Minnesota Wild
Joined: Oct. 2016
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The Wild currently have $6.5 million in cap room. Please explain to me why it would make sense for us to take on $4.5 million in a trade? That would leave us $2 million for Middleton, a goalie, a 13th forward, and a cushion for injuries.
Any trade we're making at this point will either be cap neutral or shed cap. We're already moving Fiala because signing him would be a massive pain to try to fit under the cap. Adding a bunch of money like this with nothing going out makes it so we can't even dress a full lineup.