Former Canadiens First-Rounder Cashes In With Wild

The Wild are making a bet on pedigree, and the price tag says they are not messing around. A former Canadiens first-rounder is landing a contract that changes the conversation around what Minnesota thinks it is buying. That kind of move usually says as much about the player’s ceiling as it does about the market that just swallowed him up. Now the Canadiens can only watch another draft pick leave the nest with a bigger payday and a fresh start in the Central.