Team: 2022-23 Minnesota Wild

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 31, 2022

Published: Feb. 5, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

We keep talking about if Wild keep Dumba and move Fiala or sign Fiala and move Dumba. In reality Wild can't afford either player long term. Boldy is a stud and will be getting paid when his ELC is up. So Wild will need cap space to do that.
Zadina has loads of potential but hasn't been able to unleash it in Detroit, he is a great change of scenery candidate, and he won't demand significant money while Wild are in cap hell.

Not sure Dumba is a fit in Florida next season but this is the kind of return i would expect. Denisenko is Russian so hoping he would think the game like Kaprizov and he is a right shot winger something the Wild continue to lack.

When Talbots contract ends Wild can bring up Wallstedt.
As Merrill, Kulikov, and Benn's contracts expire Wild can bring up Lambos, O'Rourke, Hunt or Peart. Not that i believe all of them will become NHL level defenseman but they all look good and i would expect 2 of the four will make it in the NHL.
This should get the Wild past their cap problems and hopefully the cap will start to rise again soon. Additionally hope the Wild can continue to draft well so the prospect pool stays strong.

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