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.
More from All-Time Lists
- Top 5 One-Hit Wonders in Minnesota Wild History
- The Top Three Goal Scorers In Minnesota Wild History
- The Minnesota Wild’s Best & Worst Trades in Franchise History, Part Three
- Part Two: The Minnesota Wild’s Best and Worst Trades in Franchise History
- Boons and Bombs: The Minnesota Wild’s Best and Worst Trades
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.