2009-nhl-trade-deadline Stories - Hockey Wilderness
Minnesota Wild: Another team on the playoff bubble, and another team that stood pat. Michael Russo...
Minnesota Wild: Another team on the playoff bubble, and another team that stood pat. Michael Russo of the Star Tribune explains how it went down: I was told by a very good source that Marian Gaborik was in play, but clearly the Wild wasn't able to find a market. Asked if he tried to trade...
Wild's GM not tipping trade hand
Doug Risebrough said his motivation is not to trade goaltender Niklas Backstrom as Wednesday's trade deadline approaches, but the Wild general manager quickly added that he doesn't "want to be hung with that." "How can I begin to think I'm going to compete for a playoff spot by trading Backstrom?"...
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