Bear

26 minutes ago, Alexandron said:

Kind of expensive 35 y.o. defenseman from Minnesota. He played for 4-5 seasons at Pittsburgh, Dallas and Arizona respectively. 1 year is enough for his tryout at home. Maybe he presents some value, but we have plenty of young talented defensemen prospects to chose from. And they are cheaper too who also need a valuable NHL experience as well. I would prefer to give at least 3M to Menell for his 1 year tryout at the Wild who  is a Minnesotan too.

We are getting maybe seven rounder for the rights to Menell maybe 

nevermind

1 hour ago, lynxrattle said:

It has to be hard ball. No way a three year deal, nor a mega-deal like McDavid. He hasn't proven he can be a major gamebreaker in the playoffs. Guerin needs to keep going like he has. And definitely no Tarasenko - too risky, he hasn't been himself after his surgery.

 Tarasenko pass. 5 or 6 year deal like crease and assist brought up would be fine any thing shorter term nope. there's always mother Russia. 

22 hours ago, CreaseAndAssist said:

While Kaprizov has a lot of leverage in the sense the fanbase / franchise is desperate.  The Wild can also be like well if you're not going to come down our number then you can just sit.  It won't do you or us any good by not playing these next 3 seasons you have to wait until you become a UFA, but we're not giving you $9 million after you've played just one NHL season even if it did result in the Calder Trophy.  

 

There is no arbitration rights...so Guerin might as well stick to his guns and I wouldn't budge on that offer as I think its more than adequate give the small sample size to base it on.  

 

If that ends up making the Wild bad, you just saved a lot of money at a time where you need to.  You can focus on drafting and developing the young talent you have...and when he realizes he's gaining nothing by sitting out.  Then hopefully he's more amenable to a reasonable / sensible deal.  

Love to see the wild play hard ball with him but I doubt it would happen. 

Never expected this I thought Zack for sure but not both like BB said there goes the country club.

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Depth 

https://www.twincities.com/2021/07/02/wild-sign-joel-eriksson-ek-to-eight-year-42-million-contract/ too much?

1 hour ago, Alexandron said:

Besides Boldy, I do not see anyone else who will present the most interest in playoffs tryout from the Iowa team.

you never know worth a try

That was pathetic they're done you could see in the middle of the second and in the third. They threw in the towel nothing left one an done again every last one of them quit. Vegas showed them how a good team does it. I dont mind losing but to give up is ****** sad.  I dont want to hear about some geriatric goalie tmf's  

Boldy has a hell of a shot PP goal 

good deal for both happy to see him stay

22 hours ago, Icechipper said:

Don't think they'll burn a Boldy year unless they are decimated in playoffs.

They all ready burnt the first year

Lets hope the Wild show up with a better effort today. Av looked fantastic fast skilled made the Wild look kind of foolish.

Wild win its was ugly but Ill take it.

missing the empty net hurts

What a save

Soucy

EEEEK

Kaprizov

I hope they bring him in I wonder what kind of hoops he would have to jump through. Maybe Russo would have some insight. He might be good for the power play.

Your right about the center pool is almost empty we need to feed some scoring centers if want to move ahead. Theres a lot of teams that need the same centers so you have to get lucky in the draft or overpay. More often then not over paying doesn't work you just end up with a expensive contract for too much term and too much money. We will see if Bjugstad has the skill set to do the job.

Lets hope they dont screw him up hes seems calm hopefully that will keep him from getting to high or to low.

We have enough donkeys

Amen I think part of the stupid decisions is because CL was sticking his nose in there pushing to win now.

Keep Suter off the power play