The once vaunted, much exalted defensive corps of the Minnesota Wild just isn’t anymore. Since Jonas Brodin emerged as a legit future top-4 defenseman in 2013 while being paired with Ryan Suter, the strength of the Wild has been the depth of quality defensemen. While there’s been a few changes along the way, Minnesota has relied on essentially five main staples on the blue line. Except, even all that horse trading done at the expansion draft to protect that corps hasn’t reaped any rewards.
What we know is that Chuck Fletcher chose to protect Ryan Suter (NMC), Jared Spurgeon, and Jonas Brodin.