Wild bring in high end centre

[JiriHrdina]

The Minnesota Wild are pleased to announce the acquisition of Derek Roy.

The elite centre joins the club along with a 2nd round pick - while Michael Grabner and Mikkael Boedker are heading to Chicago.

GM Farhall:
"Our record is strong but our underlying stats or not - we are one of the worst offensive teams in the league despite having huge fire power. For the most part our 2nd line has been not delivering but feel Derek can change this".

Roy is expected to skate with Jason Pominville and Marian Hossa on the 2nd unit - while Oli Jokinen will now anchor the 3rd line.

Thanks to CBL for the fun trade talks.

[Crazy Bacon Legs]

This was definitely a move that had to be made. The Blackhawks cannot win games, and it is already time to start looking to the future. Given the fact that we have too many centres, and something had to give.

The acquisition of Grabner and Boedker gives us two very talented young offensive players who are very low cap hits for this season and the next two. While the loss of Roy may hurt a bit, the fact is that he simply couldn't produce on either of the top two lines. Once Anisimov is back from his injury, we will still have a very good 1-2 punch down the middle.

Grabner will remain on the big club to round out the 2nd/3rd lines and Boedker will undoubtedly light it up on a powerful Icehogs roster.

Thanks for the negotiations, Jiri.