I don't have a defined preference for what to do with him without knowing what a bridge deal and long term deal would look like, who the Wild could realistically sign in free agency, and what Marco could return in a trade. But, to play devils advocate, I think their perspective on it is that he's more of a complementary player on the top two lines when he's on there. He does a really good job of not blowing up plays, but he doesn't make things happen himself very often. His skating and size combination is a limitation at this level. In junior he could have the puck on his stick all the time. In the NHL he pretty much gets the puck and gets it off his stick as quick as possible and then moves to the net. He's a valuable player no doubt, but I look at him, and I think management looks at him this way, as more of a complementary player who can play with good players rather than a true line driver. When Matt Boldy get's the puck on his stick, it feels a lot different. Marco Rossi as a player is a great fit for this team long term because of all the reasons I just described. He can play with Kapizov and/or Boldy and not slow them down, but he want's to be paid as a line driver. When we talk about him as a 60 point 23yo center, we all know what the compareables for that look like. It's an expensive contract. They don't want to pay that for a guy that to this point has been a complementary player. And, to be quite honest, I agree. I don't lose sleep at night thinking he's going to become some point per game center somewhere else. I just think there's options to get the value Rossi bring on a much cheaper contract, and, if you think Guerin is into that type of thing, in a bigger body. I understand that people may disagree with that and it's fine and I completely respect that. If there was the option to bridge him, I would be willing to do it, but it makes no sense for Rossi's camp to do that. They will want to capitalize on the 23yo 60 point center high.
