Center options

Created by: TanSor

Team: 2020-21 Minnesota Wild

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 23, 2021

Published: Jan. 23, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Original Team

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Position

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Max Perf. Bonus

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Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

Would have loved to get PLD, but seeing what Winnipeg gave up there is no chance we could compete with an offer like that. Point of this post is to find top 6 center options for the Wild.

KEEP IN MIND:
Assets in each trade are meant to spark conversation and give an idea of what might be on the table. Some proposals are more concrete than others.

Trades

MIN

Additional Details:

ONE of these two for Dumba, but I'd prefer Schmaltz. We'd likely have to add a pick/prospect due to the term on both of their deals.

ARI

Dumba, Matt

Additional Details:

Coyotes need help on the blue line

MIN

Barkov, Aleksander

FLA

Beckman, Adam
Boldy, Matthew [Reserve List]
2021 1st round pick (PIT)

Additional Details:

Would take a King's ransom. If it's a futures package it would likely have to include the higher of our first's this year along with Rossi or Boldy and another prospect like Khovanov or Beckman.

MIN

Additional Details:

ONE of Frost or Patrick (NOT BOTH) for Dumba. Maybe a 1st or 2nd round and a cap dump (Ghost maybe?) as well

PHI

Matt Dumba

MIN

Johansen, Ryan

Additional Details:

Don't love Johansen's cap hit and he's been disappointing in Nashville. Decent player, might revive his career on another team like Staal did with us a few years back.

NSH

Khovanov, Alexander
Zuccarello, Mats
2021 2nd round pick (MIN)

Additional Details:

Some sort of futures package and Zucc. Only way it works is if we could include Zucc. Because of that, this is probably unlikely.

MIN

Hertl, Tomas

Additional Details:

Hear me out: I don't think the Sharks will trade Hertl... but he's 27 and only has 2 years left on his deal and if they decide to rebuild then it makes sense to move him for a big package of picks/prospects. Wild have a ton of nice assets for the Sharks to choose from to help replenish their prospect pool. I could see a nice fit here for both sides if that is what the Sharks decide to do.

SJS

Boldy
2020 first
Probably one of Khovanov/Beckman
Maybe more?

Retained Salary Transactions

Devan Dubnyk: $2,166,666 (50%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2021
2022
2023

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
29	$81,500,000	$99,486,882	$0	$925,000	-$17,986,882

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Parise, Zach $7,538,462$7,538,462 LW NMC UFA - 5		Fiala, Kevin $3,000,000$3,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Foligno, Marcus $2,875,000$2,875,000 RW, LW UFA - 1		Kaprizov, Kirill $925,000$925,000 ($925,000$925K) LW UFA - 1
Greenway, Jordan $2,100,000$2,100,000 LW, RW UFA - 2		Bjugstad, Nick $2,050,000$2,050,000 C, RW UFA - 1
Hartman, Ryan $1,900,000$1,900,000 C, RW UFA - 1		Mayhew, Gerald $700,000$700,000 C, RW UFA - 1
Johansson, Marcus $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Dvorak, Christian $4,450,000$4,450,000 C UFA - 5	Rask, Victor $2,000,000$2,000,000 C UFA - 2
Bonino, Nick $4,100,000$4,100,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Schmaltz, Nick $5,850,000$5,850,000 RW, C UFA - 6	Eriksson Ek, Joel $1,487,500$1,487,500 C UFA - 1
Sturm, Nico $725,000$725,000 C UFA - 2	Barkov, Aleksander $5,900,000$5,900,000 C NMC UFA - 2
	Frost, Morgan $863,333$863,333 C RFA - 2
	Patrick, Nolan $874,125$874,125 C, RW UFA - 1
	Johansen, Ryan $4,000,000$4,000,000 C, RW UFA - 5
	Hertl, Tomas $5,625,000$5,625,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2

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	Talbot, Cam $3,666,667$3,666,667 G UFA - 3
Brodin, Jonas $4,166,667$4,166,667 LD NMC UFA - 1	Soucy, Carson $2,750,000$2,750,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Kähkönen, Kaapo $725,000$725,000 G UFA - 2
	Cole, Ian $3,450,000$3,450,000 LD/RD UFA - 1
Hunt, Brad $700,000$700,000 LD/RD UFA - 1
Gostisbehere, Shayne $4,500,000$4,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 3

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
	Stalock, Alex $785,000$785,000 G UFA - 2

Taxi Squad
Rau, Kyle $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) LW, C UFA - 1
Bartkowski, Matt $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) RD UFA - 1
Mermis, Dakota $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD/RD UFA - 1
Johnson, Luke $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) C UFA - 1
Hammond, Andrew $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) G UFA - 1
Belpedio, Louis $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) RD UFA - 1

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Jan. 23, 2021 at 12:25 p.m.

justaBoss

What in tarnation

Joined: Oct. 2017

Posts: 32,765

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My thoughts on these

ARI - these two...dunno if they're really upgrades over Rossi and JEE. Schmaltz is one of the worst faceoff guys in the league, and Dvorak is more of a meh 2C, high end 3C.

FLA - dunno about that either...expecting that if FLA moves Barkov, it'd have to be for a bigger haul than the latest Dubois trade. This ain't really it.

PHI - can't see them dealing Patrick, but Frost+Ghost+2nd for Dumba is a very interesting deal in my opinion.

NSH - can't see them taking Zuccarello. That contract is already bad, and it's only getting worse. Ryjo is still a lot younger.

SJ - why would Hertl get the same package as Barkov? He ain't half of the guy, really. Think MIN would be better off signing the guy as FA...or Barkov for that matter.

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Jan. 23, 2021 at 12:31 p.m.

TanSor

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Quoting: justaBoss

Tried to be clear in my description but apparently I wasn't clear enough. These aren't final trade packages, just some pieces that would be on the table for these guys. Barkov would certainly cost more and Hertl wouldn't return all of that from us (I'm thinking something a little bit less than the Duchene package that Ottawa gave up).

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Jan. 23, 2021 at 12:39 p.m.

papishark

Joined: Aug. 2019

Posts: 8,800

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Pass on this. Hertl will likely stick in SJ so the deal would have to include someone with the potential to replace him, which Boldy doesnt have.

Also disagree with the guy who thinks Hertl is significantly worse than Barkov.

Jan. 23, 2021 at 12:45 p.m.

wabit

Joined: May 2016

Posts: 8,223

Likes: 3,642

I don't think MN goes big with getting a center this year. Maybe they try and pick up a rental one at the TDL but not spending much to get them.

Colin White is an option I've been thinking about. He's been in the doghouse in OTT and might be able to be gotten at a reasonable price.

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Jan. 23, 2021 at 12:47 p.m.

TanSor

Joined: Jun. 2017

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Quoting: papishark

Like I said, I don't think the Sharks will trade him. But if Wilson decides to tear it down then the Sharks could get a really nice package of picks/prospects for him.

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