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Here's an adorable letter Jordan Leopold's daughter apparently sent the Wild

By Michael Rand

March 3, 2015 at 12:42PM
This Jan. 22, 2015, photo provided by Jamie Leopold shows a letter written by Jordyn Leopold urging the Minnesota Wild coaching staff to make a trade for her father Jordan Leopold. The Minnesota Wild added Leopold before the NHL's trade deadline on Monday, March 2, 2015. The veteran defenseman�s wife, Jamie Leopold, posted the letter on her Facebook page a couple of months ago. She told Twin Cities radio station KFAN she found the note on the counter at their home after her daughter left for sch
This Jan. 22, 2015, photo provided by Jamie Leopold shows a letter written by Jordyn Leopold urging the Minnesota Wild coaching staff to make a trade for her father Jordan Leopold. The Minnesota Wild added Leopold before the NHL's trade deadline on Monday, March 2, 2015. The veteran defenseman�s wife, Jamie Leopold, posted the letter on her Facebook page a couple of months ago. She told Twin Cities radio station KFAN she found the note on the counter at their home after her daughter left for school one day. (Associated Press - Ap/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The Wild traded for ex-Gopher Jordan Leopold today before the deadline in a move designed to bolster their defensive group.

You could choose to believe that the seeds of the trade were planted during some conversation between execs with the Wild and Columbus, but WE CHOOSE TO BELIEVE IT WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

We're going to believe it was all thanks to a letter Leopold's daughter sent the Wild, apparently sometime this season, basically begging them to bring her dad home.

Here's the letter, as tweeted by KFAN:

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Michael Rand

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Michael Rand is the Minnesota Star Tribune's Digital Sports Senior Writer and host/creator of the Daily Delivery podcast. In 25 years covering Minnesota sports at the Minnesota Star Tribune, he has seen just about everything (except, of course, a Vikings Super Bowl).

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