You’ll get more than that. I’d take that in a heartbeat

Personally I feel if they trade for either an even better prospect or the first rounder. Wouldn’t be surprised if Dumba is shopped out. But I think it’ll all depend on how he would look at the year he is up for a new contract because the suter and parise cap hits go up further by another 2+ million. Does he want to cash in or does he want to stay on a friendly contract. But yes fiala is gone. Middleton will probably require 2+ million but he’s worth it! Kulikov was good during the season. He may be gone. But if they get rid of dumba I feel they’ll keep the rest of the defense.

Agree with most if not all of that. My homerized opinion Is that they can probably resign Middleton for less than his value (whatever that may be) because he is just giddy anytime he’s with the media on how much fun he had getting traded here and how he lived playing with the team.
On the Fiala trade, other iterations I’ve done I’ve proposed the 2nd OA pick but NJ fans want to put you in the trunk for such an offense. I don’t know propspecta as well as a lot of folks on here (especially those who are not with Wild), but thinking BG would have some fun picking through and finding “his guys” and these two dudes seem to play heavy.

This is why players have agents. His next contract might be his only chance to get a decent payday as an NHL player. $2m-ish for a 1-2 years is a fair deal, but adding that 3rd year I think bumps it up to closer to $3m/yr. He's better than Goli and Kulikov ($2m/yr deals), and is playing in a 2nd pair role with Spurgeon.

The only thing keeping him from the $4m range is the fact he doesn't have much of a track record. I'm looking at the deal $2.75m x 3 deal Soucy signed with MN as a baseline.

What does Fiala contract look like going fwd?

Expensive... different sites have it in the $7.5m - $9.5m range depending on the term.

I totally understand. I think it’ll be a stretch to get the #2 pick from NJ but we could if we throw our pick in as a swap or a low level prospect. If we go with Ottawa I think we could score their first. I think fiala’s trade value will all depend who’s buying. Multiple will be great for the wild! They’ll get a kings ransom. Create a bidding war. I’m sure guerin will still sit fiala down and tell him what he could offer. If it’s not enough he’ll be gone before the draft.