 year, $600,000

Lost via waivers

Player	New team	Date claimed off waivers
Colton Gillies^[32]		January 14, 2012
Brad Staubitz^[33]		February 27, 2012

Player signings

Player	Date	Contract terms
Johan Larsson^[34]	May 24, 2011	3 years, $2.38 million entry-level contract
Darcy Kuemper^[35]	May 26, 2011	3 years, $2.330 million entry-level contract
Kris Foucault^[36]	May 27, 2011	3 years, $1.66 million entry-level contract
Nate Prosser^[37]	June 20, 2011	1 year, $715,000
Josh Harding^[38]	July 1, 2011	1 year, $750,000
	July 1, 2011	2 years, $1.225 million
	July 1, 2011	1 year, $585,000
Kyle Medvec	July 1, 2011	2 years, $1.14 million entry-level contract
	July 5, 2011	3 years, $3.2 million
Colton Gillies^[39]	July 6, 2011	2 years, $1.25 million
Jonas Brodin^[40]	July 12, 2011	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Justin Falk^[41]	July 15, 2011	1 year, $605,000
	July 15, 2011	1 year, $735,000
	July 15, 2011	1 year, $525,000
	July 15, 2011	1 year, $850,500
Zack Phillips^[42]	December 19, 2011	3 years, $2.775 million entry-level contract
Nate Prosser^[43]	February 6, 2012	2 years, $1.65 million contract extension
Kyle Brodziak^[44]	February 19, 2012	3 years, $8.5 million contract extension
Charlie Coyle^[45]	March 1, 2012	3 years, $2.7 million entry-level contract
Jason Zucker^[46]	March 27, 2012	3 years, $2.315 million entry-level contract
Clayton Stoner^[47]	May 10, 2012	2 years, $2.1 million contract extension
Mikael Granlund^[48]	May 22, 2012	3 years, $2.7 million entry-level contract
Johan Gustafsson^[49]	May 31, 2012	3 years, $1.995 million entry-level contract

Draft picks

Minnesota's picks at the 2011 NHL Entry Draft in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Round		Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club team (League)
1	10	Jonas Brodin	D		Farjestad BK (Elitserien)
1	28 (from San Jose)	Zack Phillips	C		Saint John Sea Dogs (QMJHL)
2	60 (from Vancouver)	Mario Lucia	LW		Wayzata High School (USHS-MN)
5	131	Nick Seeler	D		Eden Prairie High School (USHS-MN)
6	161	Stephen Michalek	G		Loomis Chaffee School (USHS-CT)
7	191	Tyler Graovac	C		Ottawa 67's (OHL)

See also

• 2011–12 NHL season

Notes and References

1. Book: National Hockey League. The National Hockey League Official Guide & Record Book/2011. 2010 . Triumph Books . 47. 978-1-60078-422-4.
2. http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=566172 Mike Yeo Named Wild Head Coach
3. Web site: 2011-12 NHL Summary.
4. Web site: 2011-12 NHL Schedule and Results.
5. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=599256 Wild's Harding named NHL's First Star of the week
6. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=606003 Iginla, Hackett, Carlson are NHL's Three Stars
7. Web site: The ECHL – Fredheim becomes 473rd ECHL player to reach NHL . 2011-11-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111223063654/http://www.echl.com/fredheim-becomes-473rd-echl-player-to-reach-nhl-p174228 . 2011-12-23 . dead .
8. http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=566117 Wild Acquires McIntyre From New Jersey
9. Web site: Wild Pulls Off Blockbuster With San Jose . 2011-06-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110709074319/http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=567113 . 2011-07-09 . dead .
10. Web site: Wild 2011 Day Two Draft Picks . 2011-06-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120617065903/http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=567225 . 2012-06-17 . dead .
11. http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=567455 Wild Acquires Darroll Powe from Philadelphia
12. http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=568409 Wild Acquires Heatley In Trade With Sharks
13. http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=585837 Wild Ships Sheppard To San Jose For Pick
14. http://stars.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=595620 Dallas Stars acquire forward Eric Nystrom from Minnesota
15. http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=615022 Wild Acquires Christensen From Rangers
16. http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=618806 Wild Swings Deal With New Jersey
17. http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=619288 Wild Acquires Tom Gilbert From Edmonton
18. http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=619345 Wild Acquires D Steven Kampfer For Greg Zanon
19. http://wildlighthouse.wordpress.com/2011/07/05/wild-sign-powe-taffe-becoming-wild-premieres-july-8/ Wild Signs Powe, Taffe; “Becoming Wild” Premieres July 8
20. http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=568983 Wild Signs D Mike Lundin
21. http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=601851 Wild Signs Fredheim; Recalls From Houston
22. News: Wild sign 51-year old goaltender as backup for game against Nashville . The Washington Post. November 23, 2011 .
23. Web site: Straubing Tigers holen AHL-Stürmer Jean-Michel Daoust aus Houston. . 2011-06-09 . 2011-06-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719085814/http://www.straubing-tigers.de/. 19 July 2011 . live.
24. http://panthers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=568003 Panthers Sign G Jose Theodore
25. http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=568016 Blackhawks agree to terms with Brunette, Mayers, McLean and O’Donnell
26. http://avalanche.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=568172 Avalanche Signs Kobasew
27. http://oilers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=568091 Oilers agree to terms with Barker and Hordichuk
28. http://www.rotowire.com/Antti-Miettinen-googid198861-spnhl.htm Antti Miettinen: Headed to KHL
29. http://coyotes.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=585758 Coyotes Sign Patrick O'Sullivan to a One-Year Contract
30. http://panthers.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=609752 Panthers Agree To Terms With C John Madden
31. http://wild.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=62258 Wild Claims Nick Johnson Off Waivers
32. http://bluejackets.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=611708 Columbus Blue Jackets Claim Left Wing Colton Gillies Off Waivers from the Minnesota Wild
33. http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=619263 Brad Staubitz claimed off waivers
34. http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=563335 Wild Signs Larsson To Entry Level Deal
35. http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=563910 Wild Signs Darcy Kuemper To Entry Level Deal
36. http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=563973 Wild Signs Foucault To Entry Level Deal
37. http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=566395 Wild Locks Up Prosser For Another Season
38. http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=568051 Wild Re-Signs Harding, Three Others
39. http://wild.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=62258 Wild Signs Gillies to Two-Year Contract
40. http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=569164 Wild Inks Brodin To Entry Level Deal
41. http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=569451 Wellman, Palmer Sign Qualifying Offers
42. http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=607304 Wild Signs Phillips To Contract
43. http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=615505 Prosser Signs Two-Year Extension
44. http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=617826 Wild Signs Brodziak To Extension
45. http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=619878 Wild Signs Coyle To Entry Level Contract
46. http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=624421 Wild Signs Zucker To Entry-Level Deal
47. http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=631231 Wild Signs Stoner To Extension
48. http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=632428 Finnished Business
49. http://wild.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=633403 Wild Signs Gustafsson To Entry-Level Deal