Jeff Petry signed with the Florida Panthers hoping to turn into the most recent participant to signal a one-year take care of Florida and depart with a Stanley Cup ring.
Well, perhaps that’ll occur in Minnesota now that the two-time Stanley Cup-winning Panthers’ playoff chances are high in peril.
The revered veteran defenseman was traded to the Wild on Thursday for a conditional seventh-round draft decide in June. The decide turns into a 2026 fifth-round decide if the Wild win two playoff rounds and Petry performs in 50 p.c or extra of the Wild’s playoff video games throughout these first two rounds.
Petry, 38, offers the Wild right-shot depth and is alleged to perceive he’s coming to Minnesota to be an additional behind Brock Faber, Jared Spurgeon and Zach Bogosian. Petry, who has an enormous shot, is extra of a defensive puck mover at this stage in his profession, however the Wild like his expertise and the very fact he shoots proper.
He can be in Vegas in time for the Wild’s recreation towards the Golden Knights on Friday night time.
Petry has eight assists in 58 video games for Florida this season. The Ann Arbor native has scored 96 targets and 393 factors in 1,039 video games over 16 seasons with Edmonton, Montreal, Pittsburgh, Detroit and Florida and has blocked 1,616 photographs. He has performed in 48 playoff video games.
One does marvel if this implies proper shot David Jiricek and David Spacek are in play.
