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Minnesota Wild: Franchise 5 Best Trades of All-Time

By Cody Defoe

ST. PAUL, MN - APRIL 15: A general view of Xcel Energy Center before game 3 of a round one Stanley Cup Playoff matchup between the Minnesota Wild and Winnipeg Jets on April 15, 2018 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN. The Wild defeated the Jets 6-2. (Photo by Nick Wosika/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
ST. PAUL, MN - APRIL 15: A general view of Xcel Energy Center before game 3 of a round one Stanley Cup Playoff matchup between the Minnesota Wild and Winnipeg Jets on April 15, 2018 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN. The Wild defeated the Jets 6-2. (Photo by Nick Wosika/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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ST. PAUL, MN – APRIL 15: A general view of Xcel Energy Center before game 3 of a round one Stanley Cup Playoff matchup between the Minnesota Wild and Winnipeg Jets on April 15, 2018 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN. The Wild defeated the Jets 6-2. (Photo by Nick Wosika/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /

In 18 years as a franchise, as with all teams, the Minnesota Wild have made plenty of trades both good and bad.

I have looked back on every trade in Minnesota Wild team history, and reviewed the positive and negatives of those trades at face value. Recounting the successes and failures of these trades, only based on the pieces involved directly in the trade.

I have researched the required information to fill in the player selected whenever a trade included a draft pick, but I have not dug into the trades after trades as that can become an endless wormhole and does not justly determine a trade’s value.

This list is my ranking of the Top 5 trades of all time. Each trade is ranked based on the combined value of the players and picks involved, including who was picked with those respective draft picks.

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The on ice statistical production and the  length of each player’s tenure with the Minnesota Wild, as well as the tenure and production of the players sent to the other team have all been taken into consideration

This list is personal opinion, based on my personal perspective from extensive research and evaluation. Feel free to comment with your list of top trades in the comments.

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