Rick Grimes Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=756160&navid=nhl:topheads "Maybe Jordyn Leopold has a future in hockey management. A handwritten letter from the 11-year-old daughter of Jordan Leopold to the Minnesota Wild coaching staff surfaced Monday shortly after the defenseman was traded from the Columbus Blue Jackets to the Wild. The Wild added Leopold, a Golden Valley, Minn., native, from the Blue Jackets for defenseman Justin Falk and a fifth-round pick in the 2015 NHL Draft. "I didn’t even know she wrote it," her mom Jamie Leopold told KFAN radio in Minneapolis. "She left it on the counter, went to school one day, and I read it and just started bawling." Jordyn Leopold's letter was a plea for the Wild to start winning more games (it was sent before goaltender Devan Dubnyk arrived and Minnesota became one of the hottest teams in the NHL), because her father was lonely in Ohio without her, her mother and her three siblings. "My dad is very [lonely] without his family," Jordyn Leopold wrote. "We are living in Minnesota right now and I am lost without my dad and so is my mom, my two sisters and my brother." She wanted the Wild to trade for her father, and she got her wish Monday. "I put it on Facebook back in January and showed it to my friends and family and everyone said, ‘Send it, send it,’” Jamie Leopold "I was really hesitant to do it because we really liked Columbus and we had such a good experience there and we didn't want anyone to feel bad. But my daughter just wanted her daddy home." The Blue Jackets acquired Leopold from the St. Louis Blues in a trade on Nov. 15. "[Trading] Jordan Leopold was about doing the right thing for a guy who was a great pro for us," Blue Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekalainen said. "He's done everything we asked him to do the right way. "We gave up a fifth-round pick to St. Louis to get him; we got our fifth back. We got Justin Falk to join our team the rest of the way this year, and Jordan Leopold gets to go home and join his family. We thank him for everything we did for the franchise. He was a great pro." I thought this needed to be shared; Right in the feels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaManbeast Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 lol he named his daughter after himself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Damn....just went and gave my kids a hug Then remembered that even if I was lonely I wasn't making $2+ million a year for sitting around being lonely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bissurnette Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 The character on that kid eh? That's adorable. Can't believe they actually sent the letter to the Blue Jackets tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucks-4-Life Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Not sure if it was just a coincidence, but classy move by CBJ if it wasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalky Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=756160&navid=nhl:topheads Right in the feels. Dang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas19 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 What a classy move by Kekalainen. Whats really cool is that he even tweeted about it. https://twitter.com/jkekalainen/status/572486685524561920 If I'm a player around the league, I want to play for this guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2SKATES1STICK Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 so cute. moms are so manipulative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baka Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Imma be that guy. He prob wrote it himself xD It's so weird looking. The errors are like stereotypes. ^.^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeGillis58 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I don't believe for a second that his daughter wrote this. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where's Wellwood Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 What's with the random capitalisation in the middle of sentences and even words in the letter "DaD"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusclePharm Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 http://forum.canucks.com/topic/367747-its-not-all-business/ Sorry to be that guy lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekey Pete Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 What's with the random capitalisation in the middle of sentences and even words in the letter "DaD"? Have you never seen a kid write something before? Spelling and grammar is attrocious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronalds.Kenins41 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Lol there is already a thread on this and because it had a vague title no one clicked on it. This one was more to the point so people came. Words make all the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where's Wellwood Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Have you never seen a kid write something before? Spelling and grammar is attrocious She's 11. That's grade 5/6. By that age they at least have consistency in how they write. The mistakes seem shoehorned in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newsflash Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 If he wrote it, that's god damned fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedins 55 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 I doubt it that this made the Wild trade for Leopold. But it was sweet for Leoplod's family to get reunited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etsen3 Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Rumour has it the Oilers are interviewing her for an upcoming GM vacancy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMohammadman Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 That's really sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuporbust Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Probably the cutest story in NHL history. Love this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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