[Trade] Wild acquire Pominville+4th for Larsson, Hackett,2013 1st,2014 2nd

[sureLoss]

Michael Russo ‏@Russostrib 9s Sources: #mnwild appears close to trading one of its young goalies; still going hard after Pominville http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/201288281.html …

I am hearing through reliable sources that there could be a big pending trade coming down with the Wild.
Houston Aeros goalie Darcy Kuemper has been sent to the Houston airport with his equipment bag packed, sources tell me. The kicker though is he has not yet been told where he is going or if he is going anywhere.
My gut tells me he may be coming here to San Jose. If that were the case, the Wild could be on the verge of trading Matt Hackett. That would obviously be part of a bigger trade.
More to come as this evolves, but I do still know the Wild is heavily going after Buffalo's Jason Pominville.

[Da_Chief]

interesting, is miller also going elsewhere?

[PlayfulGenius]

Pominville is a great fit in MIN... hopefully that helps them hold off VAN for the divisions lead.

[jschick88]

Johan Larsson and Matt Hackett were just pulled from #mnwild ice

https://twitter.com/Russostrib

[sureLoss]

done deal per RDS

[PeteMoss]

Now we're hopping.

[Hockey_Ninja]

Pominville is a great player, very underrated. Good deal for the Wild.

[Stay Golden]

nice deal for MIN smart move for sure.

[FAN]

Haha Canucks.

[sureLoss]

Michael Russo ‏@Russostrib 29s #mnwild has acquired Jason Pominville. Larsson and Hackett going the other way. Hear this trade could include high draft picks, too

[d_phaneuf]

picks going what way?

Buffalo all ready getting solid prospects

[sureLoss]

Eklund saying a 1st and 2nd going back to buffalo as well?

[trackercowe]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Eklund saying a 1st and 2nd going back to buffalo as well?

No f'n way. Highway robbery if that's the case.

[drPepper1]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Eklund saying a 1st and 2nd going back to buffalo as well?

Wow

[jschick88]

Holy overpayment if those are the picks involved.

[d_phaneuf]

Pominville is a good player and helps the wild

but if they are sending a 1st back with that return it's an unbelievable trade for Buffalo

[cral12]

WIld get a good 1 in Pominville with nice return for Sabres; Hackett solid G prospect & Johan Larsson was a beast @ WJC here in Calgary. Future Captain.

[SuperMatt18]

This trade makes the Iggy and Bouw trades look bad though. Guess that what happens when there is not a no trade clause though.

Edit: That is if the 1st and 2nd also going back is true.

[FAN]

This is a really good deal for Buffalo and depending on whether a 1st going Buffalo's way, a decent deal for the Wild.

[CliffFletcher]

Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

This trade makes the Iggy and Bouw trades look bad though.

Pominville is a better all-round player today than Iginla.

Pominville: 98 points last 119 games
Iginla: 89 points last 113 games

And Pominville is a much better player without the puck than Iginla.

He's also a better player than Bouwmeester, at a lower cap hit.