ST. PAUL, Minn. — Imagine being drafted with the No. 10 pick by an organization, attending five training camps with it, participating in summer development camps, playing parts of six seasons … only to be traded three months before that team parades the Stanley Cup around the ice.
That’s what Tyson Jost dealt with this summer, and “it sucked,” the Wild forward said, candidly, Thursday.
“I went back home for that little stretch there and I was just really upset,” Jost told The Athletic. “I mean, thank God I have my mom; she was my rock. I leaned on her because there was definitely nights where I wasn’t sleeping and going through a pretty emotional time.
“It was just tough to watch, and now you’ve got to live with that.”
In March, Jost was traded from the Colorado Avalanche to the division rival Minnesota Wild for Nico Sturm not long after Sturm turned down a five-year contract extension in the $2.5 million range. Jost was then part of a Wild team that was ousted in the first round at the same time the Avalanche smoked the Nashville Predators in a four-game, first-round sweep.
The Avs went on to win 16 times in only 20 games to win the Stanley Cup for the third time in franchise history.
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