{"id":731182,"date":"2026-06-28T15:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T15:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/731182\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T15:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T15:06:09","slug":"minnesota-wild-shopping-yakov-trenin-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/731182\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Wild Shopping Yakov Trenin \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Minnesota Wild are shopping forward Yakov Trenin<\/a> as they look to create additional cap flexibility in advance of July 1, Michael Russo and Joe Smith of The Athletic reported last night<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Russo believe that if the Wild end up successful in their pursuit of Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin<\/a>, who carries a cap hit of $8.7MM, the team would need to move some of its more expensive depth players out in order to have the cap space to fill out their roster.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Trenin, 29, signed a free agent contract with the Wild just about two years ago that carries a $3.5MM AAV.<\/p>\n

He has largely occupied a bottom-six role in Minnesota, averaging 12:55 time on ice per game across his tenure in the Twin Cities.<\/p>\n

Trenin has provided some value to the Wild as a penalty killer, playing 1:21 per game short-handed last season. He\u2019s also an aggressive, physical presence, racking up 654 hits across his two campaigns in Minnesota. But has not been able to reliably land on the scoresheet. Across 158 games with the Wild, Trenin has just 38 points.<\/p>\n

When Minnesota signed Trenin, there was likely some hope on the part of GM Bill Guerin that Trenin could reach the offensive heights he\u2019d managed since 2021-22, when he was a consistent double-digit goal scorer with a career-high of 17. That has not materialized, as he\u2019s scored seven and six goals across the last two seasons, respectively.<\/p>\n

While Trenin is a valuable, hyper-physical fourth-line grinder, he\u2019s simply too expensive for the Wild to retain given their ambitious plans to add to their roster. The fact star Kirill Kaprizov<\/a> is set to carry a $17MM cap hit moving forward doesn\u2019t help their financial flexibility, either.<\/p>\n

But for teams flush with cap space who are looking to bolster their depth and add some bite to their fourth line, Trenin could be an attractive option.<\/p>\n

What could make him an even more attractive trade candidate is the fact that his contract is slightly front-loaded. While it\u2019s not a substantial cash difference at the end of the day, Trenin will only cost $3MM in actual salary in each of the next two seasons, with a $4MM salary paid to him the last two years. That\u2019s how the $3.5MM AAV was reached, but Trenin will be below that in terms of actual material compensation for the rest of the deal.<\/p>\n

Trenin does not have any trade protection on his deal, so based on last night\u2019s report, it appears relatively likely he\u2019ll be on the move at some point this summer if the Wild are able to execute any big moves.<\/p>\n

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