DES MOINES, Iowa — Of course it had to happen on Friday the 13th.
To say the Wild's season has been bizarre would be an understatement. Chris Stewart is their leading scorer, currently on a three-game goal streak. Their first win of the season came against a seemingly unstoppable Chicago Blackhawks team that had tallied 21 goals in their first four games, and they did so with only eight forwards by the game's conclusion.
Despite the cap woes and an injury report longer than the Magna Carta, there was one move announced Friday that comes as a respite from the squalls of the early 2017-18 calendar:
Luke Kunin will leave Iowa and make his much anticipated Minnesota Wild debut against the Columbus Blue Jackets Saturday night at the X.