2023/2024 NHL/WILD Offseason-Season-Postseason Thread

tswoboda wrote:

LTIR gets more of the best players into the playoffs and personally I’m a fan of that. I’m sure the league is too

it does, but its intention is as an injured player replacement. The issue is if the injured player comes back in the playoffs it’s then an unfair advantage to teams that didn’t have players injured enough in the regular season to “qualify” for LTIR and thus couldn’t take advantage of it…

I still haven’t heard a good explanation from the league on why a Salary cap is so important in the regular season, but not the playoffs? I know things get complicated with extended rosters, how to calculate cap compliance with technically the players not getting paid salary anymore, but who cares who’s practicing with the team, it should only matter who you suit up for games…(I get it that no salary cap in the playoffs benefits the NHL and Players) but it messes with the integrity of the game and the appearance of fairness imo…

and I know LTIR placement requires a team physician going on record with the player’s injury validation, but we’ve all heard stories by ex-players on how that’s manipulated (Jordan Tootoo chicklets interview is a recent example)

OK so where is Dewey1 going?

Russo said he’s been told he’s traded. Where’s our mole on this site? LOL

Friedman says Colorado…Colorado doesn’t have any 2nd, 3rd round picks in 2024 or a 2nd round pick in 2025 so it’s likely a 2025 3rd rounder if true…

Well let’s see the return before I like this move or not. Maybe Beckman will actually play now that he’s called up.

lol, there’s gonna be no trades left for the TV shows tomorrow…just 8 hours of talking about trades that already happened…

Now if GMBG could somehow pluck prospects Calem Ritchie or Mikhail Gulyayev away from Colorado for Duhaime, I’d be ecstatic!

either would be just stupid for Colorado to give up for Duhaime, but we can hope right! Maybe we even sweeten the pot for Colorado by giving them a pick back they can use for additional moves…I’d include our 2nd rounder if it meant getting Calem Ritchie…

The edmundson deal got a bigger return than I thought it would so there’s hope.

2026 3rd rounder for Duhaime…wtf…I get expecting more is silly, but 2026?

Is Qwesi in the war room with GMBG?

That does NOT move the needle for me at ALL!

How is a 3rd for Duhaime disappointing? Right on value, slight overpay if anything. Russo’s been saying if Billy had been offered a 2nd he would have been gone already

Fans wanting to sell whatever they can, well this is what that looks like. They have no one of value to sell

Well Edmundson got 2 picks back and he isnt much of a defenseman IMO.

LOL that I can agree with! I also haven’t seen that trade yet but it’s like earlier when the Jeannot trade was getting brought up… you can’t look at all the worst overpay trades and then expect to get similar returns for the Wild guys. Those are outliers for a reason and just setting yourself up for disappointment

Just saw the JE trade, the additional pick is for the salary retention so basically same return as Duhaime. He’s also a defenseman, wings are dime a dozen when it comes to trade value. Last summer they could barely give middle 6 wingers away for free

We werent going to re-sign him anyway so I am kinda coming around on this a little bit. Still dont like trading him away within the division. Foligno said he is excited to mix it up with him LOL.

maybe the Avs cup run will be over with in 2026 and they’ll be rebuilding

Not surprised Duhaime return. Think people value their own more than most.
UFA with 8 points that plays wing. Not sure what you would expect…one of our own though.

CaptainMusky wrote:

We werent going to re-sign him anyway so I am kinda coming around on this a little bit. Still dont like trading him away within the division. Foligno said he is excited to mix it up with him LOL.

Why because he is going to score fifth of a season on the wild…

No I just always hate trading within the division because that always motivates them. Im not at all worried about him getting hat tricks or anything, we all know he wont get any assists since he has what 2 in his career? I like him, but there really wasnt much room for him anymore.

Like nico sturm and all the other 4th liners we have traded away that were just an opportunity away.

Well Sturm did score against us just the other night so there is that…

5th of the season I remember when fans were saying he could play second line just give him a chance. Just like 25 other players that have past through the wild line up. Remember how upset folks were for not getting Jost a shot or how we are screwed for not signing Ben Myers..Pitlick is a future1c…List is long.

Yeah there are a lot of guys that a ton of people had high hopes for that just never amounted to anything. The Myers one didnt really bother me that much because he chose to go to a much better team than we were at the moment. Jost probably isnt even in the league anymore.
Be interesting to see if Marat plays center or wing. BG says he plans on him being a center, but where? They just dumped a wing.

Ben Meyers isn’t either.
Easy to move from center to wing…
Sorry Marco…

Yeah center to wing is a lot easier than the other way around.

No such thing as too many centers, Dallas has like 9 of their 12 forwards that can play center.

The list of guys who “never got a chance” is a long one coughadambeckmancough

Beckman should get it now for a game or 2 if think

CaptainMusky wrote:

Beckman should get it now for a game or 2 if think

Meh

That might be the farthest away Ek has ever scored on a goalie in the NHL….

Stonehands from distance lol I was thinking the exact same thing

Guentzel to canes. At first glance it looks like Pit blew this trade.