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Gambling on centers at TDL

Created by: zreich4
Team: 2020-21 Minnesota Wild
Initial Creation Date: Jan. 31, 2021
Published: Jan. 31, 2021
Salary Cap Mode: Basic
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Left Handed
Original Team
Waivers Exempt
Right Handed
Position
Trade Clause
Max Perf. Bonus
Expiry Status
Term Remaining
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Waivers ExemptMcDavid, Connor
$12,500,000 (Performance Bonus$250,000)
C
NMC
UFA - 5
Description
Gamble on 2 centers that have not panned out so far but a change of scenery could help.

Patrick + Ghost trade: Patrick has had a injury plagued career so far but has looked good this season and when healthy could grow into a #1 center. Conditional 1st gives some insurance if the injuries come back.
Adding Ghost for cap reasons and the Wild keep an offensive D man to help with PP.

Bennett trade: Bennett always seems like a player that could use a change of scenery to me and he finally came out and said it. Bonino allows Calgary to stay competitive for the year and gets an additional 3rd.
Could add if not enough.

Both players are high 1st overalls that can try to rejuvenate their careers in a new place. When Rossi is ready both are able to play the wing and can shift there.

Also BG should be selling off rentals at the TDL no matter the position in the standings and keep building for the future. This season should be considered a stepping stone season and have the young players develop. Especially with no fans.


Seattle Expansion: 7-3-1
FWDs: Parise, Zucc, Fiala, Ek, Patrick, Bennett, Greenway/Foligno
DEF: Suter, Spurgeon, Brodin
G: Kaapo
Trades
1.
MIN
  1. Gostisbehere, Shayne
  2. Patrick, Nolan
  3. 2022 1st round pick (PHI)
Additional Details:
Conditional 1st around around Patrick plays x amount of games.
2.
CGY
  1. Bonino, Nick ($2,000,000 retained)
  2. 2021 3rd round pick (PIT)
3.
MIN
  1. 2021 3rd round pick (VAN)
4.
MIN
  1. 2021 4th round pick (OTT)
Retained Salary Transactions
DraftRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7
2021
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2022
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2023
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ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
20$81,500,000$70,598,549$0$925,000$10,901,451
Left WingCentreRight Wing
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$925,000$925,000 (Performance Bonus$925,000$925K)
LW
UFA - 1
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$874,125$874,125
C, RW
UFA - 1
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$2,050,000$2,050,000
C, RW
UFA - 1
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$7,538,462$7,538,462
LW
NMC
UFA - 5
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$2,550,000$2,550,000
C
UFA - 1
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$3,000,000$3,000,000
RW, LW
UFA - 1
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$2,875,000$2,875,000
RW, LW
UFA - 1
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$1,487,500$1,487,500
C
UFA - 1
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$2,100,000$2,100,000
LW, RW
UFA - 2
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$725,000$725,000
C
UFA - 2
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$2,000,000$2,000,000
C
UFA - 2
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$1,900,000$1,900,000
C, RW
UFA - 1
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
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$7,538,462$7,538,462
LD
NMC
UFA - 5
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$7,575,000$7,575,000
RD
NMC
UFA - 7
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$3,666,667$3,666,667
G
UFA - 3
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$4,166,667$4,166,667
LD
NMC
UFA - 1
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$4,500,000$4,500,000
LD/RD
UFA - 3
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$725,000$725,000
G
UFA - 2
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$2,750,000$2,750,000
LD/RD
UFA - 3
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$700,000$700,000
LD/RD
UFA - 1
ScratchesInjured Reserve (IR)Long Term IR (LTIR)
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$6,000,000$6,000,000
RW, LW
NMC
UFA - 4
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$785,000$785,000
G
UFA - 2
Taxi Squad
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$700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0)
LW, C
UFA - 1
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$700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0)
C, RW
UFA - 1
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$700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0)
RD
UFA - 1
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$700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0)
LD/RD
UFA - 1
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$700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0)
C
UFA - 1
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$700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0)
G
UFA - 1

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Jan. 31, 2021 at 2:24 a.m.
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Too much for Dumba. Patrick is closer to a 1-for-1 than PAtrick+1st, even with Ghost as a cap dump.

If all MN is getting is a couple of 3rds, a 4th, and Bennett for their rentals, just keep them and go for 4th in the Division. Really it would be closer to a 5th and a 4th, and a 3rd with how they've played so far.

GMBG needs to go. This changes he's made to the team have been garbage. All the FWDs he's brought in would have been fighting for the 12th FWD/pressbox spot on last year's team. He set the team up to fail, and he even failed at that, by not keeping Dub and riding him for 45 games this year. The only positive thing he's done is fleecing PIT in the Zucker trade.
Jan. 31, 2021 at 2:37 a.m.
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Edited Jan. 31, 2021 at 2:45 a.m.
Have to disagree about GMBG. I don’t think we are set up that bad still. I wasn’t a fan of either the Staal or Kunin trades but they were more lateral than anything. We are set up fine for a 4-4 protection and if we move Dumba we can go 7-3 and protect everyone. We also have a ton of money coming off the books after this season. I see this season as a wash and it should be treated that way. Get past the expansion draft and than load up with Fiala, Ek, and Kaprisov all on new deals and Rossi ready for the show. Plus we should have some money to play with still.

Also I do want to add that the Dumba trade’s 1st would be conditioned based on Patrick’s games played the next season. Just built in insurance if injuries keep happening.
Jan. 31, 2021 at 3:19 a.m.
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Quoting: zreich4
Have to disagree about GMBG. I don’t think we are set up that bad still. I wasn’t a fan of either the Staal or Kunin trades but they were more lateral than anything. We are set up fine for a 4-4 protection and if we move Dumba we can go 7-3 and protect everyone. We also have a ton of money coming off the books after this season. I see this season as a wash and it should be treated that way. Get past the expansion draft and than load up with Fiala, Ek, and Kaprisov all on new deals and Rossi ready for the show. Plus we should have some money to play with still.


MarJo is a huge downgrade from Staal. One is a quality center the other is a bottom-6 wing. The team has been screaming for competent centers and has been forever.

Bonino is a downgrade from Kunin as a player. He can win FOs and thats about it.

MN was fine before with a 4-4 expansion draft. The would have lost one of Kunin, Greenway, Soucy, or Donato. No big deal, they still have the other 3. Now they've already lost 2 of those players, and will lose one of Greenway or Soucy. So that is 3 young players gone for 2 x 3rds, and a 2nd + whatever Bonino gets in trade (if he's traded).

FFS JEE is leading the team in goals, and Greenway is leading the team in points from the 3rd line. Fiala and Kaprizov have been playing on a lines by themselves in the o-zone. Strum might be the 2nd best center on the team.

Would you trade Kunin + Greenway + Donato/Soucy + 4th for 2 x 3rds and a 2nd, maybe add another late 2nd (at best for Bonino)?

Staal > MarJo (both rentals, Staal makes a lot less)
Koivu (re-signed for cheap) = Bonino (both rentals, Koivu makes a lot less)
Kunin > Bjugstad (roughly the same cap hit)
Donato > 3rd (for roster purposes) As an added bonus Hunt wouldn't be playing FWD and Rask (decent this year) would be the pressbox FWD.

The PP would better and more balanced; which is not hard to say when it's scoring at a 5.6% rate. Last year it was 21.3% and that was without Kaprizov.
Jan. 31, 2021 at 3:39 a.m.
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Can’t argue with that really.

I guess it’s just too early to call for GMBG’s head for me. He wanted to shake up the roster and he did. I’ll agree it’s not better than what we had. But the Wild were stagnant and something needed to change. I went into this season knowing that it was practically a wash. The nexts years draft is supposedly weak so I really don’t care for them to tank either. A win for me is Ek, Fiala, and Kaprisov making improvements.

However if GMBG handles the TDL and off-season poorly I will have no problem joining the front lines calling for his head.
Jan. 31, 2021 at 11:06 a.m.
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MarJo is a huge downgrade from Staal. One is a quality center the other is a bottom-6 wing. The team has been screaming for competent centers and has been forever.

Bonino is a downgrade from Kunin as a player. He can win FOs and thats about it.

MN was fine before with a 4-4 expansion draft. The would have lost one of Kunin, Greenway, Soucy, or Donato. No big deal, they still have the other 3. Now they've already lost 2 of those players, and will lose one of Greenway or Soucy. So that is 3 young players gone for 2 x 3rds, and a 2nd + whatever Bonino gets in trade (if he's traded).

FFS JEE is leading the team in goals, and Greenway is leading the team in points from the 3rd line. Fiala and Kaprizov have been playing on a lines by themselves in the o-zone. Strum might be the 2nd best center on the team.

Would you trade Kunin + Greenway + Donato/Soucy + 4th for 2 x 3rds and a 2nd, maybe add another late 2nd (at best for Bonino)?

Staal > MarJo (both rentals, Staal makes a lot less)
Koivu (re-signed for cheap) = Bonino (both rentals, Koivu makes a lot less)
Kunin > Bjugstad (roughly the same cap hit)
Donato > 3rd (for roster purposes) As an added bonus Hunt wouldn't be playing FWD and Rask (decent this year) would be the pressbox FWD.

The PP would better and more balanced; which is not hard to say when it's scoring at a 5.6% rate. Last year it was 21.3% and that was without Kaprizov.


You really, really, really need to learn to look at the long-term health of this franchise and not the now! Right now, the Wild are a crappy team. They’ve been a mostly crappy team for 20 years. And they will be a mostly crappy team for the next 20 years unless drastic changes continue to be made...to everything and every way this crappy franchise has dealt with things in the past!
Staal sucks!
Kunin was a bottom 6 wing.
Donato wouldn’t touch the ice for a legit Cup contender.
While I agree the additions are putrid, but the subtractions are only going to benefit the long-term health of this franchise. Making the 4th seed in the West will only accomplish 2 things: lining idiot owner, Craig Leipold’s wallet with money, and perpetuating the crappiness of this franchise.
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