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The choice for MN on who to expose was between Brodin and Dumba. Going 4-4 and letting Vegas have the choice of Coyle, Granny, Nino, or Zucker was more likely than Spurgeon being exposed.
MN had LD depth with Suter, Brodin, Scandella, Olofsson, and Reilly. Dumba was still lost in the d-zone most of the time, but the only RD depth was Spurgeon, Dumba, Brodin (offhand), and Prosser. Scandella/Dumba was an awful pairing that season too.
Why is Theodore in this trade? Haula was the other player that went to Vegas.
Haula played himself out of the lineup after the Hanzal trade, to the extent the Wild brought JEE over from the SHL and burned a slide year of his ELC. Haula's days in MN were done after that.
Tuch had a meh year in the AHL and looked like a lost puppy in the cup of coffee he did get in the NHL that season.