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Minnesota Wild 22-23 Season Start

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Team: 2022-23 Minnesota Wild
Initial Creation Date: Jan. 20, 2022
Published: Jan. 20, 2022
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Free Agent Signings
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3$925,000
RFAYEARSCAP HIT
3$800,000
3$1,250,000
UFAYEARSCAP HIT
2$2,000,000
5$1,500,000
2$900,000
3$6,000,000
Trades
1.
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  1. Faber, Brock [Reserve List]
  2. 2022 2nd round pick (LAK)
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  1. Fiala, Kevin [RFA Rights]
2.
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  1. 2022 2nd round pick (BOS)
BOS
  1. Greenway, Jordan [RFA Rights]
Buyouts
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2022
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2023
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2024
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ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
22$82,500,000$80,299,421$0$1,532,500$2,200,579

Roster

Left WingCentreRight Wing
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$9,000,000$9,000,000
LW
UFA - 4
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$1,700,000$1,700,000
C, RW
UFA - 2
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$6,000,000$6,000,000
RW, LW
M-NTC, NMC
UFA - 2
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$880,833$880,833 (Performance Bonus$600,000$600K)
RW, LW
UFA - 1
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$863,333$863,333 (Performance Bonus$850,000$850K)
C
RFA - 3
$6,000,000$6,000,000
RW, C
UFA - 3
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$3,100,000$3,100,000
RW, LW
UFA - 2
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$5,250,000$5,250,000
C
UFA - 7
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$1,200,000$1,200,000
C, LW
UFA - 1
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$800,000$800,000
LW, C
RFA - 2
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$1,500,000$1,500,000
C
UFA - 3
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$750,000$750,000
RW, LW
UFA - 1
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
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LD
NMC
UFA - 6
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$6,000,000$6,000,000
RD
M-NTC
UFA - 1
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$3,666,667$3,666,667
G
UFA - 1
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$2,000,000$2,000,000
LD/RD
UFA - 2
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$7,575,000$7,575,000
RD
NMC
UFA - 5
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$1,125,000$1,125,000
LD/RD
M-NTC
UFA - 1
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$1,200,000$1,200,000
LD
UFA - 3
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$1,250,000$1,250,000
G
UFA - 2
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$795,000$795,000 (Performance Bonus$82,500$82K)
RD
RFA - 1
ScratchesInjured Reserve (IR)Long Term IR (LTIR)
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C, RW
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Jan. 20, 2022 at 4:01 p.m.
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Really underwhelming return for Fiala
Jan. 20, 2022 at 4:01 p.m.
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Brock Faber is not available under any circumstances.
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Jan. 20, 2022 at 4:09 p.m.
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Quoting: Caerii
Really underwhelming return for Fiala


What would stop Fiala from negotiating one year with the Kings and going straight to the free agency? This is pretty underwhelming for Brock Faber.
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Jan. 20, 2022 at 4:11 p.m.
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What would stop Fiala from negotiating one year with the Kings and going straight to the free agency? This is pretty underwhelming for Brock Faber.


Don't really care about LA's perspective because I don't really care about LA. If it's bad for LA then it's just bad for both sides I guess.
Jan. 20, 2022 at 4:22 p.m.
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Quoting: Caerii
Don't really care about LA's perspective because I don't really care about LA. If it's bad for LA then it's just bad for both sides I guess.


Hilarious!

So for you the purpose of CapFriendly isn't to try to make trades that are intellectually justifiable, but only to look at or construct them from the myopic point of view of how they improve your own team without considering whether they are at all realistic, i.e., making an honest attempt to evaluate their effect on the other side.

I think that you're unique among Minnesota fans in that regard.
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Jan. 20, 2022 at 4:22 p.m.
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Quoting: Caerii
Don't really care about LA's perspective because I don't really care about LA. If it's bad for LA then it's just bad for both sides I guess.


Agreed, bad for both sides. Thanks for letting me know what things you care about, I don't remember asking that.
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Jan. 20, 2022 at 4:28 p.m.
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Quoting: OldNYIfan
Hilarious!

So for you the purpose of CapFriendly isn't to try to make trades that are intellectually justifiable, but only to look at or construct them from the myopic point of view of how they improve your own team without considering whether they are at all realistic, i.e., making an honest attempt to evaluate their effect on the other side.

I think that you're unique among Minnesota fans in that regard.


I didn't make this proposal?

I can sit here all day and try to imagine what LA might want or need, but at the end of the day I don't know what that is because I don't follow LA, so I'm not going to waste my time pretending I know your team. I'm going to post from the perspective I do know, which is Minnesota's perspective. If LA fans have a problem with the deal from their end, I expect them to come in and speak from their perspective.

If discussion results from both of our feedback, then great. But I'm not going to sit here and tweak this proposal to work for both LA and Minnesota by myself because I don't know enough about LA to do that.
Jan. 20, 2022 at 4:29 p.m.
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Minnesota will not be trading fiala for a d prospect, position they are stacked at and 2nd round pick! Greenway can get a late 1st from playoff team because as a restricted free agent, any team who signs greenway to a 3-3.5 mil offersheet give up a 1st
Jan. 20, 2022 at 4:36 p.m.
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Minnesota will not be trading fiala for a d prospect, position they are stacked at


"Stacked"?!?!? Next season is Dumba's last under his current contract, and after Jared Spurgeon, the only other two guys you have in the system on that side are Calen Addison (currently so good that he's on the taxi squad) and 28-year-old Dakota Mermis.
Jan. 20, 2022 at 4:47 p.m.
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"Stacked"?!?!? Next season is Dumba's last under his current contract, and after Jared Spurgeon, the only other two guys you have in the system on that side are Calen Addison (currently so good that he's on the taxi squad) and 28-year-old Dakota Mermis.


Jared spurgeon and jonas brodin are long term
Jon merrill and Dmitry kulikov are 5-6 for next 3 years

Alex g is coming back
Dumba is coming back

You then have Calen addison, Ryan o'Rourk, Carson lambos, jack peart, Damon Jones, etc.. so respectfully Minnesota is stacked because they won't have room on their d for quite a while. Minnesota isn't the team that goes about position or sides
Jan. 20, 2022 at 4:49 p.m.
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"Stacked"?!?!? Next season is Dumba's last under his current contract, and after Jared Spurgeon, the only other two guys you have in the system on that side are Calen Addison (currently so good that he's on the taxi squad) and 28-year-old Dakota Mermis.


Look, I can get with and agree on the point that the organization is weak on RD depth after a few players either moved on or were traded out of the organization. But dude, don't disparage a kid just because we have a GM who carries the mentality you have to *earn it* and then keep it style of management. He essentially signed three players to block this kid to challenge him to try and leap frog them all in order to make the roster. Addison is already better than Benn, but Benn's size keeps him the lineup as the 7th D when healthy. Merrill is a cagey veteran who will always play because of it over a kid with less than 50 games to his NHL career. Goligoski is playing the right side while Spurgeon is out with injury. And both him and Dumba are better options for the top 4 over Addison... for now.

Finally, with Brodin also currently out, Addison is in point of fact actually playing with the NHL squad.
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Jan. 20, 2022 at 5:01 p.m.
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Quoting: Wildnochance
Minnesota will not be trading fiala for a d prospect, position they are stacked at and 2nd round pick! Greenway can get a late 1st from playoff team because as a restricted free agent, any team who signs greenway to a 3-3.5 mil offersheet give up a 1st


A 1st on an OS costs over $4m. Greenway isn't worth a $4m deal and he's not worth a 1st in trade. His game is that of a 3rd line wing. Those are a dime a dozen on the free agent market.

I'd rather keep Fiala than sign Grioux.
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Jan. 20, 2022 at 5:04 p.m.
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Look, I can get with and agree on the point that the organization is weak on RD depth after a few players either moved on or were traded out of the organization. But dude, don't disparage a kid just because we have a GM who carries the mentality you have to *earn it* and then keep it style of management. He essentially signed three players to block this kid to challenge him to try and leap frog them all in order to make the roster. Addison is already better than Benn, but Benn's size keeps him the lineup as the 7th D when healthy. Merrill is a cagey veteran who will always play because of it over a kid with less than 50 games to his NHL career. Goligoski is playing the right side while Spurgeon is out with injury. And both him and Dumba are better options for the top 4 over Addison... for now.

Finally, with Brodin also currently out, Addison is in point of fact actually playing with the NHL squad.



On the #1 PP unit and looked good there btw
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Jan. 20, 2022 at 5:07 p.m.
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On the #1 PP unit and looked good there btw


Agreed.
Jan. 20, 2022 at 5:27 p.m.
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On the #1 PP unit and looked good there btw


The PP is the only time I've liked Addison being on the ice.
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Jan. 20, 2022 at 6:15 p.m.
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Well my two cents are this. I think Billy is a fool if he excepts the the Faber and a 2nd for Fiala. I've seen many ACGMs where Wild find the money for Fiala.
Last off season Bill was clearly working on making the defense corp larger. So if he is considering a deal with LA he is going to want Grans, IMO.
I'd also hope to get a 1st lottery protected over the 2nd.
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Jan. 20, 2022 at 6:20 p.m.
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Quoting: OldNYIfan
"Stacked"?!?!? Next season is Dumba's last under his current contract, and after Jared Spurgeon, the only other two guys you have in the system on that side are Calen Addison (currently so good that he's on the taxi squad) and 28-year-old Dakota Mermis.


Your right about the lack of depth on the right side. However i get a little defensive when I hear the slightest slight on Addison. Lol just having fun. Addison is only on taxi squad for cap reasons and the Wild are bringing him along slowly, he has been play fairly regularly, just to fill you in.
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Jan. 20, 2022 at 6:51 p.m.
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Quoting: OutCold13
Well my two cents are this. I think Billy is a fool if he excepts the the Faber and a 2nd for Fiala. I've seen many ACGMs where Wild find the money for Fiala.
Last off season Bill was clearly working on making the defense corp larger. So if he is considering a deal with LA he is going to want Grans, IMO.
I'd also hope to get a 1st lottery protected over the 2nd.


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Your right about the lack of depth on the right side. However i get a little defensive when I hear the slightest slight on Addison. Lol just having fun. Addison is only on taxi squad for cap reasons and the Wild are bringing him along slowly, he has been play fairly regularly, just to fill you in.


Agree with you that this is WAY below Fiala's value. And I didn't mean to slight Addison, because he was the steal in the Zucker trade, but I was bemused by the "stacked on the right side" oversell.

I don't see Merrill or Kulikov as the answer on the right side. But I could be wrong.
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Jan. 20, 2022 at 7:08 p.m.
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Agree with you that this is WAY below Fiala's value. And I didn't mean to slight Addison, because he was the steal in the Zucker trade, but I was bemused by the "stacked on the right side" oversell.

I don't see Merrill or Kulikov as the answer on the right side. But I could be wrong.


No i don't think either will be the answer. I think the Wild, with the recent extension of Merrill, are opening up a scenario where they don't re-sign Goligoski unless he comes in at a very team friendly deal. If Wild don't overpay to keep Goligoski then they could move Brodin to the top pair. Kulikov would likely be 2nd pair with Dumba and that might get sketchy with 3rd pair being Merrill and Addison. It's a step back defensively but i think it's the plan, with the hope that eventually Lambos, O'rourke, or Hunt will step up and replace Kulikov and Merrill as their contracts expire.
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Jan. 20, 2022 at 8:05 p.m.
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No i don't think either will be the answer. I think the Wild, with the recent extension of Merrill, are opening up a scenario where they don't re-sign Goligoski unless he comes in at a very team friendly deal. If Wild don't overpay to keep Goligoski then they could move Brodin to the top pair. Kulikov would likely be 2nd pair with Dumba and that might get sketchy with 3rd pair being Merrill and Addison. It's a step back defensively but i think it's the plan, with the hope that eventually Lambos, O'rourke, or Hunt will step up and replace Kulikov and Merrill as their contracts expire.


I'm not sure what you mean by move Brodin to the top pair. He's been there all year.
Jan. 20, 2022 at 8:14 p.m.
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I'm not sure what you mean by move Brodin to the top pair. He's been there all year.


It's true if you are talking minutes I'm pretty sure Brodin has the highest average minutes 5v5, but Goligoski and Spurgeon are generally considered the top pair.
That said Wild have been missing Spurgeon for most of the season at this point so who knows who is the top pair is anymore.
Jan. 20, 2022 at 8:55 p.m.
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Quoting: OutCold13
It's true if you are talking minutes I'm pretty sure Brodin has the highest average minutes 5v5, but Goligoski and Spurgeon are generally considered the top pair.
That said Wild have been missing Spurgeon for most of the season at this point so who knows who is the top pair is anymore.


Dumba actually has the highest 5v5 ToI/game. He's been playing really big minutes the last few games to push him past Brodin.

On the flip side Spurgeon has been playing bottom pair 5v5 mins all season, his and Benn's numbers are close. The team has also been much better without Spurgeon than with him.
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Jan. 23, 2022 at 1:19 p.m.
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The PP is the only time I've liked Addison being on the ice.


I’m with you on this one. He seems disoriented out there 1/2 the time…
Jan. 23, 2022 at 1:22 p.m.
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It's true if you are talking minutes I'm pretty sure Brodin has the highest average minutes 5v5, but Goligoski and Spurgeon are generally considered the top pair.
That said Wild have been missing Spurgeon for most of the season at this point so who knows who is the top pair is anymore.


Top minutes are by far the number one indicator of the top pair! Brodin and Dumba have been (when healthy) the Wild’s top pair all season.
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Jan. 23, 2022 at 1:52 p.m.
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I’m with you on this one. He seems disoriented out there 1/2 the time…


Don't get me wrong, I'd give Spurgeon away and play Addison for the $6.5m less cap hit. Then use that money to re-sign Fiala, Greenway and Dumba long term and still have some left over cap to play with.
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