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Post Mortem Edition of who Should the Minnesota Wild Sign

By Lake Martin

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - JUNE 22: Paul Fenton of the Minnesota Wild attends the 2019 NHL Draft at the Rogers Arena on June 22, 2019 in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA - JUNE 22: Paul Fenton of the Minnesota Wild attends the 2019 NHL Draft at the Rogers Arena on June 22, 2019 in Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) /
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2. Artemi Panarin (125pts)

Let us get something out of the way. The Wild were not going to sign Panarin. I ranked him at a zero percent likelihood he would come to Minnesota because the rumors circulating on where he would play hockey next year were Florida or a place with a large Russian community. Minnesota isn’t/doesn’t really have either. He was the actual perfect acquisition for the Wild. Game-breaking goal scorer, right-handed, young, fast. He has it all. And if one Kiril Kaprizov saw the Wild get one of the best Russian born players in today’s NHL, maybe he flies the KHL coop a bit earlier.

Anyways, it’s looking like Panarin to the Rangers.

It’s nice to dream of a Minnesota Wild with Panarin.

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