Infinite worlds theory

Created by: MNCountryClub

Team: 2021-22 Minnesota Wild

Initial Creation Date: Nov. 19, 2021

Published: Nov. 19, 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

Somewhere in the multiverse, there is a world in which the Wild didn’t get hammered by the CBA with the Suter/Parise buyouts, they won the Eichel sweepstakes, and also added a key piece at TDL in Forsberg for a cup push. This is an exploration into that world. It’s purely for entertainment.

Is this a cup team?

I tried to keep things somewhat logical. The basic trade values in this world are the same as ours. Main themes are as follows:

-Wild lose Kahk instead of Soucy
-Wild don’t sign Goose & the others in ANA trade.
-Wild pickup a backup tendy (VV is just a proxy)
-Wild win the Eichel sweepstakes. Gets surgery earlier and plays most of the year.
-Wild add a LW at TDL
-Parise/Suter bought out or traded. The point is that the cap recap isn’t as severe or nonexistent (I’m not a lawyer in this multiverse so use your imagination on how this is a thing)

Without the buyouts this is a cap compliant team. Future is rough but this team has some firepower. Are they actually good enough to win? I’m not sure.

Trades

MIN

Eichel, Jack

VGK

Boldy, Matthew
Rask, Victor
Rossi, Marco
2022 1st round pick (MIN)
2023 2nd round pick (MIN)

NSH

Dewar, Connor
2023 1st round pick (MIN)

MIN

Vanecek, Vitek

WSH

Futures package that both teams agree on. Not even gonna guess. Point is that a deal happened.

MIN

ANA

Additional Details:

Just dumping salary. Wouldn’t have ever been acquired in this world.

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

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
20	$81,500,000	$84,069,753	$0	$0	-$2,569,753

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Kaprizov, Kirill $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW UFA - 5	Eichel, Jack $10,000,000$10,000,000 C UFA - 5	Zuccarello, Mats $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 3
Forsberg, Filip $6,000,000$6,000,000 LW UFA - 1	Hartman, Ryan $1,700,000$1,700,000 C, RW UFA - 3	Fiala, Kevin $5,100,000$5,100,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Foligno, Marcus $3,100,000$3,100,000 RW, LW UFA - 3	Eriksson Ek, Joel $5,250,000$5,250,000 C UFA - 8	Greenway, Jordan $2,100,000$2,100,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Pitlick, Rem $917,831$917,831 LW, RW UFA - 1	Sturm, Nico $725,000$725,000 C UFA - 1	Duhaime, Brandon $750,000$750,000 RW, LW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Soucy, Carson $2,750,000$2,750,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Spurgeon, Jared $7,575,000$7,575,000 RD NMC UFA - 6	Talbot, Cam $3,666,667$3,666,667 G UFA - 2
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
Kulikov, Dmitry $1,125,000$1,125,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 2	Merrill, Jon $850,000$850,000 LD UFA - 1	Vanecek, Vitek $716,667$716,667 G UFA - 1

Top Comments

Nov. 19, 2021 at 2:23 p.m.

GophersBenJ

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Only one I disagree with you about is wild acquiring a winger, specifically a top 6 winger

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Nov. 19, 2021 at 2:33 p.m.

MNCountryClub

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Quoting: CAPDumba

Only one I disagree with you about is wild acquiring a winger, specifically a top 6 winger

I’ll be honest, that was the one I felt a little iffy on too. Idk that I would have done it, if not for Fiala and Forsberg being buddies. I think they’d have success together, but i agree that’s it’s a pretty shaky move.

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Nov. 19, 2021 at 3:22 p.m.

Radu47

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Love the concept

The one I disagree on is kahkonen <-> soucy with kahpo an RFA still youngish enough to have potential (many peak 25+) and soucy easily replaceable

Odd to see Soucy 1LD

Especially given they acquire another winger here

If anything what about a Girard trade

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Nov. 19, 2021 at 3:32 p.m.

MNCountryClub

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Quoting: Radu47

Yeah i agree with that. Soucy at 1LD made me cringe a bit, so I think it needs workshopping.

So if we keep the storyline of Seattle picking up Soucy, we keep the Talb/Kahk tandem, but have a gap on LD.

Girard is a decent idea, but I sort of worry about size with him and Spurge as a pair. I am fine undoing the Forsberg trade if we want to use those assets elsewhere.

I’m not sure how to solve LD issue and also deepen top 6...?

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