Minnesota Wild President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Bill Guerin announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has acquired forward Blake Coleman and defenseman Olli Määttä from the Calgary Flames in exchange for defenseman Jake Middleton, a third-round pick the 2027 NHL Draft, a fourth-round pick in the 2028 NHL Draft and a second-round pick in the 2029 NHL Draft.
Coleman, 34 (11/28/91), tallied 35 points (20-15=35), 12 penalty minutes (PIM), four shorthanded goals (SHG), three game-winning goals (GWG), 152 hits and 176 shots on goal in 69 games with Calgary last season. The 5-foot-11, 198-pound native of Plano, Texas, ranked T-1st on Calgary in SHG and GWG, second in hits, T-2nd in goals, third in assists and sixth in points. Coleman has collected 325 points (170-155=325), 516 PIM, 12 power play goals (PPG), 22 SHG, 28 GWG, 436 blocked shots, 1,518 hits and 1,671 shots on goal in 693 career NHL games over a span of 10 seasons with New Jersey (2016-20), Tampa Bay (2020-21) and Calgary (2021-26). His SHG total ranks T-3rd among active NHL skaters. He has also recorded 31 points (12-19=31), two SHG and 159 shots on goal in 65 career Stanley Cup Playoff games, winning two Stanley Cups with Tampa Bay in 2020 and 2021.
Prior to his professional career, Coleman spent three years at Miami University (2011-14) and collected 70 points (40-30=70), 12 PPG and 339 shots on goal. He helped lead Miami University to an NCHC Championship in 2014-15, collecting 37 points (20-17=37) in 37 games and was named NCHC Tournament MVP. Coleman also represented Team USA at the 2018 IIHF World Championship where he recorded two points (1-1=2) in 10 games, earning a bronze medal. He was originally selected by New Jersey in the third round (No. 75 overall) of the 2011 NHL Draft.
Määttä, 31 (8/22/94), skated in 43 games with the Utah Mammoth and Calgary last season, recording 15 points (2-13=15), four PIM and 62 blocked shots. After being acquired by Calgary via trade with Utah on March 4, Määttä led Flames skaters with 12 assists and ranked T-2nd with 14 points (2-12=14) in 21 games. The 6-foot-2, 209-pound native of Jyväskylä, Finland, has played in 804 career games and tallied 210 points (44-166=210), 1,232 blocked shots and a plus-76 rating across 13 NHL seasons with Pittsburgh (2013-19), Chicago (2019-20), Los Angeles (2020-22), Detroit (2022-25), Utah (2025-26) and Calgary (2026). A two-time Stanley Cup Champion as a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2016 and 2017, Määttä owns 27 points (5-22=27) in 85 career Stanley Cup Playoff games in seven postseason appearances.
Määttä owns an extensive international career representing Finland, including at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Winter Olympic Games, where he earned a bronze medal after tallying one assist in six games, and the 2025 NHL 4 Nations Face-Off, where he recorded two assists in three games. He has also helped Finland to a bronze medal finish at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games, recording five points (3-2=5) in six games), and played at four IIHF World Championships (2026, alternate captain; 2024, alternate captain; 2023, alternate captain; 2021), winning gold in 2026 and silver in 2021. He also played in the 2011, 2012 and 2013 (alternate captain) IIHF World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.
Prior to his professional career, Määttä won consecutive Ontario Hockey League (OHL) Championships while playing two seasons (2011-13) with the London Knights and was named to the 2012 OHL First All-Rookie Team. He was originally selected by Pittsburgh in the first round (No. 22 overall) of the 2012 NHL Draft.
Middleton, 30 (1/2/96), recorded 16 points (2-14=16), 76 PIM and 117 blocked shots in 75 games with the Wild last season. For his career, he owns 94 points (24-70=94), a plus-18 rating and 722 shots on goal in 381 games across parts of eight seasons with San Jose (2018-22) and Minnesota (2022-26).
The Wild has also has signed forward Nick Foligno to a one-year, $900,000 contract.
Foligno, 38 (10/31/1987), tallied 15 points (4-11=15), 44 penalty minutes (PIM) and 49 shots on goal in 54 games with the Chicago Blackhawks and Minnesota last season. He tallied four points (1-3=4) and 41 hits in 17 games with Minnesota after being acquired from Chicago in exchange for future considerations on March 6. Foligno also collected three points (2-1=3) in 11 Stanley Cup Playoff games. The 6-foot-0, 210-pound native of Buffalo, N.Y., has recorded 612 points (251-361=612), 1,024 PIM, 60 power-play goals (PPG) and 33 game-winning goals (GWG) in 1,287 games across 20 NHL seasons with the Ottawa Senators (2007-12), Columbus Blue Jackets (2012-21), Toronto Maple Leafs (2021-22), Boston Bruins (2021-23), Chicago (2023-26) and Minnesota (2025-26). He ranks fifth in hits (2,886) and eighth in PIM among all active NHL skaters. He has also collected 30 points (12-18=30) in 79 Stanley Cup Playoff games across 12 postseason appearances (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2017-23, 2026).
Foligno served as captain for Columbus for six seasons (2015-21) and set career-high marks in goals (31), assists (42) and points (73) with the Blue Jackets during the 2014-15 season. He also served as captain for the Blackhawks over the last two seasons (2024-26) and was an alternate captain during the 2023-24 season. Foligno represented the United States at the 2009, 2010, and 2026 IIHF World Championships, serving as alternate captain in 2010 and 2016. He won the King Clancy Memorial Trophy and the Mark Messier NHL Leadership Award in 2017. Foligno was originally selected by Ottawa in the first round (No. 28 overall) of the 2006 NHL Draft. Foligno was acquired by Minnesota from Chicago in exchange for future considerations on March 6, 2026. He is also the older brother of current Wild forward Marcus Foligno.
Guerin also announced the National Hockey League (NHL) club has signed forward Maxim Shabanov to a one-year, $1,600,000 contract for the 2026-27 season.
Shabanov, 25 (10/7/00), collected 18 points (5-13=18), two penalty minutes (PIM) and 56 shots on goal in 44 games during his rookie campaign last season with the New York Islanders. The 5-foot-9, 167-pound native of Chelyabinsk, Russia scored a goal in his NHL debut on Oct. 9 at Pittsburgh and recorded his first career multi-point (2-1=3) game on Nov. 20 at Detroit.
Prior to his first season in the NHL, Shabanov spent four seasons (2021-25) with Traktor Chelyabinsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) where he collected 150 points (67-83=150), 26 PIM and a plus-23 rating over a span of 207 games. He ranked third in the KHL in regular season scoring in 2024-25 with 67 points (23-44=67) in 65 games and was named to the KHL First All-Star Tam. He added 20 points (10-10=20) in 21 postseason games to help Traktor advance to the 2025 Gagarin Cup Playoffs. Shabanov led the KHL in goals and plus-minus rating (plus-14) in the 2025 playoffs and played in the 2025 and 2024 KHL All-Star Games.
(info courtesy of Wild)
