2021 MN Wild/NHL Thread

Any thoughts on Freddie Gaudreau? Seems to be a good bottom 6 guy.

CaptainMusky wrote:

Any thoughts on Freddie Gaudreau? Seems to be a good bottom 6 guy.

4th line center depth with a 52+% faceoff percentage, role player, maybe this means Sturm gets a promotion?

CaptainMusky wrote:

Any thoughts on Freddie Gaudreau? Seems to be a good bottom 6 guy.

Luke Johnson upgrade??

Russo tweeted a few hours ago he’s been hearing the Wild have been making calls on trades for a big (size) D man.

God I hope so. Hope it’s not something we have to give up a lot of future or someone other than Rask for……

For those who like to use the information on CapFriendly website. They have added some slick new details on the site. They have whether the player was signed, drafted or result of a trade. What I find interesting is the Wild only have 6 players they drafted. Conversely Tampa has 12. I still cannot believe it is only 2 people that maintain that site. They do a ton of work and within minutes of a transaction being announced with terms they have the site updated.

Dreger said the Nick Foligno deal is 2 years with a high $3 per caphit, yuk!

I can now see why the Wild backed out…

Yeah that’s way too much for this club. Seems like everyone is getting overpaid today.

JoeMX1825 wrote:

Dreger said the Nick Foligno deal is 2 years with a high $3 per caphit, yuk!

I can now see why the Wild backed out…

I just read on Yardbarker it’s two years at a AAV of 5 mill! Yeah run away from that deal!

Brendan Smith would be a good D to sign of what’s left…

I’m still hoping for Ryan Murray. He’s like a Brodin twin if he can stay healthy… and yeah, that’s a big if.

To whoever mentioned Nick Seeler earlier: no, just no. Thank God they didn’t pick him up.

tswoboda wrote:

I’m still hoping for Ryan Murray. He’s like a Brodin twin if he can stay healthy… and yeah, that’s a big if.

To whoever mentioned Nick Seeler earlier: no, just no. Thank God they didn’t pick him up.

What don’t you like about Seeler? He’s big, physical, and had a great year before the year he got injured and screwed over by the front office. Especially on a two way contract for $350k when you have NO physicality in your entire system?

Russo just tweeted he thinks Murray may be who they are going after.

Krejci still available and Bruins spent alot of $ today…

Had heard John Merrill and the Wild gaining some steam but just looked at his stats and realized why I hadn’t heard much after that……yeesh.

mahtofire14 wrote:

What don’t you like about Seeler? He’s big, physical, and had a great year before the year he got injured and screwed over by the front office. Especially on a two way contract for $350k when you have NO physicality in your entire system?

Russo just tweeted he thinks Murray may be who they are going after.

Screwed over??? Soucy straight up took his spot. Boudreau loved him, but he originally got taken out of the lineup because he spent half his ice time in the box.

He has the puck skills of a high schooler, and I don’t mean Jack Peart. The puck is never on his stick for more than a split second and nothing good comes from it. I think he connected on like 4 tape to tape passes in his Wild career. High off the glass or chipped to the corner every time, the most frustrating kind of player to play with. Kirill, Fiala, Zuccs, etc. would lose their mind playing with him.

Yes he’s physical, and also took a TON of penalties. Way too many penalties.

tswoboda wrote:

I’m still hoping for Ryan Murray. He’s like a Brodin twin if he can stay healthy… and yeah, that’s a big if.

To whoever mentioned Nick Seeler earlier: no, just no. Thank God they didn’t pick him up.

we need beef and nastiness not more Lady Byng candidates.

Pius Suter signs with the JV squad Red Wings for 2 years at $3.25 per

I sure hope GMBG has a better option lined up than that, because that sounds like a damn good deal we could have used as a short term option for our Center prospects to get NHL ready!

Pretty clear BG ain’t gonna spend a cent over what he thinks these guys are worth.

Could be BG has nothing up his sleeve other than getting Kaprizov and Fiala signed and see where it goes from there and use left over cap money at the trade deadline. Once Kaprizov does or doesn’t do whatever then Fiala’s deal gets done. I still think Kaprizov’s signing is going to get messy. As someone pointed out he don’t care about money. That makes him one hard ass to deal with because all these negotiations are always about money right?

So what is it he wants then if it’s not money. He wants a Cup and hopefully more than one. He sees the Wilds situation the next two years with the cap hits and he sees who they are now. I just have a feeling he does not want to be on this team for a short term or especially a long term deal.

From the beginning he said he wants to see a big improvement up the middle. That ain’t happening. BG is a stubborn soul as we witnessed today. I see this going on way longer and become a real distraction.

BG quote via Russo just now sheds some light on the Menell trade:

“He needs a change. It just wasn’t a fit anymore and we’re not in to holding guys back. It’s good for him that he got a change.”

Sounds like BG was sick of dealing with him to me. Sucks we basically got nothing for him though.

Ice Cap wrote:

Could be BG has nothing up his sleeve other than getting Kaprizov and Fiala signed and see where it goes from there and use left over cap money at the trade deadline. Once Kaprizov does or doesn’t do whatever then Fiala’s deal gets done. I still think Kaprizov’s signing is going to get messy. As someone pointed out he don’t care about money. That makes him one hard ass to deal with because all these negotiations are always about money right?

So what is it he wants then if it’s not money. He wants a Cup and hopefully more than one. He sees the Wilds situation the next two years with the cap hits and he sees who they are now. I just have a feeling he does not want to be on this team for a short term or especially a long term deal.

From the beginning he said he wants to see a big improvement up the middle. That ain’t happening. BG is a stubborn soul as we witnessed today. I see this going on way longer and become a real distraction.

Somebody then needs to tell him all of the cup contenders are max cap teams that wouldnt blow up their team just to get the capspace needed to sign him….If he wants to win a cup, he’s on a good team to eventually do it once the buyout caphits are for the most part off the books…

Going to be an interesting year at Des Moines. Mayhew heading to Philly. I hope he gets a chance to start in the NHL. I liked that guy. Never did much when he got called up but I liked his energy.

Nick Foligno’s contract final numbers, 2 years at $3.8 million per season, way too much for the Wild to spend for a bottom 3/6 guy…Boston only has $1 million left in capspace so if Krejci still wants to play, he’d be a good fit on the Wild as a transitional 1C for a 1-2 year term deal. Casey Cizikas is still available, but he’s more of a 3C, after that maybe Derek Stepan as an option but then we’re getting basically another Victor Rask…

Wild sign Dmitry Kulikov to two years 4.5 mill. Sounds a little steep?

Ice Cap wrote:

Wild sign Dmitry Kulikov to two years 4.5 mill. Sounds a little steep?

I’m sure you meant 2 years at $2.25aav, It’s about what he’s worth, he’s a solid stay home 3rd pair d-man and the likely partner to Calen Addison, so this will allow a bit more of a leash on Addison to play more of an offensive game…I’m guessing this was about the budget they had for Cole, but he took the larger 1 year deal and then when they lost out on Foligno, they allowed a bit more capspace for their 3rd D hire…

I’d expect another $800k “Brad Hunt” type of d-man signed that is more of a swiss army knife type of player that could be an injury fill-in if needed. If they could get a Krejci type of center on a cheap 1 year deal, they jump on it, otherwise they still likely need 1 more veteran forward on a minumum deal and they are then done in Free Agency. Then it’s all about signing Kaprizov and Fiala before camp starts…

If they end up with any capspace left they use it at the deadline….

That’s a solid signing. We have 6 dmen again with Addison starting. Kulikov even has a little size. KK will finally a fellow Russian on the team. BG knows this team isn’t in win now mode so I think he’s making smart moves to keep the team relevant and hoping the kids coming up in the next two years push the team into the win now mode.

As the roster sits now, does Rossi start as C1 presuming he’s healthy? If KK has to play with Rask again I think he might take that KHL deal!

mahtofire14 wrote:

As the roster sits now, does Rossi start as C1 presuming he’s healthy?

I don’t see how they would do that to a 19 year old kid who hasn’t played a real game in 10+ months, you risk killing his confidence… He’ll start in Iowa and if he’s the real deal, he’ll be up with the Wild in no time…

I think they’ll experiment with Ek as 1C and use Rask as the fallback if it doesn’t work out…uggg I thought we would be done with Rask last season….

Hey our old pal Galchenyuk is still out there……Ha

Looking at the FA tracker, BG just can’t afford any center worth a pile of beans on that list. Derek Ryan is about the only one he could’ve afforded getting a 2 yr 2.5 deal.

I agree with Joe but Rossi’s situation is a bit different. It’s not like he’s going to be surrounded by terrible talent. He was dubbed as the “most NHL ready” draft eligible player for a reason. The kid works his butt off and no doubt he will continue to do so. It might be bumpy but if he is with our top 6 forwards they can cover for some warts. I’m so excited to see him. BG has made it clear no one is anointed and they have to earn it.

You offer Krejci the 1C position between Kaprizov and Zucarello on a 1 year $3-$4 million contract he might think hard about taking it vs retiring at 35. I dont think any other team can offer him that position and linemates to play with, it gives him the 1C slot after spending his entire career in Bergeron’s shadow in Boston.

Boston has no capspace left so he’s not going back to them..

This would give Rossi time to develop in Iowa.

I thought Krejci would be a good fit here a couple weeks ago. Funny how now it looks like he’s our only legit option to fill 1C except for Rossi. I think he retires personally and I don’t think BG can pay him enough to convince him to come here.

Would be nice though.