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JayTea

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Forum: NHL SigningsApr. 17 at 12:34 p.m.
Thread: Minnesota Wild signed Marc-André Fleury (1 Year / $2,500,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>NorthernLeafsFan05</b></div><div>I love Flower, but this seems rich for a guy who's been pretty mid this year. Minnesota needs all the money they can get too. Good mentor for Wallstedt I guess</div></div>

They were never going to be the most active team this summer, since most of their roster is pretty well set and they'll need to start thinking about Faber and Rossi's extensions the year after which will eat up a large chunk of the buyout dead cap they get back. Extending Zuccarello, Hartman, and Foligno so early gave them clarity on what they'll need next year with some space for a couple rookies to fight for a spot. They'll probably just be in on any bargain 1 year deals the week after free agency opens.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 16 at 12:38 p.m.
Thread: Treliving Statement Offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ac3L1ght</b></div><div>I swear people never pay attention to the prospect pools. Becky is top 10 in our pool, and probably in line for full main status next year. Kampf can rot in Coralville if he comes here.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>RazWild</b></div><div>It's hardly even that.

I'd be hard pressed to cough up the the 3rd for Kampf. There's no cance we'd ADD a prospect, let alone one like Beckman.</div></div>

Honestly I'd be more upset about the 3rd round pick and taking on $2.4m for a 4th liner for another few years over Beckman, who more and more to me just doesn't look like a guy who is a NHL player. Idk.. maybe he needs to go somewhere else to get a fresh start but he hasn't done anything to stand out really.

But yeah.. $2.4m for a 4C? We don't need one of those, we already have a Gaudreau at home. ;)
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 9 at 10:45 a.m.
Thread: Offseason Rossi Trade
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>GMDannyB</b></div><div>Don’t disagree with anything ur saying except I do believe Frost has looked like more of a 2C now that Torts has finally given him real minutes over the last few months. He will never be a 1C and probably won’t ever be a good 2C but he could pass for a 2C in a jam I think and be a high-end 3C especially with the right minutes on a contender.</div></div>

The issue is the rumor is the Wild are open to moving Rossi because of concerns about his size compared to his ceiling at this point. I think the hope was he'd be the next Brayden Point when they drafted him and while he still has room for growth, I'm guessing they're worried he won't get to where they thought he would. The problem is the return in this scenario is another center under 6' tall with a ceiling that is probably lower and a very late 1st round pick that you're unlikely to get the type of player that develops into a franchise center at. I think if this is the offer, they just keep Rossi and see where he peaks. 20 goals in his first full year is still a good start to his NHL career.

I know Khusnutdinov hasn't lit the world on fire yet, but I'd hope they wouldn't be so quick to throw in the towel on a guy who hasn't even had a full training camp or even more than a handful of practices with the team. Maybe this time next year it's an option if he doesn't seem like he'll pan out.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 18 at 3:39 p.m.
Thread: For littlejerryseinfeld
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>joshelkin</b></div><div>$14m buyout dead cap comes off the books.</div></div>

Which doesn't magically solve all their cap requirements. They'll have ~$40m to work with in your hypothetical scenario and need to sign 11 or 12 players. If Faber keeps it up, he could very well eat up around 1/4 of that on an 8 year deal and they'll still need to figure out a top 6 center to play with JEEK and a LHD to play with Spurgeon on the 2nd pair so that's possibly another 1/3 of that and the other ~$15m + whatever the cap goes up by will go towards the remaining 8 or 9 players which ideally won't all be league minimum plugs. I'd much rather they do that then throw away ~$5m on an aging vet that is only going to decline further.

Gaudreau isn't a problem. He's either the 4C or buried in the minors with under $1m in dead cap. That's nothing. But you already know how stupid this deal would be for the Wild, which is why you'd like to see it as an Islanders fan.