Better than the Avs

Created by: EccE

Team: 2021-22 Minnesota Wild

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 26, 2021

Published: Jul. 26, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Left Handed

Original Team

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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

About the signings:
Kaprizov and the Wild meet in the middle and sign a 5-year deal.
Fiala gets what he is worth after long and exhausting negotiations. Throw in an NTC or something if he'd like some fringe benefits.
Menell wants nothing but a one-way deal. Give him that, but for one year only.
Also, we sign depth guys like Rau, Mermis etc. but I didn't have the energy to sign them here.

Nick Foligno gets exactly half of what his brother makes. He takes a short deal to reunite with his brother and make a Cup run with him.
Goligoski won't get a deal longer than 2 years from anywhere. This is also probably the highest salary he would get. He can still play at a high level.
Bogosian adds a valuable cannonball to our 3rd pair. He gets rewarded for his Cup a couple years back with a slight overpay at 2x1,3 - you don't get bargains from free agency.
Gusev is a low-risk flyer. He might fit into our 4th line or that spot could be given to a young hopeful. He is Kirill's BFF, and I see no downsides in signing him.

After all this, the Wild still has 3,7 million in cap space if we are good and want to chase rentals. Next offseason will again be interesting when the penalties of the Parise/Suter buyouts start rising, but we can still contend through those years.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Menell, Brennan		1	$750,000

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Kaprizov, Kirill		5	$8,500,000
Fiala, Kevin		6	$6,000,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Foligno, Nick	1	$1,550,000
Goligoski, Alex	2	$2,300,000
Bogosian, Zach	2	$1,300,000
Gusev, Nikita	1	$850,000

Trades

MIN

Zibanejad, Mika

Additional Details:

Rags go for Eichel, making Ziba expendable.

Zibanejad extends for 8x8,5 - 10% of the cap. The deal is his big payday and runs until he is 36. Full NMC during the first 5 years, then it changes into an NTC of some sort.

NYR

Boldy, Matthew
Greenway, Jordan
2022 1st round pick (MIN)

Additional Details:

In my previous ACGM, people agreed this price would be good for both teams.

Buyouts

Zach Parise: $2,371,794
Ryan Suter: $2,371,794

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2022
2023
2024

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
21	$81,500,000	$75,780,255	$0	$132,500	$5,719,745

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Kaprizov, Kirill $8,500,000$8,500,000 LW UFA - 5	Zibanejad, Mika $5,350,000$5,350,000 C NMC UFA - 1	Zuccarello, Mats $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 3
Fiala, Kevin $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Eriksson Ek, Joel $5,250,000$5,250,000 C UFA - 8	Gusev, Nikita $850,000$850,000 RW, LW UFA
Foligno, Marcus $3,100,000$3,100,000 RW, LW UFA - 3	Sturm, Nico $725,000$725,000 C UFA - 1	Foligno, Nick $1,550,000$1,550,000 LW, C, RW UFA - 2
Rask, Victor $2,000,000$2,000,000 C UFA - 1	Hartman, Ryan $1,700,000$1,700,000 C, RW UFA - 3	Bjugstad, Nick $900,000$900,000 C, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Brodin, Jonas $6,000,000$6,000,000 LD NMC UFA - 7	Dumba, Matt $6,000,000$6,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Talbot, Cam $3,666,667$3,666,667 G UFA - 2
	Spurgeon, Jared $7,575,000$7,575,000 RD NMC UFA - 6	Kähkönen, Kaapo $725,000$725,000 G UFA - 1
	Addison, Calen $795,000$795,000 ($132,500$132K) RD RFA - 2
Goligoski, Alex $2,300,000$2,300,000 LD/RD UFA - 1
Bogosian, Zach $1,300,000$1,300,000 RD UFA - 3

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Menell, Brennan $750,000$750,000 D UFA - 1		Rossi, Marco $894,167$894,167 C RFA - 4

Top Comments

Jul. 26, 2021 at 11:00 a.m.

bluspy88

Joined: Sep. 2020

Posts: 980

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I like most of this except Gusev on the 4th line I think is doomed to fail. He's just one of those guys who seems to need top 6 time to play well. What about a guy like Brandon Sutter or Armia? Not a rags fan so unsure if that will get Zibanejad.

Jul. 26, 2021 at 11:02 a.m.

EccE

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Quoting: bluspy88

I chose Gusev solely because he gets along with Kaprizov. He could honestly be any 4th line grinder on a short deal. I think Armia is out of our price range but Sutter could be an option if he agrees to a cheap deal

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Jul. 26, 2021 at 11:08 a.m.

Caerii

Joined: Aug. 2020

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I don't see why Fiala has to fight tooth and nail for 6x6 and Kaprizov "settles" for 5x8.5.

It would also be interesting to see this team in years 3 and 4 especially, when we undoubtedly have to dump both Zuccarello and Dumba just to field a full team. Bjugstad already playing in the top six and we traded Boldy to get Zibanejad. This team will be struggling to make the playoffs.

Jul. 26, 2021 at 11:15 a.m.

EccE

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Quoting: Caerii

I am tired of the Kirill/Kevin negotiations so I really just threw a random number there. I could have thought about it more.

What comes to the years 3 and 4, trading Zuccarello at that time helps a lot, and I don't think he'll be a top contributor anymore. We'll also have cheap ELC-players in Rossi, O'Rourke and possibly Lambos, Khusnutdinov playing. Add in a couple cheap value-additions and this team is a contender no doubt. Especially in the Central division, where really only the Avs/Stars are at our level or close to it.

And hopefully we also have a Cup to alleviate the pain by then...

Jul. 26, 2021 at 11:24 a.m.

Caerii

Joined: Aug. 2020

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Quoting: EccE

This team you've constructed isn't a Cup contender, though. And adding guys like O'Rourke and Khusnutdinov as rookies doesn't move the needle.

This roster above is a bubble team. Colorado has more high end talent and more depth everywhere on their roster. Tampa as well, even after this summer. The Isles may not have more top end talent, but their depth and coaching far exceeds this. You have Nick Bjugstad playing in your top six.

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