Minnesota Wild Bill Guerin pulled of a surprise move today, placing a young drat pick on waivers for the purpose of terminating his contract. Vladislav Firstov was taken in the second round (42nd overall) in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft.
Guerin has offered no explanation for the move, nor whether it was one-sides, or a mutual agreement.
After first coming to North America in 2018 to play in the USHL, and the the US College Hockey system, Firstov started with the Iowa Wild of the AHL. However, from 2022 to 2024, he returned home to Russia to play with Nizhny Novgorod Torpedo of the KHL. There's a very good chance Firstov will return to the team now.
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MAI 14 | 111 ANSWERS Young Minnesota Wild top draft pick mysteriously terminated Do you think Vladislav Firstov will return to the KHL now that he's been terminated by the Minnesota Wild? | ||
| Yes | 59 | 53.2 % |
| No | 27 | 24.3 % |
| Not sure | 25 | 22.5 % |
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| Tage Thompson | - | 2 | 2 | |
| David Pastrnak | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Alex Tuch | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Rasmus Dahlin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Peyton Krebs | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Hampus Lindholm | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Pavel Zacha | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Anderson | - | - | - | |
| Jonathan Aspirot | - | - | - | |
| Zach Benson | - | - | - | |
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | - | - | - | |
| Zachary Bolduc | - | - | - | |
| Bowen Byram | - | - | - | |
| Alexandre Carrier | - | - | - | |
| Cole Caufield | - | - | - | |
| Erik Cernak | - | - | - | |
| Anthony Cirelli | - | - | - | |
| Charles-Edouard D'Astous | - | - | - | |
| Kirby Dach | - | - | - | |
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