Wild-Ducks deal

[I wanna be like Miikka]

An exchange of prospects happened earlier today.

To the Ducks:
Bobby Ryan

To the Wild:
Steve Downie
Repik
2nd 08 BOS

The Ducks are extremely happy to acquire a prospect of Ryans calibre. We think he will excel within our system and become a top line winger. We gave up a lot of other solid youth but believe that this team needed a strong prospect who wasn't currently suspended.

[OILFAN #81]

Originally Posted by I wanna be like Miikka

An exchange of prospects happened earlier today.

To the Ducks:
Bobby Ryan

To the Wild:
Steve Downie
Repik
2nd 08 BOS

The Ducks are extremely happy to acquire a prospect of Ryans calibre. We think he will excel within our system and become a top line winger. We gave up a lot of other solid youth but believe that this team needed a strong prospect who wasn't currently suspended.

I like this deal for Anaheim. Ryan will be a future top line player. I'm not a fan of Downie. Repik should be allright and the pick should be a mid 2nd but Ryan is the best asset in the deal.

[JiriHrdina]

The Wild believe that Downie is unfairly positioned as just a pest - he is actually an under-rated playmaker and better offensive player than most people give him credit.

[Angelino]

In the future you will see that this was a good deal for the Wild.