NHL insider Elliotte Friedman recently joined the FAN Hockey Show to discuss the Minnesota Wild’s bold move to acquire defenseman David Jiricek from the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Why would the Blue Jackets trade a former top-10 pick? What does Jiricek bring to Minnesota? We break down both sides of the trade.

With Brock Faber and Zeev Buium already in the system the Wild now have three building blocks on the back-end. There is no news on how long Jiricek will remain in the AHL but with an injury to Jonas Brodin and the price they paid to acquire him there is a good chance we see Jiricek suit up for Minnesota sooner rather than later.