Speculation: Trade Ideas and Free Agency XIV

[TaLoN]

He's not signed yet. Every team in the central division other than the Hawks and us should be offer-sheeting him right now. Dallas. Nashville. Colorado. Winnipeg. They are all sleeping on the job.

Yeah, totally misready that, I had just woken up to get ready for work, stopped by and read "next year" so that's what I was thinking...

 

[tomgilbertfan]

 

[Digitalbooya]

How much cap space do we have left??

 

[Harvest]

$3,628,664 and have to sign Haula and Folin.

 

[Digitalbooya]

According to capfriendly(to answer my own question)....

Parise(7.53)-Granlund(3)-Pominville(5.6)
Zucker(.9)-Koivu(6.75)-Nino(2.66)
Vanek(6.5)-Coyle(3.2)-Fontaine(1)
Haula(.9guess)-Carter(.625)-Schroeder(.6)
Dalpe(.575)

Suter(7.53)-Brodin(4.16)
Scandella(4)-Spurgeon(2.66)
Reilly(2.025)-Dumba(.9)
Prosser(.625)

Dubnyk(4.33)
Kuemper(1.25)
Backstrom(3.42)

That's $70.74m with a complete roster. Now if we wanted Stewart than Dalpe would be sent to the minors freeing up $575k and making $1.335m available...

 

[Digitalbooya]

$3,628,664 and have to sign Haula and Folin.

I think CapFriendly is wrong with their Reilly cap hit (hence what I put above) and I completely missed Folin but maybe he's not on the 23-man roster?

 

[J22*]

How much cap space do we have left??

If you assume that they will go with-
Parise
Granlund
Pominville
Niederreiter
Koivu
Vanek
Zucker
Coyle
Fontaine
Carter
Schroeder

Suter
Brodin
Scandella
Spurgeon
Reilly
Dumba
Prosser

Dubnyk
Kuemper
Backstrom

They have around $2.7M to sign Haula and 1 more forward.

 

[TaLoN]

I think CapFriendly is wrong with their Reilly cap hit (hence what I put above) and I completely missed Folin but maybe he's not on the 23-man roster?

Russo is reporting the exact same cap number for Reilly. The bonuses are included because they are likely to be hit, and if you don't include the bonus now and go over the cap by that amount, it actually lowers your cap ceiling the following year by that amount.

How much cap space do we have left??

Russo mentioned in his blog that if Stewart doesn't get any takers in free agency, the Wild may be willing to sign him for around $1mil or so for one year.

 

[57special]

$3,628,664 and have to sign Haula and Folin.

Do we have to sign Haula? He was bad last year.

 

[TaLoN]

Do we have to sign Haula? He was bad last year.

By the end of the year he was playing pretty good again, just took a long time to get there.

 

[Avder]

Really hope GMCF finds a way to dump Backstrom on someone so we get a little relief at cap for the upcoming year so we have room for some transactions.

 

[nickschultzfan]

Really hope GMCF finds a way to dump Backstrom on someone so we get a little relief at cap for the upcoming year so we have room for some transactions.

Not going to happen at this point.

 

[Digitalbooya]

Would you guys do Coyle+Spurgeon for Draisaitl+2nd/3rd? Gives us an NHL ready player with high upside and we shed roughly $4.9m. Then re-sign Stewart at 1yr $1.5m...

PGP
Zucker-Koivu-Stewart
Vanek-Draisaitl-Nino
Schroeder-Haula-Fontaine
Carter

Suter-Brodin
Scandella-Dumba
Reilly-Folin
Prosser

Dubnyk
Kuemper
Backstrom

 

[Jesus comma Brodin]

Would you guys do Coyle+Spurgeon for Draisaitl+2nd/3rd? Gives us an NHL ready player with high upside and we shed roughly $4.9m. Then re-sign Stewart at 1yr $1.5m...

PGP
Zucker-Koivu-Stewart
Vanek-Draisaitl-Nino
Schroeder-Haula-Fontaine
Carter

Suter-Brodin
Scandella-Dumba
Reilly-Folin
Prosser

Dubnyk
Kuemper
Backstrom

No...

 

[BusQuets]

Draisaitl is not NHL ready imo. His skating is quite bad.

 

[ThatGuy22]

According to capfriendly(to answer my own question)....

Parise(7.53)-Granlund(3)-Pominville(5.6)
Zucker(.9)-Koivu(6.75)-Nino(2.66)
Vanek(6.5)-Coyle(3.2)-Fontaine(1)
Haula(.9guess)-Carter(.625)-Schroeder(.6)
Dalpe(.575)

Suter(7.53)-Brodin(4.16)
Scandella(4)-Spurgeon(2.66)
Reilly(2.025)-Dumba(.9)
Prosser(.625)

Dubnyk(4.33)
Kuemper(1.25)
Backstrom(3.42)

That's $70.74m with a complete roster. Now if we wanted Stewart than Dalpe would be sent to the minors freeing up $575k and making $1.335m available...

Dalpe was a 4th liner who saw numerous healthy scratches for one of the worst teams in league history. He's not making the roster, even as 13th forward.

 

[Granlund 64]

Available cap space: $3,303,658. This does not include players like Schroeder, the unsigned Folin and others vying for spots and Haula.

If injured goalie Niklas Backstrom is still on the roster as a third goalie come the season, the Wild would have to keep two extra skaters opposed to three. That could mean Folin starts in the minors if Reilly makes the team.

Remember, that cap space is deceiving because the Wild needs to leave a cushion for injuries and flexibility to make in-season adjustments (i.e. trades)

Cap figure numbers from Russo's latest blog.

 

[42]

If you assume that they will go with-
Parise
Granlund
Pominville
Niederreiter
Koivu
Vanek
Zucker
Coyle
Fontaine
Carter
Schroeder

Suter
Brodin
Scandella
Spurgeon
Reilly
Dumba
Prosser

Dubnyk
Kuemper
Backstrom

They have around $2.7M to sign Haula and 1 more forward.

So wait, Backstrom will not/cannot be bought out?

 

[gphr513]

So wait, Backstrom will not/cannot be bought out?

No, because of the injury.

Had he not been injured, Fletch would have been frothing at the mouth to buy him out.

 

[Wild48]

Can the Wild not just release backstrom? Just pay the full contract and tell him to leave? From a roster standpoint that seems to be the only option left.

 

[Granlund 64]

No, they can't. Not from a roster spot standpoint anyway. They could tell him to just stay home and pay him, but they won't get a roster spot.

 

[PIMsCup]

Bruins fan requesting permission to come aboard. We seem to have misplaced an excellent young D-man. Do you sell those here?

 

[Granlund 64]

Spurgeon is probably the most tradeable asset we have back there.

RHD
PMD
PP/PK
#3 Defenseman-Type

He still has a lot of value to us, but he's in the final year of his deal (RFA next year), and might not be affordable for us.

 

[Nharris31]

Bruins fan requesting permission to come aboard. We seem to have misplaced an excellent young D-man. Do you sell those here?

People here want to.But I would rather the wild have much depth as possible as long as the wild can. I think the Bruins gm would think that our d-men are to small and don't hit enough even though they are very mobile and very effective.

 

[PIMsCup]

Spurgeon is probably the most tradeable asset we have back there.

RHD
PMD
PP/PK
#3 Defenseman-Type

He still has a lot of value to us, but he's in the final year of his deal (RFA next year), and might not be affordable for us.

What does the Wild need going forward? Cap dump? Goal-tending? Picks?