Meet the New Guy: Get to know more about Marcus Johansson

Photo by Sara Schmidle/NHLI via Getty ImagesIt sure has been an eventful week for the Minnesota Wild, eh? Just a few days ago, the Wild acquired Nick Bjugstad from the Pittsburgh Penguins for virtually nothing. On Tuesday, defenseman Jonas Brodin agreed to a seven-year contract extension. And, of course, the Wild made another trade on Wednesday, shipping top-line center Eric Staal to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for Marcus Johansson.

Fans aren’t quite as thrilled with Minnesota’s latest transaction nearly as much as they were with the Bjugstad trade, however. Staal was the Wild’s best center in 2019-20, and considering general manager Bill Guerin and company are trying to strengthen the…