The Wild completed two huge deals for the francise today:

To Min:
Derek Steppan
Kevin Shatterkirk

To Thrashers
Chris Stewart

To Min:
Tomas Vanek
Wayne Simmonds
Chi #5 2010

To Lak:
Joe Thornton
Min #1 Pick 2010
Min #4 Pick 2010

With these deals the Wild have gained a little more quality depth, some cap flexibility and more youth which was badly needed on the squad. There could be more changes coming rumoured to be on the block are the follwing individuals...

Todd Marchant
Jason Blake
Rene Bourque
Jamie Langenbrunner
John-Michael Liles
Robyn Regehr
Nikolai Khabibulin

The Wild's depth chart now looks like this...

Vanek - Riberio - Iginla
Bourque - Bolland - Langenbrunner
Blake - Steppan - Simmonds
Marchant

Liles - Hamhuis
Shatterkirk - Bieksa
McBain - Regehr
Alberts