Different offseason look - want value critique on laine especially

Team: 2021-22 Minnesota Wild

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 2, 2021

Published: Jul. 2, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

In this scenario the philly and Anaheim trades happen before expansion draft and the laine trade happens afterwards.

So for Seattle the wild protect Zuccarello, fiala, ek, hartman, foligno, greenway, Nolan, suter, spurgeon, brodin. I don’t think they need to protect frost cause he’s on entry level deal. Can’t remember that part of the rules, but protecting him over Nolan.

Leaving exposed rask, Henrique, soucy, talbot. I would assume Seattle takes soucy as there are other better options for goalies.

Philly trade gives them their rhd and another good c prospect to add to their pipeline. Wild get frost and the 1st as the price. Nolan is more of a throw in and the 3rd is my attempt as value balancing as the wild get 2 good young centers ready for nhl time with the team.

The Anaheim is basically Anaheim saving real dollars for cap hit, they buyout parise and get the picks. Parise can go find somewhere else to play and contend. Henrique would be a good 3rd/4th line player to fill holes when needed and if bought out has a much cheaper cap hit than parise.

The laine one is my thinking outside the box. It gives the wild a lethal top 6, sacrificing Boldy who has 1st line potential, but him and fiala would be a dynamic duo like kk and zucc. I think jee would be a good driver for them and his defensive acumen would make up for their offensive play. All 3 return to peak form together overall.

This would give rossi and Nolan time overall, but banks on one of rossi, frost or Patrick to turn into that legit 1C player.

Overall the team has more flexibility, a more solidified, skilled and similarly aged core that can make the team very competitive for the long haul while the defensive core is still intact.

Dollars for laine or whoever are totally up for negotiation, but I would think moves like this are what would turn the wild into an actual contender from the jump.

1.

2.

3.

4.