Back to contending

Created by: EccE

Team: 2020-21 Minnesota Wild

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 17, 2020

Published: Jul. 17, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

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UFA - 5

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This is one way for the Wild to get back to contending in only one year.

Offer sheeting Cirelli is mean, but it is the best way. Cirelli gets the contract he would never get in Tampa; 6M and he is a UFA right after. He would take it and Tampa is so crippled they couldn't match it. Cirelli has the potential to be a 1st-line center.

Lehner wants a big payday and a long contract. He is an elite goalie, so max years and 7M is worth it. Lehner would normally get more but the cap is flat. Signing him until he's 35 is risky (Bobrovsky, anyone?), but that's how UFA-market works.

Dubnyk's and Pateryn's contracts are perfect for buying them out. This saves some cap for the Wild, as does burying Rask into the minors.

When Lehner and Kahkonen hold the two goalie positions, Stalock becomes more or less useless. Trading him would get the Wild back the 3rd rounder they lost offer sheeting Cirelli. Philly, on the other hand, needs Stalock. Brian Elliott is not worth bringing back and Stalock is a great and cheap backup for Carter Hart.

...Also Koivu gets one last shot at the Cup 'cause UwU

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Cirelli, Anthony	5	$6,000,000
Kähkönen, Kaapo	2	$1,200,000
Kunin, Luke	2	$1,200,000
Greenway, Jordan	1	$1,400,000
Menell, Brennan	1	$900,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Lehner, Robin	7	$7,000,000
Koivu, Mikko	1	$1,000,000
Soucy, Carson	2	$1,500,000

Offer Sheets

Offer sheet annual average (AAV) is calculated by dividing the contract value by the lower of: 1. The contract length, or 2. Five years

PLAYER	AAV	COMPENSATION
Cirelli, Anthony	$6,000,000	2021 1st round pick 2021 3rd round pick

Trades

MIN

2021 3rd round pick (PHI)

PHI

Stalock, Alex

Buyouts

Devan Dubnyk: $2,666,666
Greg Pateryn: $416,667

Buried

Victor Rask: $925,000 ($2,000,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2020
2021
2022

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,500,000	$77,439,424	$0	$925,000	$4,060,576

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Fiala, Kevin $3,000,000$3,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Cirelli, Anthony $6,000,000$6,000,000 C, LW UFA - 3	Kaprizov, Kirill $925,000$925,000 ($925,000$925K) LW UFA - 1
Parise, Zach $7,538,462$7,538,462 LW NMC UFA - 5	Staal, Eric $1,625,000$1,625,000 C M-NTC UFA - 1	Donato, Ryan $1,900,000$1,900,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 1
Greenway, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Eriksson Ek, Joel $1,487,500$1,487,500 C UFA - 1	Kunin, Luke $1,200,000$1,200,000 RW, C RFA - 2
Foligno, Marcus $2,875,000$2,875,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Koivu, Mikko $1,000,000$1,000,000 C UFA - 1	Zuccarello, Mats $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 4
		Hartman, Ryan $1,900,000$1,900,000 C, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Suter, Ryan $7,538,462$7,538,462 LD NMC UFA - 5	Spurgeon, Jared $7,575,000$7,575,000 RD NMC UFA - 7
Brodin, Jonas $4,166,667$4,166,667 LD NMC UFA - 1	Dumba, Matt $6,000,000$6,000,000 RD UFA - 3
Soucy, Carson $1,500,000$1,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Hunt, Brad $700,000$700,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Lehner, Robin $7,000,000$7,000,000 G UFA - 5
Menell, Brennan $900,000$900,000 D UFA		Kähkönen, Kaapo $1,200,000$1,200,000 G UFA - 2

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Jul. 17, 2020 at 9:12 a.m.

SammyT_51

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"back to contending"? They were contending before?

Jul. 17, 2020 at 9:14 a.m.

Captain_Okie

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Quoting: SammyT_51

"back to contending"? They were contending before?

Contenting for a 1st round exit

Jul. 17, 2020 at 9:17 a.m.

DiehardRedWingsFan58

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Sure dude why would Cirelli accepts $6 million from Minnesota when he could easily get $5m to $5.5m from Tampa? Probably need to be at least in the $7 million plus range to sign one from Minnesota.

Jul. 17, 2020 at 9:21 a.m.

EccE

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Quoting: DiehardRedWingsFan58

Sure dude why would Cirelli accepts $6 million from Minnesota when he could easily get $5m to $5.5m from Tampa? Probably need to be at least in the $7 million plus range to sign one from Minnesota.

Well, it could be around 6,3 million, as that is the max before Wild would have to give more picks.

Also, Tampa has 5,3 million in cap space with Cirelli, Sergachev and Cernak to sign. Sure they would give it all to Cirelli without blinking. This way Cirelli also gets to the UFA-market right after the deal, something that Tampa can't/won't offer him.

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Jul. 17, 2020 at 9:24 a.m.

DiehardRedWingsFan58

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Never knew Minnesota was even close to contending, Bet Parise and Suter are regretting it now signing with the Wild.

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