Minnesota Wild President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Guerin announced the National Hockey League has re-signed defenseman Zach Bogosian to a one-year, $1,250,000 million contract.
Bogosian, 35 (7/15/1990), collected six points (2-4=6), 18 penalty minutes (PIM), 37 blocked shots, 47 hits, and a plus-eight rating in 41 games with Minnesota last season. He also recorded 10 hits and eight blocked shots in nine Stanley Cup Playoff games.
The 6-foot-3, 231-pound native of Massena, N.Y., has recorded 249 points (66-183=249), 839 PIM, 1,265 blocked shots and 1,265 hits in 970 career games over 18 NHL seasons with the Atlanta Thrashers (2008-11), Winnipeg Jets (2011-15), Buffalo Sabres (2014-20), Toronto Maple Leafs (2020-21), Tampa Bay (2019-20, 2021-24) and Minnesota (2023-26). In 54 career Stanley Cup Playoff games, Bogosian has tallied 10 points (0-10=10), 27 PIM, 60 blocked shots and 134 hits, and won a Stanley Cup with the Lightning in 2020. He was originally selected by Atlanta with the third overall pick in the 2008 NHL Draft.
Guerin also announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed goaltender Calvin Pickard to a one-year, $1,000,000 contract for the 2026-27 season.
Pickard, 34 (4/15/92), has appeared in 191 career games (157 starts) over parts of 11 NHL seasons with the Colorado Avalanche (2014-17), Toronto Maple Leafs (2017-18), Philadelphia Flyers (2018), Arizona Coyotes (2018-19), Detroit Red Wings (2019-22) and Edmonton Oilers (2023-26), owning a 74-77-14 record with a 2.96 goals-against average (GAA), .901 save percentage (SV%), and five shutouts. The 6-foot-1, 205-pound native of Moncton, New Brunswick, has also played in 13 career Stanley Cup Playoff games (nine starts) across two postseason appearances with Edmonton (2024, 2025), posting an 8-2 record with a 2.72 GAA and .892 SV%.
Pickard tallied a 5-6-2 record with a 3.68 GAA and .871 SV% in 16 games (13 starts) with Edmonton in 2025-26 while also appearing in eight games for the Bakersfield Condors of the American Hockey League (AHL), where he recorded a 4-3-1 record with a 3.26 GAA, .886 SV% and one shutout. He has posted a 161-117-61 record, 2.66 GAA, .913 SV% and 21 shutouts in 329 career AHL games across 13 seasons with Lake Erie (2011-15), San Antonio (2015-16), Toronto (2017-18), Tucson (2018-19), Grand Rapids (2019-22) and Bakersfield (2022-26). He owns a 1-2 record, 2.01 GAA and .925 SV% five career Calder Cup Playoff Games and helped the Toronto Marlies win the Calder Cup in 2018.
Pickard represented Canada at the 2010 IIHF Under-18 World Championship and the 2016 and 2017 IIHF World Championships, winning a silver medal in 2017. He was originally selected by Colorado in the second round (No. 49 overall) of the 2010 NHL Draft.
(info courtesy of Wild)
