Soucy's selection ensures Wild blueline will look very different Minnesota expected to dive head first into defenseman market in the coming days by Dan Myers @mnwildscribe / Wild.com The Wild's defensive core was already going to have a much different look next season without Ryan Suter in the mix. Now it'll be even more distinctive after the Seattle Kraken selected defenseman Carson Soucy in the Expansion Draft on Wednesday night. Between Suter's buyout last week, Soucy's selection on Wednesday and the pending unrestricted free agent status of both Ian Cole and Brad Hunt, Minnesota will head into the NHL Draft this weekend and next week's start of free agency with just three NHL defensemen on its roster: Jonas Brodin, Matt Dumba and Jared Spurgeon.