There were rumblings that the Minnesota Wild would do this, and two weeks before the NHL trade deadline, they’re using what they got.
Announced on Friday night, the Toronto Maple Leafs are acquiring center Ryan O’Reilly and Noel Acciari from the St. Louis Blues for a bunch of draft picks, a prospect, and a contract. But that’s not the important part.
As part of the deal, the Wild are getting a 2025 fourth-round pick from the Leafs in exchange for retaining 25 percent of O’Reilly’s $7.5-million cap hit to make the deal work financially.