This could be one of the steals of the deadline. KK has been the better goalie in Minnesota for the better part of the season, is young, and will get lots of playing time in San Jose.
Middleton is a 7th D-Man with bottom-6 ceiling. Nothing special and certainly not worth a starting goalie.
The Wild had to clear out cap space for next season when the cap crunch to end all cap crunches hits. I think their strategy must be to just do away with goalies! Brilliant!
Holy hell, this is an amazing deal for the Sharks. Reimer-Hill-Kahkonen logjam. Doesn't sting as badly for the Wild as they have Fleury/Talbot+ Wallstedt in the mix soon.