In case you missed it, the Minnesota Wild made a pretty notable trade on Friday. In exchange for a conditional seventh-round draft pick in 2021, the Wild acquired center Nick Bjugstad from the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Penguins even retained 50 percent of Bjugstad’s salary, so the Wild will only have to take on $2.050 million to have him on the roster next season before he becomes an unrestricted free agent in 2021.
Bjugstad is a native of Minnesota, so many in the State of Hockey probably know a ton about the 28-year-old already.