Minnesota Wild General Discussion - 2023-24

[Wasted Talent]

Who is the silly source?

Yeah, the Wild are gonna trade their true captain right now....let alone to a divisional rival.

All I could find is a website called "nhltraderumors dot me" which doesn't sound/look particularly trustworthy.

 

[AKL]

Who is the silly source?

Yeah, the Wild are gonna trade their true captain right now....let alone to a divisional rival.

All I could find is a website called "nhltraderumors dot me" which doesn't sound/look particularly trustworthy.

Yep that's it, and it's not reliable or trustworthy at all. They basically just throw stuff at walls and none of it sticks.

 

[MuckOG]

Looks like we now know where Brodin's injury is

 

[NHL1674]

A cast seems more than a week to week thing.

 

[AKL]

A cast seems more than a week to week thing.

We're cooked

 

[NHL1674]

We're cooked

Faber is going to have to become Superman.

 

[kfan22]

Too bad Wild didnt wait a couple weeks to Fire Dean, I would have taken Berube!

 

[Sota Popinski]

Faber is going to have to become Superman.

It may sound absurd, but don't be naive
Even heroes have the right to bleed

 

[Wasted Talent]

Gus is no longer sub .900 SV%

He's exactly .900 now.

 

[TaLoN]

Too bad Wild didnt wait a couple weeks to Fire Dean, I would have taken Berube!

Is he a friend of Guerin?

 

[roon]

Chris O'Hearn fired per Russo.

 

[HotDish]

Chris O'Hearn fired per Russo.

https://x.com/russohockey/status/1735026407179186338?s=46&t=3iwA2wD7inNoTLT7ebzc6w

Chief contract negotiator

 

[BagHead]

Chris O'Hearn fired per Russo.

Guerin's mad about those NMC's, too?

Seriously, I picture him trying to trade someone, realizing he can't trade anyone because of all of them having trade protection, and getting mad enough to fire O'Hearn.

 

[roon]

Guerin's mad about those NMC's, too?

Seriously, I picture him trying to trade someone, realizing he can't trade anyone because of all of them having trade protection, and getting mad enough to fire O'Hearn.

That or he slept with a member of Bedard's family.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

What a weird firing, unless I’m mistaken about the role of a GM.

 

[DigitalBoldy]

What does Chief Contract Negotiator even mean?

 

[AKL]

What does Chief Contract Negotiator even mean?

"Mutually agreed to part ways" out of the blue makes me wonder if it was something non-job related that led to this. "Personal reasons" if you will.

Seriously, I picture him trying to trade someone, realizing he can't trade anyone because of all of them having trade protection, and getting mad enough to fire O'Hearn.

Of course this is believable as well.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

What does Chief Contract Negotiator even mean?

Just that he's probably the point man in the management vs. agent conversations, and then reports to Guerin, who would have final say over whether the team signs on to the negotiated deal.

 

[BagHead]

"Mutually agreed to part ways" out of the blue makes me wonder if it was something non-job related that led to this. "Personal reasons" if you will.



Of course this is believable as well.

I think your explanation is more likely, but it's sad that my cartoonish imagery is even slightly believable.

 

[DigitalBoldy]

Hell yeah Hunt!! Get that bread!

 

[AKL]

Hell yeah Hunt!! Get that bread!

Maybe they'll actually play him more than 6 minutes per night this time.

Oh who am I kidding? Welcome to the top 4 Jon Merrill

 

[Obvious Fabertism]

Would anyone else give Zboril a shot? I think I would, at least while Brodin is out. We have the cap space to sit Merrill and Goligoski with replacements if we want now. He wouldn’t necessarily block anyone that way either.

If you ignore the epic first round failure stigma, he was always seen as a steadying player at least, and has broken even in the NHL at least.

 

[north21]

Too bad Wild didnt wait a couple weeks to Fire Dean, I would have taken Berube!

The same.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Still really early, but I like the idea of 2-year bridge deals for both Rossi and Faber.

Takes them to the same expiring summer as Spurgeon's $7.575 and Hartman's $4, and Foligno's being 1 year later. Also 1 year after Kaprizov's UFA summer so we'll know what we have with that by then.

Rossi will just have turned 26 when the season starts on the first year of the third contract (hypothetically long-term) and Faber will have just turned 25. Means that on 8 year deals, Rossi's "big" contract will be ages 26-33 and Faber's will be 25-32. Even if it means paying a bit more, I still like that timing better.

 

[Obvious Fabertism]

Some more Wild analysis from Dom in this one, including some Faber tire pumping.

16 Stats: Rangers are contenders, Brock Faber's defense, Sam Reinhart's contract16 Stats: Rangers are contenders, Brock Faber’s defense, Sam Reinhart’s contract

“How good exactly? He currently leads the league in Defensive Rating at plus-3.7. Not rookies — the whole league. He’s on pace to hit plus-11.7 which would be the best mark since 2007-08 for a rookie. If he keeps it up, he’s on track for a top-five season for a rookie defenseman in the analytics era.”