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This seems like an odd package for the Blues to turn down, although after checking, Thomas is on a very, very team friendly deal for a LONG time.

 

"Hughes said he liked what the Wild did this season and said it was tough to lose key players to injury, including forward Joel Eriksson-Ek, who said he had a broken right heel, and defenseman Jonas Brodin, who broke the bone in his big toe in his right foot. Eriksson Ek was injured in Game 6 of the first round against the Dallas Stars and Brodin was injured in Game 5 of that series."
 

TRF Guy said:
"Hughes said he liked what the Wild did this season and said it was tough to lose key players to injury, including forward Joel Eriksson-Ek, who said he had a broken right heel, and defenseman Jonas Brodin, who broke the bone in his big toe in his right foot. Eriksson Ek was injured in Game 6 of the first round against the Dallas Stars and Brodin was injured in Game 5 of that series."
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Blocking shots is dangerous business. It's a miracle more guys don't get seriously injured, honestly. Getting hit in the neck or face/head is extremely rare for how dangerous it looks to me.
 

GopherJake said:
Blocking shots is dangerous business. It's a miracle more guys don't get seriously injured, honestly. Getting hit in the neck or face/head is extremely rare for how dangerous it looks to me.
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Definitely block shots differently than when I played. We stacked the shin pads and slid on our side to block. Now they expose so much that it is dangerous to players. My high school coach was crazy. We blocked shots while he was the shooter. He didn’t hold back
 



Wild fans may not want to hear that but clearly Wallstedt is one of the most attractive movable assets if the Wild are going to significantly improve the roster

 

Ogie Ogilthorpe said:
Wild fans may not want to hear that but clearly Wallstedt is one of the most attractive movable assets if the Wild are going to significantly improve the roster

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lol yes let's just keep accumulating wings

and i think any wild fan who thinks we're going to swing large for a 1C or an all star caliber players knows it's highly likely Wally is the piece that's moved as our farm system is already depleted and our pick situation is real meh
 

Ogie Ogilthorpe said:
Wild fans may not want to hear that but clearly Wallstedt is one of the most attractive movable assets if the Wild are going to significantly improve the roster

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No keep Wallstedt and trade Filip Gustavsson. Wallstedt is the better goalie.
 

gophersfan said:
No keep Wallstedt and trade Filip Gustavsson. Wallstedt is the better goalie.
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I'm not disagreeing (or agreeing) but Gus has virtually no trade value and may not even be healthy enough to start next season. The idea of trading Wally is based solely on his value being high enough around the league to get a difference-making Center back in a trade.
 



gophersfan said:
No keep Wallstedt and trade Filip Gustavsson. Wallstedt is the better goalie.
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Slim Tubby said:
I'm not disagreeing (or agreeing) but Gus has virtually no trade value and may not even be healthy enough to start next season. The idea of trading Wally is based solely on his value being high enough around the league to get a difference-making Center back in a trade.
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To me, it actually has not THAT much to do with the disparity in ability/talent between the two. The issue is the contract situation. The Wild are on the hook with Gus for the next 5 years at $6.8M/yr

Wallstedt has one more year at $2.2M and then he's still a Restricted FA.

Sure, if the numbers were the same, you keep Wallstedt and try to trade Gus. But finding a willing taker for that Gus contract may not be easy. A willing taker for Wallstedt would be easy and you could expect a decent return.

I'll throw out a question for the most ardent of Wild fans (because I haven't watched enough to REALLY know) but is the gap between Gus and Wallstedt REALLY very much? What I'm getting at is, are they really a lesser caliber team if they moved Wallstedt for assets and kept Gus than they would be Paying someone to take Gus just to keep Wallstedt?

I've said it before and I'll repeat it; I think the Wild situation with Gus is virtually identical to the VGK situation with Adin Hill. There have been times both goalies played at or above the long term contract they signed (Hill has an almost identical $6.X/yr number) but both teams appear to have better options in house. Adin Hill carried the VGK to the Stanley Cup in 2023, and that's not nothing.

At the end of the day, I think the VGK will be MUCH more desperate to move Adin Hill this summer than the Wild will be to move Gus
 

gophersfan said:
No keep Wallstedt and trade Filip Gustavsson. Wallstedt is the better goalie.
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I think we keep both for the next season. You need two good goalies, one is on a cheap deal. And then we hope one of them asserts themselves as the true #1. Also hoping the other one has some value at either the trade deadline or next summer.
 


Ogie Ogilthorpe said:
To me, it actually has not THAT much to do with the disparity in ability/talent between the two. The issue is the contract situation. The Wild are on the hook with Gus for the next 5 years at $6.8M/yr

Wallstedt has one more year at $2.2M and then he's still a Restricted FA.

Sure, if the numbers were the same, you keep Wallstedt and try to trade Gus. But finding a willing taker for that Gus contract may not be easy. A willing taker for Wallstedt would be easy and you could expect a decent return.

I'll throw out a question for the most ardent of Wild fans (because I haven't watched enough to REALLY know) but is the gap between Gus and Wallstedt REALLY very much? What I'm getting at is, are they really a lesser caliber team if they moved Wallstedt for assets and kept Gus than they would be Paying someone to take Gus just to keep Wallstedt?

I've said it before and I'll repeat it; I think the Wild situation with Gus is virtually identical to the VGK situation with Adin Hill. There have been times both goalies played at or above the long term contract they signed (Hill has an almost identical $6.X/yr number) but both teams appear to have better options in house. Adin Hill carried the VGK to the Stanley Cup in 2023, and that's not nothing.

At the end of the day, I think the VGK will be MUCH more desperate to move Adin Hill this summer than the Wild will be to move Gus
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How much better do you get moving Wally? If you get a legit 1C without murdering your ability to upgrade the d core, you do it as you’re going to shelter whoever the goalie is more. Same deal with Carolina in that in all honesty it’s mattered very little who’s playing in net given they give up almost nothing on a nightly basis.

I think both guys are on the team next year and if moved it’s at the deadline
 









Slim Tubby said:
Considering our desperation for a C1, would you consider moving JEE for him? I don't know how to answer my own question.
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trading one guy who's best skill is killing penalties and ends up hurt frequently for another guy who is basically the exact same could work.

I don't think we're any better in that trade scenario. Larkin has produced at over 1PPG once in his career where he put up 69pts in 68 games. And that's despite getting to play on a pretty freewheeling/scoring type team on the top PP where he gets to produce 25-30 PPP/year playing with Debrincat, Kane, Raymond and Sieder. But he's played 82 games twice in his career and has faded each of the last about 4 years down the stretch just like the team he captains (the Wings were my team before the Wild came back and I still follow them)
 

Slim Tubby said:
Considering our desperation for a C1, would you consider moving JEE for him? I don't know how to answer my own question.
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Got to believe it would take more than Ek. He would get lots of interest throughout the league. Not sure what Wings have for goalies but either Gus or Wally would more than likely be in the conversation
 

TRF Guy said:
Got to believe it would take more than Ek. He would get lots of interest throughout the league. Not sure what Wings have for goalies but either Gus or Wally would more than likely be in the conversation
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They have Cossa (23 year old who’s 6’7” and a former 1st round pick) who they love and Augustine
 


TRF Guy said:
Thanks. They appear set in the net then
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Yep this is why though I get all the Hughes-Larkin connections, I realistically don’t see what we can offer to try contend with teams like Philly, Montreal, Boston, SJ, CBJ, etc in terms of picks and prospects, all on playoff caliber teams aside from CBJ (included because Detroit would take fantilli for Larkin in likelihood)
 

Seems too good to be true but the suggestion comes from a Red Wings writer:

Wild get:

Dylan Larkin, F

Sebastian Cossa, G

Red Wings get:

Danila Yurov, F

Charlie Stramel, F

Filip Gustavsson, G

heavy.com

Wild-Red Wings Trade Idea Lands Minnesota’s #1 Center

A trade idea involving the Minnesota Wild and the Detroit Red Wings could land the top-line center Bill Guerin has been gunning for.
heavy.com heavy.com
 

Slim Tubby said:
Seems too good to be true but the suggestion comes from a Red Wings writer:

Wild get:

Dylan Larkin, F

Sebastian Cossa, G

Red Wings get:

Danila Yurov, F

Charlie Stramel, F

Filip Gustavsson, G

heavy.com

Wild-Red Wings Trade Idea Lands Minnesota’s #1 Center

A trade idea involving the Minnesota Wild and the Detroit Red Wings could land the top-line center Bill Guerin has been gunning for.
heavy.com heavy.com
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he's not a red wings writer. he's a ghost writer for fansided. his name is on basically every nhl team's varying blogs

If Detroit will take that offer, BG will drive that crew from the Wild to the airport immediately.

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