After a long wait on trade deadline day, the Minnesota Wild made just two actual deals in which players were swapped for assets on other teams. Mikael Granlund was traded to the Nashville Predators in exchange for Kevin Fiala, and Matt Hendricks was moved for a 2020 7th round pick. Of the players rumored to have garnered interest, Eric Staal was not dealt.
After the deadline passed, it was announced that Staal had signed a contract extension worth $6.5 million over the next two years.