One Year Left of Cap Hell

Team: 2023-24 Minnesota Wild

Initial Creation Date: Nov. 29, 2023

Published: Nov. 29, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Buyouts are eating up 14.743M of the cap this year an next. With that handicap there is no way to compete and while currently in 30th spot this is a look at options for the deadline to accrue picks and get ready for 2025-2026 when they get 13M in cap back.

This what I think the team will look like next year as they wait to exit cap hell. Trades to happen before the deadline, Buyouts represent players who will walk during Free Agency

Fleury trade gets him to a contender in LA that needs goaltending insurance while saving the wild 3.5M and adding a second round pick. Fleury hasn't been great this year but the Wild haven't exactly been helping him out its almost a guarantee that he would play better on a better team. Copley hasn't been great but he comes back to make the cap work and if he plays well the wild can always bring him back likely for less than his current 1.5M or he can walk in the summer it doesn't really matter

Zuccarello is on an expiring contact but has big value for contending teams at a 3M cap hit (I am assuming the Wild would retain half to get the best return). Deal here doesn't have to be specific to one team, I just put an example on the potential return they could get from any contending team just so happens Cap worked with the Devils and having Zuc will be better than having smith play forward

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