I don’t think the Wild can fit Olafsson next year. But I do think Dumba would go to BUF, but they’d need at least a 2nd and probably another piece to move him.

I think you nailed the Meier trade tho.

Not bad at all

Minnesota absolutely declines! They aren't trading for Winger who does nothing special and won't play in Minnesota. He also doesn't have that value of 1st round pick. So no from wild

What, he would be second on your team in goals, he has one of the best shots in the league. And he's signed for 1 more year and a RFA.

I'd keep olofsson if that's the return.

Plus Dumba is too much for us to spend on a 2 pair RHD, IMO.

Goals aren't everything. Minnesota got rid of fiala because he's turnover prone, expensive and one trick pony. You told on your lack of knowledge about how wild operates. Victor o Isn't good and wild don't need Wingers

Dumba is the wrong target for us anyways

Also, u guys were dumb to trade Fiala & would be dumb to not want a guy who’s gonna score 30+ goals
U guys are in the bottom half in the league in scoring

That’s quite a bit for Meier

We can't afford Olofsson plain and simple. We have 14 guys under contract next season and $9,334,745 in cap space. Olofsson would eat up more than half that. We'd have just $4,584,745 to work with and 15 players on the roster. We'd need to re-sign Addison and Gustavsson then add another 4 or 5 players and leave room for an injury buffer. The math just doesn't work out.

That's the same reason we got rid of Fiala. In order to keep him we would have had to basically dismantle the roster so we could stay under the cap as a result of the Parise and Suter buyout penalties. It wasn't going to be worth it for what we'd have to give up to make the money work.

Gotcha
I wasn’t talking about the Cap aspect of it,
just that Olofsson (& Fiala) are both good players that could be helping u guys

Valid point, I was quickly looking for Western conference team, that is good, but is scoring less goals than opponents.

There no roster space for him. It's him or Mittsy out, but since it's about aquiring top line winger, Mitts stays as he plays C

This season - not at all. But he has to be convinced to waive NTC, so there should be extension in place and this part is something I am not sure, Sabres would be willing to give right away.

Yeah, the cap is what kills almost any deal for us right now (and the next 2 years until the buyout penalties drop significantly). There's tons of players who could help us, but we can't afford any beyond this season. That's why we're not in on Horvat even though we need more scoring and a top 6 center.

I hear ya
Makes sense when u air it out like that

My Lack of knowledge of you guys not scoring goals, that's the only reason this was AGM was made, cause you guys have trouble scoring. He would help you.

LOL. Olofsson isn't good? Oooooookay.

He's got 17TK 13GV
51.1 CF%
Starts a decent amount in the D-zone (45.5% 5v5)

Is he the best 2-way player? Not at all. But he's not some drastic liability either.

t-17th in the league in 5v5 goals w/14 ( w/ Ovechkin, Nylander, Petterson, Skinner)
8th in 5v5 G/60

When people say "goals aren't everything", I wonder what their reaction is when their team scores a goal. And Goalofsson scores wayyyyyyyyyyy more than most.

It's basically as laughable as, "yea but he only scores on the PP", as if PP goals don't matter.

I get MIN not wanting him due to cap space. But in terms of talent and goal-scoring, you should.

Not when fiala was let go not only for cap reasons. Wild aren't trading anything for a Winger they don't need. One dimensional and expensive.

Goals aren't everything especially not to wild coach or gm. When a player doesn't play a certain way and they are expensive, Guerin doesn't keep them . People keep refusing to understand there was more to fiala trade starting with cap. Wild don't need any Wingers

For the record, I don't think he is a good fit for the Wild.

However, he's one of the cheapest goal-scorers in the league. Those other guys I listed make a lot more money. And Fiala is way more of defensive liability than Olofsson.

Personally, I'm not looking to trade him.

I understand your Cap problems, but you don't understand that Olofsson isn't one dimensional. Maybe not the best Defensive Forward, but he would definitely help you guys. I don't want to fight about it, cause I wouldn't do the trade for this anyway.

The extension would still be too much, for what we should be paying for someone to play w/ Power. We need someone in the $4 mill range, not 8 or 9.

He is not getting 8 or 9. He`ll be lucky to get a raise. Sabres would have to compensate that with term, giving something like 4x4,5 mil. Either 2x6mil or 4x4,5mil. Still not sure about it. Have to do Power, Cozens, Krebs, JJ and Quinn first.