Monday was a whirlwind day for Mikael Granlund.

The former Minnesota Wild forward was with his fiancee, who was about to give birth to their first child, when he got the call that he had been traded to the Nashville Predators.

"I did talk to him as a father and now a grandfather," Predators general manager David Poile said, according to Paul Skrbina of the Tennessean. "I didn't even say anything to him about the trade for five minutes. I told him how important it was for him to take care of his wife and the baby and what a great day this is for he and his family.

"We'll have more of a hockey conversation with him after the baby born."

Wild general manager Paul Fenton told reporters he felt bad about the timing of the trade.

The 26-year-old Granlund has 49 points in 63 games this season.

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