Trade Watch: Kessel for Zucker?

Photo by Kirk Irwin/Getty ImagesAn otherwise slow Wild news day was thrown for a bit of a loop when Josh Yohe of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ beat at The Athletic posted this:

The discussion is as follows:

The Wild would receive: Phil Kessel, and potentially Jack Johnson

The Penguins would receive: Jason Zucker, and potentially Victor Rask.

The potential pros for the Wild here are pretty numerous. Kessel has been nearly a point-per-game player for the Penguins over his four years in Pittsburgh, including 82 points in 82 games last year. He’s durable. He’s a scorer and a playmaker. And offloading Victor Rask allows Fenton to somewhat bury his blemish from last year when he acquired Rask for Nino…