Confirmed Signing with Link: [MIN] Kevin Fiala re-signs with the Wild (1 year, $5.1M)

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[16thOverallSaveUs]

Must be a 1 year deal. Seems like Guerin kinda squeezed him here.

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

He was so f***ing dangerous in our playoff series in the bubble.

Last year was good but I was expecting him to really blow up and go over a PPG.

 

[Duck Off]

Must be a 1 year deal. Seems like Guerin kinda squeezed him here.

seems like a big win for Minnesota

 

[BStinson]

Seems reasonable/win and he’s an RFA at the end of it.

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

He was so f***ing dangerous in our playoff series in the bubble.

Last year was good but I was expecting him to really blow up and go over a PPG.

His most common linemates were Bonino, Johansson, Parise, Hartman, and Rask. He got screwed this year.

 

[Stewie Griffin]

1 year sort've sucks for Minnesota

 

[Kranix]

so aggravating in fantasy last season.

 

[BStinson]

1 year sort've sucks for Minnesota

Longer term means higher AAV, hard to do when you don’t have the cap.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Longer term means higher AAV, hard to do when you don’t have the cap.

They do have the cap, though...just not next year because of the Parise/Suter dead space. That's the issue.

 

[kp61c]

So he is a goner in 2 years?

 

[Bazeek]

So he is a goner in 2 years?

I'd be surprised if he isn't traded before this deal expires. If the team was going to commit long term to him this would have been the time to do it. Kicking this can down the road one more year would only raise the AAV and make things more difficult.

 

[SnS]

I'd be surprised if he isn't traded before this deal expires. If the team was going to commit long term to him this would have been the time to do it. Kicking this can down the road one more year would only raise the AAV and make things more difficult.

Isn’t next year the main issue with the cap? Then everything after that is “manageable”? (I’m actually asking. Not trying to be an ass)

 

[BStinson]

They do have the cap, though...just not next year because of the Parise/Suter dead space. That's the issue.

That means they don’t have the cap because the deadcap balloons for Parise/Suter increases by 8M. Rask/Goligoski are potentially off the books but then you need to backfill plus KK/Greenway’s raise.

 

[BatVader]

Thought for sure Fiala was going to arb, but I guess this works out to about the same end result

 

[Bazeek]

Isn’t next year the main issue with the cap? Then everything after that is “manageable”? (I’m actually asking. Not trying to be an ass)

The schedule on the dead cap space from the buyouts is:

2021-22: $4.7m
2022-23: $12.7m
2023-24: $14.7m
2024-25: $14.7m

(and then several years at $1.6m)

So 2021-22 is the "easy" year and 2022-25 will be very tight.

 

[MichaelFarrell]

I would’ve liked to see term, but even if Minne just trades him it’s fine. They are basically playing with found money. Great trade for them.

 

[Guttersniped]

seems like a big win for Minnesota

Seems reasonable/win and he’s an RFA at the end of it.

RFAs who get a one year deal after a two year bridge deal tend to end up on different teams.

The point of a bridge deal is to lead into a longer deal, if it doesn’t the team or player just aren’t into each other or there’s a fundamental disagreement over the value of the player.

 

[SnS]

The schedule on the dead cap space from the buyouts is:

2021-22: $4.7m
2022-23: $12.7m
2023-24: $14.7m
2024-25: $14.7m

(and then several years at $1.6m)

So 2021-22 is the "easy" year and 2022-25 will be very tight.

God damn. That’s going to be hell.

 

[BStinson]

RFAs who get a one year deal after a two year bridge deal tend to end up on different teams.

The point of a bridge deal is to lead into a longer deal, if it doesn’t the team or player just aren’t into each other or there’s a fundamental disagreement over the value of the player.

Could be that Minnesota is trying to navigate their cap situation also. I’ve seen odder instances with my team this offseason with Bert who went on a bridge, arbitrated a year, and then signed a two year deal eating a year of UFA. I’m really curious how they’re going to handle 22-25 where the deadcap is like 12-15M maybe a good time to tank.

 

[ItWasJustified]

Could be that Minnesota is trying to navigate their cap situation also. I’ve seen odder instances with my team this offseason with Bert who went on a bridge, arbitrated a year, and then signed a two year deal eating a year of UFA. I’m really curious how they’re going to handle 22-25 where the deadcap is like 12-15M maybe a good time to tank.

They have to pray that the cap by some miracle will be significantly higher.

 

[Sota Popinski]

So he is a goner in 2 years?

Yeah, everybody is leaving Minnesota. Pretty soon we will have to hold tryouts just to ice a team.

 

[kp61c]

Yeah, everybody is leaving Minnesota. Pretty soon we will have to hold tryouts just to ice a team.

Well, you shouldn't have signed Parise and Suter to those atrocities of deals. It's time to pay your bills.

 

[HyperX]

This all-but-assures Fiala is a goner from Minnesota

they did this so his trade value is at its highest. They cant afford to sign him long-term after this year, but they left one year RFA to negotiate a sign-and-trade or, at worst case, get his trade deadline value.

Or Minnesota is dumb and theyll sing him long term when they cant even build a team until 2025

 

[57special]

That means they don’t have the cap because the deadcap balloons for Parise/Suter increases by 8M. Rask/Goligoski are potentially off the books but then you need to backfill plus KK/Greenway’s raise.

It is thought that Goligoski and Guerin have an agreement that he will re-sign next year for a lesser amount(i.e. 2M), after getting overpaid this year(5M), because of the cap situation. Rask(4M) will be gone next year. Zuccarello's NMC(6M) will be gone after this year, and he might be moveable in trade. I could see Dumba(6M) being moved next offseason if O'Rourke and/or Addison look good this year, and Greenway, if he looks like he will be too expensive to re-sign.

It is a reasonable expectation that players like Boldy, Rossi, Dewar, and Addison(all ELC's) will be giving them NHL TOI as soon as this year, Beckman, and Ryan O'Rourke in 22-23. Maybe Lambos, too, but that might be too optimistic. Bottom line is that MN will have some ELC talent coming, which will be necessary till the Suter/Parise cap hits come off the books. Guerin will certainly have to do some tap dancing, but I can see that he can make things work.