All-Things 2023 Minnesota Wild Off-Season Thread

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Maybe they can move to Saskatoon in the offeason. The problem is Saskatoon would need to want them for that to happen.
 


Faber looked good for the most part, albeit small sample size. He would certainly lighten the load on letting Dumba walk. Assuming they want to keep Sam Steel, he's an RFA with his $825k ELC done, that will cost a few bucks.

Klingberg? His price tag was $3.5M. They'll have decisions to make on Sundqvist, Nyquist and Reaves and Marcus Johansson, all Unrestricted FA's. If they want to keep Gus the goalie, that will cost them too.

Roster could look different next year. Is next year the year they bring up a bunch of the highly rated prospects and hope for the best? It might be the best way to go, shit, they might be forced to
 

Ogee Ogilthorpe said:
Faber looked good for the most part, albeit small sample size. He would certainly lighten the load on letting Dumba walk. Assuming they want to keep Sam Steel, he's an RFA with his $825k ELC done, that will cost a few bucks.

Klingberg? His price tag was $3.5M. They'll have decisions to make on Sundqvist, Nyquist and Reaves and Marcus Johansson, all Unrestricted FA's. If they want to keep Gus the goalie, that will cost them too.

Roster could look different next year. Is next year the year they bring up a bunch of the highly rated prospects and hope for the best? It might be the best way to go, shit, they might be forced to
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They have to go the route of bringing up the youth. Why not? The alternative isn’t working. Only thing I’m afraid of is Kaprizov could walk after his current contract is up. Guerin got some decisions to make no doubt
 



This was announced last week. Road trip to Stockholm.

www.nhl.com

Minnesota Wild to Participate in 2023 NHL Global Series - Sweden | Minnesota Wild

SAINT PAUL, Minn. - The National Hockey League (NHL) and National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) today announced plans for the 2023 NHL Global Series - Sweden, which will feature the Detroit Red Wings, Minnesota Wild, Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs. The Wild will be the road...
www.nhl.com www.nhl.com

Guessing they will only have 40 true home games next year.

Interesting that it's after the season is well underway, not at the beginning. I am assuming they will get a 4 day break afterwards, leading up to their traditional Day After Thanksgiving game.
 


The Kraken put up 4 in Dallas in the first period. Yes 4
 





Joe Pavelski scored more goals (4) last night then the wild did in games 4, 5, 6 (3). For the state of hockey people sure are giving the wild no show in the playoffs the last two years a free pass.
 

From the Parkinglot said:
Joe Pavelski scored more goals (4) last night then the wild did in games 4, 5, 6 (3). For the state of hockey people sure are giving the wild no show in the playoffs the last two years a free pass.
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I’m immune to Minnesota sports failures. I’ve seen it way to many times in my 50 plus years on this earth
 



GopherJake said:
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"And so it begins?" A great signing at a team-friendly price? Yeah, bring it on.
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I meant the offseason in general. Relax. No doubt, I had no idea that he was making less than that last year, much less that he would sign for $2M/yr. Great signing for a team that's going to be up against it with the cap this year.
 

Step one this off season should be the Wild finding out where the Stars go to get their acting lessons from because they seem to be really good at drawing some of the weakest penalties ever.
 

GophersInIowa said:
Step one this off season should be the Wild finding out where the Stars go to get their acting lessons from because they seem to be really good at drawing some of the weakest penalties ever.
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Definitely more penalties than anyone ever expects to see in the playoffs. That does not bode well for VGK going up against Edmonton's historical Power Play.

Would definitely like to see the refs let them play a little more as we move along in the postseason.
 

Ogee Ogilthorpe said:
Definitely more penalties than anyone ever expects to see in the playoffs. That does not bode well for VGK going up against Edmonton's historical Power Play.

Would definitely like to see the refs let them play a little more as we move along in the postseason.
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I haven't watched a ton of the playoffs beyond the Wild and I don't claim to be a great hockey mind by any means but it seems to me there have been a lot of weak stuff called as penalties all while a lot of cheap shots largely ignored.
 


Not exactly Wild-related but it's somewhat Minnesota hockey related.

Holy shit, did anyone last night catch the stupidity of Jon Anderson on ESPN after the VGK-Edmonton game? What in the actual f'k was this guy thinking....

ESPN Broadcaster Apologizes For Comment On Knights Player

Zach Whitecloud played for Bemidji State prior to becoming an undrafted NHL blue liner.

>>"An ESPN broadcaster apologized Tuesday morning for comments he made about Golden Knights defenseman Zach Whitecloud.

“SportsCenter” anchor John Anderson was calling the highlights of the Knights’ Game 3 win against the Edmonton Oilers on Monday night when he came to Whitecloud’s second-period goal.


“What kind of name is Whitecloud?” Anderson said. “Great name if you’re a toilet paper.”

Whitecloud is a member of the Sioux Valley Dakota nation and is the first to play in the NHL. His father, Tim, is 100 percent indigenous.
 

TRF Guy said:
I’m immune to Minnesota sports failures. I’ve seen it way to many times in my 50 plus years on this earth
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Probably the wrong thread, but what the hey. It occurred to me as I flipped through the Dal/Sea game that, if I have this correctly, the Wild just played their 23rd season. And if I have this correct, by the time the North Stars had played their 24th season, they'd advanced to two Stanley Cup finals.

I continue to find it amazing how patient, devoted and energetic their fans have been for so long. Good on them, I guess, but this franchise hasn't done much.
 

Bad Gopher said:
Probably the wrong thread, but what the hey. It occurred to me as I flipped through the Dal/Sea game that, if I have this correctly, the Wild just played their 23rd season. And if I have this correct, by the time the North Stars had played their 24th season, they'd advanced to two Stanley Cup finals.

I continue to find it amazing how patient, devoted and energetic their fans have been for so long. Good on them, I guess, but this franchise hasn't done much.
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Not exactly like-for-like, as in 1980-81 & 1990-91 when the North Stars made the playoffs there were only 21 teams in the NHL. 16 teams advance. It's a much more difficult challenge to even qualify for the Playoffs now with 32 teams.

In 1990-91 the North Stars made it in, just because all they had to do was not finish last in the 5 team Norris Division. Then they got hot. In a 32 team league, that squad (27-39-14 for 68 pts) doesn't even get a sniff of the post-season.

But still, your point that this franchise hasn't done much is valid. In 13 post-season chances, just once to the Western Conference Finals and only 4 playoff series wins is awful.
 



I’m gonna be sick that Minnesota no showed against Dallas and now they are going to play in the conference finals.
 

From the Parkinglot said:
I’m gonna be sick that Minnesota no showed against Dallas and now they are going to play in the conference finals.
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VGK - Dallas should be a pretty entertaining series. Surprised Seattle took Dallas to the wire in Game 7, that was surprising.
 

Didn't think this needed its own thread. Phoenix might be leaving the 4-pro sports markets in short order?

Voters in Tempe, Ariz., rejected an entertainment district proposal Tuesday that included plans to construct a new home arena for the Arizona Coyotes, early returns indicate. Here’s what you need to know:
  • “We are very disappointed Tempe voters did not approve Propositions 301, 302, and 303,” Coyotes president and CEO Xavier A. Gutierrez said Tuesday. “What is next for the franchise will be evaluated by our owners and the National Hockey League over the coming weeks.”
  • NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said the league is “terribly disappointed” in a statement of his own, and will “review with the Coyotes what the options might be going forward.”
  • The proposed $2.1 billion privately funded project included a 16,000-seat arena, two hotels, retail shops, restaurants and up to 1,990 residential units.
  • The Coyotes played the 2022-23 season in the 5,000-seat Mullett Arena, home of the Arizona State University Sun Devils, after they were evicted from their longtime arena in Glendale, Ariz.
 

Also this:

Assessing relocation options​

Relocation talk had already swirled, and now it’s likely to kick into overdrive. Houston and Atlanta are, no doubt, on top of the list.

Both are gigantic U.S. media markets. The former has a hockey-ready arena in the Toyota Center and, in Rockets owner Tillman Fertitta, a potential buyer. Atlanta has an in-the-works arena deal in suburban Alpharetta, spearheaded by a group that would love to give the area a third shot at the NHL.

Quebec City will pop up too, as it did during the Vegas and Seattle expansion process, but the feeling there is that the city’s time has passed. There’s an arena, sure, but no corporate base to speak of and a metropolitan area of about 800,000 people. — Gentille


Atlanta already failed at the NHL, why should they get a second crack at it?
 

Gophers_4life said:
Also this:

Assessing relocation options​

Relocation talk had already swirled, and now it’s likely to kick into overdrive. Houston and Atlanta are, no doubt, on top of the list.

Both are gigantic U.S. media markets. The former has a hockey-ready arena in the Toyota Center and, in Rockets owner Tillman Fertitta, a potential buyer. Atlanta has an in-the-works arena deal in suburban Alpharetta, spearheaded by a group that would love to give the area a third shot at the NHL.

Quebec City will pop up too, as it did during the Vegas and Seattle expansion process, but the feeling there is that the city’s time has passed. There’s an arena, sure, but no corporate base to speak of and a metropolitan area of about 800,000 people. — Gentille


Atlanta already failed at the NHL, why should they get a second crack at it?
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One of their problems is that put the arena in DT Atlanta. That was a horrible decision for anyone who knows anything about Atlanta. The clientele who watches hockey was not going to be making trips into DT Atlanta.

It's kind of like the Braves. They were not drawing anyone in Fulton County Stadium (pretty much DT), but it's a really hot commodity at Truist Park in Cobb County. I think if they put the hockey team in Cobb County, near the baseball stadium, it would be a completely different dynamic.

That said, maybe hockey just won't ever become a thing in Atlanta, I don't know.
 

Gophers_4life said:
Also this:

Assessing relocation options​

Relocation talk had already swirled, and now it’s likely to kick into overdrive. Houston and Atlanta are, no doubt, on top of the list.

Both are gigantic U.S. media markets. The former has a hockey-ready arena in the Toyota Center and, in Rockets owner Tillman Fertitta, a potential buyer. Atlanta has an in-the-works arena deal in suburban Alpharetta, spearheaded by a group that would love to give the area a third shot at the NHL.

Quebec City will pop up too, as it did during the Vegas and Seattle expansion process, but the feeling there is that the city’s time has passed. There’s an arena, sure, but no corporate base to speak of and a metropolitan area of about 800,000 people. — Gentille


Atlanta already failed at the NHL, why should they get a second crack at it?
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Don't you mean 3rd crack?

Relo #1 - to Calgary
Relo #2 - to Winnipeg
 

Gophers_4life said:
Also this:

Assessing relocation options​

Relocation talk had already swirled, and now it’s likely to kick into overdrive. Houston and Atlanta are, no doubt, on top of the list.

Both are gigantic U.S. media markets. The former has a hockey-ready arena in the Toyota Center and, in Rockets owner Tillman Fertitta, a potential buyer. Atlanta has an in-the-works arena deal in suburban Alpharetta, spearheaded by a group that would love to give the area a third shot at the NHL.

Quebec City will pop up too, as it did during the Vegas and Seattle expansion process, but the feeling there is that the city’s time has passed. There’s an arena, sure, but no corporate base to speak of and a metropolitan area of about 800,000 people. — Gentille


Atlanta already failed at the NHL, why should they get a second crack at it?
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Atlanta has actually already failed twice in less than half a century. The Flames moved to Calgary in 1980. The Thrashers became the Jets 2.0 in Winnipeg in 2011.

I wonder if a 2nd franchise in the Toronto area gets explored or nearby Hamilton. I think the population and appetite is there to support two.

Edit - Echo of Ski-U-Mah's post.
 

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