Eichel again

Created by: OutCold13

Team: 2021-22 Minnesota Wild

Initial Creation Date: May 12, 2021

Published: May 23, 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

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

So still some cap space here to sign or make a trade for some depth since that looks a little soft. I was off the Eichel bus for a bit but have since comeback. Hopefully being on a competitive team helps his rumored additude issues. The neck thing is bothersome but it sounds like a MMA fighter has had the surgery he wants and has been back in the ring since so I'm now less concerned about that issue.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Menell, Brennan		2	$1,200,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Fiala, Kevin	4	$6,000,000
Kaprizov, Kirill	5	$8,500,000
Eriksson Ek, Joel	4	$4,500,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Mermis, Dakota	2	$850,000
Gusev, Nikita	2	$2,500,000
Ryan, Bobby	1	$1,000,000
Bonino, Nick	2	$1,500,000
Cole, Ian	3	$1,500,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Parise, Zach		4	$5,038,463

Trades

MIN

Not a actual trade. I expect Zach and the Wild to mutually agree to terminate his contract. The new Zach on IR is there to show his cap recapture penalty.

SEA

Parise, Zach

MIN

Wild send Soucy and a 2nd to the Kraken and Ron Francis is once again the proud GM of Victor Rask via expansion draft selection.

SEA

Rask, Victor
Soucy, Carson
2021 2nd round pick (MIN)

MIN

Eichel, Jack

BUF

Dumba, Matt
Greenway, Jordan
Rossi, Marco
2021 1st round pick (MIN)
2022 1st round pick (MIN)

Additional Details:

With Risto wanting out, Dumba now becomes a attractive piece for Sabres, Greenway is a young developing power forward, Rossi is a top center prospect to eventually replace Eichel.
Sabres fans will want Fiala as well but it's in the Sabres best interest to be a young team learning to play one more year to get a crack at Shane Wright.

MIN

Denisenko, Grigori

Additional Details:

Wild are still trying to get younger.

FLA

Zuccarello, Mats

Additional Details:

Florida is in a cup window and Fenton is a fan. Zuccarello waives NMC because Florida can win now, is tax free, and next year his NMC converts to a 10 team NTC so he wants to put himself in a good position.

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,500,000	$73,156,796	$0	$1,665,000	$8,343,204

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Gusev, Nikita $2,500,000$2,500,000 RW, LW UFA	Eichel, Jack $10,000,000$10,000,000 C UFA - 5	Kaprizov, Kirill $8,500,000$8,500,000 LW UFA - 5
Boldy, Matthew $880,833$880,833 ($600,000$600K) RW, LW UFA - 2	Eriksson Ek, Joel $4,500,000$4,500,000 C UFA - 8	Fiala, Kevin $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Foligno, Marcus $3,100,000$3,100,000 RW, LW UFA - 3	Sturm, Nico $725,000$725,000 C UFA - 1	Denisenko, Grigori $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) LW, RW RFA - 2
Bonino, Nick $1,500,000$1,500,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Hartman, Ryan $1,700,000$1,700,000 C, RW UFA - 3	Ryan, Bobby $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, LW UFA

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Brodin, Jonas $6,000,000$6,000,000 LD NMC UFA - 7	Spurgeon, Jared $7,575,000$7,575,000 RD NMC UFA - 6	Talbot, Cam $3,666,667$3,666,667 G UFA - 2
Suter, Ryan $3,650,000$3,650,000 LD NMC UFA - 4	Addison, Calen $795,000$795,000 ($132,500$132K) RD RFA - 2	Kähkönen, Kaapo $725,000$725,000 G UFA - 1
Menell, Brennan $1,200,000$1,200,000 D UFA - 1	Cole, Ian $1,500,000$1,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Mermis, Dakota $850,000$850,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Parise, Zach $5,038,463$5,038,463
Dewar, Connor $825,833$825,833 ($82,500$82K) LW, C RFA - 1

Top Comments

May 23, 2021 at 1:17 p.m.

Aero_Astro_Guy

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Makes sense to me

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May 23, 2021 at 1:17 p.m.

VijayPatel11

In Zito We Trust

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Isn't Zuccarello on a bad contract? We shouldn't be giving up a top prospect for a guy who will complicate re-signings
Would rather develop denisenko and have him cheap than get Zucc on that kind of deal

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May 23, 2021 at 1:25 p.m.

Riley816

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Quoting: VijayPatel11

Six mil, 5+ with Denisenko, to put towards re-signing Barkov and Huberdeau instead of wasting it on Zuccarello seems to be a better idea...

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May 23, 2021 at 1:32 p.m.

Lightman13

Patient gm

Joined: Aug. 2020

Posts: 1,865

Likes: 994

The moves do make sense, gives Florida more of a win now potential as zuccarello shows all year he’s still a top playmaking talent. I would be reluctant to trade him with his chemistry on the team, but he would thrive better in Florida.

Also the eichel trade is quality and sets up buffalo while not breaking th me wilds back in talent and prospects. It’s a good balanced idea.

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May 23, 2021 at 1:48 p.m.

OutCold13

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Edited May 23, 2021 at 2:33 p.m.

Quoting: VijayPatel11

This is the trade that I wanted the most feedback from so thank you.
Zuccarello was sub par last year so the contract looked awful but he had a big bounce back this season so the contract looks justified other then his NMC which expires after next season.
I guess I thought Denisenko had fallen out of favor but perhaps I'm wrong. What could be done to make this work IYO?

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