Former Minnesota Wild defensemen Brent Burns is having an MVP caliber season as he leads the Sharks closer to a Stanley Cup victory. Wild fans can only sit back, watch, and wonder if trading him to San Jose was the right thing to do.
The 2011 NHL Draft saw the Minnesota Wild make what can perhaps be called the biggest trade to affect the current Wild team. Wild GM Chuck Fletcher pulled the trigger on a deal that sent defensemen Brent Burns and a second round pick in the 2012 draft to the San Jose Sharks for Devin Setoguchi, Charlie Coyle, and the Sharks’ first round pick in that 2011 draft. The Wild would parlay that pick into Zack Phillips, and at first glance this looked like a great deal…
