Wild acquire defenseman Jeff Petry in trade with Panthers
The Minnesota Wild added extra depth Thursday, buying defenseman Jeff Petry from the Florida Panthers in alternate for a conditional seventh-round choose in 2026.
The arrival of Petry, who’s an unrestricted free agent on the finish of the season, means he may possible be used as a sixth or seventh defenseman for a Wild protection that already has Jonas Brodin, Brock Faber, Quinn Hughes and Jared Spurgeon.
Petry, 38, has eight factors in 58 video games whereas recording a career-low 14:51 per sport in ice time.
The Wild nonetheless have $11.252 million in deadline cap house, per PuckPedia, that they may use so as to add extra assist earlier than Friday’s 3 pm ET trade deadline.
Minnesota (36-16-10) has used this season to remodel from a group that has made the playoffs to 1 that would probably problem for the Stanley Cup whereas taking part in in the difficult Central Division.
The Wild are 9 factors behind the division-leading Colorado Avalanche coming into Thursday’s video games, however simply three factors behind the Dallas Stars for second place.
Florida’s bid for a 3rd straight Stanley Cup has been derailed this season by quite a few accidents which have impacted its lineup. The Panthers (30-28-3) entered the day with the second-fiwest factors in the Eastern Conference behind the New York Rangers.
