Quoting: Wqrrior
Wild fans are all probably going to come on here and decline it, because they would rather let the cap close in on them each TDL and instead let guerin by 4th line grinders each TDL so that they live by their "close but never close enough motto" yet again.
The wild have been obviously lacking of a top 6 C to pair with JEE for years now, but keep wasting away their chances. Horvat would finally give Kaprizov an electric and versatile center that would immediately make the Wild a prime threat. Add on the extension and - albeit it a tight offseason - they'd have a very good core for a while.
We all know the trade will be scoffed at though, Wild management and fans seem to be perfectly fine neglecting the primary reason they never go anywhere.
The issue with Canucks fans and everyone else it seems is that they refuse to acknowledge that Minnesota's deadcap is an actual thing and that it actively forces the team to go year by year with it's contracts.
By managing the cap and roster so effectively since the Buyouts Guerin will have roughly $16M to spend on rentals this year.
So yeah, we can trade for Horvat just fine. Anyone and everyone on the market, in point of fact.
The
ISSUE, is
NEXT year and the year after that. The Wild CANNOT afford Horvat extended due to the fact that doing so would mean the team would not have the money necessary to pay Boldy. Or Addison, or Gustavsson.
Is acquiring a 28 year old Horvat and signing him to an $8x8 extension worth losing a 21 year old Boldy, a 22 year old Addison, and a 24 year old Gustavsson plus whatever assets were used to acquire Horvat in the first place?
No, it isn't.
Acquiring Horvat as a rental is one thing, at rental prices. But wasting assets for a player that we can ill afford to keep at full price with an extension in place is quite another.
It would appear that common sense and logical reasoning no longer need apply for a delusional fanbase that thinks only of themselves and cannot consider both sides.