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2000–01 Minnesota Wild season

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The 2000–01 Minnesota Wild season was the team's first season of play in the National Hockey League (NHL). One of the policies that the Wild implemented was never naming a permanent captain. Instead, the team captaincy was rotated on a monthly basis among several of its players each season, with some players serving multiple times.

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2000–01 Minnesota Wild
Division	5th Northwest
Conference	14th Western
2000–01 record	25–39–13–5
Home record	14–13–10–4
Road record	11–26–3–1
Goals for	168
Goals against	210
Team information
General manager	Doug Risebrough
Coach	Jacques Lemaire
Captain	Rotating^[1] Sean O'Donnell (Oct.) Scott Pellerin (Nov.) Wes Walz (Dec.) Brad Bombardir (Jan.–Feb.) Darby Hendrickson (Mar.–Apr.)
Alternate captains	Curtis Leschyshyn (Oct.-Mar.) Sean O'Donnell (Nov.-Mar.) Scott Pellerin (Oct., Dec.-Mar.)
Arena	Xcel Energy Center
Average attendance	18,328
Minor league affiliate(s)	Cleveland Lumberjacks
Team leaders
Goals	Marian Gaborik, Darby Hendrickson, Wes Walz (18)
Assists	Scott Pellerin (28)
Points	Scott Pellerin (39)
Penalty minutes	Matt Johnson (137)
Plus/minus	Scott Pellerin (+6)
Wins	Manny Fernandez (19)
Goals against average	Manny Fernandez (2.24)
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Off-season

Jacques Lemaire was named the team’s first head coach on June 19.^[2]

Regular season

The Wild struggled offensively, finishing 30th overall in scoring (168 goals for), power-play goals scored (36) and power-play percentage (9.63%). They were also shut out a league-high 14 times. Combined with the six shut-outs earned in total by goaltenders Manny Fernandez and Jamie McLennan, 20 of the Wild's 82 regular-season games ended in a shutout.^[3]^[4]

Final standings

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Northwest Division^[5]
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	1	Colorado Avalanche	82	52	16	10	4	270	192	118
2	6	Edmonton Oilers	82	39	28	12	3	243	222	93
3	8	Vancouver Canucks	82	36	28	11	7	239	238	90
4	11	Calgary Flames	82	27	36	15	4	197	236	73
5	14	Minnesota Wild	82	25	39	13	5	168	210	68

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL = Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

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Western Conference^[6]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	p – Colorado Avalanche	NW	82	52	16	10	4	270	192	118
2	y – Detroit Red Wings	CEN	82	49	20	9	4	253	202	111
3	y – Dallas Stars	PAC	82	48	24	8	2	241	187	106
4	St. Louis Blues	CEN	82	43	22	12	5	249	195	103
5	San Jose Sharks	PAC	82	40	27	12	3	217	192	95
6	Edmonton Oilers	NW	82	39	28	12	3	243	222	93
7	Los Angeles Kings	PAC	82	38	28	13	3	252	228	92
8	Vancouver Canucks	NW	82	36	28	11	7	239	238	90
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9	Phoenix Coyotes	PAC	82	35	27	17	3	214	212	90
10	Nashville Predators	CEN	82	34	36	9	3	186	200	80
11	Calgary Flames	NW	82	27	36	15	4	197	236	73
12	Chicago Blackhawks	CEN	82	29	40	8	5	210	246	71
13	Columbus Blue Jackets	CEN	82	28	39	9	6	190	233	71
14	Minnesota Wild	NW	82	25	39	13	5	168	210	68
15	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	PAC	82	25	41	11	5	188	245	66

Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest

bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division

Schedule and results

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2000–01 regular season^[7]

October: 2–7–3–0 (home: 2–3–2–0; road: 0–4–1–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
1	L	October 6, 2000	1–3	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	0–1–0–0	Recap
2	L	October 7, 2000	1–4	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)	0–2–0–0	Recap
3	T	October 11, 2000	3–3 OT	Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01)	0–2–1–0	Recap
4	L	October 13, 2000	0–2	@ St. Louis Blues (2000–01)	0–3–1–0	Recap
5	L	October 15, 2000	3–5	Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)	0–4–1–0	Recap
6	W	October 18, 2000	6–5	Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)	1–4–1–0	Recap
7	L	October 20, 2000	1–3	San Jose Sharks (2000–01)	1–5–1–0	Recap
8	T	October 22, 2000	0–0 OT	Florida Panthers (2000–01)	1–5–2–0	Recap
9	T	October 24, 2000	2–2 OT	@ Montreal Canadiens (2000–01)	1–5–3–0	Recap
10	L	October 25, 2000	1–6	@ Toronto Maple Leafs (2000–01)	1–6–3–0	Recap
11	W	October 27, 2000	3–1	Calgary Flames (2000–01)	2–6–3–0	Recap
12	L	October 29, 2000	2–3	Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)	2–7–3–0	Recap

November: 5–7–1–1 (home: 2–2–1–1; road: 3–5–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
13	L	November 3, 2000	0–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)	2–8–3–0	Recap
14	W	November 5, 2000	3–2 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2000–01)	3–8–3–0	Recap
15	L	November 7, 2000	0–2	@ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	3–9–3–0	Recap
16	L	November 8, 2000	0–1	Calgary Flames (2000–01)	3–10–3–0	Recap
17	W	November 10, 2000	5–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)	4–10–3–0	Recap
18	OTL	November 12, 2000	4–5 OT	Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)	4–10–3–1	Recap
19	L	November 15, 2000	2–3	New York Rangers (2000–01)	4–11–3–1	Recap
20	L	November 17, 2000	1–3	@ Buffalo Sabres (2000–01)	4–12–3–1	Recap
21	W	November 18, 2000	6–1	@ Boston Bruins (2000–01)	5–12–3–1	Recap
22	T	November 22, 2000	1–1 OT	Calgary Flames (2000–01)	5–12–4–1	Recap
23	W	November 24, 2000	2–0	Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)	6–12–4–1	Recap
24	W	November 26, 2000	4–2	Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	7–12–4–1	Recap
25	L	November 28, 2000	1–4	@ San Jose Sharks (2000–01)	7–13–4–1	Recap
26	L	November 30, 2000	0–2	@ Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)	7–14–4–1	Recap

December: 5–3–3–1 (home: 3–1–3–1; road: 2–2–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
27	L	December 2, 2000	2–3	@ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	7–15–4–1	Recap
28	W	December 7, 2000	4–2	@ Chicago Blackhawks (2000–01)	8–15–4–1	Recap
29	OTL	December 8, 2000	0–1 OT	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	8–15–4–2	Recap
30	L	December 10, 2000	1–2	Nashville Predators (2000–01)	8–16–4–2	Recap
31	T	December 13, 2000	1–1 OT	Carolina Hurricanes (2000–01)	8–16–5–2	Recap
32	L	December 14, 2000	1–2	@ Washington Capitals (2000–01)	8–17–5–2	Recap
33	W	December 17, 2000	6–0	Dallas Stars (2000–01)	9–17–5–2	Recap
34	T	December 20, 2000	2–2 OT	Ottawa Senators (2000–01)	9–17–6–2	Recap
35	W	December 22, 2000	4–3	Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	10–17–6–2	Recap
36	W	December 27, 2000	5–3	@ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)	11–17–6–2	Recap
37	T	December 29, 2000	2–2 OT	Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)	11–17–7–2	Recap
38	W	December 31, 2000	3–2	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	12–17–7–2	Recap

January: 6–5–1–1 (home: 4–2–1–0; road: 2–3–0–1)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
39	T	January 3, 2001	1–1 OT	Atlanta Thrashers (2000–01)	12–17–8–2	Recap
40	W	January 5, 2001	3–2 OT	Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)	13–17–8–2	Recap
41	L	January 6, 2001	1–5	@ St. Louis Blues (2000–01)	13–18–8–2	Recap
42	W	January 10, 2001	3–0	Washington Capitals (2000–01)	14–18–8–2	Recap
43	L	January 12, 2001	0–5	Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	14–19–8–2	Recap
44	L	January 14, 2001	2–4	@ New York Rangers (2000–01)	14–20–8–2	Recap
45	L	January 15, 2001	0–3	@ Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)	14–21–8–2	Recap
46	W	January 17, 2001	3–2 OT	Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)	15–21–8–2	Recap
47	W	January 19, 2001	3–2	New York Islanders (2000–01)	16–21–8–2	Recap
48	L	January 21, 2001	2–4	New Jersey Devils (2000–01)	16–22–8–2	Recap
49	W	January 24, 2001	5–0	@ Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (2000–01)	17–22–8–2	Recap
50	W	January 27, 2001	4–1	@ Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	18–22–8–2	Recap
51	OTL	January 30, 2001	2–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	18–22–8–3	Recap

February: 4–7–0–0 (home: 2–2–0–0; road: 2–5–0–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
52	W	February 6, 2001	4–2	@ Tampa Bay Lightning (2000–01)	19–22–8–3	Recap
53	L	February 7, 2001	1–2	@ Florida Panthers (2000–01)	19–23–8–3	Recap
54	W	February 9, 2001	2–1	@ Dallas Stars (2000–01)	20–23–8–3	Recap
55	W	February 11, 2001	4–2	Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01)	21–23–8–3	Recap
56	L	February 14, 2001	1–2	@ Pittsburgh Penguins (2000–01)	21–24–8–3	Recap
57	L	February 16, 2001	0–4	Los Angeles Kings (2000–01)	21–25–8–3	Recap
58	W	February 18, 2001	3–1	San Jose Sharks (2000–01)	22–25–8–3	Recap
59	L	February 21, 2001	2–6	@ Dallas Stars (2000–01)	22–26–8–3	Recap
60	L	February 23, 2001	1–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	22–27–8–3	Recap
61	L	February 24, 2001	1–2	@ Nashville Predators (2000–01)	22–28–8–3	Recap
62	L	February 26, 2001	2–5	Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	22–29–8–3	Recap

March: 2–8–4–2 (home: 0–2–3–2; road: 2–6–1–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
63	T	March 1, 2001	1–1 OT	@ Calgary Flames (2000–01)	22–29–9–3	Recap
64	L	March 2, 2001	1–3	@ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)	22–30–9–3	Recap
65	W	March 4, 2001	4–3 OT	@ Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	23–30–9–3	Recap
66	T	March 6, 2001	3–3 OT	St. Louis Blues (2000–01)	23–30–10–3	Recap
67	L	March 8, 2001	2–6	@ New Jersey Devils (2000–01)	23–31–10–3	Recap
68	W	March 9, 2001	4–1	@ New York Islanders (2000–01)	24–31–10–3	Recap
69	OTL	March 11, 2001	2–3 OT	Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)	24–31–10–4	Recap
70	OTL	March 14, 2001	0–1 OT	St. Louis Blues (2000–01)	24–31–10–5	Recap
71	L	March 15, 2001	0–3	@ Philadelphia Flyers (2000–01)	24–32–10–5	Recap
72	L	March 18, 2001	3–4	@ Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	24–33–10–5	Recap
73	L	March 19, 2001	1–4	Dallas Stars (2000–01)	24–34–10–5	Recap
74	T	March 21, 2001	0–0 OT	Nashville Predators (2000–01)	24–34–11–5	Recap
75	L	March 22, 2001	2–4	@ Detroit Red Wings (2000–01)	24–35–11–5	Recap
76	T	March 25, 2001	2–2 OT	Vancouver Canucks (2000–01)	24–35–12–5	Recap
77	L	March 28, 2001	0–2	Phoenix Coyotes (2000–01)	24–36–12–5	Recap
78	L	March 31, 2001	1–4	@ Nashville Predators (2000–01)	24–37–12–5	Recap

April: 1–2–1–0 (home: 1–1–0–0; road: 0–1–1–0)

Game	Result	Date	Score	Opponent	Record	Recap
79	L	April 2, 2001	2–4	@ San Jose Sharks (2000–01)	24–38–12–5	Recap
80	T	April 4, 2001	2–2 OT	@ Edmonton Oilers (2000–01)	24–38–13–5	Recap
81	W	April 6, 2001	3–2	Columbus Blue Jackets (2000–01)	25–38–13–5	Recap
82	L	April 8, 2001	2–4	Colorado Avalanche (2000–01)	25–39–13–5	Recap

Legend:

Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Tie (1 point) Overtime loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Scoring

Position abbreviations: C = Center; D = Defense; G = Goaltender; LW = Left wing; RW = Right wing
† = Joined team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, signing) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Wild only.
‡ = Left team via a transaction (e.g., trade, waivers, release) during the season. Stats reflect time with the Wild only.

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			Regular season
No.	Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
33	Scott Pellerin‡	LW	58	11	28	39	6	45
10	Marian Gaborik	RW	71	18	18	36	−6	32
77^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Lubomir Sekeras	D	80	11	23	34	−8	52
37	Wes Walz	C	82	18	12	30	−8	37
17	Filip Kuba	D	75	9	21	30	−6	28
14	Darby Hendrickson	C	72	18	11	29	1	36
34	Jim Dowd	C	68	7	22	29	−6	80
24	Antti Laaksonen	LW	82	12	16	28	−7	24
22	Stacy Roest	RW	76	7	20	27	3	20
44	Aaron Gavey	C	75	10	14	24	−8	52
25	Sergei Krivokrasov	RW	54	7	15	22	−1	20
27	Sean O'Donnell‡	D	63	4	12	16	−2	128
5	Brad Bombardir	D	70	0	15	15	−6	42
21^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Cam Stewart	LW	54	4	9	13	−3	18
20	Maxim Sushinsky	RW	30	7	4	11	−7	29
19	Jeff Nielsen	RW	59	3	8	11	−16	4
2	Willie Mitchell†	D	17	1	7	8	4	11
42	Andy Sutton	D	69	3	4	7	−11	131
3	Ladislav Benysek	D	71	2	5	7	−11	38
45	Peter Bartos	LW	13	4	2	6	2	6
16	Roman Simicek†	C	28	2	4	6	−4	21
36	Sylvain Blouin	LW	41	3	2	5	−5	117
4	Curtis Leschyshyn‡	D	54	2	3	5	−2	19
23	Pavel Patera	C	20	1	3	4	−8	4
12	Matt Johnson	LW	50	1	1	2	−6	137
16	Steve McKenna‡	LW	20	1	1	2	0	19
11	Pascal Dupuis	LW	4	1	0	1	0	4
11	Kai Nurminen	LW	2	1	0	1	−1	2
29	Jamie McLennan	G	38	0	1	1		4
40	Chris Armstrong	D	3	0	0	0	−3	0
31	Zac Bierk	G	1	0	0	0		2
32	Brian Bonin	C	7	0	0	0	−3	0
15	J. J. Daigneault	D	1	0	0	0	−1	2
35	Manny Fernandez	G	42	0	0	0		6
30	Derek Gustafson	G	4	0	0	0		0
26	Christian Matte	RW	3	0	0	0	0	2
28	Mike Matteucci	D	3	0	0	0	−2	2
6	Travis Roche†	D	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltending

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		Regular season
No.	Player	GP	W	L	T	SA	GA	GAA	SV%	SO	TOI
35	Manny Fernandez	42	19	17	4	1147	92	2.24	.920	4	2461
29	Jamie McLennan	38	5	23	9	1032	98	2.64	.905	2	2230
30	Derek Gustafson	4	1	3	0	97	10	2.51	.897	0	239
31	Zac Bierk	1	0	1	0	27	6	6.00	.778	0	60

Awards and records

Awards

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Type	Award/honor	Recipient	Ref
Team	Three Star Award	Manny Fernandez	^[8]

Transactions

The Wild were involved in the following transactions through June 9, 2001, the day of the deciding game of the 2001 Stanley Cup Finals.^[9]

Trades

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Date	Details		Ref
June 12, 2000	To Minnesota Wild Manny Fernandez Brad Lukowich	To Dallas Stars 3rd-round pick in 2000 4th-round pick in 2002	^[10]
June 12, 2000	To Minnesota Wild Andy Sutton 7th-round pick in 2000 3rd-round pick in 2001	To San Jose Sharks 8th-round pick in 2001 Future considerations^{[lower-alpha 3]}	^[10]
June 23, 2000	To Minnesota Wild Rights to Dan Cavanaugh 8th-round pick in 2000 or 2001^{[lower-alpha 4]}	To Calgary Flames Mike Vernon	^[12]
June 23, 2000	To Minnesota Wild Brad Bombardir	To New Jersey Devils Chris Terreri 9th-round pick in 2000	^[12]
June 23, 2000	To Minnesota Wild Rights to Rickard Wallin	To Phoenix Coyotes Joe Juneau	^[12]
June 25, 2000	To Minnesota Wild Aaron Gavey Pavel Patera 8th-round pick in 2000 Minnesota’s 4th-round pick in 2002	To Dallas Stars Brad Lukowich 3rd-round pick in 2001 9th-round pick in 2001	^[13]
September 29, 2000	To Minnesota Wild Matt Johnson	To Atlanta Thrashers 3rd-round pick in 2001	^[14]
January 13, 2001	To Minnesota Wild Roman Simicek	To Pittsburgh Penguins Steve McKenna	^[15]
March 1, 2001	To Minnesota Wild Askhat Rakhmatullin 3rd-round pick in 2001 Future considerations	To Carolina Hurricanes Scott Pellerin	^[16]
March 4, 2001	To Minnesota Wild Willie Mitchell Future considerations	To New Jersey Devils Sean O'Donnell	^[17]
March 13, 2001	To Minnesota Wild 3rd-round pick in 2001 Future considerations	To Ottawa Senators Curtis Leschyshyn	^[18]

Players acquired

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Date	Player	Former team	Via	Ref
May 4, 2000 (2000-05-04)	Steve Aronson	University of St. Thomas (MIAC)	Free agency	^[19]
May 11, 2000 (2000-05-11)	Cory Larose	University of Maine (HE)	Free agency	^[20]
May 17, 2000 (2000-05-17)	Kai Nurminen	HC TPS (Liiga)	Free agency	^[21]
May 17, 2000 (2000-05-17)	Brendan Walsh	University of Maine (HE)	Free agency	^[21]
June 2, 2000 (2000-06-02)	Richard Park	Utah Grizzlies (IHL)	Free agency	^[22]
June 7, 2000 (2000-06-07)	David Brumby	Jackson Bandits (ECHL)	Free agency	^[23]
June 7, 2000 (2000-06-07)	Pete Gardiner	RPI (ECAC)	Free agency	^[23]
June 9, 2000 (2000-06-09)	Randy Fitzgerald	Plymouth Whalers (OHL)	Free agency	^[24]
June 9, 2000 (2000-06-09)	Derek Gustafson	St. Lawrence University (ECAC)	Free agency	^[24]
June 13, 2000 (2000-06-13)	Nick Naumenko	Kansas City Blades (IHL)	Free agency	^[25]
June 28, 2000 (2000-06-28)	Wes Walz	HC Lugano (NLA)	Free agency	^[26]
July 6, 2000 (2000-07-06)	Brian Bonin	Vancouver Canucks	Free agency	^[27]
July 11, 2000 (2000-07-11)	Christian Matte	Colorado Avalanche	Free agency	^[28]
July 13, 2000 (2000-07-13)	Brett McLean	Saint John Flames (AHL)	Free agency	^[29]
July 14, 2000 (2000-07-14)	Ladislav Benysek	HC Sparta Praha (ELH)	Free agency	^[30]
July 20, 2000 (2000-07-20)	Antti Laaksonen	Boston Bruins	Free agency	^[31]
July 20, 2000 (2000-07-20)	Mike Matteucci	Boston Bruins	Free agency	^[31]
July 24, 2000 (2000-07-24)	J. J. Daigneault	Phoenix Coyotes	Free agency	^[32]
August 31, 2000 (2000-08-31)	Eric Charron	Calgary Flames	Free agency	^[33]
August 31, 2000 (2000-08-31)	Lawrence Nycholat	Swift Current Broncos (WHL)	Free agency	^[33]
September 18, 2000 (2000-09-18)	Pascal Dupuis	Shawinigan Cataractes (QMJHL)	Free agency	^[34]
September 29, 2000 (2000-09-29)	Sylvain Blouin	Montreal Canadiens	Waiver draft	^[14]
September 29, 2000 (2000-09-29)	Zdeno Ciger	Nashville Predators	Waiver draft	^[14]
April 8, 2001 (2001-04-08)	Travis Roche	University of North Dakota (WCHA)	Free agency	^[35]
May 30, 2001 (2001-05-30)	Ravil Gusmanov	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (RSL)	Free agency	^[36]

Players lost

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Date	Player	New team	Via^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Ref
September 29, 2000 (2000-09-29)	Jeff Odgers	Atlanta Thrashers	Waiver draft	^[14]
April 20, 2001 (2001-04-20)	Kai Nurminen	HC TPS (Liiga)	Free agency	^[38]
April 24, 2001 (2001-04-24)	Eric Charron	Adler Mannheim (DEL)	Free agency	^[39]

Signings

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Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
July 7, 2000 (2000-07-07)	Peter Bartos		Entry-level	^[40]
July 14, 2000 (2000-07-14)	Pavel Patera		Re-signing	^[30]
July 15, 2000 (2000-07-15)	Marian Gaborik	3-year	Entry-level	^[41]
July 15, 2000 (2000-07-15)	Maxim Sushinsky	multi-year	Entry-level	^[42]
July 26, 2000 (2000-07-26)	Sergei Krivokrasov		Re-signing	^[43]
July 29, 2000 (2000-07-29)	Scott Pellerin		Re-signing	^[44]
July 31, 2000 (2000-07-31)	Darryl Laplante		Re-signing	^[45]
July 31, 2000 (2000-07-31)	Andy Sutton		Re-signing	^[46]
August 1, 2000 (2000-08-01)	Zac Bierk		Re-signing	^[47]
August 1, 2000 (2000-08-01)	Filip Kuba		Re-signing	^[47]
August 16, 2000 (2000-08-16)	Lubomir Sekeras		Entry-level	^[48]
September 23, 2000 (2000-09-23)	Nick Schultz	multi-year	Entry-level	^[49]
May 2, 2001 (2001-05-02)	Erik Reitz	multi-year	Entry-level	^[50]
June 7, 2001 (2001-06-07)	Wes Walz	multi-year	Extension	^[51]

Draft picks

NHL Expansion Draft

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#	Player	Drafted from
2.	Jamie McLennan (G)	St. Louis Blues
3.	Mike Vernon (G)	Florida Panthers
6.	Chris Terreri (G)	New Jersey Devils
7.	Sean O'Donnell (D)	Los Angeles Kings
10.	Curtis Leschyshyn (D)	Carolina Hurricanes
12.	Ladislav Benysek (D)	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
13.	Chris Armstrong (D)	San Jose Sharks
15.	Filip Kuba (D)	Calgary Flames
18.	Oleg Orekhovsky (D)	Washington Capitals
20.	Ian Herbers (D)	New York Islanders
21.	Artem Anisimov (D)	Philadelphia Flyers
24.	Stacy Roest (C)	Detroit Red Wings
25.	Darryl Laplante (C)	Detroit Red Wings
27.	Scott Pellerin (LW)	St. Louis Blues
30.	Jim Dowd (C)	Edmonton Oilers
32.	Sergei Krivokrasov (RW)	Calgary Flames
33.	Jeff Nielsen (RW)	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
35.	Jeff Odgers (RW)	Colorado Avalanche
37.	Steve McKenna (F)	Los Angeles Kings
40.	Michal Bros (F)	San Jose Sharks
41.	Joe Juneau (C)	Ottawa Senators
43.	Darby Hendrickson (C)	Vancouver Canucks
46.	Jeff Daw (C)	Chicago Blackhawks
48.	Stefan Nilsson (F)	Vancouver Canucks
49.	Zac Bierk (G)	Tampa Bay Lightning
51.	Cam Stewart (LW)	Florida Panthers

NHL Entry Draft

Minnesota's draft picks at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft held at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta.^[52]

More information Round, Pick ...

Round	Pick	Player	Nationality	College/junior/club team
1	3	Marian Gaborik (RW)	Slovakia	Dukla Trenčín Jr. (Slovakia)
2	33	Nick Schultz (D)	Canada	Prince Albert Raiders (WHL)
4	99	Marc Cavosie (C/LW)	United States	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (ECAC)
5	132	Maxim Sushinsky (W)	Russia	Avangard Omsk (RSL)
6	170	Erik Reitz (D)	United States	Barrie Colts (OHL)
7	199	Brian Passmore (C)	Canada	Ottawa 67's (OHL)
7	214	Peter Bartos (LW)	Slovakia	HC České Budějovice (Czech Extraliga)
8	232	Lubomir Sekeras (D)	Slovakia	Oceláři Třinec (Czech Extraliga)
8	255	Eric Johansson (C)	Canada	Tri-City Americans (WHL)

Notes

Sekeras wore number 6 in his first three games.
Stewart wore number 18 in his first five games.
Minnesota agreed not to select Evgeni Nabokov in the Expansion Draft.^[11]
Minnesota chose the 2001 draft pick.
In parentheses is the player's free agency group on July 1 if applicable.^[37]

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