DENVER — Dewy 1 and Dewy 2 aren’t any extra.
Sooner or later after Brandon Duhaime was traded to the Colorado Avalanche, his associate in crime, Connor Dewar, was traded by the Minnesota Wild to the Toronto Maple Leafs, a number of league sources inform The Athletic. The Leafs despatched a 2026 fourth-round choose to the Wild within the deal.
Dewar was No. 36 on The Athletic’s newest commerce board.
- Dewar has spent the previous two seasons because the Wild’s fourth-line heart and is a key penalty killer. He has 10 objectives and 4 assists in 57 video games.
- The Wild drafted Dewar within the third spherical (92nd general) of the 2018 NHL Draft.
- Dewar is a pending restricted free agent with arbitration rights coming off a two-year take care of an $800,000 cap hit.
- The Wild are at risk of lacking the playoffs for less than the second time up to now 12 years. They’ve 66 factors in 63 video games and are in sixth place within the Central Division.
What does Dewar carry?
Dewar, 24, is a stable bottom-six heart and a powerful penalty killer. He doesn’t have plenty of measurement (5-foot-10, 183 kilos), however he skates very nicely and is sweet on the forecheck. He can even carry some offense to a penalty kill, as he has 4 short-handed objectives over the previous two seasons. Dewar is a reasonably soft-spoken man — a small-town child from The Pas, Manitoba — however he’s popular with teammates.
What does it imply for the Wild lineup?
There was some uncertainty as as to whether the Wild would signal Dewar this summer season, so this was an opportunity to get an asset in return. There ought to be some injured gamers coming again, like Marcus Foligno. Mason Shaw just lately made his debut after recovering from his fourth ACL surgical procedure. Prospect Marat Khusnutdinov is anticipated to reach in Minnesota on Friday evening and is a well-rounded, two-way heart. There are many forwards that may play up the center, together with Freddy Gaudreau and Ryan Hartman.
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