ST PAUL, MINNESOTA - JANUARY 05: Ryan Donato #6 of the Minnesota Wild looks on during the game against the Calgary Flames at Xcel Energy Center on January 5, 2020 in St Paul, Minnesota. The Flames defeated the Wild 5-4 in a shootout. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)
Let’s dive in and look at Ryan Donato’s time with the Wild and make the case for him to be more present in Minnesota’s lineup.
During Paul Fenton’s re-tooling of the Minnesota Wild during the 2018-2019 season, we saw Mikael Granlund traded to Nashville Predators, Nino Niederreiter traded to the Carolina Hurricanes, and Charlie Coyle to the Boston Bruins in exchange for Ryan Donato and a 5th Round Pick.