Okay, so technically, this is kind of a Minnesota Wild story. I’m just sort of culturally appropriating it, you know, like the Wild when they named Mike Modano to their 2016 Stadium Series Alumni team. It’s Stars-adjacent, in other words. Obviously, this is a summer piece, and Expansion Draft related. This is me taking a moment to appreciate what the Stars have in GM Jim Nill.
It started last week, with the expansion draft approaching, and word (courtesy of Bob McKenzie) that the Wild might be looking to deal Jonas Brodin. The Wild, you see, were up against it in terms of their Expansion Draft Protect list and looking deal something lest they lose a valued player for nothing.