Yeah he seems pretty iffy at this point. Still, right-shot D is still something of an organizational need and this has been a pretty good system for college defensemen to come up in. So I dunno.
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I didn't see the game, but they connected for a goal last night. Ek from Kunin and Seeler. Doesn't seem like they're setting the world on fire, but they're scoring.
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I don't think any team is going to offer him an NHL spot outright, so he's going to have to fight for a spot no matter what. And like you said, not a lot of RHD sitting in front of him.
Your welcome. But I disagree I’m of the opinion that they didn’t get to play with offensive players for a long enough Eriksson-Ek didn’t get to play with offensive players at all and that the lineup would be better with them in it so Coyle doesn’t have to play with fourth Liners.
Yeah they certainly were in a tough spot playing with 4th-line caliber players, so if Ek could play with Coyle and Parise (eventually), I'm sure he'd look much better.
The Iowa Wild are 8-2-0-0 in their last 10, as well. 3rd in their division. Not that I'd let it prevent an appropriate call-up, but it'd be nice to have the AHL squad make a play-off push this year.
I just noticed that Capfriendly has the reserved list for teams, and when their rights end. Minnesota Wild - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps
I didn't realize Sokolov rights expire after this season.
I didn't realize Sokolov rights expire after this season.
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All CHLers are only 2 years worth of rights. But he doesn't become UFA if he doesn't sign, he'd just go back in the draft as an over-ager. Unlikely that'll happen.
You don't think some other team would give up a 7th round pick for him at least?
Didn't the Wild lose Reid Duke's rights due to him reentering the draft? He became a UFA and signed with Vegas.
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The Wild "lost" Reid Duke's rights, because they didn't want to sign him. They didn't give him a contract offer. He became a UFA after he re-entered the draft, and was not drafted in 2016. So 30 NHL teams thought Duke wasn't worth a 7th rounder.
I'd suspect we could trade him for a 7th, but it's more likely that he signs assuming the Wild don't completely low ball him on potential bonuses.
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Sokolov is interesting though. The Wild misjudged Reid Duke (no great loss, but he had value to someone at least) and they won't want to do that again. But Sokolov's contract won't slide and they have to sign - or at least you'd assume they would want to - Belpedio and Greenway. So again you're looking at sitting tight to the 50-contract limit. I mean, I assume that Cullen retires and Quincey is obviously gone and subtract guys like Labbé, Vay, Lucia and Palmquist who were somewhat odd signings to begin with, but you're still not left with the kind of flexibility every other team has. No big deal I guess, I'd personally prefer a bit more cap space, a bit more contract space.
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I'm not too worried about Sokolov not signing. The only reason he wouldn't sign is if he specifically doesn't want to play for Minnesota. Him doing that, though, runs the risk of Minnesota just drafting him again, forcing him to either leave America to play pro hockey, or to just sign with them. I'm significantly more nervous about Belpedio and Greenway, guys who have significantly more leverage when it comes to their player rights.
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The wild didn't misjudge anything on Reid Duke. Literally every single team in the league passed on him in a redraft.
He's a trivia answer, first player to sign with Vegas because they had nothing, and needed to back fill a farm system. He's still never going to play in the NHL. He'd be just another body that's taking up a contract spot, that in you're complaining we don't have the flexibility for.
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He sucks? He scored 30+ twice in the WHL, is that something you've accomplished or bested?
Reid Duke was worth something to George McPhee or he wouldn't have signed him, is all I'm saying there. An NHL GM offered him money to play hockey professionally. Not qo'ing Duke was no loss to the Wild system maybe talent-wise but they've signed Dylan Labbe, Chase Lang, Pavel Jenys, Mario Lucia, Kurtis Gabriel, Brady Brassart and on and on... guys who are not even legit AHL talents. Maybe Duke isn't either but it's fair to question how they look at these kids, especially when another GM takes a chance.
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Mario Lucia scored 40+ in the BCHL, is that something you've accomplished or bested?
Clearly, nobody here has any real NHL, or professional hockey, talent, otherwise we wouldn't be browsing a message board.
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