After the Minnesota Wild obtained the 37th overall selection in the second round of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft in a trade that sent forward Luke Kunin and a fourth-round selection to the Nashville Predators in exchange for centerman Nick Bonino plus picks in the second and third round, the Wild have selected centerman Marat Khusnutdinov from SKA St. Petersburgh of the Kontinental Hockey League.
A native of Moskva, Russia, the 5-foot-9, 165 pound, 18-year-old scored 13 goals and 25 assists in 44 games with SKA-1946 St. Petersburg of the MHL during the 2019-20 season.