Minnesota Wild: Jared Spurgeon For Nail Yakupov?

This may be “old” news already for some, heck the playoffs haven’t even ended yet, but Jared Spurgeon‘s name can’t be brought up anymore without the word trade in the same sentence. Over the past few weeks you’ve noticed that due to his pending RFA status at next season’s end, and his foreseeable pay increase, the Minnesota Wild may look to trade him this off-season.

We know what kind of player Jared Spurgeon is. This season was probably the best he’s had with the Wild. Many folks would be disappointed should he get the axe, and for obvious reasons. He is relatively solid in all aspects of his game for a smaller player, and rarely makes costly mistakes. We’d be losing one of our few…