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Forum: NHL TradesJul. 1, 2023 at 7:53 p.m.

Thread: (FLA/SJS) - Duclair for Lorentz, 2025 5th (SJS)

Damn, feel bad for Duclair. He said in a recent interview that he was hoping to be able to play through his contract in Florida and finally be able to settle down.

Forum: NHL SigningsJul. 1, 2023 at 7:46 p.m.

Thread: Detroit Red Wings signed Shayne Gostisbehere (1 Year / $4,125,000 AAV)

Forum: NHL SigningsJul. 1, 2023 at 7:44 p.m.

Thread: Detroit Red Wings signed Justin Holl (3 Years / $3,400,000 AAV)

Forum: NHL SigningsJul. 1, 2023 at 7:38 p.m.

Thread: Detroit Red Wings signed J.T. Compher (5 Years / $5,100,000 AAV)

Forum: NHL SigningsJul. 1, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.

Thread: Toronto Maple Leafs signed Ryan Reaves (3 Years / $1,350,000 AAV)

Love the guy but yikes.

Forum: NHL SigningsJul. 1, 2023 at 6:56 p.m.

Thread: Florida Panthers signed Oliver Ekman-Larsson (1 Year / $2,250,000 AAV)

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ConnorMcHellebucyk</b></div><div>Florida is going to be an attractive place to play for a lot of veterans. tax free plus a cup final run will do that. good for OEL</div></div>

must be nice :-/

Forum: NHL SigningsJul. 1, 2023 at 6:54 p.m.

Thread: Colorado Avalanche signed Bowen Byram (2 Years / $3,850,000 AAV)

COLORADO CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS!!!!

Meanwhile, Minnesota is struggling to find enough cap space to fill a roster while Colorado manages to convince a division rival to gift them a top 6 center w/ half retention, acquire a '23 1st + '23 2nd + a prospect for Newhook, and now convince an elite defensemen to sign a bridge deal when guys w/ half his production are getting signed to 8 year, top $$$ extensions.

Forum: NHL SigningsJul. 1, 2023 at 6:46 p.m.

Thread: Dallas Stars signed Sam Steel (1 Year / $850,000 AAV)

Wow, was not expecting the AAV to be so low after all of our beat writers expected him to get <em>at least</em> double that amount, which the Wild can't afford cuz we poor :(

At least it opens up a roster spot for one of our young guns.

Forum: NHL TradesJun. 29, 2023 at 12:34 p.m.

Thread: (CHI/TBL) - 2024 7th (CHI) for Perry

So we all good with Chicago loading up now?!

Forum: NHL TradesJun. 6, 2023 at 4:42 p.m.

Thread: (CBJ/LAK/PHI) - 2023 1st (LAK), 2024 2nd (CBJ) for Petersen, Walker, Grans, 2024 2nd (LAK) for Provorov, Hodgson, Connauton

wait....we can do trades now?

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 18, 2023 at 9:31 p.m.

Thread: Getting Better

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Mjoyce001</b></div><div>Minnesota would decline at least till.the deadline. He's their 1c</div></div>

I'm guessing I'm the "wild fan" he's referring to and yes, that was my initial thought process as well. HOWEVER, if we don't plan on being serious contenders next year (which we shouldn't imo), we may as well trade him this offseason. He fills a need for us and is a great all-around player but what's the point of keeping him when he'd be better served playing for a true contender?

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 18, 2023 at 8:38 p.m.

Thread: sfasfasdf

Minnesota would gladly accept that.....if we weren't broke af. To give you an idea on how little cap space we have, <a href="https://www.capfriendly.com/forums/thread/705943">here's an ACGM</a> illustrating our current predicament.

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 18, 2023 at 8:36 p.m.

Thread: playoff team

Minnesota declines as we are overwhelmed with undersized defensemen on both our roster and within our system. Seriously, just <a href="https://www.capfriendly.com/depth-charts/wild">look at the munchkins</a> that compose our D core. Middleton is our only large defensemen. Merrill may be 6'3" but he's light as a feather.

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 18, 2023 at 8:30 p.m.

Thread: CBC316

To clarify with what others have wrote, MIN declines because we traded our bridge goalie (Kahkonen) + a '22 5th for him -- which was an overpayment at the time (circa 2022 TDL) -- because <em>that's</em> how badly we needed size in our D core. To this day, he's our only defensemen with size. He's also our only physical defensemen that can play top 4 minutes (after losing Dumba). So in all, he's not available because he addresses a need of ours and cannot be replaced by anyone currently on our roster/system.

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 18, 2023 at 8:23 p.m.

Thread: keeping the core

Minnesota considers. We'd say yes in a heartbeat if it weren't for our abysmal cap situation. The priority is to sign Gustavsson. His AAV will dictate what we'll be able to accomplish this offseason.

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 18, 2023 at 8:19 p.m.

Thread: CBJ 2024

Checkout <a href="https://www.capfriendly.com/forums/thread/705943">this ACGM</a> I did to understand how screwed we are.

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 18, 2023 at 8:16 p.m.

Thread: CBJ 2024

Minnesota declines due to lack of cap space. To give you an idea on how bad it is, we really don't know how we'll be able to field a full team next season even with a bunch of ELC and low wage players. We have over $14.7M in dead cap that can't be traded or magically erased. Everyone else on our roster either (a) has a NMC/NTC, (b) refuses to leave & can't be dealt (MAF), or (c) <em>may</em> get traded but the return will be so underwhelming that it isn't really worth it.

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 18, 2023 at 8:10 p.m.

Thread: YOLO

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>HockeyIsMyPassion61</b></div><div>
:laugh On the Arizona trade, Minnesota has the 21st overall pick. And no way are you getting the 6th and 12th overall picks for the players you're adding. Rossi isn't even living up to his full potential.</div></div>

Oh, I'm well aware. Almost any other team can easily beat this offer. I think it'd be sick for Rossi and Addison to be given a shot in Arizona or some team where the pressure will be far less. Mainly, I just couldn't help myself thinking about what it would be like to have both Michkov AND Yager. Realism be damned.

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 18, 2023 at 8:07 p.m.

Thread: YOLO

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CoachCoach</b></div><div>Wouldn't mind Foligno, but not at the cost of Kubalik. The Wings can't score goals, and Kuba does that.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>mmccRed198913</b></div><div>Wouldn't be a fan of this. Kubalik is younger, scores between 35-45 points a year.</div></div>

That's fair. I pondered whether I should make the trade in the first place since it's not a major priority of mine. Consider it a toss in.

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 9, 2023 at 5:57 a.m.

Thread: 23-24 RETOOL

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Billy12Bob</b></div><div>Detroit have just traded away Filip Hronek, I doubt they will trade for someone who is a copy of him. Addison scores 75% of his points on the PP and is bad on defense, takes too many penalties, too many givaways, and was heavily sheltered this season with offensive zone starts.</div></div>

Sounds good. I've seen numerous ACGMs with DET fans accepting this trade so I figured I'd continue with the status quo.

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 9, 2023 at 5:56 a.m.

Thread: 23-24 RETOOL

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BUFF36</b></div><div>Since I messed up, what about Spacek</div></div>

Probably not. I chose BUF because I had read numerous posts from BUF fans complaining about the team's lack of "grit". Duhaime has that in abundance ergo the trade. This is more about trading Duhaime than it is about making a trade with BUF.

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 9, 2023 at 5:12 a.m.

Thread: 23-24 RETOOL

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BUFF36</b></div><div>How about you change that to Noah Warren, we really don't need more Forwards.</div></div>

Noah Warren plays on the Ducks. Do you mean Marshall Warren?

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 9, 2023 at 3:40 a.m.

Thread: 23-24 Re-signings per Evolving-Hockey

Personally, I'd trade Duhaime as he doesn't fit into the 1-2 year "retool" I'd like the Wild to go through. As for Reaves, it doesn't sound like we'll be able to re-sign him given that he admitted he wants to “squeeze every dollar” out of his next contract — maybe his last — and wants more than a one-year term. That opens up 2 spots for Walker and Rossi to fill. The lines would then look something like:

Kaprizov - Hartman - Zucc
Johansson - JEEK - Boldy
Gaudreau - Rossi - Beckman
Foligno - Dewar - Walker

That being said, we'll probably want to sign a veteran F and have Rossi play in the AHL for the first half of the season until he develops some grit to his game. If he doesn't, we might as well trade him since Evason will never play a player that lacks grit.

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 3, 2023 at 2:25 p.m.

Thread: Addison Trade Value and Potential Destinations

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>CoachCoach</b></div><div>Second round: Pick 44 from Detroit via VAN work?</div></div>

Works for me.

Forum: Armchair-GMMay 3, 2023 at 1:50 p.m.

Thread: DAL Dynasty

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TheMooterus</b></div><div>“Dynasty” yet you re-signed an AHL defenseman to be Dallas’ #1 RD</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Blacktown</b></div><div>Pavelski isn’t taking 1 mil to play top line minutes. Dream on.</div></div>

Couple points to note:
a. Dallas isn't my primary team. I just like how they are built. So forgive any extensions to players that aren't deserving of one. I appreciate the feedback.
b. I'm more interested in personnel than payroll. Pavelski will probably demand more; however, I'm not interested in the exact figure. Just whether he (and others) will be on the team for the foreseeable future.

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