Minnesota Wild General Discussion - 2022-23

[57special]

So now that the series is over and we lost in 5 games after fluking out this core group's first series win in 7 years, what are people's justifications for not blowing it up? Do you honestly think all that needs to be done is for management to continue to nibble around the edges to finally find the perfect mix of players to compliment the core?

Ah, a Nihilist.

 

[rielledup]

Are you looking for the Toronto forum? lol

But if in the process this happens and we are all left in the dark who ends up winning in the end?

 

[NHL1674]

But if in the process this happens and we are all left in the dark who ends up winning in the end?

 

[rielledup]

I don't see how I could myself any clearer

 

[DC4MVP]

I don't see how I could myself any clearer

Enjoy the cocktails

 

[Wabit]

But if in the process this happens and we are all left in the dark who ends up winning in the end?

Based on tonight's results the FLA Panthers.

 

[NHL1674]

Paging Toronto....paging Toronto....please go to Wild guest services and pick up your lost child.

 

[Wabit]

Paging Toronto....paging Toronto....please go to Wild guest services and pick up your lost child.

You might be waiting awhile. TOR is in flames right now.

 

[NHL1674]

You might be waiting awhile. TOR is in flames right now.

They can try, but still won't be as good as Vancouver burning it down in 2011.

 

[north21]

Enjoy the cocktails

I was going to say it's an AI chatbot.

 

[Filip]

I just disagree, I saw him make plays in this post season that I have not seen him make in his career, though I only caught some of his KHL games. They would have been disgraceful in the regular season let alone the playoffs. I was supremely dissatisfied in his effort and battle level. The last post season was a good sign, this season was definitively not good.

I say: Kap is slowly gaining shape. There should be about 10 games. He and the regular season always starts bad. Just in the regular 82 games and he is recruiting.

 

[Digitalbooya]

Seems like a strange move. Gauging him as a potential Evason replacement?

 

[57special]

Seems like a strange move. Gauging him as a potential Evason replacement?

I don't think so. Seems to me sort of the opposite, appointing a guy who is not a threat to replace Dean, except on an emergency basis. I would bet that the next HC has a NHL track record.

 

[BagHead]

I don't think so. Seems to me sort of the opposite, appointing a guy who is not a threat to replace Dean, except on an emergency basis. I would bet that the next HC has a NHL track record.

I've been suspecting that Guerin will wait until the dead cap comes off the books and then go all out, including, if one is available, a head coach with playoff pedigree.

This move feels like the Wild finding a way to potentially fix their special teams, while giving McLean a different job that will hopefully lead to good results. If that's the case, I imagine they view this as a win-win.

 

[57special]

Still seems like Checkers more than Chess. At this point i just hope that Guerin is a good Checkers player.

 

[Dakota Sioux]

 

[Digitalbooya]

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This is straight from Russo’s podcast.

They want to sign Duhaime, but if he’s not by the draft then they might trade him.

LD is so deep that the Wild need to start moving guys out to fit upcoming players.

 

[MK9]

Still seems like Checkers more than Chess. At this point i just hope that Guerin is a good Checkers player.

You spelled 'Tiddly Winks' incorrectly.

 

[57special]

I’ll state the obvious – on a normal team having a Goligoski sit around for one year and being paid $2 million is not a big deal, but on a team that already has 15 million in dead cap it is a deal. Not one of Guerin’s best moments.
Can’t we get out of this cap pickle by buying him out? The cap hits would happen in future years when the cap is likely to go up.

Goligoski’s cap hit this year might end up being the reason that we can’t resign Duhaime. He is one of the few guys on the team that plays physically, and does it with speed to boot.

What an overpaid bum Goligoski has turned out to be, and what's worse, most of us saw it coming from the get go.

 

[f7ben]

I’ll state the obvious – on a normal team having a Goligoski sit around for one year and being paid $2 million is not a big deal, but on a team that already has 15 million in dead cap it is a deal. Not one of Guerin’s best moments.
Can’t we get out of this cap pickle by buying him out? The cap hits would happen in future years when the cap is likely to go up.

Goligoski’s cap hit this year might end up being the reason that we can’t resign Duhaime. He is one of the few guys on the team that plays physically, and does it with speed to boot.

What an overpaid bum Goligoski has turned out to be, and what's worse, most of us saw it coming from the get go.

Couple that Goligoski signing with the Greenway signing that was right around the same time and it adds up to a massive failure. Then take into account the money we wasted in MAF and the problem looks significant.

 

[Digitalbooya]

I’ll state the obvious – on a normal team having a Goligoski sit around for one year and being paid $2 million is not a big deal, but on a team that already has 15 million in dead cap it is a deal. Not one of Guerin’s best moments.
Can’t we get out of this cap pickle by buying him out? The cap hits would happen in future years when the cap is likely to go up.

Goligoski’s cap hit this year might end up being the reason that we can’t resign Duhaime. He is one of the few guys on the team that plays physically, and does it with speed to boot.

What an overpaid bum Goligoski has turned out to be, and what's worse, most of us saw it coming from the get go.

This whole post is way over exaggerated. Goligoski is fine as a player at $2M. Trade Merrill if you need a couple hundred thousand more to re-sign Duhaime. It's not like Duhaime is unrestricted.

 

[Dakota Sioux]

This whole post is way over exaggerated. Goligoski is fine as a player at $2M. Trade Merrill if you need a couple hundred thousand more to re-sign Duhaime. It's not like Duhaime is unrestricted.

Totally agree. Hopefully Merrill is gone

 

[57special]

This whole post is way over exaggerated. Goligoski is fine as a player at $2M. Trade Merrill if you need a couple hundred thousand more to re-sign Duhaime. It's not like Duhaime is unrestricted.

You're kidding, right? Dean didn't even play Goligoski for large parts of the year, and not at all during the playoffs. How is that overexaggerating? You can't be worse than nothing, and that's what he was.

 

[AKL]

If Goligoski telling Guerin "I don't have to do shit" means Merrill is gone then I'm okay with it. Plus maybe Guerin learns a lesson here.

 

[Minnewildsota]

You're kidding, right? Dean didn't even play Goligoski for large parts of the year, and not at all during the playoffs. How is that overexaggerating? You can't be worse than nothing, and that's what he was.

You CAN be worse than nothing.