The Wild snag veteran blueliner Jeff Petry, bolstering their defense for a low cost.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild (36-16-10) is back in action on Friday for a game against the Vegas Golden Knights (29-19-14) on trade deadline day.
The Wild already made a move when they acquired forward Michael McCarron from the Nashville Predators in exchange for a 2028 second-round pick on Tuesday.
Minnesota has made another today.
On Thursday, just a few days after Wild General Manager Bill Guerin said his blue line was set, the Wild traded for defenseman Jeff Petry from the Florida Panthers.
The trade was for a conditional seventh-round pick. The condition is that if the Wild win two playoff rounds and Petry plays in 50 percent or more of those games, then the seventh in 2026 will turn into a fifth.
Petry, 38, has eight assists, 45 shots, 59 hits, 22 penalty minutes, and a minus-10 on-ice rating in 58 games for the Panthers this season. He signed a one-year deal before the season and is making only $775,000.
The veteran defenseman with 1,039 career NHL games, will become the Wild's seventh defensemen. He will be behind right-shot defenders in Brock Faber, Jared Spurgeon and Zach Bogosian.
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