After Seattle’s selection of Carson Soucy and Billy Guerin’s shock Wild fans a few weeks ago with his buyout of Ryan Suter, the Wild have been left with a gaping hole in their defensive unit. With promising prospects still at least a few years away from being able to provide consistent defensive help, the Wild have almost no choice but to turn to the free agent market to pick up the pieces of what likely used to be the most deep position in the franchise. Currently, the Wild are left with just three proven NHL defenseman (Jared Spurgeon, Matt Dumba, and Jonas Brodin).