The start of free agency landing on the same day as Canada celebrates it’s independence has to be more than just a coincidence. It’s a jubilee of poutine and beaver tails while also celebrating (or lamenting) your team’s acquisitions as the grab-bag of all grab-bags begins. For the Minnesota Wild, Chuck Fletcher made it known that the Wild weren’t going to be big players in terms of signing a big fish. Instead, GMCF decided to go with depth, and a lot of it, inking seven players to two-way deals for the 2017-18 NHL (and AHL) seasons. After talking with Iowa’s head coach, Derek Lalonde said, “we lost the volume of players two weeks prior [with Tuch, Haula, etc].
The Gruesome Twosome: Two-Way Deals for 2017-18
