{"id":85417,"date":"2020-09-11T20:22:35","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T00:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=85417"},"modified":"2020-09-11T20:45:24","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T00:45:24","slug":"minnesota-wild-acquire-nick-bjugstad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/09\/11\/minnesota-wild-acquire-nick-bjugstad\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Wild Acquire Nick Bjugstad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/wild\/\" target=\"_self\">Minnesota Wild<\/a> have acquired forward <strong>Nick Bjugstad<\/strong> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/penguins\/\" target=\"_self\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> in exchange for a conditional selection in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. Pittsburgh is also retaining 50 percent of Bjugstad&#8217;s salary.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEWS: The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mnwild?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#mnwild<\/a> has acquired center Nick Bjugstad from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for a conditional selection in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome back to Minnesota, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBjugstad72?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@NBjugstad72<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\uddde \u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gDkJ6erWj4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/gDkJ6erWj4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yZEtFYoenU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/yZEtFYoenU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Minnesota Wild (@mnwild) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mnwild\/status\/1304566669789089797?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Nick Bjugstad Headed to the Wild<\/h2>\n<p>Bjugstad only appeared in 13 games for the Penguins this season after missing the majority of it due to injury. In those games, he registered one goal and one assist.<\/p>\n<p>Over his career with split between the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/panthers\/\" target=\"_self\">Florida Panthers<\/a> and Penguins, Bjugstad has scored 97 goals and 110 assists for 207 points in 439 games.<\/p>\n<p>He was originally acquired by the Penguins during the 2018-19 season along with Jared McCann in exchange for Derrick Brassard, Riley Sheahan and three draft picks.<\/p>\n<p>Bjugstad was originally drafted in the first round, 19th overall in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.<\/p>\n<h3>Bjugstad Makes His Way Home<\/h3>\n<p>A native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, the news getting dealt to his hometown Wild has to be exciting. The 28-year-old will bring a massive 6-foot-6, 215 lbs frame and some much-needed centre depth with the most likely departure of captain <strong>Mikko Koivu<\/strong>. However, Bjugstad is versatile and can play the wing if needed as well.<\/p>\n<p>Bjugstad will provide some scoring depth to the Wild. He has two 40 point seasons under his belt and scored 24 goals during the 2014-15 season with the Panthers. He is a player the Wild will be able to move around the lineup as needed.<\/p>\n<p>For the Penguins, they get some much cap relief by moving out Bjugstad&#8217;s contract. Despite retaining $2,050,000 million of the salary, it still clears up that same amount for the Penguins. Heading into next season, every bit matters. Especially considering it&#8217;s only for a year. They now have almost $9 million in cap space according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capfriendly.com\/teams\/penguins\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Capfriendly.com<\/a>. The Penguins are expected to be a busy team this offseason and have already made a big move acquiring <strong>Kasperi Kapanen<\/strong>. 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