Domestic and substance abuse, violent crimes, the use of performance enhancing drugs are so prevalent in our professional sports landscape that the more rare ‘feel good’ story seems to almost be blocked out. these days Back during the NHL trade deadline on March 1st, when the Minnesota Wild traded defenseman Justin Falk and a 5th round pick in 2015 to the Columbus Blue Jackets for former Golden Gophers star Jordan Leopold it was the kind of deal that would’ve made no waves at all. But this trade was different, made so by Jordan’s 11-year old daughter Jordyn Leopold who wrote to the Minnesota Wild back in January asking the team to trade for her dad to bring him closer to home.
Jordan Leopold: More Than Just a Feel Good Story For the Minnesota Wild
