{"id":88014,"date":"2020-10-05T11:54:03","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T15:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=88014"},"modified":"2020-10-05T12:26:38","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T16:26:38","slug":"report-minnesota-wild-trade-ryan-donato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/10\/05\/report-minnesota-wild-trade-ryan-donato\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Wild Trade Ryan Donato"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/wild\/\" target=\"_self\">Minnesota Wild<\/a> have traded forward <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/donatry01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ryan Donato<\/a><\/strong> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/sharks\/\" target=\"_self\">San Jose Sharks<\/a>. Donato is still under contract through 2020-21 but will play the final year of his current deal in a new location. Minnesota will receive a third-round pick for the 2021 Draft in exchange.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wild and Sharks are expected to announce a Ryan Donato trade within the hour; San Jose getting Donato for a third-round pick in &#8217;21.<br \/>\nBoth teams also still working on a separate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/dubnyde01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Devan Dubnyk<\/a> deal which if completed would be announced later today.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PierreVLeBrun\/status\/1313133480491048962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Wild Trade Ryan Donato<\/h2>\n<p>Donato had a fine season for the Wild in 2019-20. He scored a career-high 14 goals and 25 points in 62 games. He had a chance to set a new high in total points but the season&#8217;s pause in the spring ended that run. This was his second consecutive year with more than 20 points. Donato also contributed 53 hits and remained above-average in terms of possession ability with a 51 percent Corsi For. Some of his production may have been due to luck; he was well above his recent shooting percentages but he looks like a player finding his NHL footing.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/bruins\/\" target=\"_self\">Boston Bruins<\/a> originally selected Donato in the second round of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. He debuted in 2017-18 with five goals and nine points in 12 games. The Bruins traded Donato and a pick that turned into <strong>Cade Webber<\/strong> to the Wild during the 2018-19 season in exchange for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/coylech01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charlie Coyle<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means for the Future<\/h3>\n<p>Donato might have a chance to crack San Jose&#8217;s top-six. The Sharks are one of the league&#8217;s older teams and are coming off a bad season. It was so poor that they traded productive players like <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/goodrba01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barclay Goodrow<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/dillobr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brenden Dillon<\/a><\/strong> in an effort to acquire younger assets or picks. This trade feeds into that same effort as Donato will be only 24-years-old when the 2020-21 season potentially begins.<\/p>\n<p>This trade gives Minnesota slightly more cap space and a pick in next year&#8217;s draft. They currently have $11.25 million in projected space but moving Donato&#8217;s cap hit adds roughly $1.9 million. That will give the Wild just over $13 million to improve centre depth or make goaltending moves with an eye towards the upcoming season&#8217;s playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"2JxemrG5SQdPAXUs8ZnO4g\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/1186744134\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'2JxemrG5SQdPAXUs8ZnO4g',sig:'DPyB-cBqQR_cgCv5HIe2xtLuAOe_U1Wyw0YsHSSJm9U=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1186744134',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minnesota Wild have traded forward Ryan Donato to the San Jose Sharks. Donato is still under contract through 2020-21 but will play the final year of his current deal in a new location. Minnesota will receive a third-round pick for the 2021 Draft in exchange. 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