Minnesota Wild acquire Nic Deslauriers for third-round pick
The Minnesota Wild have beefed up their forward corps, acquiring tough-guy Nic Deslauriers from the Anaheim Ducks.
According to Daily Faceoff’s Frank Seravalli, the return is a third-round draft pick.
#mnwild acquiring Nicolas Deslauriers from #NHLDucks in exchange for a 3rd round pick.
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) March 19, 2022Deslauriers, 30, joins the Wild after spending the last three years on the west coast. He’s appeared in 61 games this year with the Ducks, contributing five goals and 10 points while racking up 90 PIM.
According to hockeyfights.com, Deslauriers has dropped the mitts 10 times this season.
Drafted by the Los Angeles Kings in the third round of the 2009 draft, Deslauriers never played for them and was instead traded to the Buffalo Sabres, where he spent the first four years of his NHL career. He joined the Montreal Canadiens in an Oct. 2017 trade, spending two years with the Habs, before joining the Ducks in a 2019 deal.
Over the course of his 486-game NHL career, he’s scored 41 goals, tallied 82 points and notched 498 PIM.
According to PuckPedia, Deslauriers carries a $1-million cap hit and is a UFA at the end of this season.
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