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Giving Wild a bit of European look

Created by: danni04
Team: 2018-19 Minnesota Wild
Initial Creation Date: May 17, 2018
Published: May 17, 2018
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Wild have suffered yet another 1st round playoff exit. Major issue for them was the depth of the attacking line and because they don't have great prospect pool and/or lot of cap-space, they might look into Europe to bring in some low-risk, high potential gain players.
Starting with GKs, Wild signed K Kahkkonen earlier today and they might want to continue by signing P Bartosak, player from Czech league, experienced in AHL, who put up a stunning .933 save percentage last season.
In this scenario, defense took the biggest blow by sending away J Spurgeon to Anaheim for draft pick and rights for O Kase - middle-six dynamic forward. The issue with defence is solved by resigning M Dumba to 6-year extension, signing UFA L Schenn and trading for L Hajek from NYR. Whilst Schenn would fill the spot in 2nd/3rd defensive pair, Hajek is exciting young defender, that MIN might be able to acquire via trade.
In attack, J Zucker is resigned for 5-year extension and the depth is increased by bringing in previously mentioned O Kase, swiss centre E Corvi - fast skater who has great understanding with N Niederreiter and finnish offensive universal Antti Suomela. This gives Wild up to 10 forwards that would fight for spot in first 2 lines and relieves the pressure of E Staal or M Koivu.
Free Agent Signings
RFAYEARSCAP HIT
2$2,500,000
6$5,250,000
5$4,900,000
UFAYEARSCAP HIT
1$1,250,000
Bartosak, Patrik
1$650,000
Suomela, Antti
2$1,000,000
Corvi, Enzo
2$1,000,000
Trades
1.
MIN
  1. 2019 4th round pick (ANA)
Additional Details:
MIN will also recieve rights to RFA O Kase
2.
MIN
  1. 2019 4th round pick (MTL)
  2. 2020 6th round pick (MTL)
3.
DraftRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7
2019
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2020
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2021
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ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
25$78,000,000$70,696,924$25,000$1,690,000$7,303,076

Roster

Left WingCentreRight Wing
$4,900,000$4,900,000
LW, RW
UFA - 5
$5,500,000$5,500,000
C
NMC
UFA - 2
$5,750,000$5,750,000
C, RW
UFA - 2
$7,538,462$7,538,462
LW
NMC
UFA - 7
$3,500,000$3,500,000
C
M-NTC
UFA - 1
$3,200,000$3,200,000
C, RW
UFA - 2
$2,500,000$2,500,000
RW
UFA - 3
Corvi, Enzo
$1,000,000$1,000,000
$5,250,000$5,250,000
LW, RW
UFA - 4
$2,875,000$2,875,000
RW, LW
UFA - 3
Suomela, Antti
$1,000,000$1,000,000
$925,000$925,000 (Performance Bonus$500,000$500K)
RW, C
RFA - 2
$916,666$916,666 (Performance Bonus$400,000$400K)
LW, RW
UFA - 2
$894,167$894,167 (Performance Bonus$425,000$425K)
C
UFA - 1
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
$7,538,462$7,538,462
LD
NMC
UFA - 7
$5,250,000$5,250,000
RD
UFA - 5
$2,166,667$2,166,667
G
M-NTC
UFA - 3
$4,166,667$4,166,667
LD
UFA - 3
$1,250,000$1,250,000
RD
UFA - 1
$767,500$767,500 (Performance Bonus$182,500$182K)
G
UFA - 2
$725,000$725,000
LD
UFA - 1
$833,333$833,333 (Performance Bonus$182,500$182K)
LD
UFA - 3
Bartosak, Patrik
$650,000$650,000
$650,000$650,000
RD
UFA - 1
$925,000$925,000
RD
UFA - 1

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May 17, 2018 at 4:08 p.m.
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No way on that Spurgeon trade! Kase has WAY too many concussion problems. Plus, you are completely undervaluing Spurgeon here. It would take (a player like) Kase, a 1st and a 4th to acquire him.
May 17, 2018 at 4:10 p.m.
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I haven't heard even the names of our 3C and 4C, which im not sure if that's a good or bad thing at this point for MN but tough to know if they're even NHLers. I like the numbers and term for zuck and dumba, but spurge gone and schenn in makes us worse in the short term, especially if what we get back is only middle six. Getting anything back for Ennis will be tough but I dont hate that move at all. Don't think Kaapo is the answer at backup quite yet I would keep stalock around while looking for a goalie of the future.
May 17, 2018 at 4:49 p.m.
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Quoting: MNBassman
No way on that Spurgeon trade! Kase has WAY too many concussion problems. Plus, you are completely undervaluing Spurgeon here. It would take (a player like) Kase, a 1st and a 4th to acquire him.


I checked Kase's injury card and it seems to me, that he only had 1 concussion so far. Obviously, this might be a risk for future, but I believe he's a player with huge potential, who might be regularly notching around 50-60 points a season despite limited ice-time (He had 38 points in 66 games last season and he played in 3rd line most of the time). That is the kind of player I missed in MIN last season.
I might be undervaluating Spurge here, even though it was not my intention, I love his style of play, but I'm afraid, that given he's 29 and not very physical, he might start to struggle to play at the top level in say 2-3 years. I don't think ANA would give away 1st and 4th, but 2nd and 6th together with Kase seems more like a reasonable deal to me.
May 17, 2018 at 5:04 p.m.
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Edited May 17, 2018 at 8:38 p.m.
Quoting: marmon725
I haven't heard even the names of our 3C and 4C, which im not sure if that's a good or bad thing at this point for MN but tough to know if they're even NHLers. I like the numbers and term for zuck and dumba, but spurge gone and schenn in makes us worse in the short term, especially if what we get back is only middle six. Getting anything back for Ennis will be tough but I dont hate that move at all. Don't think Kaapo is the answer at backup quite yet I would keep stalock around while looking for a goalie of the future.


TBH, if you don't follow european hockey closely or are not a big fan of IIHF WC, you probably didn't have much chance to hear about them.
So quick description:
Enzo Corvi - 25 y.o., C, currently Davos (NLA), extremely fast skater with good attacking upside and reliable on defense. The biggest plus for me here is, that he's best friend of Nino Niederreiter (they know each other since they were kids) and they have great chemistry between them. If you watch Switzerland play at the WC, he'll be the one player commentators will be saying over and over again. At 1M per year (or possibly even less, since he's undrafted player), the possible upside of having a player to lift Nino Niederreiter up is much bigger than the risk.
Antti Suomela - 24 y.o., C, currently HIFK(Liiga), creative attacking player, top points scorer in Finnish league last season, very precise in the attacking zone, doesn't complicate things too much, might pair up well with Miki Granlund and again, as undrafted player, the risk in minimal.
The defence surely took a hit, but I was very dissapointed with our attacking depth and couldn't think of a way to strengthen the attack w/out damaging the defence. On the other hand, there are still almost 5M left in capspace in this scenario, so there is option to trade/acquire some big name in the season or in free agency.
Keeping Alex Stalock is surely an option, I just wasn't very impressed with him last season and young finnish GKs seem to be proving themselves as solid backups throughout the league (Saros, Koorpisalo)

Also, Kase might be a middle six, but his stats are fantastic given his ice-time and if MIN manages to pull more draft value from the trade as MNBassman suggests, that might be a big gain in the end (given they draft the right kids, which hasn't been always the case)
 
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