Wild acquire another draft pick to retain some salary in trade

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty ImagesWell, we know that Minnesota Wild GM Bill Guerin is working towards weaponizing the overwhelming amount of cap space his team currently has.

Less than a week ago, the Wild retained some salary to make Ryan O’Reilly going to the Toronto Maple Leafs possible, and in return got a 2025 fourth-round pick. Would you be surprised if I told you that they did the exact same thing on Thursday night?

In a trade that is sending defenseman Dmitry Orlov and forward Garnet Hathaway to the Boston Bruins, the Wild have retained 25 percent of Orlov’s salary after the Washington Capitals retained 50 percent in the first move of the deal. Exactly the same numbers as the…