Wild Reportedly Looking to Trade For Key Forward

That's Wild

• The Minnesota Wild are a team that want to get better and aren't fine with just being near the bottom of the Western Conference standings. Even before the season, it was clear that they wanted to add a scorer of some sort but now that they're desperate for more of an offensive punch? Those rumors are starting to pick back up. According to The Fourth Period, the Wild are looking to make a key addition soon. [The Fourth Period]
• Thankfully, the lack of scoring isn't preventing them from putting down the league's worst team. On Sunday night, the Wild and Jesper Wallstedt were able to blank the Calgary Flames to a 2-0 win. [StarTribune]
• We saw it just for a game, but there is really something there with Zeev Buium and Daemon Hunt being partnered together on the blue line. [Hockey Wilderness]

Off the trail...

• The Carolina Hurricanes might not have led for the entire game, but they really put the pedal to the metal against the Toronto Maple Leafs to close out the game with a regulation win. [TheScore]
• The Edmonton Oilers lost 9-1 to the Colorado Avalanche and Connor McDavid is begging his team to show him something different after coming out "flat". [NHL.com]
• Auston Matthews salutes his buddy and brief teammate Joe Thornton after his induction to the Hockey Hall of Fame. [NHL.com]