Last Year of Buyout Hell

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Created by: BenghisKHan

Team: 2024-25 Minnesota Wild

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 17, 2024

Published: Apr. 17, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

The Wild have one more year with $15 mil in dead money which limits there ability to make a splash in free agency so any big roster improvement will have to come through trades.

First move - The resigning of Fluery makes Gus an asset that can be moved. Hyne's thinks this team needs to get stronger and faster that is where targeting Knies comes in. Toronto needs to improve in net and even with Gus having a down year he would be an improvement. Knies will be expensive but between his talent and cost the is worth a high price tag. What would Toronto's number be for this?

Second move - is improving the depth at defense. Ian Cole is a good fit here a strong physical defenseman if the Wild stay healthy Bogosian and Cole are 6/7 but both can handle more minutes. Then Merrill can watch the season from the press box if we can't trade him for a bag of pucks.

Third move - bring back Lucchini or similar to add depth to the 4th line.

GMBG has shown he doesn't want to rush young guys into the league so coming into the season I think Johansson starts on the third line and Gaudreau on the fourth and Ohgren and Khusnutdinov start in Iowa but I could see them getting called up if these guys struggle as bad as they did this year.

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Chisholm, Declan		2	$1,250,000
Shaw, Mason		2	$975,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Lucchini, Jacob		2	$850,000
Cole, Ian		2	$3,000,000

Trades

MIN

Knies, Matthew

Additional Details:

The Wild need physical forwards. Ohgren may be but Knies showed he is. Toronto may not want to part but what the Wild add here is worth overpaying with the depth of prospects.

TOR

Gustavsson, Filip
2024 2nd round pick (MIN)

Additional Details:

Toronto needs to improve in net this year Gus is a minor improvement last year Gus is a major improvement. Plus its a good contract for what you get.

Buyouts

Zach Parise: $7,371,794
Ryan Suter: $7,371,794

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
25	$87,500,000	$85,950,254	$425,000	$2,875,000	$1,549,746

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Kaprizov, Kirill $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW NMC UFA - 2	Eriksson Ek, Joel $5,250,000$5,250,000 C M-NTC, NMC UFA - 5	Zuccarello, Mats $4,125,000$4,125,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 2
Knies, Matthew $925,000$925,000 LW, RW RFA - 1	Rossi, Marco $863,333$863,333 ($850,000$850K) C RFA - 1	Boldy, Matthew $7,000,000$7,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 6
Johansson, Marcus $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, RW NTC UFA - 1	Hartman, Ryan $4,000,000$4,000,000 C, RW NMC UFA - 3	Foligno, Marcus $4,000,000$4,000,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 4
Shaw, Mason $975,000$975,000 LW, C RFA	Gaudreau, Frédérick $2,100,000$2,100,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 4	Lettieri, Vinni $775,000$775,000 C, RW UFA - 1
Öhgren, Liam $918,333$918,333 ($500,000$500K) LW RFA - 2	Khusnutdinov, Marat $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) C RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Brodin, Jonas $6,000,000$6,000,000 LD NMC UFA - 4	Spurgeon, Jared $7,575,000$7,575,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 3	Fleury, Marc-André $2,500,000$2,500,000 G NMC UFA - 1
Middleton, Jake $2,450,000$2,450,000 LD UFA - 1	Faber, Brock $925,000$925,000 ($250,000$250K) RD RFA - 1	Wallstedt, Jesper $925,000$925,000 ($425,000$425K) G RFA - 1
Chisholm, Declan $1,250,000$1,250,000 LD/RD RFA	Cole, Ian $3,000,000$3,000,000 LD/RD UFA
	Bogosian, Zach $1,250,000$1,250,000 RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Merrill, Jon $1,200,000$1,200,000 LD UFA - 1
Lucchini, Jacob $850,000$850,000 RW, C, LW UFA

Apr. 17 at 1:04 p.m.

Lancebmx

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Brah, do you actually think they would trade Knies for that?

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Apr. 17 at 1:09 p.m.

BenghisKHan

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That's why I asked what I put Gus and a Second for a guy with 1 yr in the league is an offer that is in line with other moves the Wild have made. What would move the needle for Toronto?

Apr. 17 at 1:18 p.m.

Brad_Treliving

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Crazy to think Leafs would even take this call

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Apr. 17 at 1:41 p.m.

dh91

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You forgot to include Spurgeon

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Apr. 17 at 1:52 p.m.

Leafsfan98

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Quoting: BenghisKHan

That's why I asked what I put Gus and a Second for a guy with 1 yr in the league is an offer that is in line with other moves the Wild have made. What would move the needle for Toronto?

Too much for Minnesota to consider...

If you wanted to know, probably Knies and a 1st for Faber type deal which makes no sense for Minny

Apr. 17 at 2:12 p.m.

iAce

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Ok Toronto fans are going to chew this deal up and spit it out. Here's the issue that fans need to realize. Knies was on the 1st line for part of the season with Matthews and only put up 36 points. Based on value and what he can be, Knies couldn't even fetch Rossi anymore without Toronto adding to that deal. I don't mind the trade above and giving a bit more to pry a younger asset from them. I would see if any veteran would be willing to waive the NMC and us retain half on a deal. So maybe a Foligno/Hartman added with us keeping half their contract. But I don't think this trade is as far off as fans will say it is. The Faber for Knies and a 1st is wild. The 25th overall pick and Knies doesn't equal Faber.

Also, every year that goes by without them going for it means they are wasting the roster away. I look at the Penguins as the team that got the most out of their superstars. I think the Leafs need to take the same approach. I think their D-core is pretty bad. Maybe a Spurgeon could help them on the right side. I think getting Knies would be huge for us tho, I think GusBus/Spurgeon could be on the move this summer. We need to get a younger and bigger right handed d-man in there.

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Apr. 17 at 2:23 p.m.

iAce

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Quoting: dh91

You forgot to include Spurgeon

This is interesting, so Knies is GusBus, Spurgeon and a 2nd this year? I think if Spurgeon was asked to be included in the trade, we may need a low level prospect or player on the right side, or remove the 2nd. Seems a bit one sided. I think the value to Wild needs to be a bit more, nothing crazy. Remove the 2nd or add something from Toronto they don't see apart of their future.

Apr. 17 at 3:34 p.m.

dh91

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Quoting: iAce

The Leafs would definitely have to add, probably Liljigren and potentially some picks / lower level prospects.
The bigger issue with that trade is cap for the Leafs. Spurgeon has too much term to retain & Knies is on an ELC. He plays up and down the lineup, replacing him for such little cap would be difficult.

Apr. 17 at 4:00 p.m.

Brad_Treliving

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Quoting: iAce

You do know Knies put up 35 points playing only an avg of 13 minutes a night on the bottom 6. He's going to be a 50+ point player when he gets his minutes

Knies is an untouchable for Toronto

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Apr. 17 at 5:25 p.m.

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iAce

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Quoting: Brad_Treliving

You do know Knies put up 35 points playing only an avg of 13 minutes a night on the bottom 6. He's going to be a 50+ point player when he gets his minutes

Knies is an untouchable for Toronto

I understand your point. I disagree with him being untouchable for your roster. The untouchable guys to me are Matthew, Marner and Willie and throw in Reilly. Those guys will always keep you contenders and they are younger. I understand that Knies could be a cheaper add on to those guys. I would maybe focus money on the back end to get them up to snuff with the forwards. I would like to hear from you what you would want the package to look like. I would offer GusBus and Spurgeon retained over the next 2 and 3 years for Knies. You would have a goalie tandem of Gus and Woll. Spurgeon goes a long ways on that back end with Reilly. Spurgeon is a 35-50 point guy on the right side and a goalie that could be up there as a Vezna candidate. Does this type of offer move the needle for you as a contender? Maybe throw one of our LHD prospects in because we have a lot of them int he same development spot.

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