Fresh from an impressive 4-2 victory over their trade partners in which the subject of it, Brad Hunt was a healthy scratch, the Minnesota Wild made their first trade with the Vegas Golden Knights since the one that saw the expansion team snag both Erik Haula and Alex Tuch.
Given that they had two picks in the fifth round (also owning the Washington Capitals pick) already, this doesn’t look to be a bad deal, even if it is the lowest overall of the two that goes to Vegas.
Fifth and sixth round draft picks are reasonably long shots of ever making the NHL, so for the Minnesota Wild to swap an additional pick for a player that has at least some degree of NHL upside and if not, a strong degree of AHL upside; it seems like a win.