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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 13 at 11:59 a.m.
Thread: Louder for the people in the back
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MNBassman</b></div><div>Was it his shoulder that scared the Wild away?

BTW - I would much prefer the Wild miss the playoffs in order to add one more high end player plus other parts to their cupboard! I know next year’s draft is loaded with defensemen, so maybe they could get a future legit #1 RHD too. I still don’t think a team NEEDS a #1 center if they have 3 #2s, but I do think they need a true workhorse on the backend to shut down the teams that do have a #1 center.</div></div>

From what I remember, it was a combination of things. Cap, the neck injury where he wanted to get a surgery that hadn't been used much for athletes, there were rumors he was bad in the locker room (which now seem to have been false), and the apparent unwillingness to give up a better package than what Buffalo got. On that last point, I think we absolutely could and should have offered a haul. That offseason before he was moved, we had two first round picks in the draft, Rossi, and Fiala. I wouldn't be too upset with having lost all those assets.

I'm sort of with you on missing the playoffs. We have a deep pool, but right now there aren't really any prospects that have a good shot at becoming a legitimate star player - especially on defense. I just think Guerin is going to do whatever he can to get us into the tournament if we are in the mix at the trade deadline.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 10 at 12:40 p.m.
Thread: Bomb With Youth
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ClockReads2113</b></div><div>You could if you move out one of MAF or Foligno. Forgot you all have so much dead space. Just brutal.</div></div>

You aren't wrong but I just don't see Guerin doing that. Fleury claims he wants to be here (and it's implied he wouldn't waive his NMC) and with losing Dumba in free agency I think Guerin will want to keep Foligno as a vocal leader. Kuzy is skilled but I have a feeling Dean would hate his game so much he'd make him sit in the press box half the season.

This year is the last year it really hurts, next year we have a ton of cap coming off the books with presumably a bunch of ELC players to call up and the year after that the Parise/Suter dead cap is a lot lower. I bet we'll extend Zuccarello next offseason but he shouldn't cost too much.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 29 at 1:54 p.m.
Thread: First Look Minnesota Wild 2023
Duhaime will probably get traded. I imagine Guerin would love to sing him for that, but sounds like he wants more money and we just don't have the space to make that happen.

I hope Rossi gets a shot in the top 6 on the 2nd line with Johansson and Boldy. We need to see what he can do and putting him with Gaudreau and Foligno isn't doing him any favors to develop offensively.

I don't really love the plan this year. We aren't contenders and I'd rather punt and try to get a high pick next year to continue stocking the pool, but Guerin seems determined to make the playoffs.

We certainly did target forwards in the draft this year, taking 3 centers in the first 63 picks. I've long questioned why we haven't been prioritizing center in our prospect pool when it has been such a need for us, but the front office definitely addressed that this year. Time will tell on these kids, but we really need someone to develop into a 1C.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 22 at 1:52 p.m.
Thread: we should be all over Lindholm situation
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MNBassman</b></div><div>I hate the idea of trading futures for Lindholm! In fact I think trading for any older player needing a new contract is a poor way to run a franchise . The problem is, because you just traded so much to acquire the player, you are forced to resign him for too much and too long because the player’s agent has ALL the leverage. Look at Huberdeau’s contract after the big trade. The last thing the Wild need is to find themselves in cap hell again with bad contracts and fading players. They will probably have one in the future when they resign Kaprizov…so trading for Lindholm is playing with fire too much for my liking. I want the Wild (almost) always trading aging players for younger players, not the other way around. This is how you manage the cap for the long haul and stay competitive for the long haul too! Bottom line, I would only trade for aging players if I am swapping aging players to get them or if the previous team eats a ton of salary. Carolina is the team emulate, not the way the Wild did business under morons like Risebrough and Fletcher for 20 years…</div></div>

I generally agree, if he were 26 it would be a different story. My concern is that Kaprizov won't want to stick around once his contract is up if we don't have a legitimate 1C centering him and we'll be where we were 3 years ago.

I guess at this point I'm so sick of waiting for one of our prospects to finally turn into a 1C that I wouldn't hate something like this and I'm not as convinced as I was that Rossi will stick at center in the NHL. What I'd really like Guerin to do is trade up into the top 10 at the draft and take a center, but I'd be surprised if we did something like that.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 10 at 2:25 p.m.