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Meh. Contract is basically buriable if he's terrible and they'd probably get a 5th round pick at best so might as well keep him and bring him back to take some of the load off Faber.
With Spurgeon out, he's played well enough on the 2nd pair for a guy that should be playing 3rd pair minutes. He's been one of the first to stand up for Kaprizov if the other team targets him and he's been decent on defense. Assuming Spurgeon is back to his usual level next year, Bogo will be just fine at this salary on the bottom pair. Minnesota's defense hasn't been great this year, but that's not on him really. Mermis, Goligoski, and Merrill have been the problem. Probably worth mentioning the Wild have nothing for defense prospects that are right shot and will be ready for a NHL role next year. I don't see this as being a problem at that cap hit. Again, if he's bad you can just bury him and move on.