Speculation: Trade and Free Agency - 2024-25

[kroko]

Maybe Roslovic or Duchene could be an option?

 

[AKL]

Theoretical 'let's turn Boldy into this guy' and it might make sense.

Not really sure that's a game we can or should keep playing but I won't stop you or others.

I think a better game would be 'what can we add to Kaprizov/Boldy so we don't have to watch Zuccarello and Johansson in the top six anymore'

 

[AKL]

Theoretical 'let's turn Boldy into this guy' and it might make sense.

But hey, just for fun, Rantanen is a pending UFA, if we could sign him to an extension we could move Boldy+, but then it'd be paying a lot for two wingers, albeit very high end wingers

Mitch Marner would be a similar situation, and I'm sure Toronto would love the cap relief

Martin Necas could be on the table if they don't want to pay him whatever he'll get on his next deal

Panarin could be available

I'm not really seeing a whole lot of good options that would actually be available

Rantanen might be the best if Colorado doesn't want to commit that much money to him on top of MacKinnon and Makar in a couple years, but with the cap going up as much as it's expected to, that might not be a big deal to some teams

 

[Webster]

I can't see any teams wanting a 50 yo dude with one ball or a soft ass dude with no balls, no matter what kind of prospects you send with them.

Zucc would like to tell you that he feels like he's 20. Also still has both balls, and they're doing fine.

 

[Minnewildsota]

Zucc would like to tell you that he feels like he's 20. Also still has both balls, and they're doing fine.

Doesn't matter how he feels, he's almost 40. Father Time catches up to us all.

 

[AKL]

Zucc would like to tell you that he feels like he's 20.

Can you tell him to start playing like it then?

 

[DigitalBoldy]

Its kind of hard to drive a line when you have Johansson and Hartman helping you

When you think back to Boldy's best stretches for the Wild, who were his linemates? I think Boldy-Gaudreau-Fiala and Kaprizov-Eriksson Ek-Boldy. He lives to be a complementary player to a superior offensive player. That's not a knock, that's just where his play style thrives.

 

[AKL]

When you think back to Boldy's best stretches for the Wild, who were his linemates? I think Boldy-Gaudreau-Fiala and Kaprizov-Eriksson Ek-Boldy. He lives to be a complementary player to a superior offensive player. That's not a knock, that's just where his play style thrives.

We're all shocked by this discovery you've made that players produce more when they get to play with better players

I couldn't figure out why he was scoring more with Kaprizov and Fiala than with Johansson, Foligno and Hartman but now you've made it clear for me

I mean jesus you wonder why people think you dislike the guy with freezing cold takes like

"He produces more with Kaprizov and Fiala so he's not that good"

 

[DigitalBoldy]

We're all shocked by this discovery you've made that players produce more when they get to play with better players

I couldn't figure out why he was scoring more with Kaprizov and Fiala than with Johansson, Foligno and Hartman but now you've made it clear for me

I mean jesus you wonder why people think you dislike the guy with freezing cold takes like

"He produces more with Kaprizov and Fiala so he's not that good"

You are way too worked up to have this conversation, but I'll bite. Name an effective line he was on that he was the best player. The statement "it's hard to drive a line with Hartman/Johansson" is amusing because that seems to be one of the few instances where he is the best player on the line.

 

[f7ben]

I would not trade Boldy , as stated the answer is to stop trying to make plugs into top 6 players.

 

[Wild925]

Zucc would like to tell you that he feels like he's 20. Also still has both balls, and they're doing fine.

You would know how his balls are doing.

 

[DigitalBoldy]

I love the avoidance of the question presented. Show me an effective line where Boldy was the best player. Prove me wrong.

 

[f7ben]

Thanks for looking out but just because I point out how stupid your posts are doesn't mean I'm worked up, it means I have a functioning brain.



Seems like everyone can see it but one guy

That doesn’t mean Boldy shouldn’t be criticized for his disappearing acts and his post season play to this point. He needs to be better and he can be better

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Sort the top 50 forwards in scoring so far this season, and it is FILLED with players that play together.

Non-elite players that are on that leaderboard have legit help. They aren't doing it with their team's version of Johansson/Hartman/Gaudreau.

 

[AKL]

That doesn’t mean Boldy shouldn’t be criticized for his disappearing acts and his post season play to this point. He needs to be better and he can be better

Absolutely you're 100% right, he definitely has some improvements to make in some areas

 

[AKL]

I love the avoidance of the question presented. Show me an effective line where Boldy was the best player. Prove me wrong.

It's a stupid question. The point you're trying to make is that the line is ineffective because Boldy needs to be carried, when the actual reason a Johansson-Gaudreau-Boldy line is ineffective is because Johansson and Gaudreau are bottom six players who have no business being on a scoring line.

As has been said numerous times, most players in the NHL aren't Kaprizov and can't produce with little to no help. Your golden boy Brady Tkachuk included.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

I love the avoidance of the question presented. Show me an effective line where Boldy was the best player. Prove me wrong.

Johansson/Eriksson Ek/Boldy when Johansson first got here.

Johansson: 6 goals and 18 points in 20 games (12 at ES)
Boldy: 15 goals and 23 points in 20 games (19 at ES)
Eriksson Ek: 1 goal and 14 points in 17 games (13 at ES)

Boldy was the best player on that line for a full 20 games. I believe Kaprizov was out of the lineup for a large chunk of this time, if not all of it, too.

 

[AKL]

Johansson/Eriksson Ek/Boldy when Johansson first got here.

Johansson: 6 goals and 18 points in 20 games (12 at ES)
Boldy: 15 goals and 23 points in 20 games (19 at ES)
Eriksson Ek: 1 goal and 14 points in 17 games (13 at ES)

Boldy was the best player on that line for a full 20 games.

Funny, I think it was yesterday that he actually implied that Johansson was the one carrying that line

 

[f7ben]

Also this entire conversation outline exactly why Guerin is the problem start to finish with our issues as a team.

Mojo , Foligno and Tronion bring almost nothing and they are costing us a legit top 6 scorers salary.

Stop overpaying pylons because if gritt , the end

 

[DigitalBoldy]

Johansson/Eriksson Ek/Boldy when Johansson first got here.

Johansson: 6 goals and 18 points in 20 games (12 at ES)
Boldy: 15 goals and 23 points in 20 games (19 at ES)
Eriksson Ek: 1 goal and 14 points in 17 games (13 at ES)

Boldy was the best player on that line for a full 20 games.

Thank you for being an adult when it comes to conversation. This was one line I thought of too for the 20 games at the end of 22-23. It became ineffective the next year with Johansson complacent with his 2 year deal. There was also the stretch where Kaprizov was out and the Wild kept winning 2-1 games in 22-23. Can't remember if that was the same instance or if that happened before the trade.

 

[AKL]

Johansson/Eriksson Ek/Boldy when Johansson first got here.

Johansson: 6 goals and 18 points in 20 games (12 at ES)
Boldy: 15 goals and 23 points in 20 games (19 at ES)
Eriksson Ek: 1 goal and 14 points in 17 games (13 at ES)

Boldy was the best player on that line for a full 20 games. I believe Kaprizov was out of the lineup for a large chunk of this time, if not all of it, too.

Funny, I think it was yesterday that he actually implied that Johansson was the one carrying that line

The guy needs someone else to be the difference maker. It was Fiala first. Then it was Johansson for a 20 game stretch. Then it was Kaprizov. Boldy is not a line driver.

Yep, there it is

 

[DigitalBoldy]

Also this entire conversation outline exactly why Guerin is the problem start to finish with our issues as a team.

Mojo , Foligno and Tronion bring almost nothing and they are costing us a legit top 6 scorers salary.

Stop overpaying pylons because if gritt , the end

Pretty much. Mojo was a bandaid for the buyouts. Should have signed Nyquist instead.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

I just think there's a lot of room in between 'Boldy needs to be carried' and 'Boldy needs to carry guys like Hartman/Gaudreau/Johansson'. Let's just find a way to make Boldy a part of great, balanced forward line. Eriksson Ek coming back helps that.

 

[Minnewildsota]

Pretty much. Mojo was a bandaid for the buyouts. Should have signed Nyquist instead.

No disagreement there.

I wonder if there was interest on our end but none from Nyquist. I honestly have no idea.

 

[DigitalBoldy]

I just think there's a lot of room in between 'Boldy needs to be carried' and 'Boldy needs to carry guys like Hartman/Gaudreau/Johansson'. Let's just find a way to make Boldy a part of great, balanced forward line. Eriksson Ek coming back helps that.

I'm not saying Boldy needs to be carried.

Eriksson Ek has shown he can lead an effective line with Foligno/Greenway.