What was supposed to be a year of contention for the Minnesota Wild has become a rollercoaster since the All-Star break. How will that impact general manager Bill Guerin’s approach to the NHL’s March 21 trade deadline? Could the right move steady the ship, and if so what might it be?
The Wild are 4-1-1 in their past six and Guerin indicated during the Wild’s previous skid that his approach heading into the deadline wouldn’t change regardless. He doesn’t want to mortgage the future for a rental he can’t re-sign, doesn’t want to trade his first-round pick and doesn’t want to make a panic move.
Here’s the latest that The Athletic’s Michael Russo is hearing about the Wild’s decisions ahead of the deadline.
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Official: McBain traded to Arizona for a 2nd
The Wild made it official Monday, formally trading the rights of 2018 third-round pick Jack McBain to the Arizona Coyotes for a second-round pick in the 2022 draft. The pick, one of five seconds owned by the Coyotes in this July’s draft, originally belonged to the
