Next years tough offseason

Created by: EccE

Team: 2023-24 Minnesota Wild

Initial Creation Date: Dec. 17, 2022

Published: Dec. 17, 2022

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

We really don't have any money, so signing our own guys is the priority. Maybe there's some Sam Steel type find in the depths of the UFA market, but we can't afford to chase the big fish.

Boldy - identical 3x6,53% of the cap deal that Kucherov had before his mega-deal.

Gustavsson - doesn't hit a home run deal. Not yet. Instead he gets the biggest opportunity in his career, having a legit chance to be the #1 if Fleury ages and Wallstedt isn't ready. Most likely a good #2.

Addison - identical deal to Goligoski, a similar one to Fiala's 2x3. A sacrifice by Addison to win, also he doesn’t have the merits to get a big payday yet.

Gaudreau - a small raise. But the reason Gaudreu signs it is because nowhere else does he get a bigger role, more trust and a winning environment in the same package. He is Evason's favourite player.

Reaves - sure why not. If he wants to play, he takes this deal. If not, Philly and Fletcher are ready with their 6x5 million deal... :D

Shaw and Duhaime - identical deals, they'll battle against each other and Dewar, Walker for playing time. One of them might have to go, tho.

Dumba - we can't afford him even if he took a paycut. Luckily our prospects, mainly Addison, can likely take his role.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Faber, Brock		2	$800,000
Yurov, Danila		3	$875,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Boldy, Matthew	3	$5,452,550
Gustavsson, Filip	1	$975,000
Addison, Calen	2	$2,000,000
Shaw, Mason	2	$900,000
Duhaime, Brandon	2	$900,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Gaudreau, Frédérick		2	$1,500,000
Reaves, Ryan		1	$1,000,000

Trades

MIN

2023 3rd round pick (PHI)

Additional Details:

Could be anyone, to be honest. I just think Carolina in their cap crunch might want to take a flyer on him for cheap. They have done that succesfully a few times lately.

CAR

Steel, Sam [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

Steel is having somewhat of a resurgence year playing with Kaprizov. He does have some value of somebody bites.

Buyouts

Zach Parise: $7,371,794
Ryan Suter: $7,371,794

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2023
2024
2025

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$81,564,471	$0	$907,500	$1,935,529

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Kaprizov, Kirill $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW UFA - 3	Hartman, Ryan $1,700,000$1,700,000 C, RW NMC UFA - 1	Zuccarello, Mats $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1
Gaudreau, Frédérick $1,500,000$1,500,000 C, LW UFA - 5	Rossi, Marco $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) C RFA - 2	Boldy, Matthew $5,452,550$5,452,550 RW, LW UFA - 7
Greenway, Jordan $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Eriksson Ek, Joel $5,250,000$5,250,000 C UFA - 6	Foligno, Marcus $3,100,000$3,100,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 1
Dewar, Connor $800,000$800,000 LW, C RFA - 1	Walker, Samuel $855,000$855,000 ($57,500$58K) RW, LW RFA - 1	Duhaime, Brandon $900,000$900,000 RW, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Brodin, Jonas $6,000,000$6,000,000 LD NMC UFA - 5	Spurgeon, Jared $7,575,000$7,575,000 RD NMC UFA - 4	Fleury, Marc-André $3,500,000$3,500,000 G NMC UFA - 1
Middleton, Jake $2,450,000$2,450,000 LD UFA - 2	Addison, Calen $2,000,000$2,000,000 RD RFA - 1
Goligoski, Alex $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD/RD NMC UFA - 1	Faber, Brock $800,000$800,000 RD RFA - 2	Gustavsson, Filip $975,000$975,000 G UFA - 3

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Shaw, Mason $900,000$900,000 LW, C RFA - 1
Reaves, Ryan $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW UFA - 3
Merrill, Jon $1,200,000$1,200,000 LD UFA - 2

Top Comments

Dec. 17, 2022 at 12:43 p.m.

MNCountryClub

Joined: May 2021

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Im kinda thinking something will have to give with Goligoski either near TDL or this offseason. After seeing how emotional he was on his big night, I can’t see him doing another entire year of press box popcorn, old guy cheerleader role.

Not that it’s the point of your GM here, but just something that seems will boil over.

Dec. 17, 2022 at 12:46 p.m.

EccE

Joined: Jul. 2020

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Quoting: drmantalban

Yep, something has to happen. Problem is, Goli has a NMC and can control his faith....

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Dec. 17, 2022 at 1:00 p.m.

MNCountryClub

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Quoting: EccE

Yep, something has to happen. Problem is, Goli has a NMC and can control his faith....

Yeah that’s complicates it. Id imagine Guerin and Goose have discussed it a bit. Who knows…im over analyzing, but i kinda wonder if Goose is gonna have a hard think over the holidays with family time and use that to re-assess. Year end brings that out in ppl.

My hunch is that we’ll possibly hear some speculation from Russo post trade freeze. Either in the way of potential offseason retirement or a deal, idk

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Dec. 17, 2022 at 1:01 p.m.

Caniac2000

Joined: May 2018

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If the Canes wanted Steel, don't you think they'd have made a pitch this summer when he was a UFA instead of giving up a pick for him here? There's no cap crunch this summer either. It shouldn't actually be awful in terms of who the team loses either, not enough to justify giving up 3rd rounders for players that probably end up sitting in the press box

Dec. 17, 2022 at 1:22 p.m.

wabit

Joined: May 2016

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Quoting: drmantalban

Goli is already hitting trade charts/lists.

I have Addison being traded at the draft. He's on pace for 40p season and that isn't a cheap re-sign. It'll be another "3 good months" rephrased into a "PP specialist"

Freddy G will probably get a Foligno type of deal. This offseason is probably his only chance to get any type of payday. Sturm got $2m this offseason (was rumored to have turned down $2.25m/yr from MN last year). Hartman got $1.7m as a 20p 4th line RW.

Gus should get more if he keeps up his current play. Somewhere around $2m/yr seems to be the going rate for decent RFA goalies.

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