Can we talk about that Freddy deal yet

Created by: jnowariak

Team: 2023-24 Minnesota Wild

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 12, 2023

Published: Sep. 12, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Left Handed

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Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

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Max Perf. Bonus

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McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

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I had a hard time with the Freddy extension when it happened and I’m having an even harder time now. Not only does he block Rossi’s path to real minutes, his contract is proving to have a huge opportunity cost in FA.

Tatar is a play driving W that would be the perfect compliment to Rossi on a 3rd line. The orgs instance on “playing the right way” and defense at the expense of offense is going to have consequences down the road.

And none of this gets into the fact Freddy will be waived in the 3rd year of this deal…

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Addison, Calen		1	$1,200,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Tatar, Tomas		1	$1,500,000

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
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
21	$83,500,000	$82,456,921	$0	$850,000	$1,043,079

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	Boldy, Matthew $7,000,000$7,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 7
Johansson, Marcus $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, RW NTC UFA - 2	Eriksson Ek, Joel $5,250,000$5,250,000 C UFA - 6	Zuccarello, Mats $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1
Tatar, Tomas $1,500,000$1,500,000	Rossi, Marco $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) C RFA - 2	Foligno, Marcus $3,100,000$3,100,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 1
Maroon, Patrick $800,000$800,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Dewar, Connor $800,000$800,000 LW, C RFA - 1	Duhaime, Brandon $1,100,000$1,100,000 RW, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Middleton, Jake $2,450,000$2,450,000 LD UFA - 2	Spurgeon, Jared $7,575,000$7,575,000 RD NMC UFA - 4	Gustavsson, Filip $3,750,000$3,750,000 G UFA - 3
Brodin, Jonas $6,000,000$6,000,000 LD NMC UFA - 5	Faber, Brock $925,000$925,000 RD RFA - 2	Fleury, Marc-André $3,500,000$3,500,000 G NMC UFA - 1
Goligoski, Alex $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD/RD NMC UFA - 1	Addison, Calen $1,200,000$1,200,000 RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Merrill, Jon $1,200,000$1,200,000 LD UFA - 2		Gaudreau, Frédérick $2,100,000$2,100,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 5

Top Comments

Sep. 12, 2023 at 11:50 a.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

Joined: Nov. 2017

Posts: 27,851

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No. We cannot discuss it

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Sep. 12, 2023 at 11:52 a.m.

jnowariak

Joined: Aug. 2020

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Quoting: littlejerryseinfeld

No. We cannot discuss it

I’ll save it for a rainy day then.

Sep. 12, 2023 at 11:54 a.m.

MNCountryClub

Joined: May 2021

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It's like another version of the Merrill contract - it's obviously not crippling or anything, but it's really unnecessary and just....why?

I'm with you on it.

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Sep. 12, 2023 at 11:58 a.m.

jnowariak

Joined: Aug. 2020

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Quoting: drmantalban

It's like another version of the Merrill contract - it's obviously not crippling or anything, but it's really unnecessary and just....why?

I'm with you on it.

A bit. I don’t hate either contract in isolation but the term on both is just bleh. Merrill is fully buriable tho and I think they viewed him as a 7, I can justify that more than blocking a Rossi for *perceived* solid play.

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Sep. 12, 2023 at 12:01 p.m.

wabit

Joined: May 2016

Posts: 8,219

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Freddy G doesn't block Rossi from anything. Rossi is top-6 or bust, Freddy G doesn't belong anywhere near the top-6. If there is one contract that blocks Rossi it's MarJo playing wing with Boldy/JEE. That is the spot Rossi fits on the roster.

I don't like the Freddy G contract because it's 2 years too long.

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