Calen Addison, Luke Kunin, Mikael Granlund, Nico Sturm, and Kaapo Kähkönen all return to the Xcel Energy Center tonight to face the Wild.
ST. PAUL - Wild welcome fiver former players to the Xcel Energy Center tonight for a game between the Wild (28-27-6) and the San Jose Sharks (15-38-6).
Calen Addison will make his return to St. Paul tonight for his first game back in Minnesota since the Wild traded him to San Jose on November eighth.
Kaapo Kähkönen, Mikael Granlund, Nico Sturm, and Luke Kunin all played for the Wild a few seasons ago and all are currently on the Sharks.
Granlund and Kunin have both also taken on some leadership roles in San Jose and will both feature 'A's on their jersey's tonight.
Addison, 23, played 92 career games for the Wild and recorded five goals and 38 points. Since being traded to the Sharks, Addison has notched one goal and nine points in 36 games.
Sturm played 111 games for the Wild across four years and notched 20 goals and 36 points.
Kunin played in 131 games for the Wild across three seasons and recorded 23 goals and 52 points. He was traded to Nashville in 2020 for Nick Bonino and a second-round pick. That second-round pick has turned into Marat Khusnutdinov who has been signed by the Wild and is awaiting his NHL debut.
Granlund spent seven seasons in Minnesota and recorded 93 goals and 317 points in 461 games. He was traded for Kevin Fiala back in 2019.
Fiala was eventually dealt to Los Angeles for Brock Faber and a first-round pick that has turned into Liam Ohgren.
Kähkönen played in 54 games for the Wild in across three seasons and was traded for Jake Middleton back in 2022. In 54 games with Minnesota, Kähkönen went 31-17-4 with a .907 save percentage and a 2.88 goals-against-average. Kähkönen is expected to start in goal tonight for the Sharks.
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