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| English: Minnesota Wild forward Cal Clutterbuck during warm-up prior to a National Hockey League game against the Calgary Flames in Calgary. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
This weekend, My buddy Redwing77 sent me a text to tell me that
Cal Clutterbuck had been traded to the
New York Islanders. The text caught me off guard. At least the Wild were smart enough to not send him to a conference opponent.
Mike Doyle, Minnesota Wild --- The Minnesota Wild has acquired right wing Nino Niederreiter from the New York Islanders in exchange for to the rights to Cal Clutterbuck and a third-round pick (70th overall) in today's NHL Entry Draft.
Niederreiter was the fifth-overall pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. In 2012-13, the Chur, Switzerland native played in 74 games with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, the Islanders' American Hockey League affiliate, scoring 28 goals and adding 22 assists. The 20-year-old was second on the team in scoring. He is the highest drafted Swiss player in NHL history.He also led Switzerland with five goals, and added three assists in the 2013 IIHF Men’s World Championship, as the Swiss earned a silver medal – its first World Championship medal in 60 years.
Needless to say, I am shocked that the Wild didn't try to re-sign their hit leader.
