It’s no secret Paul Fenton hopes to make significant noise this offseason as he works to refurbish a Wild team that missed the playoffs for the first time since 2011-12.



By dealing Nino Niederreiter, Charlie Coyle and Mikael Granlund during the regular season, Fenton has created a good chunk of cap space — an anticipated $19.6 million before re-signing restricted free agents Kevin Fiala, Ryan Donato and Joel Eriksson Ek.



So, naturally, there’s a lot of chatter around the NHL that the Wild will be active. That talk amongst those in the know has only ratcheted up since the Wild’s pro meetings ended a few weekends ago.



That seems to be an indication that with the NHL Draft exactly a month away, Fenton has leaped head-first into trade talks with many of his counterparts. The one player multiple sources say Fenton is dangling big-time is Jason Zucker, who saw his goal total last season drop from 33 to 21 in the first year of a five-year,...