All Things 2025 Minnesota Wild Offseason

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drewhaus7 said:
So when does Caedan Bankier and Hunter Haight get the opportunity to be nhl centers? Hurricanes seem to do well with Logan Stankoven around the same time as these too? We draft all these prospects to then sign older veterans to take their spots? With the over pricing on this years weaker nhl free agency. 7 years at 7M doesn't seem so bad for Rossi either, but instead seems like another prospect at 23 years age which went from 40 pts to 60 pts and is a C is going to get away. Seems like Center situation of Rossi, Ek, Haight, Bankier would have some years promise. LW you got Kirill(8 years 15M potential is a huge risk in my opinion), Boldy, Ohgren, Foligno. RW go sign Boeser to go with Yurov, Zuccs, and Taresenko.
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wild have the advantage that they can offer more years this year than anyone else could with the CBA changing. Marner just got 12 but i'd expect KK to be at Draisaitl or higher. He's 28 and so maybe you get away with 7 years (will still be longer than the 6 anyone could give him next year) at that dollar amount given the groin injury and you're pretty low risk with getting a guy locked down for the entirety of his prime and only a little bit of the decline with a cap that's about to go up massively (his deal at 14 is going to look just fine in 2-3 years imo)

I'd like Rossi at way less of a term than that. His numbers are inflated from playing 1st line and on the 1st PP which he won't do when this team is healthy. If someone is giving him that, you walk away. Don't overreach and eat cap for a 3rd line center (who doesn't kill penalties well and is meh on the dot) on a 7 year deal out of desperation. if it's 4-5 years, that's a little different. I don't think the market for him is going to be super hot
 
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A few early highlights...

- Brent Boeser ends up staying in Vancouver, signing at the 11th hour. He was a player the Wild were at times rumored to at least be interested in.

- LA Kings lose D-man Gavrikov to NYR, a big loss for the Kings, and sign Corey Perry, which I kinda don't get. Perry looked good playing next to McDavid, but damn he's got a lot of miles on those tires

- Sharks young star William Eklund signs what seems to be a pretty cheap extension? 3 yrs, $5.5M/year? That deal could look awfully good in a few years when the cap goes way up. San Jose is definitely building something, but are still probably a year or two away.
 

Ogie Ogilthorpe said:
A few early highlights...

- Brent Boeser ends up staying in Vancouver, signing at the 11th hour. He was a player the Wild were at times rumored to at least be interested in.

- LA Kings lose D-man Gavrikov to NYR, a big loss for the Kings, and sign Corey Perry, which I kinda don't get. Perry looked good playing next to McDavid, but damn he's got a lot of miles on those tires

- Sharks young star William Eklund signs what seems to be a pretty cheap extension? 3 yrs, $5.5M/year? That deal could look awfully good in a few years when the cap goes way up. San Jose is definitely building something, but are still probably a year or two away.
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good deal for both sides. Eklund will get to make bank when the cap is fully exploded if he continues to grow, SJ is protected from this being his peak if they gave him too many years/dollars. SJ will be a fun team to watch over the next 3-4 years if they stay intact

On former Gopher news, Ryan Lindgren (Sea) and Ryan Johnson (Buf) both signed new deals/extensions today as did Bjugstad (STL)
 


I was hoping we could step off the treadmill once we had the Suter/Parise deals off the books but that doesn't seem to be the case.
 


sounds like the Wild are going to match whatever offer sheet Rossi gets put forward
 


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