The Minnesota Wild have extended their first-line center for an absolute bargain.<br /><br /><h2>Wild Extend Hartman</h2><br /><br />The Minnesota Wild have just announced that they have extended Ryan Hartman to a 3-year deal.<br /><br /><div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/mnwild/status/1710686475992305920?s=20'> </a></blockquote></div><? = '1';?><br /><br /><q>😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍<br /><br />Not to alarm anyone, but WE'VE RE-SIGNED HARTZY FOR 3️⃣ MORE YEARS!</q><br /><br /><div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/RussoHockey/status/1710686619605311933?s=20'> </a></blockquote></div><? = '1';?><br /><br />Hartman scored 37 points last season in 59 games centering Kirill Kaprizov and Mats Zuccarello.<br /><br />While he may not be the best first-line center in the NHL, Hartman is more than serviceable in the role and if the Wild bring in somebody with a bit more pedigree, paying Hartman $4 million to be their second-line center is still a bargain.