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Notable NHL free-agent signings

A review of where free agents with Minnesota ties have signed.

July 2, 2016 at 2:22AM
Blues captain David Backes is believed to have had talks with the Wild.
Now-former Blues captain David Backes signed with the Bruins on Friday. (Brian Wicker — AP/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Eric Staal, C: N.Y. Rangers to Wild, three years, $10.5 million

Kyle Okposo, RW: N.Y. Islanders to Buffalo, six years, $42 million

Milan Lucic, LW: Los Angeles to Edmonton, seven years, $42 million

David Backes, C: St. Louis to Boston, five years, $30 million

Darren Helm, C: Stays with Detroit, five years, $19.25 million

Thomas Vanek, LW: Wild to Detroit, one year, $2.6 million

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