LAS VEGAS – Wild general manager Bill Guerin said the team was pretty well set defensively as recently as Sunday.
That didn’t stop him from adding a veteran on the blue line.
On Thursday afternoon, the club announced it acquired veteran defenseman Jeff Petry from the Florida Panthers in exchange for a seventh-round pick in the 2026 draft. The draft pick becomes a fifth-round selection in the 2026 draft if Minnesota wins two playoff rounds and Petry plays in 50% or more of the Wild’s playoff games during those first two rounds.
Petry, 38, has eight assists, 22 penalty minutes and 45 shots on goal in 58 games for Florida this season. He’s played 16 NHL seasons and has appeared in 45 playoff games, most recently for Montreal in 2021.
The 6-foot-3, 207-pounder is a native of Ann Arbor, Mich., and played collegiately at Michigan State.
He is expected to join the team for their Friday night game in Vegas. Minnesota has assigned him sweater no. 2.
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