--- title: NHL: Minnesota Wild Trades For Jordan Leopold After Daughter's Letter description: She asked her hometown team, Minnesota Wild, to trade for her dad, who was playing for the Columbus Blue Jackets, because she missed him. canonical: https://time.com/3729521/hockey-player-daughter-jordan-leopold-minnesota-wild-columbus-blue-jackets/ author: Sabrina Toppa article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-03T03:53:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-31T08:14:46.477Z article:section: Sports og:title: NHL Team Trades Player After Daughter's Plea og:description: Jordan Leopold's job no longer has to take him so far from his family og:url: https://time.com/3729521/hockey-player-daughter-jordan-leopold-minnesota-wild-columbus-blue-jackets/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3811e13affe54801/698781c4f887dcceb2e8a642/ap170593806105.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: NHL 2014: Jets vs Blue Jackets NOV 25 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: NHL Team Trades Player After Daughter's Plea twitter:description: Jordan Leopold's job no longer has to take him so far from his family twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3811e13affe54801/698781c4f887dcceb2e8a642/ap170593806105.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This NHL Player Got Traded After His Daughter Made a Written Plea by [Sabrina Toppa](https://time.com/author/sabrina-toppa/) ## Sabrina Toppa Mar 3, 2015 3:53 AM UTC  In this Nov 25, 2014, former Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Jordan Leopold appears during the NHL game in Columbus, OH. In this Nov 25, 2014, former Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Jordan Leopold appears during the NHL game in Columbus, OH.Aaron Doster—Cal Sports Media/AP by [Sabrina Toppa](https://time.com/author/sabrina-toppa/) ## Sabrina Toppa Mar 3, 2015 3:53 AM UTC Talk about initiative. Hockey player Jordan Leopold’s 11-year-old daughter just got her hometown hockey team, the Minnesota Wild, to trade for her father, who was playing for the Columbus Blue Jackets. “Well my dad is very lonly \[sic\] without his family. We are living in Minnesota right now and I am lost without my dad and so is my mom, my 2 sisters, and my brother,” young Jordyn Leopold wrote in a heartfelt letter to the coaches at Minnesota Wild. > [](https://twitter.com/azcsports/status/572502304789827585) Her wish was granted Monday, when 34-year-old Leopold was traded to the Minnesota Wild as a defenseman, allowing him to return home and reunite with his family. 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