Where is Vilardi or Turcotte in addition to the 1st? Not nearly enough value for the Wild here.

Oh yes it is.

No....

It isn't.

This trade is about right, yeah.

For 19th OA? GMBG can do better than that.

It's not even close for a PPG 80+ point winger.

In a vacuum... but the following is against the Wild and his value:

1) 0.5 ppg in the playoffs this year... 3/7 points per game ratio otherwise in the playoffs. That's fringed second line numbers.

2) Selling the player off due to cap issues is like an auction: best bid wins. Trade won't be to value. Of course, someone could bet something insane... if they do, they'll outbid everyone.

3) Selling a player means you're not going to get equal value in most cases, but rather some rolls at the dice.

4) Continuation of 3 - the team bidding will look to subtract as little as possible from their own club's hopes of competing next year in order to facilitate the deal. There's a point where bidding gets "serious" when something of substance is on the table, in this case, a first round pick. If LA offers their first, it's up to other teams to match that. Teams with picks 1-10 are far more reluctant to move these assets because with drafting, the grass is always greener, which means the value is going to be higher than the prospect they're getting due to the attraction of the unknown.

Therefore, the "best" bid I see will be from a team picking between 10 and 25 offering their first and really not anything more. They don't have to. Minnesota's job is to maximize the value of the deal rather than to get "fair" value, so fans can in no way expect fair value coming out of this unless someone really steps up their bid. Ottawa "might" give them 7, but I think that's going to be hard to get from them and in the end, they'll pull the pick back and simply withdraw from the bidding, leaving LA, Edmonton, etc, to go after him.

What'll get it done? A mid first and maybe a B prospect or 3rd rd pick... but hey, it only takes two teams to start a bidding war and Minni might get more. We'll see.

Bahahahahahaha

Okay so he went for the first and Faber. Yeah, not too far. Well done.

Minnesota Wild has already traded Fiala to the Los Angeles Kings, but they will make more trades.

Yet he's been trade for #19 and a top 4 D-man prospect.

That pretty close of this trade offer. I don't say it max value of what fans ask or what was supposed to be but it's still something. It was for the best he does the trade now then when other team would be able to give him hostile offer. A team could craft an contract to interest Fiala to sign to put Minnesota in bad way. They could set to much money or year etc so if Minny do the same offer they could be in trouble or otherwise to be obliged to select the compensation that could be less then desired.