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Report: Wild land Gophers captain Kloos, in on Hobey Baker finalist Vecchione

2014 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship - West Regional

ST PAUL, MN - MARCH 29: Justin Kloos #25 of the Minnesota Golden Gophers takes the puck as Jeff Jones #11 of the Robert Morris Colonials trips over teammate David Friedmann #9 and Jake Parenteau #6 of the Minnesota Golden Gophers during the third period of the West Regional game of the 2014 NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Championship game on March 29, 2014 at Xcel Energy Center in St Paul, Minnesota. The Minnesota Golden Gophers defeated the Robert Morris Colonials 7-3. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)

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Minnesota could soon have a couple more additions to its impressive prospect pool.

Per the Star-Tribune’s Mike Russo, the club has agreed to terms with University of Minnesota senior Justin Kloos on a two-year, $1.4 million entry-level deal. Kloos -- like another prospect that just left school, former first-round pick Luke Kunin -- will report to AHL Iowa on an amateur tryout, and his ELC will kick in next year.

Kloos, 23, captained the Gophers to the NCAA championships this year, racking up 43 points in 38 games. Russo reported the undrafted free agent had “a bunch of offers” from NHL clubs including Calgary, Vancouver and San Jose.

And the Wild might not be done there.

In the same report, Russo also notes the Wild are “heavily in” on Union’s Mike Vecchione, widely regarded as one of the top UDFAs available in this year’s collegiate class.

Vecchione, a senior, finished third in the country this year with 62 points in 36 games en route to a Hobey Baker nomination. He’s captained Union in each of the last two seasons and is the reigning ECAC player of the year. The 24-year-old has been tied to the Flyers, given he has some familiarity with the organization and attended the club’s prospect development camp last summer.

These have to be exciting times for the Wild (if you ignore the fact they’re mired in an awful slump). Landing Kloos and the potential of getting Vecchione would, as mentioned above, add to a stable that includes Kunin, Russian Kirill Kaprizov, Sweden’s Joel Eriksson-Ek and Kunin’s U.S. junior teammate, Jordan Greenway, who all showed extremely well at the world juniors.

Speaking of Eriksson Ek, he’s up with the Wild now after being brought over from the Swedish League. Wild GM Chuck Fletcher is hopeful the 20-year-old -- taken in the first round of the ’15 draft -- can provide Minnesota with “a little shot in the arm.”