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**Makar's mega-deal reshapes the NHL's defensive market — here's what it means for Minnesota.** • **MIN/COL** — Makar locks in at $163.2M, setting a new benchmark for elite defensemen contracts • **MIN** — Wild's Brock Faber extension talks now complicated; Makar's cap hit raises the ceiling for top-pairing D • **MIN** — Quinn Hughes' next deal also recalibrated upward, squeezing Western Conference rivals' cap space • **MIN** — Wild front office must now decide: overpay to retain young defensive talent or risk losing them to market value **Watch:** How quickly the Wild move on a Faber extension before his value climbs any higher. The lineup's set. Drop in.