It’s crazy time in the NHL. Less than 24 hours after the league is either recovering from exhausting laughter or wallowing in their own stupidity, after the Ottawa Senators hired Pierre McGuire for a front office job and the Edmonton Oilers paid real assets to acquire a washed-up defenseman that is basically held together by clothespins, there are more trade rumors leaking their way into the collective mind of the fan bases.
For the Minnesota Wild, that means dealing with the potential loss of defenseman Matt Dumba to the Seattle Kraken, trying to negotiate new contracts for their two best offensive players in Kirill Kaprizov and Kevin Fiala, wondering what the hell they’re going to do with Zach Parise and his massive contract — and trying to find a top-six center at the same damn time.