I was so excited to see what Minnesota thought of this trade they must not be awake yet, can’t see you getting their first, but leads accept don’t even need to retain on him

Personally, I don't see the appeal of Mittelstadt especially if he wants a Boldy level contract next season. Sure, this trade would free up some money to be able to afford that, but we have other areas we could better use that cap space than dumping it into Mittelstadt. We're already adding potential NHL centers in Khusnutdinov (this spring) and Yurov (either this summer or next) so Mittelstadt becomes a redundant asset, and an expensive one at that, real quick.

Also, Spurgeon would block this with his NMC and Foligno might shut it down too, based on the fact that he just signed a 4 year extension here. I know Moose was born there and spent the first part of his career there, but if he wanted to go back to Buffalo, he could have waited until this summer and signed there instead of signing an extension in Minnesota. Either way, the deal probably dies there.