The Minnesota Wild have been highly incentivized to make a trade. The Expansion Draft is coming up, and the Vegas Golden Knights will be selecting a player off each NHL roster. Of course, teams can protect some of their players, but the problem for Minnesota is their depth means they’ll presently have to expose 1-2 vital pieces to their roster.
Because of this, general manager Chuck Fletcher has surely been making phone calls. After all, why lose a player for nothing when you can flip them to another team and retain some value.
The deadline to make trades is just two days away, and Fletcher has finally dealt someone.