Deadline trade if we want to try and compete

The Ducks aren't going to have interest in two 30+ year old forwards on expiring contracts & a mid-tier prospect. I have to think that a trade involving Rakell AND Henrique starts with a 1st and a guy like Matthew Boldy, and that's just to be in the same ballpark.

That's fair, Bonino and Johansson aren't value pieces, just to even things out on cap space. Hunt is a decent LD prospect, which the Ducks prospect pool seems to lack on, but I'm not really sure what Henrique is worth, so I'm not surprised I low-balled the offer there.

I don’t think it’s a low ball at all. Hunt probably is too low on the chain to be of interest but I think the idea of moving Henriques contract would be helpful next year for them and why this isn’t that great for the Wild. It locks us in to more aging players, even if Rakell is a great guy to add.

And I could be way off base. I do my best to keep up with prospects around the NHL, but let's be real...I have a slight bias towards Dallas. Lol. I'm just seeing the deal as Minnesota getting two 50-point forwards from a team that's still 2-3 years away from competing.

It's not stellar long term, but gives the Wild a decent opportunity for a few years. If we do this one and then trade Dumba before the expansion so we can go 7F - 3D - 1G, we could potentially bump cap space up to $25mil, then we'd probably lose Soucy or Talbot to Seattle, opening up around another $3mil, so signing Kaprizov, Fiala, Ek isn't a problem. Just once we get to Kahk, Greenway, and Rakell needing new contracts the following year it gets a bit tricky. Would need to move Henrique or finally buyout Zucc and might need a little more beyond that. And also don't want to overcommit, because then there's Rossi and Addison to keep in mind the year after that.