Noon Number (December 4th): 16

That trade is certainly one of the most lopsided in recent NHL history and has, deservedly, been roundly mocked ever since. A lot of Wild fans are still bitter that the team traded a local-boy, and this bitterness has become a joke amongst other Wild fans, with Leddy often jokingly being referred to as "The Chosen One" or "The Golden Boy".

-Here are the 4 players  I will be comparing and some basic information about each of them:

-Here is some info about how they are deployed in games:

-Here are some of the scoring stats for these players:

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Noon Christmas Tune:

Seeing as we're now into December and Christmas is fast approaching, I'll be featuring a different Christmas song in each of the Noon Number's I write up until the big day. Your 2nd song of the month is this classic from Paul McCartney. There's something strangely warm and Christmassy about those lumpy 70's synths: