That’s a no from the wild. They are building the team around him and Rossi For the future

Piss off

yep, that's probably a worse team

Yeah I agree wild never make that trade.

i hate the leafs

Seems like the sentiment from every non leafs fan

Because of leaf fans :/

I tend to enjoy hockey rather than hate other fan bases. Seems a bit petty. I do apologize that the leafs living rent free in your head is ruining your hockey experience.

They better hurry up if they plan to keep Fiala. Believe they only have one more year of control after this season and a team build that has no real direction.

Edit* my mistake, just looked it up it’s two years of control.

Neither team would. Makes no sense either way.

Yeah I can promise you the Leafs would make this move gladly.

Well, he seems to like it in Minnesota and money won't be an issue so I doubt anyone connected to the team is all too worried about him walking *snaps* just like that. Hell, Toronto fans are probably more worried about losing AM34 to Arizona than any Minnesota fans are about Fiala/Kirill

Not a worry for me anyways. Matthews loves it in Toronto and Arizona can’t afford him and most likely won’t have a team when his contract expires.

Fiala is a decent player for sure. Is he the type of guy you build a team around? I think that is the wild’s problem right now. They don’t have the players to build a team around.

They are stuck in a weird limbo where you can’t tell if they need to burn it to the ground or add pieces.

It’s not like they want ufa Hyman.

Yeah leafs don’t need Fiala. I’m just saying the value is worse for Minny

Don’t hate the leafs, not at all.. good young team, crazy fan base and they keep CF interesting

Just couldn’t resist with the comeback

I definitely think Fiala is a piece of the future and someone you build around if he continues his recent success. 30 points in his last 22 games is definitely encouraging. Is he a face of the franchise type guy? I don't think so but he's most definitely a valuable piece for the future.

And as for guys to build around if Fiala isn't included in that, there's Marco Rossi & Kirill Kaprizov. I don't feel as if they need much for introductions but I'm happy to talk about them.

Some pieces already in the organization to build around them with include: Matthew Boldy, Adam Beckman, Alexander Khovanov, Marat Khusnutdinov, Calen Addison, Brennan Menell and Ryan O'Rourke. Even Joel Eriksson Ek and Jordan Greenway could be key pieces of the future if they continue to develop. And they may not even truly be needed if the prospects develop.

To me, it's about finding the right goaltending and living out these bad contracts. Fenton sure didn't help with the latter. Kahk and/or Jones could be the guy(s) but I still think a Jesper Wallstedt would be perfect.

I think the Wild have enough pieces within the organization to put a really good team together.

I think the covid season is hurting them tho. Normally they're in a better division, but with the changes (new division, 4 teams make it) I think the plan is a little harder to execute. Before, it was easy to not be right there for playoffs, even if the team was competitive, making it easier for Guerin to sell off the expiring contracts at the deadline. Now, it looks like they're probably locked into that 4 spot. Imo, the only roster that could beat them rn is ARZ, but I'd give it to MIN and don't expect the Yotes to be buyers at the deadline with them losing picks recently. So the next team up and only team I would really expect to be buyers are the Sharks. No way the Ducks or Kings give up futures. And I think ideally the Yotes and Wild are sellers. So then it's San Jose who while I don't think are close to winning, may try to now too early. Their core being the reason why. Everyone is either in or exiting their prime years

So Minnesota is definitely a middling team right now, but I think there's a clear path for the future, even if it may end up getting kind of screwed just because of the state of the world right now

bad columbus trade andersons good he is hated after the playoff seris THAT WAS NOT HIS FAULT

Great Dcore, okay wingers (2 very good wingers) and an abyss down the middle. You’re right. In that division you’re probably 3-5. Unless their is a plan to fix the centre position they will spin their tires. Need at least a good 1c but a 1 and 2c would be better.

Unfortunately those are the two hardest positions to fill. Hopefully a trade or something in FA pops up.