This is not at all the kind of start the Minnesota Wild envisioned in 2025-26 after making Kirill Kaprizov the highest-paid player in NHL history over the summer.

Despite winning two games in a row, John Hynes' club is 5-6-3 and currently sitting 30th in league standings. That's not satisfactory for general manager Bill Guerin, who is already looking to improve the team externally , as The Fourth Period's David Pagnotta reported earlier this week.

Specifically, Minnesota is looking to potentially add a top-six scoring winger on the trade market.

“They’re definitely exploring,” Pagnotta told Irfaan Gaffar on Wednesday's episode of DFO Rundown Insider Edition. “Coming into the week, the narrative from that perspective was they’re looking for a mid-six guy, somebody that could be int

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