{"id":1161940,"date":"2020-10-05T18:56:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T23:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=1161940"},"modified":"2020-10-10T21:28:36","modified_gmt":"2020-10-11T02:28:36","slug":"minnesota-wild-trade-ryan-donato-and-devan-dubnyk-to-san-jose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/minnesota-wild-trade-ryan-donato-and-devan-dubnyk-to-san-jose\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Wild Trade Ryan Donato, Devan Dubnyk to San Jose"},"content":{"rendered":"
In the military they call it ‘scuttlebutt’ and around the office they sometimes call it ‘watercooler talk’ where people get together and exchange the latest rumors and gossip they hear.\u00a0 Most of the time those rumors you hear don’t come to fruition but they certainly help pass the time.\u00a0 Afterall, humans love to speculate on what they think will happen and they often seek the approval and acceptance of their peers and sometimes that comes through sharing the ‘dirt’ they hear from those around them.<\/p>\n
After the Minnesota Wild were eliminated in their play-in series against the Vancouver Canucks, speculation began about what players had played their last game with the organization.\u00a0 One of those players who some felt may be on the way out was Ryan Donato<\/strong> who found himself scratched in the last two games after having a tough season playing mostly on the team’s bottom two forward lines.\u00a0 Even with limited ice time, Donato still showcased some of his offensive potential as he had 14 goals and points in games.<\/p>\n His strongest asset was his shot, which had a tendency to cause goaltenders trouble when he’d get it on goal as it usually had plenty of velocity and snap but he just couldn’t seem to gain the trust of the Wild coaching staff to give him more consistent ice time and linemates.\u00a0 This meant Donato was trying to impress with only a handful of shifts.\u00a0 And this was nothing new to the Boston-native after struggling to carve out a role with the Bruins before he was traded to Minnesota.<\/p>\n