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The Wild gave up four pieces for a season and a half of Quinn Hughes. The extension everybody is treating as a separate decision is actually the second half of that trade's price, and it is the only thing that can still make the December deal look sane.
2026-27 regular season · source NHL, data as of 2026-10-23. Goals per game exclude shootout deciders. Standings · All 32 teams
Computed by Play-Pause Hockey from the league play-by-play, 2026-27, 165 regular-season games. Where a rank is shown it is among the 32 clubs, 1st = best. PDO and zone starts carry none: a high PDO means hot rather than good, and zone starts are how a club is deployed rather than how well it plays. All 32 teams
| Player | GP | G | A | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kirill Kaprizov | 11 | 11 | 6 | 17 |
 Quinn Hughes | 11 | 2 | 11 | 13 |
 Matt Boldy | 11 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
 Joel Eriksson Ek | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
 Maxim Shabanov | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
 Bobby Brink | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
 Danila Yurov | 11 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
 Jared Spurgeon | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
 Michael McCarron | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
 Blake Coleman | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Jonas Brodin | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 Olli Maatta | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Ryan Hartman | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Yakov Trenin | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Nick Foligno | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Nico Sturm | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Rieger Lorenz | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Daemon Hunt | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 David Spacek | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Marcus Foligno | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Matt Kiersted | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Tyler Pitlick | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Zach Bogosian | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goalie | GP | W | L | SV% | GAA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jesper Wallstedt | 10 | 6 | 2 | .915 | 2.19 |
 Calvin Pickard | 1 | 0 | 1 | .800 | 5.00 |
Puck and player tracking, 2026-27 regular season · source NHL EDGE. Ranks are among the 32 clubs, 1st = best; defensive-zone time ranks the least time first. All 32 teams
The $17M is basically settled. The term is the whole negotiation, and Minnesota is on the wrong side of it.
