this team would be good. Juraj not ready for the NHL yet imo. Sending him to Utica will pay dividends in the long run.

Don't think Fiala takes 7

7.5 makes no difference to us. I’m fine with that

I think he could play in NHL this year, but if he couldn’t, Zetterlund or Foote could slot in his spot

he could. don't think he should.

I’m not sure Minnesota will target a guy who will be a RFA in one year’s time. Probably a draft pick or top prospect that will be on an ELC through the bad part of the Parise/Suter buyouts.

I love the Oilers deal but don't see EDM benefiting at all off of it.

Fair. Who would u want in his spot. Think it has to be Zetterlund but also liked how Foote looked at end of year. Think they haven’t given him enough opportunities these past two years

Either is fine imo

I don’t mind the Minnesota deal but who could NJ replace Smith with in this proposal? Young LHD is probably the last thing the Wild need. I’m sure Guerin would be interested in some forward instead that’s on an elc or cheap contract that’s still young.

Reilly Walsh

That’s another defenseman who’s not terrible but I was thinking more of Zetterlund or Thompson

Thompson

I feel like if it really boiled down to it the Devils and the Wild would make a bigger trade considering the Wild have numerous D prospects and are likely looking to acquire a high end F prospect. I'm thinking it'll be a bigger deal then expected on both fronts

Does NJ really need D prospects though? They are set with Dougie and Hughes for probably the next decade as a top 2. I don’t know if they are gonna keep Ryan graves but I definitely would if I were them. Not sure if they are gonna keep Severson or Seigenthaler, Subban is gone and then they have Smith, Bahl, Walsh, and Shakir.

What would you think a bigger deal would look like?

Very fair question, I just think they have a ton of near ready NHL quality forwards and are lacking in defense prospects. We have a forward we can't afford and mutiple D propects to fill any spot they may need and they have a surplus of of forwards that they're running out of room for. There is a possibility of the Wild sending Fiala and a high end D prospect to NJ for a couple offensive pieces coming back. I know they have the 2 Hughes and Hamilton but they're bordeline able to hand select a prospect to fill any role they may need

Well they definitely don’t need a forward prospect unless they see something in Adam Beckman where he can become a Barclay Goodrow/Mason Appleton type 3rd line stud. I could possibly see Addison being of interest. The only prospects I would take off the table under these circumstances are Wallstedt, Rossi, Lambos, and potentially Khusnutdinov depending on how good the return is.