This year, the Wild are pretty set for the #7 NHL Entry Draft pick. They didn't get quite bad enough to vie for a number one pick, but top five still means we're at the bottom of the league. But about to pick up some fresh talent, so maybe we're not in such a bad place. Hopefully.
What the Wild roster really needs is a super scorer - similar to the year that they picked up Marian Gaborik. In order to do this, they really need to get that number one pick - something that could be very costly to nab in the end. The last time that a number one pick was traded to another team was in 2003 when the Florida Panthers traded both the #1 and #73 picks to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for the #3 and #55 picks AND a strong player from their roster, Mikael Samuelsson. For the Wild to get the Oilers to consider trading away their number one pick, they would have to get rid of multiple picks of their own AND a strong player from the roster. I'm just not so sure that that is something the management is willing to do.
I guess only time will tell - we'll have to wait and see what happens over the coming weeks...
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