Chuck Fletcher, Cap Guru

Created by: BoredWildFan

Team: 2017-18 Minnesota Wild

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 2, 2017

Published: Aug. 7, 2017

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

Foligno signs a 3 year deal to wrap up the RFA signings.
Fletcher then sets his sights on a couple of veteran UFAs to fill out the roster.
Cullen signs a 35+ contract with a base of 750K and another 750K in easy to reach bonuses that can be charged to next year's cap if needed.
Stafford, coming off a down year, takes a one year deal at 800K. That may sound optimistic on my part, but supposedly there has been mutual interest in doing a deal. Minnesota should be a "contender" again and the way Boudreau switches the lines around, Stafford could easily end up in a top-6 role with solid play. It might be the best situation for him to have a bounce back year.

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Foligno, Marcus		3	$2,666,667

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Cullen, Matt		1	$750,000
Stafford, Drew		1	$800,000

Buyouts

Thomas Vanek: $2,500,000

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2018
2019
2020

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$75,000,000	$72,308,591	$0	$212,500	$2,691,409

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Zucker, Jason $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Staal, Eric $3,500,000$3,500,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Parise, Zach $7,538,462$7,538,462 LW NMC UFA - 8
Eriksson Ek, Joel $894,166$894,166 ($212,500$212K) C UFA - 2	Koivu, Mikko $6,750,000$6,750,000 C NMC UFA - 1	Granlund, Mikael $5,750,000$5,750,000 C, RW UFA - 3
Foligno, Marcus $2,666,667$2,666,667 RW, LW UFA - 4	Coyle, Charlie $3,200,000$3,200,000 C, RW UFA - 3	Niederreiter, Nino $5,250,000$5,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 5
Stewart, Chris $1,150,000$1,150,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Cullen, Matt $750,000$750,000 C, LW UFA - 1
	Ennis, Tyler $4,600,000$4,600,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Stafford, Drew $800,000$800,000 RW, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Suter, Ryan $7,538,462$7,538,462 LD NMC UFA - 8	Spurgeon, Jared $5,187,500$5,187,500 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Dubnyk, Devan $2,166,667$2,166,667 G M-NTC UFA - 4
Brodin, Jonas $4,166,667$4,166,667 LD UFA - 4		Stalock, Alex $650,000$650,000 G UFA - 2
Olofsson, Gustav $725,000$725,000 LD UFA - 2	Dumba, Matt $2,550,000$2,550,000 RD UFA - 1
Reilly, Mike $725,000$725,000 LD UFA - 2	Quincey, Kyle $1,250,000$1,250,000 RD UFA - 1

Top Comments

Aug. 7, 2017 at 8:47 p.m.

MNBassman

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Aug. 7, 2017 at 9:54 p.m.

BoredWildFan

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Quoting: MNBassman

I don't know how the Wild can manage the roster for an entire season with just $524,000 in cap space. That doesn't leave much for injury call ups, etc...

However, I like this team a lot! I would, however, start the season with different line combos - I don't like Coyle at center!

Zucker/Staal/Niederrieter (size, speed, shooting, 2-way play = very good all-around line!)
Foligno/Koivu/Granlund (I want Foligno protecting Granlund, plus I think his net-front presence can work very well with these two)
Parise/Eriksson Ek/Coyle (veteran forwards helping in the development of uber-talented Ek)
Stewart/Cullen/Stafford (VERY capable 4th line - should play 12-14 minutes a night to help keep mileage off of Koivu, Staal, and Parise so they have something left for the playoffs)

Ennis can fill in anywhere on any line.[/quot

The cap is going to be tight no matter who grabs the last two forward spots. Replacing Cullen and Stafford with Ferraro and O'Reilly would save only 150k.

As for the lines, I prefer Coyle on wing as well, but Russo has been reporting all summer that Bruce sees Coyle starting the year at center. I'm not sure if that means JEE starts at wing or 4C (mistake IMO).

Aug. 8, 2017 at 4:13 a.m.

futurehofer

Minnesota Wild

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Quoting: MNBassman

Bruce has personally said this summer 100% that he plans on starting Coyle at center. Eriksson Ek will also not be on the 4th line playing < 12 minutes/game per Bruce. Most likely the lines will be closer to the original post (although not sure about 2nd line for JEE) than to your post.

Coyle talk at about 35:15-36:00 and JEE talk from about 26:15-27:33

Aug. 8, 2017 at 11:32 a.m.

MNBassman

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Edited Aug. 8, 2017 at 5:02 p.m.

Not that I'm smarter than Boudreau...but, I disagree with him about playing Coyle at Center. He's much better on the wing, IMO. The fact that he can play center adds to his overall value, however.

I didn't have Ek on the 4th line, so I'm not sure what that comment is about... It would be stupid to play Ek on the 4th line...he'd be better off in Iowa playing 20 minutes a game than on the 4th line for the Wild!

The Wild literally have zero bonafide 1st line forwards (argue if you want), but they do have 9 or 10 top 6ish forwards and can play 3 - 2nd lines every night. I don't care how they get mixed and matched, but this team's best chances are to roll the top 3 lines at equal minutes and play the 4th line about 10-14 minutes a game - depending on match ups. The "top line guys" can get their playing time supplemented on the power play and penalty kills.

Aug. 8, 2017 at 11:34 p.m.

futurehofer

Minnesota Wild

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The 4th line part was more pointed toward BoredWildFan's comment. He just messed up the formatting and I didn't want to fight with it in the middle of the night.

I agree we don't have a traditional lineup structure. I disagree that we don't have any first line caliber talent. Nino qualifies as a1st liner in everything but ice time. If it were up to me, Eriksson Ek would either be on the 3rd line or in Iowa. While we do tend to roll our top 9 pretty evenly, the top 2 lines definitely take the harder assignments (with Koivu's line taking the hardest). I saw we try to give him the best chance we can offensively and let him develop his defensive game against easier opposition instead of throwing him in the deep end.

My lines would probably look like this:

Zucker - Koivu - Granlund
Parise - Staal - Niederreiter
Ennis - Eriksson Ek - Coyle or Eriksson Ek - Coyle - Ennis (depending on who you want at 3C)
Foligno - Cullen - Stewart

We have a lot of flexibility though and can have pretty much anyone play on any line depending on matchups, who's hot, and who plays well together.

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