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Trying to salvage a dumpster fire

Created by: Schmidty2go
Team: 2021-22 Minnesota Wild
Initial Creation Date: Aug. 5, 2021
Published: Aug. 5, 2021
Salary Cap Mode: Basic
Description
BG screwed this team with the buyouts, still has no #1 Center and continues to struggle to sign the top two scorers. Here is my attempt to fix some of that. This works under the cap and also allows you to have 1 year of Lundell, Boldy, Rossi, Beckman and Addision destroying the AHL and winning a Calder. And then next year, they all graduate up to fill the holes.
Free Agent Signings
RFAYEARSCAP HIT
4$8,000,000
Trades
1.
MIN
  1. Lundell, Anton
  2. 2023 1st round pick (FLA)
Additional Details:
This first round pick will be a late pick as FLA is a contender for years to come.
FLA
  1. Fiala, Kevin [RFA Rights]
  2. 2022 3rd round pick (MIN)
Additional Details:
Fenton is in FLA and he loves this guy. FLA is a trying to win now and Fiala could add scoring depth to this line-up.
2.
BUF
  1. Khusnutdinov, Marat [Reserve List]
  2. 2022 1st round pick (MIN)
  3. 2023 1st round pick (FLA)
  4. 2024 1st round pick (MIN)
Additional Details:
2024 pick conditionally drops to a 3rd rounder if Eichel fails to play at least 80 games for the Wild total over seasons 21-22 and 22-23.
Buyouts
DraftRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7
2022
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2023
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2024
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ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
22$81,500,000$79,027,755$0$82,500$2,472,245
Left WingCentreRight Wing
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$8,000,000$8,000,000
LW
UFA - 5
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$10,000,000$10,000,000
C
UFA - 5
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$6,000,000$6,000,000
RW, LW
NMC
UFA - 3
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$3,100,000$3,100,000
RW, LW
UFA - 3
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$5,250,000$5,250,000
C
UFA - 8
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$2,100,000$2,100,000
LW, RW
UFA - 1
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$725,000$725,000
C
UFA - 1
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$2,000,000$2,000,000
C
UFA - 1
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$1,700,000$1,700,000
C, RW
UFA - 3
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$825,833$825,833 (Performance Bonus$82,500$82K)
LW, C
RFA - 1
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$1,200,000$1,200,000
C, LW
UFA - 2
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$900,000$900,000
C, RW
UFA - 1
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$750,000$750,000
LW, C
UFA - 1
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
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$5,000,000$5,000,000
LD/RD
NMC
UFA - 1
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$7,575,000$7,575,000
RD
NMC
UFA - 6
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$3,666,667$3,666,667
G
UFA - 2
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$6,000,000$6,000,000
LD
NMC
UFA - 7
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$6,000,000$6,000,000
RD
M-NTC
UFA - 2
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$725,000$725,000
G
UFA - 1
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$1,125,000$1,125,000
LD/RD
M-NTC
UFA - 2
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$850,000$850,000
LD
UFA - 1
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$791,667$791,667
LD
UFA - 1

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Aug. 5, 2021 at 2:41 p.m.
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It's an easy no even without the condition.
Aug. 5, 2021 at 2:42 p.m.
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No way in heck Fiala brings back Lundell, not to mention they have to negotiate a new contract, which won’t b easy. they already have to do with Reinhart, oh, and Barkov next year.
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Aug. 5, 2021 at 2:44 p.m.
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Tbf, the problem with Eichel is his health uncertainty. If BG shells out assets for a guy who might never play again, then you've essentially lit fire on your franchise by losing all the assets you gave up and being stuck with 10mil for 5 more seasons. That hurts financially even if you can stick him on LTIR for cap relief purposes.

A better idea IMO for MINN would be to offer-sheet Elias Pettersson.
Aug. 5, 2021 at 2:48 p.m.
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Quoting: CheechYou
Tbf, the problem with Eichel is his health uncertainty. If BG shells out assets for a guy who might never play again, then you've essentially lit fire on your franchise by losing all the assets you gave up and being stuck with 10mil for 5 more seasons. That hurts financially even if you can stick him on LTIR for cap relief purposes.

A better idea IMO for MINN would be to offer-sheet Elias Pettersson.


How much you gonna have to offer lmao? Canucks will match anything
Aug. 5, 2021 at 2:48 p.m.
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Respectfully, both trades are terrible. Fiala won't get Lundell straight up imo. Lundell is on an ELC and we'll see what Fiala gets paid. No interest in 2 1sts Marat and a 3rd (or 1st) for Eichel who is injured.
Aug. 5, 2021 at 2:49 p.m.
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Quoting: CheechYou
Tbf, the problem with Eichel is his health uncertainty. If BG shells out assets for a guy who might never play again, then you've essentially lit fire on your franchise by losing all the assets you gave up and being stuck with 10mil for 5 more seasons. That hurts financially even if you can stick him on LTIR for cap relief purposes.

A better idea IMO for MINN would be to offer-sheet Elias Pettersson.


Eichel’s injury isn’t close to career threatening. The hold up is which type of surgery. So unless the Dr slips and cuts his spin, he’ll be just fine. There was a chance the issue could have fixed itself with relaxation. Trying to keep hyperbole to the minimum here.
Aug. 5, 2021 at 2:54 p.m.
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No way in heck Fiala brings back Lundell, not to mention they have to negotiate a new contract, which won’t b easy. they already have to do with Reinhart, oh, and Barkov next year.


That's a fair point.
Aug. 5, 2021 at 3:44 p.m.
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Fun fact: Guerin did not screw our cap with the buyouts. Chuck Fletcher did when he signed those deals. I'm gonna quote Michael Russo:

"... the one thing I do want to make clear out of fairness is it’s really not the Zach Parise and Ryan Suter buyouts creating a lack of flexibility.

It’s the contracts themselves.

We all knew when the Wild signed both players to twin 13-year, $98 million contracts in 2012 that it wouldn’t end well. They never do.

But when the NHL decided to retroactively implement cap recapture penalties, we especially knew it could be painful if they became declining players late in their careers and decided to prematurely retire for non-injury reasons during the back dive of their deals. They were to each make $6 million next season, then $4 million total in their final three seasons.

But if Parise and Suter were still on the books for the next four years at $7.538 million each, the Wild would have even less flexibility and Wednesday’s first day of free agency would have really been slow because the Wild wouldn’t have been able to get in on pretty much any player. That’s why the last month before Parise was bought out I kept alluding to the fact that I really started to sense something was up and that the team may have to buy him out because something had to give.

The math just didn’t work if the Wild planned to re-sign Kaprizov and Kevin Fiala AND fill out the rest of the roster.

The Suter buyout to go along with Parise, well, that obviously surprised everyone.

But no matter what happened, these contracts would have caused long-term pain. They were just debilitating in large part because of the cap recapture. The buyouts actually relieved some of that pain."
Aug. 5, 2021 at 3:45 p.m.
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That Fiala trade.... Oof. Would you do Rossi and 1st for Reinhart? Didn't think so
Aug. 5, 2021 at 5:00 p.m.
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Tell ya what, you get lundell and trade him to us.
 
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