The Iowa Wild are currently in 4th in the Central division in the AHL with a 26-23-6-2 record. The Wild started off rough and looked to have another bottom finish, but with a good streak since the middle of the season, Iowa has recently climbed up and into the playoff battle.
The moves the NHL club will really put a bump on Iowa's road to the playoffs. The Chuck Fletcher moved last year's leading Iowa point scorer Grayson Downing, who had 22 points in 47 games, along with this year's team leading scorer Teemu Pulkkinen to Arizona.