Off topic but looks like Iowa is off to another abysmal start. Hope they can get a W tonight.
They still have a lot to improve upon but it's been night and day compared to last year in all honesty. Still not sure that Brett McLean is the guy but it's been better.
In regards to the Rossi chatter, I missed most of it but I'm not sure why the Wild would trade him unless he prices himself out of his value. For a team that has lacked centers for most of its existence, you would have him and JEE which would probably be the best two youngish centers we've had at one time. Then you hope that Bankier, Yurov, Haight, etc. can prove to be top 9 center with Khus and that's not bad.
Rossi has done everything asked of him, been a role model for other prospects in terms of sacrifice and discipline, has looked great thus far (is ppg and don't see a reason for him not to be able to be .7-.9 PPG player), and hasn't complained, been entitled, been lazy on the ice, etc. It's actually pretty interesting to me at this point because I understood two years ago - unsure if a small center is going to be able to play...but then he comes back and is one of the better rookies last year and has clearly improved since last year. Soon as you trade him, then we are bitching about not having centers that can put up 60-80 points.
IF Wild make the playoffs and he completely looks out of place due to the physicality, OK, I can see an argument being made, although with this kid's drive, he'd probably come back next year and show that he can handle it. Thus far, all he has done is work hard and improved.