Brink is the latest Minnesota-born player to come to the Wild. Like the rest of them, he was told to focus on winning, not a homecoming.

Brink, 24, is coming home to Minnesota after spending the first three seasons of his NHL career with the Philadelphia Flyers.

LAS VEGAS – Bobby Brink’s favorite player when he was growing up in Minnetonka was Marian Gaborik. But the No. 10 Wild jersey Brink wore Friday, March 6, wasn’t Gaborik’s. It had Brink’s name on the back.

Bobby Brink helps the Minnesota Wild more than David Jiricek does right now. Before you type in the comments about how much of a hypocrite I am for saying that trading a 2028 second-round pick for Michael McCarron was irresponsible,

By STEPHEN WHYNO John Carlson is going to the Anaheim Ducks as part of a surprising deal from the Washington Capitals agreed to just after midnight on NHL trade deadline day. Anaheim sent a