Hockey Wilderness · Oct 17, 2020
What Nick Bonino can bring to the Wild
Photo by Andy Devlin/NHLI via Getty ImagesIn the second round of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, the Nashville Predators and Minnesota Wild teamed up to give something for everyone to talk about other than what prospect is dropping into the middle rounds.
The Wild acquired center Nick Bonino, the 37th and 70th-overall picks for forward Luke Kunin and the 101st-overall pick. The swap took a second to digest. A perpetually-mediocre team that decided to go forward with a rebuild, the Wild suddenly trading away a 22-year-old for an aging skater on a significant contract, despite the draft picks involved, is unusual to say the least.