Before the Seattle Kraken gets their pick over the NHL during the expansion draft on July 21, we’ll take a look around the Minnesota Wild roster and determine how and why certain players might be heading west.
Victor Rask has been under the microscope in Minnesota ever since former general manager Paul Fenton brought him over from the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for fan favorite Nino Niederreiter. Believe it or not, his 2021 campaign was his best in a Wild uniform, scoring 10 goals and adding 13 assists over 54 games played, despite bouncing around the lineup and mostly spending time with Mats Zuccarello and Kirill Kaprizov.