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Wild Trade Talbot To Senators For Gustavsson In Goalie Swap
"Sometimes you just know in your gut that things might not work out, and somebody might not be happy," Guerin said.
July 13, 2022
The Minnesota Wild added another shift to the NHL's offseason goalie shuffle when they traded Cam Talbot to the Ottawa Senators for Filip Gustavsson.
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The Senators had an opening after dealing Matt Murray to Toronto. The Wild intended to bring back Talbot in the same timeshare with Marc-Andre Fleury they used down the stretch on the way to the best regular-season record in franchise history, but general manager Bill Guerin changed his mind five days after re-signing Fleury.
"Sometimes you just know in your gut that things might not work out, and somebody might not be happy. I don't want a player to be like that either, and sometimes it's best to just move on," Guerin said. "There was no drama. We don't want to create drama."
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