Lets talk opening night

Created by: Wildwinswhen

Team: 2021-22 Minnesota Wild

Initial Creation Date: Oct. 6, 2021

Published: Oct. 6, 2021

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McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

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UFA - 5

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I think the Pitlick pickup it's a depth play to let them send the top 3 guys down and still not have to play Rask. An AHL top line of Beckman Rossi Boldy could yield some real advantages next year when those guys will be up to stay. Boldy or Beckman will get significant time in the NHL this year, but I think Rossi will stay down unless there is an injury.

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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
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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,500,000	$75,403,919	$0	$82,500	$6,096,081

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Kaprizov, Kirill $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW UFA - 5	Eriksson Ek, Joel $5,250,000$5,250,000 C UFA - 8	Zuccarello, Mats $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 3
Pitlick, Rem $917,831$917,831 LW, RW UFA - 1	Gaudreau, Frédérick $1,200,000$1,200,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Fiala, Kevin $5,100,000$5,100,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Greenway, Jordan $2,100,000$2,100,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Hartman, Ryan $1,700,000$1,700,000 C, RW UFA - 3	Foligno, Marcus $3,100,000$3,100,000 RW, LW UFA - 3
Dewar, Connor $825,833$825,833 ($82,500$82K) LW, C RFA - 1	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	Benn, Jordie $900,000$900,000 LD/RD UFA - 1
Merrill, Jon $850,000$850,000 LD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Rask, Victor $2,000,000$2,000,000 C UFA - 1

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Oct. 6, 2021 at 9:50 a.m.

EccE

Joined: Jul. 2020

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That 2nd line is brutal. I get the Pitlick acquisition, but I'd much rather have Boldy on that 2nd line. Pitlick goes to the 4th line or back to waivers

Oct. 6, 2021 at 1:04 p.m.

JayTea

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Quoting: EccE

That 2nd line is brutal. I get the Pitlick acquisition, but I'd much rather have Boldy on that 2nd line. Pitlick goes to the 4th line or back to waivers

Swap Pitlick and Rask and maybe Dewar with Duhaime (1 way contract next year, so I think the team will give him a shot to see if he's ready) and that's probably the roster they go into the season with imo. Evason and Guerin seem to like Rask so he'll be somewhere in the lineup unfortunately.

I agree Beckman/Rossi/Boldy is prolly Iowa's top line this season.

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Oct. 6, 2021 at 1:07 p.m.

wabit

Joined: May 2016

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That 2nd line makes me miss MarJo and Rask playing with Fiala from last year...

Rask is better than 4 guys in this lineup. Why is he in the pressbox?

Oct. 6, 2021 at 3:00 p.m.

Wildwinswhen

Joined: Jun. 2019

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Quoting: wabit

That 2nd line makes me miss MarJo and Rask playing with Fiala from last year...

Rask is better than 4 guys in this lineup. Why is he in the pressbox?

Wow, that's a good one. I'm just reading tea leaves here, but I think putting Rask at LW, where he's never played, was a signal that he won't be Fiala's center this year.

Also, I didn't know what to make of the Pitlick claiming. If we want a 4th line guy, we have Rau, Cramarossa, and Dewar who could all be that guy.

Oct. 6, 2021 at 3:01 p.m.

Wildwinswhen

Joined: Jun. 2019

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Quoting: EccE

That 2nd line is brutal. I get the Pitlick acquisition, but I'd much rather have Boldy on that 2nd line. Pitlick goes to the 4th line or back to waivers

I don't get the acquisition. Can you help me understand why they claimed him? We already have Rau, Cramarossa, Dewar and Duhaime that could be 4th line guys.

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