Wild go Crazy

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Created by: MNBassman

Team: 2018-19 Minnesota Wild

Initial Creation Date: Dec. 21, 2018

Published: Dec. 21, 2018

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The Wild are a good team and they are only ever going to be a good team unless they do something drastic and make significant changes to the roster. Unfortuneately, the "core" (Parise/Suter/Koivu) is mostly untouchable and/or untradeable...so the Wild need need to make moves with the secondary layer of the core. Here are a few moves I would entertain - either now, at the deadline, or this summer. What says you?

Trades

MIN

Juulsen, Noah
2019 2nd round pick (CBJ)
2019 2nd round pick (MTL)

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Can a Habs fan tell me how Juulsen is coming along? I see he was just sent back to the minors...

MTL

Brodin, Jonas

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2nd rounder is whichever pick is higher, not both.

MIN

Larsson, Johan
Ristolainen, Rasmus
2019 1st round pick (SJS)
2019 1st round pick (STL)
2019 1st round pick (BUF)

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1st round pick is the middle one, not all 3.

BUF

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Wild fans: Zucker drives me crazy and I don't see Spurgeon in the long-term plans of the Wild.

MIN

Brännström, Erik
2019 2nd round pick (VGK)

VGK

Staal, Eric

Buyouts

Tyler Ennis: $2,166,667

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2018
2019
2020
2021

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$79,500,000	$66,041,091	$25,000	$1,750,000	$13,458,909

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Parise, Zach $7,538,462$7,538,462 LW NMC UFA - 7		Granlund, Mikael $5,750,000$5,750,000 C, RW UFA - 2
Foligno, Marcus $2,875,000$2,875,000 RW, LW UFA - 3	Koivu, Mikko $5,500,000$5,500,000 C NMC UFA - 2	Niederreiter, Nino $5,250,000$5,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 4
Greenway, Jordan $916,666$916,666 ($400,000$400K) LW, RW UFA - 2	Coyle, Charlie $3,200,000$3,200,000 C, RW UFA - 2	Kunin, Luke $925,000$925,000 ($500,000$500K) RW, C RFA - 2
Larsson, Johan $1,475,000$1,475,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Eriksson Ek, Joel $894,167$894,167 ($425,000$425K) C UFA - 1	Fehr, Eric $1,000,000$1,000,000 C, RW UFA - 1
	Hendricks, Matt $700,000$700,000 RW, C, LW UFA - 1	Brown, J.T. $687,500$687,500 RW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Suter, Ryan $7,538,462$7,538,462 LD NMC UFA - 7	Dumba, Matt $6,000,000$6,000,000 RD UFA - 5	Dubnyk, Devan $2,166,667$2,166,667 G M-NTC UFA - 3
	Ristolainen, Rasmus $5,400,000$5,400,000 RD UFA - 4	Stalock, Alex $650,000$650,000 G UFA - 1
Seeler, Nick $725,000$725,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Pateryn, Greg $2,250,000$2,250,000 RD UFA - 3
Brännström, Erik $894,167$894,167 LD/RD, LW RFA - 4	Juulsen, Noah $863,333$863,333 ($425,000$425K) RD UFA - 2
	Prosser, Nate $650,000$650,000 RD UFA - 1

Dec. 21, 2018 at 11:00 a.m.

iginla12

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BUF and VGK deal are both heavily favoring the Wild... dumb trades.

Dec. 21, 2018 at 11:02 a.m.

MNBassman

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Quoting: iginla12

BUF and VGK deal are both heavily favoring the Wild... dumb trades.

Read the fine print with the Buffalo trade.

Why do you think the Vegas trade is so out of line?

Dec. 21, 2018 at 11:05 a.m.

iginla12

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Quoting: MNBassman

Read the fine print with the Buffalo trade.

Why do you think the Vegas trade is so out of line?

I read the "Fine Print" just fine. Top D-man, a first, and a filler for two mid value forwards. Makes no sense. VGK are not going to send one of their top prospects and a higher pick for an aging forward.

Dec. 21, 2018 at 11:17 a.m.

NucksFanForLife

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Quoting: iginla12

Spurgeon isn't exactly a forward, Zucker is a top six guy, and Spurgeon is a second pairing D man who can play top line minutes if need be. Risto a late first, and a fourth liner is more favouring Buffalo than Minnesota. I do agree with your opinion on the Vegas trade. Maybe Jones/Lescheshyn and a middle pick is a better trade.

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Dec. 21, 2018 at 11:21 a.m.

MNBassman

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Quoting: iginla12

Spurgeon is a top-pairing RHD...not a "mid value forward." And even if I'm not as high on Zucker as most...he's a top 6 forward all day long. So...a top-pairing RHD, a top 6 forward for a top-pairing RHD, a fringe NHLer, and a later 1st round pick isn't so far off...

As for Vegas...teams do stupid things at the deadline every year. IF they are still stinging from last year's Cup loss, they might be very willing to make a move like this. Especially with their talent pool of prospects...

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Dec. 21, 2018 at 11:30 a.m.

GenXHockey

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Figured I would counter balance the bad rating. Montreal trade is pretty good for both sides. The buffalo trade won’t happen. Don’t see them giving up Risto but the value is close. Vegas says no but I think you already know that. My opinion is if you are getting rid of brodin then pick up gardiner in ufa. Would love to see him play for his home town.

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Dec. 21, 2018 at 11:31 a.m.

GenXHockey

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Forgot to rate.

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Dec. 21, 2018 at 11:43 a.m.

MNBassman

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Quoting: Jamiepo

I'm not a huge fan of Gardiner. He's an incredible skater and a very good passer...but not much of a defender. I'd like to go back in time about 8 years and switch him to center... What do you think he will cost on the open market if he gets there?

Dec. 21, 2018 at 12:25 p.m.

GenXHockey

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Quoting: MNBassman

It’s hard to say. He isn’t as bad as he gets credited for. His upsides are great and really just needs to be paired with a stay at home guy. I would think 6-7m but to go home to wild they could probably get him for 5.5m.

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