No it’s terrible, the Wild have zero motivation to move Brodin and downgrade, simple as that.
It’s pretty much fact at this point that Brodin will not be an asset to any potential window this team is building towards. Even if he was still here when the next window starts to open he has proven himself to be a poor playoff defensemen at best and a liability at worst. Moving on from him right now for anything of future value would be wise if possible. Holtz and Marino have value. Swapping a mid 2nd to a mid 1st has value. Being rid of Brodins cap hit has value.
I don't watch NJ or pretend to, but I do watch the Wild and know that Brodin is by far our best LHD, after that we have Middleton as an NHLer and no one else. Moving my team's best D man makes no sense to do when Defense is the biggest weakness for the foreseeable future.
The first is being undervalued especially if we keep trending down but you make good points
Yes it depends on the Devs trajectory for the rest of the season but swapping our second for your first at this point still might only be like 15 daft spots so it isn’t a massive shift upwards. Like I posted earlier if we changed MN 2nd to a 3rd in the deal it starts to look really good from a MN perspective.
The foreseeable future is golf this spring, Holtz is a legit top 6 young winger in the Making and Marino is serviceable plus the better draft pick.
The Wild have no need for any additional "Top 6 winger in the Making"s, that is the lowest priority on a team with Kaprizov and Boldy. The Wild have their own prospect pool for maybes there, and get back $12MM in cap space at the end of next season if they deem it an issue. The Wild only have one line carrying LD, they would be looking to do the same thing as Jersey here in adding a quality defender.
I watch other games all the time. I just watched Toronto vs Vegas last week. I can look at the fancystats and posts on the Devils board here and Twitter and realize that Marino is asswater and Holtz is doing a whole lot of nothing. Your own fan base doesn't want the players you're offering, so why would the Wild? Brodin has an NMC and we're not rebuilding, so there is zero reason to trade him, especially for the Devils rejects. Get a clue.
Brodin will play atleast another 5 years and with how loaded Minnesota is with talent coming it’s a silly take
Brodin may play another 5 years but those years will be in decline and more prone to injury. Hes expensive , he’s not going to be here for a contending team and he is a poor playoff performer. Sorry that hurts your butt
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lol, you are such a chode. He has one of the best contracts in the league signed for 4 more years at 6 per.
I’d love to be rid of that contract if it meant we got what was offered in this thread.
For sure , but we currently have way way way way way way too many. We are the oldest smallest team in the league currently. Not good
That's fine and frankly I think the Devils could do better looking elsewhere Brodin is 30 and only has 2 seasons in the last 9 where he has played more than 73 games, then twice 73 times and then 68 and 69 doesn't hold well long term for a team taking him on at this stage.
The Wild are "muddling middle" while playing with $14MM less cap space than everyone else in the league. That restriction falls off by the playoffs next year, and if they accrue cap space during the season, they can freely spend that cap even during next season. Team ran into a bad injury year, it happens to teams, but the young core has shown some very good play, and keeping a strong defender like Brodin around is only a good thing while the team is looking to be competitive.
Okay i just did a quick look so half the seasons he does better half not and at age 30 that's a risk.
