It’s a little perplexing to see the Minnesota Wild picking up another defenseman, though the clues are there that General Manager Paul Fenton feels comfortable acquiring players that were drafted by Nashville whilst he was working there. Anthony Bitetto joins Pontus Aberg on that list of former Predators acquired.
With guys like Nate Prosser, Matt Bartkowski, Louie Belpedio and Ryan Murphy all stepping in comfortably when other guys have been injured or otherwise missing this season, the signing of a 28-year-old defenseman that was well down the pecking order in Nashville is a bit questionable, especially as Brad Hunt was only picked up the other day too.