I wonder if they even have the cap space to sign him. They’re apparently capped out right down to the pennies if Kirill and Ek are coming back.
And if he goes right from regionals to the NHL, is he like packing extra clothes and stuff expecting to lose out early? How many hours to get that contract signed before the team heads back to Denver?
I wonder if they even have the cap space to sign him. They’re apparently capped out right down to the pennies if Kirill and Ek are coming back.
And if he goes right from regionals to the NHL, is he like packing extra clothes and stuff expecting to lose out early? How many hours to get that contract signed before the team heads back to Denver?
How many PP shifts until he is QB? 
I wonder if they even have the cap space to sign him. They’re apparently capped out right down to the pennies if Kirill and Ek are coming back.
And if he goes right from regionals to the NHL, is he like packing extra clothes and stuff expecting to lose out early? How many hours to get that contract signed before the team heads back to Denver?
IF Denver gets knocked out this weekend, they can sign him with Kirill and EK LTIR money, then send him to Iowa when one or both come back with a few games left in the regular season and then recall him once the regular season is over. I agree it would be complicated if they didn’t want to send him to Iowa and somehow keep him in St Paul…
I’m sure his agent and GMBG already have it drawn up, he’ll just need to sign it, NH to NJ is a 5 hour car ride or a 45 minute flight…
Hopefully our playoff guarantee fully kicks in soon (this week’s game results will clear things up alot) and we can afford to rest some guys (like Brodin) opening a spot for Zeev to play in…
This is going to be a tough stretch of games this week. They could lose all of them.
This is going to be a tough stretch of games this week. They could lose all of them.
Gotta hope for at least 1 win in the first 3, then we get a NJ team that has been dragging their feet ever since Hughes went down, they still have guys who can score though…Blues (we have 2 games in hand on) are on fire right now so any stumble could hurt…Calgary has been playing good recently as well and they have a game in hand on us…Both Blues and Flames have a tough schedule the rest of the season though with a couple of games with the Sharks and Ducks mixed in…
And we play Calgary one of our last games of the season. That game could be huge.
I know it’s fun to have playoff anxiety and think they might miss, but just for perspective the Wild are closer in points to #2 Dallas/Vegas than they are to #9 Calgary
I know it’s fun to have playoff anxiety and think they might miss, but just for perspective the Wild are closer in points to #2 Dallas/Vegas than they are to #9 Calgary
its just a focus on the importance of this week’s 5 games, 3 really tough opponents and then 2 games against a Jeckyl & Hyde team…its not out of the question this team could play well and still go 0-5/1-4 and if the Blues and/or Flames/Canucks were to go 3-1 or 4-1 things tighten up quickly…if the Wild can at least get 2 wins things will stay relatively the same…
I wonder if they even have the cap space to sign him. They’re apparently capped out right down to the pennies if Kirill and Ek are coming back.
Russo and Smith just put out an article on Buium, quoting “But the Wild feel Buium is ready and are prepared with enough cap space to fit him in during the coming weeks” not sure if that means with or without the LTIR space…
He also mentioned if Denver loses this weekend to temper expectations that Buium actually gets into games soon afterwards as they likely don’t want to mess with the defensive chemistry while still having not secured a playoff spot yet…
its not out of the question this team could play well and still go 0-5/1-4 and if the Blues and/or Flames/Canucks were to go 3-1 or 4-1 things tighten up quickly…if the Wild can at least get 2 wins things will stay relatively the same…
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FFS Brodin is out tonight…
Well this will be a litmus test tonight.
Way too crazy with the passes again tonight. Several good looks now and one two or three passes later it’s out of the zone.
Scary puck to rantanens face. Seemed fine though and no blood on the ice so shouldn’t be a problem.
Wild getting cooked in Dallas. Ugh.
I wouldnt say that got cooked. You cant win a game if you dont score. Otter was fantastic and Gus had a pretty solid game. Merrill probably saved a goal or two with great play. He is really coming around. Now Chisholm is dinged up. This is the guy I would think Zeev would replace in the lineup. Similar playing styles.
Freaking hell, the Wild are going to need to sign Zeev out of practical necessity. At this injury pace, we’ll be down to 4 defenseman by this time next week.
What happened to Chisholm? I didn’t see P1 and most of 2.
What happened to Chisholm? I didn’t see P1 and most of 2.
Blocked a shot. I believe it was right after he took a penalty, served his time, came back on the ice but there were already 2 D on the ice so he was up near the point and took a shot and was hobbled.
They hung with them most of the game, though Dallas’s forward depth and the Wild’s lack of was obvious. They just kept coming in waves, and did the Wild even have a 4th line… not sure I saw them. Otter was really good, that was not an easy shutout and he made a few big saves saves
But like a broken record… special teams were the difference.
Hynes must want to just crawl under the bench and lie in the dark… The bad luck. It’s just unbelievable.
A friend of mine has a kid playing in a development program out east. His kids team has a D man and a winger both with really heavy shots. Which was awesome but the problem was they kept hitting their own #1 center with friendly fire on the PP and injuring him. So they had to put the #3 centerman on the PP. I guess the kids nicknamed him Mr. Expendable. The coach told him his job was to block the goalie’s vision as much as possible and try to get hit as little as possible.
Kids with big shots like that are dangerous unless they can keep them down and manageable for someone in front. My brother took a shot right to his mask in warmups before a game. His ears were ringing the entire game. Somehow managed a shutout anyway. The cage was actually bent so bad it touched his nose.
So Smith and Russo have recently commented they think Rossi getting dealt this summer is a 70% & 80% certainty and most agree GMBG needs to take a BIG SWING this offseason to move the Wild up the contender list…
So knowing that and assuming Kirill re-signs, what home run trades would you be interested in seeing the Wild do? (make them at least possible trades, we’re obviously not trading Rossi for McDavid)
Here’s a couple home run trade ideas I can think of:
1) Rossi + Boldy + Heidt for Tage Thompson & JJ Peterka (Buffalo needs to re-shuffle/shakeup their roster, this trade would absolutely do it. I think it’s more of an even trade than most think when they first look at it and the caphits are likely pretty even if not saves the Wild some $ allowing the Wild to add another big UFA this summer)
2) Rossi + Ohgren + Heidt + Gaudreau + 2025 2nd round draft pick for Matt Barzal (needs to be medically cleared) I know Barzal is the Islanders cornerstone player, but the Islanders are an aging team and needs to start a rebuild with a bare prospect pool, Barzal will just be wasted on that roster the next 6 years and Lou can fast track the rebuild with the Wild prospect package and Freddy gives them a good interim bottom 6 veteran player at a very low aav to play during their rebuild… 2 recent 1st and 2 recent 2nd round picks and a solid cheap veteran for 6 years of $9aav Barzal coming off a season long injury…
Either trade would finally give the Wild a legit 1C to put with Kirill, the Buffalo trade would just swap similar players but in different positions, if Buffalo makes a big trade, it will be for current 21-23 year old potential star NHL players as they already have too many high end prospects in their pool…
Go get Elias Pettersson
Go get Elias Pettersson
And Boesser. He is on fire the last 3 or 4 games.
Kids with big shots like that are dangerous unless they can keep them down and manageable for someone in front. My brother took a shot right to his mask in warmups before a game. His ears were ringing the entire game. Somehow managed a shutout anyway. The cage was actually bent so bad it touched his nose.
In college my coach was tired of our goalies taking pucks to the face in practice. He blew the whistle and told us that the next guy that dings one off the goalies head will have to be goalie for the rest of the practice, with only a glove, blocker, and stick. Sure enough, one guy couldn’t control his shot and spent an hour in net. It never happened again the rest of the season for any us. Message sent.
2) Rossi + Ohgren + Heidt + Gaudreau + 2025 2nd round draft pick for Matt Barzal (needs to be medically cleared) I know Barzal is the Islanders cornerstone player,
Trade multiple assets including what is likely by end of season to be a 30 goal and 60 point guy in Rossi for an established player who has never been that good in any season?
What is it about Rossi that makes people always want to pitch trade ideas that involve trading down and getting less than what we have?
And Boesser
It sounds like Boeser wants $8aav over 7 years, the Canucks apparently offered $8.5 over 4 or 5 years and he said no…Would he take a 7 x $7.5 aav deal from the Wild to play at home? I’d be fine with that contract…
If GMBG could pull off the Buffalo trade I proposed, the Wild would have enough capspace to sign Boeser as well…That would equal quite the roster transformation over the summer and give the Wild the pieces needed to be considered a contender imo:
Kaprizov – Thompson – Zuccy
Peterka – Ek – Boeser
Foligno – Yurov – Ohgren
Hinostroza – Gaudreau – Trenin
Faber – Brodin
Spurgeon – Buium
Jiricek – Middleton
GusBus
Wallstedt
That’s a potential FIRE roster right there!
Trade multiple assets including what is likely by end of season to be a 30 goal and 60 point guy in Rossi for an established player who has never been that good in any season?
Huh? Barzal has a couple of 80 point seasons playing for a stagnant roster in New York. When healthy (I agree that’s been an issue for him and he would need to be medically cleared) he’s one of the better skating & setup center’s in the league, something Kirill would thrive playing with…
Go get Elias Pettersson
sure, who’s going back to Vancouver? How will Petterson’s $11.6aav for 7 more years work with Kirill’s projected $13-15+ in terms of roster flexibility?
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Trade multiple assets including what is likely by end of season to be a 30 goal and 60 point guy in Rossi for an established player who has never been that good in any season?Huh? Barzal has a couple of 80 point seasons playing for a stagnant roster in New York. When healthy (I agree that’s been an issue for him and he would need to be medically cleared) he’s one of the better skating & setup center’s in the league, something Kirill would thrive playing with…
After this season, “when healthy” doesn’t sit well with me.
Heck we should be on the phone with Phil kessel at this rate.
I wouldnt say that got cooked. You cant win a game if you dont score. Otter was fantastic and Gus had a pretty solid game. Merrill probably saved a goal or two with great play. He is really coming around. Now Chisholm is dinged up. This is the guy I would think Zeev would replace in the lineup. Similar playing styles.
Well I would say they got cooked. Although they valiantly “hung with them” for awhile Dallas was the only team generating quality scoring opportunities. I think Dallas had a couple off the pipes, in addition to the shutout 0-3 win. I didn’t see much of anything that suggested the Wild could actually win the game.
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