In the NHL, when a lopsided trade gets made, everyone knows it’s bad right when it gets announced. In most cases, it’s painfully obvious which team won the trade and then the on-ice portion plays out as expected.
The Nino Niederreiter trade has followed suit.
January 17’s puzzling trade on behalf of the Minnesota Wild has played out the way almost everyone expected. Carolina’s newly added Swiss winger has fit in virtually seamlessly in his first month in Raleigh. Meanwhile, Victor Rask has already seen a number of changes to his role with the Wild in hopes of getting him going.