Sutter for a mid pick. I don't see him as a dump yet per say but not a lot of value there either. It would be nice to open the roster spot for Gaudette, but if the only way to do that would being paying to move Sutter than I'd rather just keep him and have the most expensive 4th line in hockey with him, Beagle and Eriksson.
Vancouver has excess cap space so I don’t foresee Sutter being an issue in that regard. To other teams though, he’s definitely a cap dump. I wouldn’t trade a mid round pick for him as I don’t see him being needed on Minnesota. Bottom 6 right handed players can be found in free agency for much cheaper price overall.
It's more an indictment on how piss poor of a GM we have in Benning to be spending that much on a 4th line. The actual cap hit this season isn't the issue, more the roster spots is. Hell having that much money already tied up may be a good thing to limit the damage Benning is going to do July 1st in order to save his job. From the Wild POV I totally understand. Just saw the list of need at centre and a right hand shot so I threw the option out there.
Poor value, but I get that you guys are eating Rask's salary. What worries me as a Wild fan is that it will give Fenton even more cap space to sign a FA with.
I don't see why we'd swap Zucker for a LW prospect, even if it got rid of Rask.
I wonder if a deal with San Jose could work around Zucker + for Labanc with a couple players (positional needs/cap hit/term) being swapped as well. Any thoughts?
Russo has reported a few times that the trade fell through on Calgary's end. He's never went into any kind of detail beyond that, but Russo absolutely hates Fenton so if there was any chance for him to blame Fenton, I think he would.
