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Forum: NHL TradesJun. 30 at 8:19 a.m.
Thread: (MIN/LAK) - Fiala for Faber
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>futurehofer</b></div><div> Without the buyouts, Fiala would have been gone last year anyway. The buyouts bought us 1 more year of Fiala. Kevin has been playing here on borrowed time. It's been clear for a while that this day was coming, it was just a matter of when as opposed to if.</div></div>

This is the part most people don't seem to understand. The buyouts allowed them to keep Fiala one more year to make another attempt at a playoff run. Maybe Guerin could have gotten a bit more last year (doubtful imo) but there was simply no way to keep him. With Boldy being due a pay raise next year, even if they moved Dumba and Jost to free up cap space to keep Fiala another year, how do you make it work next year when you have to replace them AND give Boldy a raise as well as account for a little bit more in dead cap for the buyouts? Simply put there was no reasonable way to keep Fiala and whether this deal ends up being good or bad for the Wild will be seen in a few years when we see what the pick ends up being and if Faber becomes a contributing presence on their defense.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 30 at 11:53 a.m.
Thread: I cant wait until the draft is over
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>EccE</b></div><div>I wouldn't say Grit is a "premium asset". He is a good prospect and a steal, sure, but premium assets are players like Holtz or Mercer. Same with Stillman. I'd rather have Holtz than those two. Zacha brings basically nothing. You can get middle-six players from the market for cheap (Freddy Gaudreau, for example).

<strong>Don't use Buchnevich as a comparable. It was a horrible trade then, it is an even more horrible one now. Plus, when Buch was traded, he had not broken 50 points in his career, Fiala had 85. It is not a good comparable. A trade for Fiala starts with a high 1st or an actually premium prospect.</strong>

You are trying to buy a diamond with a bag of groceries.</div></div>

The Buch/Reinhart comps need to die a horrible death. Their contract situations were the same as Fiala's, but Fiala is coming off of 85 points in 82 games. Reinhart was coming off of 40 points in 54 games (shortened season). Buch was coming off of 48 points in 54 games on the same shortened season. Any GM who looks at a those point totals and treats that the same as a player keeping that pace over a full season probably shouldn't be a GM.

"But Minnesota needs to shed cap, they have no leverage!" you say? I present to you exhibit A: McBain, Jack. Multiple teams were interested, so that gave Minnesota leverage to get a fair return. The same concept should apply to Fiala. Ottawa has been interested in Fiala for awhile. NJ has said they want to bring in an impact player and a team like LA that just made the playoffs, has assets Minnesota might be interested in and (most importantly) cap space to afford Fiala makes it entirely possible Minnesota gets a solid return.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 25 at 11:11 a.m.
Thread: Swap with Jets
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Windjammer</b></div><div>Yup, that's just it. If Scheifele is going out the Jets need a top 6C back or maybe an RHD and try to re-sign Stastny. It's unlikely the Jets give up their center depth for a winger, as that's just going backwards.</div></div>

I'm not sure what the Jets ownership is like and their appetite for a couple steps back, but it seems like if I were running the Jets (and wanted to retool) I'd be looking to move Scheifele to a team that is a center away from being a contender and has a nearly ready center to send back. An argument could be made the Wild could be that team, but their center prospect pool doesn't really match what the Jets might want back. Rossi isn't likely on the table and Khusnutdinov's KHL deal will keep him out of North America at least 2 more seasons I think. I'm blanking on anyone else they have in the system who could possibly be a top 6 type center.
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