Nick Foligno to join brother Marcus after Wild acquire him in trade deal with Blackhawks

[p]In exchange, the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/chicago-blackhawks/A1kbmKeg/"]Blackhawks[/a] will be receiving future considerations. [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/foligno-nick/nJWrbfeb/"]Foligno[/a], 38, is currently in his 19th season and will be joining his younger brother, Marcus (34), on the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/minnesota-wild/j9Ck7BHi/"]Wild[/a]. [/p][p]Nick has three goals and eight assists through 37 games this season - all career lows. [/p][embed guid="b386a1d6-29a8-4080-8e15-6512fb3be2ef" url="https://x.com/frank_seravalli/status/2029964456642351380?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Nick was taken with the 28th overall pick in the 2008 NHL Draft and spent the first five years of his career with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ottawa-senators/noTCHmWM/"]Ottawa Senators[/a] (2007-2011). He would then spend his prime years with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/columbus-blue-jackets/0vCzmbQ5/"]Columbus Blue Jackets[/a] (2012-2020), where he earned the Mark Messier Award and King Clancy Memorial Trophy for his leadership on and off the ice.[/p][p]Columbus traded him to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/toronto-maple-leafs/ShE7Z8G3/"]Toronto[/a] during the 2020 season before he became a free agent, where he signed with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/boston-bruins/jeans23J/"]Boston Bruins[/a] for two years before joining the Blackhawks in 2023. [/p][p]He'll now be part of a Minnesota team who rank fourth in the entire NHL and third in the Western Conference behind the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/colorado-avalanche/hACAnvBa/"]Colorado Avalanche[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/dallas-stars/vVAvnIuC/"]Dallas Stars[/a]. Despite Foligno being a depth piece, the Wild are making sure they have every piece imaginable to make a Stanley Cup Finals run this year.[/p]