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2021 NHL Draft: Wild trade up to select Josh Pillar in fourth round

The Minnesota Wild traded up with the Montreal Canadiens, moving their 150th overall and 214th selections to grab the 127th overall and select winger Josh Pillar of the WHL’s Kamloops Blazers.

#mnwild acquires a fourth-round (No. 127) pick in the 2021 #NHLDraft from the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for our 150th and 214th selections in this year's draft.

— Minnesota Wild PR (@mnwildPR) July 24, 2021

Just a couple picks earlier, the Wild selected one of Pillar’s teammates in Cadien Bankier, really eyeing up that Blazers team that had a couple high-end talent in this year’s draft.