The Wild have to weigh Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek's injury status before taking any big swings at the trade deadline.
When I refreshed my web browser this morning and saw Michael Russo’s report that Joel Eriksson Ek has joined Kirill Kaprizov in the dreaded purgatory that is the Minnesota Wild’s injured reserve list these days,
The NHL trade deadline is Friday. The regular season ends in a little less than six weeks. Somewhere in between those two dates, the Wild might (or might not) get three very important players back.
The Minnesota Wild expect star winger Kirill Kaprizov and top center Joel Eriksson Ek to return before the end of the regular season, general manager Bill Guerin told reporters before Sunday's game against the Boston Bruins at the X in St. Paul ...
It was always going to be easy to dunk on the Minnesota Wild at the trade deadline. Short of putting big-money players like Kirill Kaprizov and Joel Eriksson Ek on LTIR, they simply didn't have the flexibility to grab a big fish like Mikko Rantanen or Brock Nelson or Brock Boeser.