Wild defenseman Marek Zidlicky has agreed to waive his no-trade clause to go to the New Jersey Devils, his agent, Larry Kelly, confirmed.
Wild General Manager Chuck Fletcher said it was all "very premature."
Quick update from practice: Forwards Jeff Taffe and Cody Almond have been recalled from Houston. Kris Foucault has been reassigned and Carson McMillan (lower body) has been place on IR.
Zidlicky practiced today and afterwards said "We'll see next couple of hours ... I'm here right now."
Fletcher said nobody from Zidlicky's camp has told him he's willing to waive his no-trade to go to New Jersey.
Why? Because the two sides have had only general conversations since Zidlicky, on Jan. 31, asked to be traded during a meeting moments after pulling me aside to complain about being scratched for the third in what would become four consecutive games.
"I haven't asked Zid to waive his no-trade for any specific trade," Fletcher said by phone this morning. "I haven't called him and said anything's close.
"I can tell you for sure I'm planning on talking to other teams. We haven't traded Zid, we haven't made the decision to trade Zid at this point. I have not formally asked him to do anything because at this point I honestly don't have anything to take to him, I don't have anything for him to say yes or no to."