I don't know why you're bothering to trade any defensemen, but if you are, you're getting fair value.
Why would it make sense to move Scandella but not Brodin?
Sounds like its going to be Scandella for picks/prospects/young forwards.
Scandella for a 2d and one of Bailey/Baptiste/Fasching?
Scandella, or something bigger?
The Beleskey-Pominville thing?
So now your expectation is that every poster read every post of every thread before commenting less they insult you by not knowing your entire post history. Give me a break. What is your problem?
In Boston's case I can see Minnesota taking one of McQuaid or Miller back. With Folin gone I think Fletcher's looking to add a big, vet RD to play with Olofsson on the bottom pairing anyway, so getting one back in trade might be a better option than free agency.
Not saying that's how it would happen, but it makes some sense.
That brings very little cap help for Minnesota.
Wild need to move some salary, not take more on. Add in that Kane is bomb waiting to go off and this does not work.
Well, at risk of a hard no, let's play around a little:
Kane (50% retained)
Mittelstadt
for
Brodin
Pominville
You dump salary overall this year and next.
No thanks of Scandella. You can keep him for the value it will cost to attain him. He's not worth it. We have enough bad contracts.
So is he saying that Minny isn't interested at all in Mittelstadt? Because that doesn't really make sense. Maybe as the main piece going back in a trade, but as part of a deal I don't see why they would have no interest. A young center prospect with good potential should really be on everyone's radar.
That brings very little cap help for Minnesota.
No thanks of Scandella. You can keep him for the value it will cost to attain him. He's not worth it. We have enough bad contracts.
It still doesn't make sense for MIN. They don't have a need for another LW.
You need centers and dumping salary, I'm hearing?
Well, at risk of a hard no, let's play around a little:
Kane (50% retained)
Mittelstadt
for
Brodin
Pominville
You dump salary overall this year and next.
How about a draft pick to Buffalo and you stop asking us about Kane?
You clearly haven't seen him play. Easily the 2nd best defenseman in your team.
It does, so it depends on what Granlund/Nino actually sign for and what else Fletcher wants to do this offseason. After trading Scandella we'd still need:
- 4th line center and LW
- backup goalie
- bottom-pairing RD
- extra forward (?)
The bottom-pairing RD is probably the most expensive one to fill via free-agency, so we might be looking at $2m-ish regardless. Maybe Boston retains $500k-$1m or something and Minnesota adds a 4th? I dunno.
https://www.capfriendly.com/teams/wild
PROJECTED CAP SPACE : $13,441,409
8F/5D/2G.
Nino& Granlund could take 11-12M from that already on their own.
With Bostons C prospects I wouldn't give up Frederic today.