Wild Recall Hunter Haight

With Minnesota only carrying the minimum of 12 healthy forwards following last night’s trade with Vancouver, it was only a matter of time before the Wild brought up an extra for depth purposes.  That move has now been made as the team announced that Hunter Haight has been recalled from AHL Iowa.

The 21-year-old is in the second season of his entry-level contract and made the team out of training camp, though he only got into a pair of games before being sent down to Iowa.  Haight was held off the scoresheet in those outings while averaging 9:22 per game of ice time.  He has been recalled three other times before now but those haven’t yielded another NHL appearance yet.

In between, Haight has been in and out of the lineup with Iowa and the going back and forth likely hasn’t helped his cause.  After putting up 20 goals and 34 points in 67 games last season in his first professional campaign, Haight has been limited to five goals and one assist in 16 outings with them so far.

If Haight gets into a game on this promotion, he’ll be sporting a new number with his 43 from the start of the season now being earmarked for Quinn Hughes.

With this move, Minnesota’s roster now stands at the maximum of 23 healthy players.