Embrace the tank

Created by: Wildwinswhen

Team: 2021-22 Minnesota Wild

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 1, 2021

Published: Aug. 1, 2021

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Legend

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

Sorry guys, I'm feeling pretty fatalistic that we're not going to be able to sign KK or Fiala this off-season.

"The worst seats in the house"podcast July 30 at 57 minutes. (Paraphrasing Russo here) "KK has turned down 9M for 5 or 6 years. So I'd say don't sign him to a 3 year deal and just leave him in Russia if that's how he and his agent are going to play it. Braden Point signed a deal like that. KK is not going to get more than that."

If that's the case, let's just punt the whole team. If KK won't take 9mx5... Then how will we ever sign him. And if that's what he's worth, what is fair value on Fiala?!

I didn't check the NYR or BOS cap hits, so I don't know if they can even manage this, but those seemed like likely partners for these trades.

Trades

MIN

Chytil, Filip
2022 1st round pick (NYR)

NYR

Kaprizov, Kirill [RFA Rights]

MIN

Studnicka, Jack
2022 1st round pick (BOS)

BOS

Fiala, Kevin [RFA Rights]

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	$63,350,255	$0	$272,500	$18,149,745

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Chytil, Filip $2,300,000$2,300,000 C, LW UFA - 2		Zuccarello, Mats $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 3
Greenway, Jordan $2,100,000$2,100,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Eriksson Ek, Joel $5,250,000$5,250,000 C UFA - 8	Studnicka, Jack $769,167$769,167 ($57,500$58K) RW, C RFA - 1
Foligno, Marcus $3,100,000$3,100,000 RW, LW UFA - 3	Rask, Victor $2,000,000$2,000,000 C UFA - 1
Dewar, Connor $825,833$825,833 ($82,500$82K) LW, C RFA - 1	Gaudreau, Frédérick $1,200,000$1,200,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Hartman, Ryan $1,700,000$1,700,000 C, RW UFA - 3
	Sturm, Nico $725,000$725,000 C UFA - 1	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	Spurgeon, Jared $7,575,000$7,575,000 RD NMC UFA - 6	Talbot, Cam $3,666,667$3,666,667 G UFA - 2
Goligoski, Alex $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD/RD NMC UFA - 1	Dumba, Matt $6,000,000$6,000,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Kähkönen, Kaapo $725,000$725,000 G UFA - 1
Kulikov, Dmitry $1,125,000$1,125,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Addison, Calen $795,000$795,000 ($132,500$132K) RD RFA - 2
Merrill, Jon $850,000$850,000 LD UFA - 1

Top Comments

Aug. 1, 2021 at 10:46 p.m.

justaBoss

What in tarnation

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I mean the value is more than decent here, but honestly neither NYR nor BOS need wingers at this moment.

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Aug. 1, 2021 at 10:48 p.m.

Wildwinswhen

Joined: Jun. 2019

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Quoting: justaBoss

I mean the value is more than decent here, but honestly neither NYR nor BOS need wingers at this moment.

Yeah that makes sense.

I figure KK wants the bright lights and the big city. Fiala has a hard working style that would fit well in Boston.

Aug. 1, 2021 at 10:49 p.m.

GenXHockey

Formerly Jamiepo

Joined: Jul. 2018

Posts: 21,157

Likes: 10,700

I’ve been here before with the leafs. A deal will get done. It won’t be the deals you want but but both will be playing for the wild.

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Aug. 1, 2021 at 10:53 p.m.

jnowariak

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If this truly is the case, which I still doubt for Kaprizov given the amount of money on the table, then you sign him for 3 years as cheap as possible and then you ransack a team entering its cup window. Just imagine what a team would give up for 3 years of Kap at 5 or 6 mil.

Fiala really looks like he’s on the way out though. A 1st and a good prospect (similar to the Reinhart deal) would be good. But if you want to move either, you have to do it fast.

And even on top of that, I don’t think those guys actually change the outlook that much. That part is just MHO.

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Aug. 1, 2021 at 10:54 p.m.

jnowariak

Joined: Aug. 2020

Posts: 3,892

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Quoting: GenXHockey

I’ve been here before with the leafs. A deal will get done. It won’t be the deals you want but but both will be playing for the wild.

Trade actually makes more sense for the team since neither player will be in their prime when the Wild’s cup window actually opens.

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